Mad for Markers Monthly Challenges

Alicia colours something wet :)

>> Saturday, April 7, 2012

Hiya all.. am posting this for Alicia who is having some internet issues poor girl!!! Hope they get fixed soon!! So anyway... she writes.....

Good morning,

I have a mermaid to share today.

I challenged myself to colour a background for her as well. I havent put her on a card. She is kind of like a mini piece of artwork. I coloured the mermaid first with these colours:

Skin: E04, E11, R20, E00

Hair: Y06, Y17, Y38, E35

Bubbles: B00, B02, B05, BG000

Then I followed a utube video on how to colour water and used the following Copics:

Water: B39, B24, BV17, B12, BG01, BG10, BG000

It was certainly a challenge for me but I enjoyed it!

I hope you have a beautiful and happy Easter weekend.

Alicia xx

Passion and Contentment at M4M

>> Friday, April 6, 2012

This month at Mad For Markers it's 'April Showers - colour something to look wet'.

So I decided to try my hand at Syren sitting on a rock in the middle of some water.... not sure how well it worked but I like the tension between trying for a mermaid or being content without....

Today I'm also celebrating Good Friday because of how good Christ's death is for me.

Christ's passion provides my contentment!

Copics: B000, B00, B02, B23, B95, B99

BG10, BG15

E000, E00

Spicas: Sky Blue, Baby Blue, Clear, Pitch Black

Sentiments are from Maya Road.

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Water in a fish bowl.

>> Thursday, April 5, 2012

Good morning everyone!
boy oh boy, i have been reading up on colouring a wet look or water these past few days. i was worried about this challenge as it is not an easy thing to colour a wet look image.
for my card i did not want to use glossy accents etc for the wet look, i really wanted to get the effect just with my markers. so i went to one of my favorite blogs and searched it to find a tutorial on colouring water and there were heaps!!! this is the tutorial i used from I like markers. it really helped me get the grasp on how water looks in glass.
I used a greeting farm image for this card Oliver from my favorite things. you can find many Oliver and Amelia stamps over on the mad 4 markers website.
Here is my card.

Along with the glass of water tutorial to get the goldfish looking right i also used a faded jean effect of Olivers jeans.

Here are the markers i used.

I think next time i might have a go at colouring a pond or lake for my wet effect!

Tara :)

its a shower...

>> Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Hi everyone...

I hope you are all well and excited about the new months challenge..April showers.

To start I was a bit unsure of what to do..but you can colour puddles..make raindrops, choose underwater scenes and the lost goes on lol!!

Here is what I have coloured to show you today..I also added some dimensional magice for that extra watery sheen!!

Have fun and cant wait to see what you colour..

p.s all copic colours used are listed beside the image in the picture..

Hugz ashlee

April Showers - Mermaid Syren

>> Tuesday, April 3, 2012

This month at Mad for Markers the challenge is April Showers - colour something to look wet!

Well I struggled to get my image to look wet by colouring alone so I put a little gloss on to give my little image the wet look that was needed.

Copic Colours

Hair/Left Shell - RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
Skin and cheeks - E50,E51, E11, E20
Tail - BG11, BG15, BG18, BG23
Middle Shell - E30, E33
Right Shell - BV01
Eyes - B34, B41

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

Syren and all your copics can be purchased at the Mad for Markers store.

Happy Crafting
Sam xx

April Challenge....April Showers

>> Monday, April 2, 2012

Good morning Copic Lovers,
With this year just flying by it is time for us to announce our April Challenge...

April Showers

It's all about colouring something to look wet... think water, beach scenes, bubble baths, fishing, mermaids, snow or the obvious, rain....

To inspire you to get into some wet colouring, here are a couple of links to some great tutorials from Marianne Walker....

Rainy Tutorial

Making Drop of Dew

And here is a little coloured inspiration from me....

Be sure to check out our Store blog tomorrow for a video tutorial from Sammi and of course there will be more inspiration from our wonderful Challenge DT here over the coming month.

Till next time,
Rach xoxo

Winners from Monochromatic March

>> Sunday, April 1, 2012

Good evening Copic lovers... Here at last to announce the winners of our latest challenge... There were some wonderfaul Monochromatic creations! Thanks to all who played along!! :)
My old Friend Random.org has chosen a winner and that is... Henny - please email me if you would like to be a guest designer for us this month!!