Ash, and you shall recieve...

I had a few requests to share the hair combo that I used on Easter Anya in the last video and since today was a bit too windy for working outside this turned out to be a good day for a video!
Enjoy!



the finished card will be on my blog tomorrow, 4/15.

Coloring up Fairy Paprika

I thought li'l Paprika with her braided hair could make a nice video. This first video covers the coloring of her skin and hair.




The second video covers the coloring of her dress and wings. The finished card can be seen on my blog tomorrow morning, March 7, along with a chance to win a Paprika stamp and card kit of your very own. Thanks for watching!

Annabel the Mermaid

I've had a request for coloring a mermaid but thought it would have to wait until closer to summer to do since my card making mood usually falls in with the seasons. But when I got this cutie in the mail, I just couldn't resist inking her up, so today is the day for a mermaid video! I'm sure there will be more to come with the warmer weather. ;-)
Card uses Annabel the Mermaid by Crafty Sentiments Designs.
The finished card can be seen here.

part one is the skin



part two is her hair



part three is her tail

Down to There Hair

I had a request for coloring the Tiddly Inks girls with their long, straight hair. I chose Poppy as my subject, I hope she was what you had in mind Tina. ☺



The finished card can be seen here.

More love for the gingers!

Olo! I had a request for dark red hair so with the day off I colored up two of my color combos that I use when I want dark red hair. Hope you enjoy them!



The finished card with Wish Upon a Star can be seen here.

Edited to add: Ooops, the second blending at the 15:20 mark is with YR18 not E18, Sorry!


The finished card with Eva can be seen here.

Dee Dee is getting ready for some winter fun...

I had a question about coloring Wild Sprout Dee Dee with a dark skin tone, and I thought li'l Dee Dee would be fun on a Christmas card! So here are two videos with Dee Dee, the first one is the coloring of her skin and hair and in the second she get a winter coat with a little help from Wild Sprout Camille.

When I finish the card with Dee Dee I will post a link to it in this post below the two videos.
I have gone back through my prior video posts and added links to the finished cards and will continue to link videos to cards as I complete them.





The finished card can be seen here.

Do Blondes really have more fun?

Here are a couple of videos showing blonde hair color combos that I've had requests for.
If anyone has any suggestions for future videos, just leave it in the comments below, don't be shy... I don't bite...much! ;)



The finished card can be seen here




finished card can be seen here.

More Rockin' Red Hair from Carisa

Hi friends!
We have a new video from Carisa today, yeah! It's a personal request of another great red hair combo that I fell in love with when I saw it on her blog a few months back.
Enjoy!

Coloring with Carisa!

Hi there! Today we have a couple of videos from the fabulous Carisa! I love her work and when I saw that she was doing videos I knew she would be a great addition to the Color Me Copic blog! So let's give Carisa a big warm welcome!

In Carisa's words taken from her blog
Now, I have to admit, I have shied away from doing these b/c I feel like there are plenty of copic coloring tutorials out there but I suppose I add my own spin to it. ;) Thanks to my friends who have encouraged me and been so supportive. The main thing I can stress is you can watch video after video on "how to" color, but you just gotta dig in and practice on your own. Just have fun with it - try new things - color until you are happy. :D

So, here you go. The first video is a skin tone coloring - my most used skin tone combo using E0000, E000, E00, E11, R22, R20, R01. In this video I had my tripod pretty high and I guess I tend to whisper when I'm talking to an empty room, LOL, so I'm going to work on that for future videos.

In this second video I'm coloring hair using a fabulous red color combination YR04, YR07, YR09, R29.
I do move the camera about 3 mins into the video but my hand is sorely in the way a lot. Gotta figure out how to fix that since that is how I hold my markers. LOL

Fair hair...

These are three variations on how you can achieve light/white hair on your stamped images. Whenever I want a character to have 'white' hair I think about what kind of environment they are in because the colors around them would be reflected in the white hair which determines the color of shadows and shading that I use to add dimension to an otherwise flat look. And it can be any color you want, just so long as you stick with very light shades of that color and leave a lot of the white cardstock showing. (Edited to add, because I forgot to tell this in the video.)



The finished card with Seraphina can be seen here
The finished card with Aurelia can be seen here.
The finished card with Celestina can be seen here.

More two tone hair coloring fun!

Here's a couple more examples of the two tone hair coloring.



The card using Kraftin'Kimmie Monique can be seen here

Fun with two tone hair

I had some time this afternoon, so I went to my request list and thought showing how I color two tone hair would be fun!



The finished card using KK Perfect Poison can be seen here

The finished card using the Spesch Cinderella can be seen here

It's not easy being green...

well, why stop at just one Halloween image today! Here's Swiss Miss Witch Brigitta that I've decided to go all witchy on and give her light green skin with beautiful dark green hair! Elphaba eat your heart out! ;-)



The finished card can be seen here

They're creepy and they're kooky...

and all together spooky...
Hi Everybody!
I had a request for coloring black clothing so in keeping with my current Halloween theme I decided to color Swiss Pixie Rosalie into a kind of Wednesday type character from the Addams Family.
Here's the video



The finished card can be seen here

Haaaaair...

I'll start out warning you that this video is looong (22 minutes) but I am coloring up two images! So now our li'l zombies need to be perfectly, disturbingly coiffed. These are a couple of hair combos that will make any image look ghoulishly grand! ;)



The finished card can be seen here

A not so 'wee' coloring video

Hi again!
Had some requests on how I colored my mason jar lids and I thought I would go ahead and tape the whole process. I broke it down to two videos and this first one is me coloring up Fairwee Josie...I just made it in under the 15 minute mark, so be forewarned! :)



The finished card can be seen here

Coloring "Super Hero" Blue-Black Hair

Just thought I'd share another video I got done...about adding some blue to black for extra depth and texture. :)



The finished card can be seen here

Straight hair tutorial by Amy Young + Challenge #4!

The fabulous Miss Amy Young over at A Thousand Sheets of Paper has put together another AWESOME hair coloring video, this time it's on doing the "feathered" hair look on straight hair.  And it's also time for Challenge #4! We want you to try out Amy's straight hair technique :0)

We are also SUPER lucky to have the super sweet Susana over at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD) to sponsor us this week!  She is offering up an awesome prize: one of the super cool new Viva Decor Pearl pens in Ice White and also a free single rubber stamp from one of the SCACD exclusive stamp lines, which you can see HERE.

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On a side note, if you have info or tutorials you would like to see the team cover please make sure to write it in the comments section or email us at CMC, we want to know what you guys want/need!

 

Image by: Tickled Pink (LE Kellita)

Challenge Fine print:

Make a project using Amy's straight hair technique - any straight haired stamp, does not have to be a "big head" (as Amy puts it)
New creations only (we check)

You can use any stamps you'd like

Link it up here by September 24th

Winner will be chosen by random.org

DT will pick some of our favorite creations to showcase

Thanks for joining us!
~The CMC Team~

Curly Hair Video Tutorial by Amy Young!! Challenge #3

The fabulous Miss Amy Young over at A Thousand Sheets of Paper has put together an AWESOME video on how to color curly hair! We all know how well she colors and she was kind enough to use some of her vacation time to try and help the rest of us out ;0) This also marks Challenge #3 here at CMC - We are challenging you to try your hand at coloring curly hair!

Sweet November is also sponsoring this challenge! There will be TWO winners this time and each of them gets a new stamp that you haven't even seen yet from Amy's upcoming "Twisted Sisters" line ;0) If you like these gals make sure to stay tuned to Amy, Traci & Rachel's blogs starting on August 31 for Sweet November previews and to see three more of her new fairies!

Prize #1 Jessamine

Prize #2 Caladium

Image by: The Greeting Farm

Challenge fine print:

Use Amy's curly hair technique on your project of choice
NEW creations only (we check)

You can use any stamps you'd like

Link it up here by September 8th

Winners will be chosen by random.org

DT will pick some of our favorite creations to showcase


Thanks for joining us!
~The CMC Team~

Lysa's Black Hair Video Tutorial

Please welcome our Guest Contributor, Lysa from Lysa's Crafty Creations!

My name is Lysa and I LOVE everything about being crafty. I've been stamping & scrapbooking for about 6-7ish years now, and you can find me in my craft room any spare moment I get!

I 'discovered' Copics about 2 years ago- and got my first set of 72 from my husband for Christmas that year and haven't looked back since! I am not Copic certified- I've learned everything I know from blogs and videos and adapted them into my own style.

Here's her FABULOUS video on how to color "shiny" black hair: