Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 16

Welcome to Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 16!!

Congratulations to our 2nd Copic Giveaway winner: Anita
"I love your cards. They are beautiful. I have linked you to my blog at: http://anitabugg.blogspot.com/" Congratulations Anita!

Now on to the copic colors for this week: YG67 B23 E47
How do these color speak to you? Lush tall trees in the full of summer? A fluffy teddy bear? Wide open ocean waves? Or perhaps a sweet pirate as our guest designer Jane Bosi prepared. Check out the wonderful interpretations of the Design Team!

Guest Designer Jane Bosi

Ann Clack

Kimm BT
(stamp credits- Stampin' UP!)

Laurie Gatton

Sharon Briss

Remember you do not need the exact colors to play along with the challenge, nor all of the colors... use colors you have!

Kimm

Blog Give Away- hurry!

Only one more day to enter my blog give away here:
http://artfulsentimentsbykimm.blogspot.com/2009/06/artful-sentiments-copic-challenge-14.html
The design team has FUN stuff coming up for this weekends challenge!!
Kimm

Wildflower Basket

This framed art project is one of my July classes at the Memphis Eclectica Scrapbook store! I love how it came out! My class participants will be completing this project including frame, background and main image by Inkadinkado... colored with Copic Markers!
If you are local, or close to local... call and sign up for class!
Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 15

Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans!
I am excited to welcome our July guest designer Jane Bosi! I think you will adore her stamping style as she shares her artistic interpretation of the challenges this month!

Challenge colors this week: R29, C0, B26


Here are the fantastic Design Team cards:

Jane Bosi

Sharon Briss

Laurie Gatton

Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Kimm BT

(stamp credits- Changito. Copic colors: B91, C0, E43,E44,E47,E00,R22,R29,R59,B21,B24,B26)

Remember to post a comment to enter the Copic Giveaway on last weeks challenge here.
Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 14 and Blog Candy!

Welcome Friends!
If you were visiting my previous post, you'll notice my Blended Sky tutorial. To help you along with your sky coloring, I'm giving away 2 copic markers- BG000 and BG10! To enter you will need to leave a comment and share the link to this blog! The contest will be open for 2 weeks! Good Luck!
And now our Copic Challenge 14!
This weeks colors are: B24, G24, Y21 and any other green (G)



The design team interpretations are awesome! Click on their names to visit their blogs for additional information.

Ann Clack

Becky Peterson

Cathy Edgar

Laurie Gatton

Sharon Briss

Kimm BT

(stamp credit- Cornish Heritage Farms, Copics used-Y21, YR23, G24, B24, B91)

Play along ladies! You will love the professional coloring results with copics!

Kimm

Tutorial- Blended Sky

Hello Friends

I love soft auras around images colored with copic markers. It took me some trial and error and a bit of practice before I was able to get my own looking half decent! I want to share how I achieve the effect without an airbrush. I hope you enjoy the tutorial today!

Stamp credit: Sweet and Sassy Stamps

Copic colors used: BG000, BG10, 0 colorless blender-make sure it is wet!

1. Begin adding your base sky color (BG000) around the image.

2. Add a second layer of the same color this time blend from the edge of the image outward in a feathering (or swooping) motion.

3. With each motion, your brush tip begins fully touching the cardstock and as you feather upwards the brush tip lifts off the cardstock as shown. Keep the direction of your brush strokes parallel to the horizon. Work with an inch or so at a time. Repeat if desired.

4. Add the second, slightly deeper color (BG10) in a thinner line right next to the image edge.

(Sorry for the blurry photos here, my daughter was taking pics as I was working. )

6. Use your wet blender pen to feather INTO the sky color. Begin by touching the brush end flat against the cardstock and feather (or swoop) upward into the sky area. Do not pull the blender all the way to the image edge or close to your second color layer. It is important to begin outside the colored area as the blender pen is removing color as you swoop inward and therefore ‘blending’ it into your first layers of sky color.

7. Feathering upward into the sky with brush tip parallel to the horizon. Repeat this blending process 2 or 3 times until your sky has a smooth transition.

Other color options for creating sky:

B000 and B00- bright blue sky
B91 and B21- duller light blue
C0 and B91- cloudy gray sky
Y000 and Y11- bright sunny
YR000 and Y00 or Y11- peachy warm sky before sunset
(pull the yellow out farther over the YR000)
C0 or C1 and BV20- dusky gray like before a snowstorm

I hope you find this tutorial helpful.... if so let me know with your comment:)

Kimm

Summer Fresh

Hello Friends
I have 2 cards to share with you quickly this morning.... both summer fresh! I will admit I prefer blueberries over strawberries but love the bounty of all the summer fruits! I think my favorite though are fresh from the vine local tomatoes. Yummy!

Stamp credits- Anita's, Making Tracks
Stamp credits- Inkadinkado, Eureka!

Have a wonderful day!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 13

Welcome to another copic challenge here at Artfulsentiments! Don't these summery colors look fun? My daughter's beach towel was the inspiration for this color set... but the design team once again did a fabulous job of interpreting the colors and no beach towels!
Copic Challenge colors this week: B05, YG23, YR04 and any violet (V)

Sharon Briss

Becky Peterson

Laurie Gatton

Kimm

(BG000, B02, B05, YG21, YG23, YR04, YR07, N4, E0000, E00)

Stamp credit: Stampin' UP

Ann Clack

Cathy Edgar

If you are just learning how to use your Copic markers... keep practicing! Your skills will improve and you'll have alot of fun in the process! Next week I'll have a little tutorial on blending out a sky space.

I hope the weather will be kind where you live and you'll play along! Please use the comment section to post your link!

Kimm

Blog Giveaway Winner

Ladies we have a winner in the giveaway!
Niki said:
Here's my attempt with the yellow, blue and just a little red. Definitely need additional tutorials on shading, blending and shadows!

Congratulations Niki and Thank you to all who particpated!!
Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 12

Hello Friends
Let me apologize for posting late. We had storms run through Memphis Friday and Saturday and I was without power for most of the weekend. Praise God that we are all safe and only minor damage in our neighborhood.
On to the challenge!
Copic Challenge colors for this week are: R32, B02, BG09 and any other red (R)
I just love these colors together.... and see what beautiful work the design team did with them!!

Becky Peterson

Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Laurie Gatton

Sharon Briss

Remember there is still time to enter the copic give away on Artful Sentiments challenge 11 !

Enjoy a very colorful day!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 11

Welcome!
It's a great weekend and another Copic Challenge right here on Artful Sentiments! First, we have some blog candy for you! The blog candy give away includes this mini graduation stamp set and 2 Copic Sketch Markers- E00 and E02! These 2 colors are great for skin tones!! Participate in this weeks challenge using ANY blue, yellow or red marker... post a link to your artwork in the comments section and a way for me to contact you. If you use any of the three challenge colors this week, you may post a second comment!! This give away will be open for 2 weeks! I will post a winner on June 20. Now onto the weekly challenge! I think this one is a tad harder since the blue and red I selected are both on the darker side. Try using them as accent colors... or your main colors! The design team did a fabulous job with their interpretations and each is so unique!

Copic Challenge colors this week: B97, Y35, R89 (extra color your choice)

Laurie Gatton

Ann Clack

Becky Peterson

Cathy Edgar

Kimm BT
(copic colors-b93,b97,y35,y38,r83,r89,e0000,e00,bg000,bg15,bg18,e50)

Visit the design teams blog for details on their cards and don't forget to play along and enter the give away!! Have a great weekend!!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 10

Hello Friends and welcome to Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge #10.
When I first selected these colors all I could think of was something sweet... like chocolate with strawberries or neapolitan ice cream! Sound yummy? I couldn't resist using my favorite ice cream cone stamp from Imaginesce! As you feast your eyes on the design teams creations for this week, you'll see how wonderfully creative they choose to use the colors! Remember to visit their blogs for details on their cards by clicking on their name.... leave them a great comment while you are there!

Copic Challenge colors for this week: E47, E11, RV21
(the extra color this week is your choice)

Kimm BT
(E47, E44, E11, RV00, RV21, R29, C1)

Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Laurie Gatton

Sharon Briss

My Mister Linky wasn't loading, so please leave your link in the comment section to share! While you are blogging today, visit Thinking Inking by Debbie Olson for a chance to win an airbrush system!

Have a great day!

Kimm