Round monochromatic Mothersday card with Alice

Hi all, I am back from my lovely holiday, I have been visiting my mum.

Anyway back to " my DT work"...

This month at Mad for Markers we would like to see a card for a female..

Coloured with your copics ofcourse.

So why not a Mothersday card??

I have made a monochromatic brown round card

with the lovely image Alice Bean from The Greeting Farm

and coloured with my copics "E" earth tones.

For the elegant touch I have added some brown pearls and ribbons a button and a charm.

The round and oval shapes and the flower button

are cutted with creatables dies from Marianne Design .

copics used:

skin: E 50, E 51, E 53,  blush R 02

dress: E 31, E 33, E 35, E 79

hair: E 31, E 35

bow : E 25, E 37, E 79

Well ofcourse the whole M4M DT team will inspire you almost daily,

so please come back soon...

In case you would like to see some of my other creations please visit my blog,

for all mothers HAPPY MOTHERSDAY!

Hugs Blankina

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Summer lovin'....inspired by Grease

This is the inspiration for my card...

 

I love this movie... now Grease 2, I can give it a miss but the original... ahhhh classic!

 

 

I used the 50s Sweetheart digi from The Greeting Farm.

 

Copics Used:

E50, E51, R20, E27, E59, E44, E43, R24, R27, 100, B91, B93, B95, R81, R83

 

Happy Colouring!

~ Susan ♥

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Cheeky Geeky

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to another great Friday here at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog.

For today's inspiration I decided to use The Greeting Farm's 'Cheeky Geeky'.

I have used my multiliner to draw a border around the image.

Copies used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E01, R20

Hair: E70, E71, E74, E77, E79

Clothes and Flowers: B91, B93, B95, B97

Don't forget to stop by the Mad for Markers online store for all your stamping and copic needs.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

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Multiliner Touch Ups

Hi Everyone!

 

Susan here with an image to share for the COPIC MULTILINERS CHALLENGE.

 

I stamped Princess #2  from The Greeting Farm and had some hair missing. Eeeek!

 

Using my trusty multiliners I filled in the missing section knowing that they are safe to use with my Copic markers and won't cause bleeding.

 

What do you use your Copic Multiliners for?

 

Check out the Mad for Markers store for all of your copic needs.

 

Happy Colouring!

~ Susan xxox

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Marci and Jack

Hi Everyone!

Susan here with two images to share for the SPRING Yellow-Greens and Greens CHALLENGE.

 

I have used my new favourite yellow-green combination of YG61, YG63 and YG67.

I have coloured in Witch Marci from La La Land Crafts.

 

 

I have also coloured in Creeper Crew Jack from The Greeting Farm.

Copics Used:

E50, E00, E11, R20, R00

YG61, YG63, YG67

E30, E55, E57

T2, T4, T6, T8

R24, R27, 0, C1

YR02, YR04, YR07

Silver Spica for buckles

 

Check out the Mad for Markers store for all of your copic needs.

 

Happy Colouring!

~ Susan xxox

 

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Get your entries in quick.

There isn't long left to enter the August challenge at Mad for Markers and with the theme of Anything goes we would love for you to share any of your new creations with us. This week I thought I would make a very clean and simple card using the Greeting Farm's Blush Bettie.

I think she is a rather sweet way to say good bye to Winter this week as she looks like she's at a Spring BBQ.

Blush Bettie is coloured with these copics-

Skin E50, E51, E53 and E93.

Hair C1, C5, C7, C9.

Clothes R81, R83 and R85

Shadow BV0000 and BV00

Sky B0000 and 0

Grass YG00, YG03, YG06 and 0

Bettie, copics and x-press it blending card are all available over at the Mad for Markers Store.

I look forward to seeing your creations.
Gretchen

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Anything Goes Challenge with Princess Collection no. 02

It is the first week of our Anything Goes Challenge here at Mad for Markers and I have used Princess Collection no. 02 for my creation.  I made this for my daughter's 9th birthday recently.

Copic Colours Used

Hair - E30, E31, E33, E37

 Skin and cheeks - E50, E51, E11, R0

Dress and crown - R81, R83, R85

If you want to know anymore details about my card you are welcome to check out my blog here

The Greeting Farm Stamps and all the copics can be purchased at the Mad for Markers store.

Happy Crafting
Sam xx

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Surfer Ian - Monochromatic

Hi Copic Lovers,

Here is my third Surfer Ian card for the monochromatic challenge.

This time he is coloured in Cool Greys.

C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

Have you purchased this stamp yet?

He is such a must!

Get him at the Mad for Markers Shop here.

Are you looking for a little blog entertainment today?

Here are three things to do....

1. Head on over to my blog to see a little surfing clip of my cousin's kids surfing on the Sunshine Coast in Australia...absolutely adorable!!! 

2. While you are at my blog enter my Spring candy.

3. Why not participate in the Mad for Marker's Blog Hop?  Start here.  There is so much inspiration and hidden prizes to be won.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Alicia xx

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Surfer Ian in Blue

Good Morning Copic Lovers,

Happy Saturday! Yay!!  Do you have a nice weekend planned?

I have a few jobs for this weekend that need to be done, and hopefully some card-making too!!!

Today I thought I would share this "wildish" male card which is Surfer Ian coloured in blues.

The papers are pretty "out there" arent they!  They are from the Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss paper pad.  The journalling card with the stamped Happy Birthday is from Project Life, the Cobalt Collection.

The Copics I used are:

BG000, B00, BG01, BG05, B05, B24, B18 

Why not try to colour something up in some shades of blue today and enter it in our Monochromatic Challenge.  

If you are looking for the perfect stamp then head over to the Mad for Marker's store and see Sammi's great range.  Surfer Ian is available here.

Have a lovely weekend,

Alicia xx

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Surfer Ian in Monochromatic Shades of Green

Hi Copic Lovers,

I hope you are having a happy Saturday.  I wanted to share my green Surfer Ian.  I have put him onto a card.   I think he will be perfect for one of my surfie cousins that live up on the Sunshine Coast and both have birthdays later this year...so does that mean I might be organised?? How nice it will be to pull the card out already made and send it off! 

But I am getting sidetracked...did you want to know colours?

Here they are: YG11, YG03, YG23, YG06, G14, G05, G28 

I followed a sketch, but the challenge has ended now...the sketch I found to be really good though, if you want an easy and quick card to go with an image you have coloured give it a try.

Well, I hope you have a great weekend and get some colouring time in.  Why not make a card for our challenge?  Pop on over to Sammi's store to buy Surfer Ian and the new Greeting farm stamps here.

Thanks for stopping by,

Alicia xx

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Monochrome March

Hi Copic Lovers,

Welcome to our new March Challenge - Monochromatic Colours!

We are looking for colouring using different shades of the same colour.

To get us started with a little inspiration I have coloured in Surfer Ian.

Available in the Mad for Markers Shop here.

Firstly I coloured him with Cool Greys:

C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

Then Warm Greys:

W1, W3, W5, W7

Then Yellows/Oranges/Browns:

Y11, Y15, Y17, YR23, E35, E15 

Then Blues:

BG000, B00, BG01, BG05, B05, B24, B18

And finally Greens:

YG11, YG03, YG23, YG06, G14, G05, G28

I had a lot of fun with this!

Now I have heaps of images to put on some male cards.

I hope you join us in this fun challenge.

Alicia xx

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Syren ~ Creeper Mermaid ~ in RVs

 Good Morning Copic Lovers,

I hope you have a lovely weekend planned : )

I have a card to share today that I have made for our current R and RV colour challenge.  I have coloured in Syren and you can buy her here at the Mad for Markers Store.  She is fun to colour.  I find her hair the most challenging bit.

I coloured her with....

Hair: 100, C-7, C-5

Skin: E00, E11, E04

Pinks: RV23, RV21, RV34, RV29

These papers I am just in love with and I am quickly working my way through this Echo Park Be Mine Pad.  If you like them to you should hop on over to my blog and enter my candy.  This paper pad is part of the candy!  I also used some lace, a swirl die cut some pins, soft tulle, pink ribbon, gem stones and a black flower to decorate.

I am entering a couple of challenges and all that info is on my blog.

Well I hope you have a wonderful weekend...with some time for a bit of colouring...or a lot (even better)!!

Alicia xx

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A Red and a Pink Blush Babette

Hi Copic Lovers,

I hope you are having a lovely weekend.  My weekend is flying by!

I have made two cards for our current challenge which is to use R and RV colours.

I have used Blush Babette again which can be purchased at the Mad for Markers Store here.

For the first card I used:

Reds: R20, R22 and R29

Hair: Y17, Y15, Y11

Skin: E00, E11

For the second card I used exactly the same hair and skin colours 

but I changed the reds to pinks:

RV06, RV04 and RV02.

I have a tutorial on how I colour Blush Babette here if you are interested.

If you havent linked up a creation yet, please do so.  We would love to see your colouring with the RV and R Copics.  Please list the colours you use so we can all learn new colour combinations.  Have a great weekend.

Alicia xx

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Colouring with R's and RV's Challenge.

Good morning all!
The weekend is almost upon us and as there is a great new challenge this month, i thought i would share with you a card or two for some inspiration for you to get out there and colour,Colour,COLOUR!!!

R's and RV's i find are not the easiest to colour with. I find they bleed a lot and if you do not get the shading right  they are not very forgiving.
I have always found though if you treat them a little different than your other colours especially the R's you can get some great results. I always try to not flood the page, i always use smaller flicks when using the R's and with that i do not get as much bleeding and they blend better.

The first card i have made today is with a Spech Digital image his name is Draggy, and boy he is SO cute! He reminded me of the Welsh Dragon that my daughter has,so i just had to colour him in red!

Supplies;Spech designer digi stamp-draggy, Copic markers-R22,24,27,29,30,32,35,Y00,08,15,26,28,38 and 0,
 Bo Bunny papers-Crush, Paper smooches stamps-sentiment sampler, Fiskars interchangeable border punch starter set, Bella! glitter card stock, bling.

I think this card would be perfect for a special someone!

My second card i tried using the darker R's and RV's. This card was going to be special for me as i made it for my parents 40th wedding anniversary.

Supplies; The greeting Farm digi image-cake topper kiss, Basic Grey papers,  Copic markers- R20,59,83,85, E00,11,33,35,42,43,47,50,57,Y28,YG45,C3,5,7, 100 and 0,, spellbinders die-lacy squares,and ribbon.

I hope i have given you a little inspiration to enter the current challenge!
All you need to do is upload onto the right sidebar to enter.
 And if you need a stamp to colour or a couple of Copic markers/refills do not forget that the Mad 4 Markers online shop has a great variety of stamps and markers for you to choose from.

I look forward to seeing YOUR card in the challenge!

Tara:)

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New Hair Colour - Princess Anya

Hi Copic Lovers,

Alicia here.  I have a "pretty in pink" Anya Princess card to share today.

I am trying out a new hair colour.  A good blogging friend of mine has a limited amount of Copics.  She sent me a list of what she has got and I coloured my Princess Anya stamp only using the Copic colours in her collection.

The colours are: 

Hair: E37, E33, Y17, Y11 and Y02

Skin: E11, E21

Pinks: R46, RV34, RV23

Do you have a smallish Copic collection and need some help putting them together on an image?  Why not email me and I will see if I can help you out or leave me a comment on my blog?

Sammi has an awesome collection of the Anya stamps in her store here.

They start at $8 each, which is so affordable.

I am entering this card into a couple of challenges, but all the details are on my blog if you want to find out more.  Don't forget to link up your new colour combo creations to our challenge...not long left on this challenge now! 

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Happy Colouring!

Alicia xx

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A big Hello and a new colour combo!

Firstly, I would like to say Hello to all of you out there in blog world. My name it Tara And today is my first post for Mad for Markers....so please bare with me!
I love bright colours and especially blues and greens, so i thought, with this challenge a new colour combo,why not do the complete opposite and go for black and grey! you cannot get more of a different colour combo that that for me! So i Decided to scrap my daughters latest fancy dress outfit and use TGF CC Wednesday. (ed. Wednesday is currently winging her way from the US to Mad for Markers - she should be here soon!!)
I tried to colour her in only C colours and black(100) but i had to give a little colour to her face.
I also used several Fiskars border punches and i made up the photo frames on the PC and cut them out.

Here are the colours I used to colour Wednesday.

I did use AtYouSpica in silver and clear on the stamp as well. and a Copic multiliner to give Wednesdays hair more definition.

Make sure you check out the Design teams other great creations for this challenge and If you require any of the above markers or a stamp or two you can find all you need at the Mad for Markers Online Store.

And lastly....Don't forget to have a go and enter the challenge on the right sidebar!

Tara :)

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Green Colour Combination using Blush Babette

Hi Copic Lovers,

Happy Saturday to you all!!

To celebrate the weekend I am sharing another Blush Babette card.  This time I have used some green Copics.  I dont often colour with green.  But I do really like the colour.

The Green Copics I used are:

YG03, YG23, YG00

For her hair I used:

E35, E31, YR20

For her skin I used:

E11, E00, R20

You can purchase this stamp at the M4M store here.

I have photographed a tutorial for how I coloured her so stay tuned for the tutorial to be blogged soon!

I followed a sketch over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog. Hop on over to my blog for all the details and to enter my new Valentines candy!  Lots of yumminess to be won!

Have a lovely weekend and happy colouring!

Alicia xx

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Tennis Anyone?

Hi All, Susan here again and it is a cold Wednesday morning in Melbourne. It's my turn to post on the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog today for the current challenge, COLOURING EMBELLISHMENTS WITH COPICS.

On this card I have used the digital image Anya Tennis from The Greeting Farm and have used my copic markers to colour in the sparkly flower. I have also distressed the edges of the patterned paper and then edged the paper using the chisel tip of my V15 marker.

Colour your flowers, pearls, rhinestones, metal charms, chipboard etc, pop them on your creation and link up your blog post here at the Mad for Markers Challenge blog.

Copics Used:

Hair: E55, E57, E59, E79

Skin: E50, E51, R20

Clothes: V12, V15, V17, R21, R23

Tennis Racquet: BG10

Other Supplies:

Bazzill card, DCWV Glitter Stack paper, Nestabilities, Tim Holtz Distressing tool, White gel pen, Heidi Grace pins, Pearl Pin,  Kaisercraft snow pearls, Prima flower, Jennie B flower (coloured with V15), 3D rose, Word Window punch, Computer generated sentiment, Foam dots

Don't forget to stop by the Mad for Markers Online Store for your Copics, X-Press It Blending Card and stamps from The Greeting Farm!

Have a great day!
~ Susan xxox

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Colouring Wild Sprout Elena using Grey Copics

Hi all, Susan here with my first post on the challenge blog as a Mad for Markers design team member. I am so excited to be here sharing my love of all things Copic with you! There are only a few days left to join in with the Grey Challenge so get your Copics out and have some fun with us!

I have used the new Wild Sprout Elena stamp from The Greeting Farm stamped on to X-Press It Blending Card and the sentiment is from the Creepin' Collection. I have feathered Elena's hair using V01 and C1. I had lots of trouble photographing this as the feathering wouldn't show up despite me travelling all around the house for a better spot! Anyway, I hope you can see the feathering in the photos below. I love how this turned out and I am really liking the violet and grey colour combination.

Here are some close ups of Elena's hair so you can see the feathering. I stamped her sunglasses, coloured them, cut them out and attached them using foam dots.

Copics Used:

Hair: V01, C1

Skin: E50, E51, R20

Clothes: C2, C3, C5, V15, V17

Sunglasses: V15, V17

Other Supplies:

DCWV Alphabet Stack paper, DCWV Nana's Kids paper, Frosted lace Stickles, Kaisercraft snow pearls, Prima flower, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versafine Black Onyx ink (for sentiment), Foam dots

Don't forget to stop by the Mad for Markers Online Store for your Copics, X-Press It Blending Card and  stamps from The Greeting Farm!

Have a great day!

~ Susan xxox

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Going Grey......Pretty Cool!

Hiya! Teresa here with my first ever post for Mad for Markers.

In the current challenge, we're getting you to use your greys. I LOVE my greys, and my favourite thing to do with Copics is to make an image look like a photograh.  I discovered that using cool greys creates a black and white photo look, and using warm greys creates a sepia photo look. 

I've used my warm greys (W1, W3, W5 and W7) to colour Edward in here:

This looks so much harder than it really is.  I always start by colouring the skin with my very lightest marker, hair and clothing with the next lightest, and then build up from there.

Here's a full pic of the card I made with Collage Press papers:

The stamps came out of a set from The Greeting Farm called Roll Call.  I'm sure if you ask really nicely, Sammi will order one for you :) Click here to contact her.

I hope you're getting loads of inspiration from the design team to create your own grey masterpiece. Don't forget to link your creation so we can all go and take a look. The inlinkz button is in the right sidebar of this blog. You've got until next Sunday (15th May) to enter.

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