Hand made Pins for Cards

Hi all I wanted to bring to you a little tut on how I make my own hand made pins they are very easy and are great to add to your cards as you can match the colours that you want for your card theme

To start this is what you will need 

Some head pins - I got from ebay but if you have a bead store near you then you can get them from there

some beads a in decreasing sizes (ebay or bead shop)

some spacers beads these are really small beads you dont have to use them but I do

some Decorative spacers I got mine from Cuddly Buddly

flower caps they are a bit like bell caps but flatter so better to use again - ebay

a pokey tool and some glossy Accents this is the best to use it drys clear and is strong

so.

 Use a crease matt to add a dob of glossy accents this is great as any left just peals of when dry

 to start take the head pin, flower cap and the largest bead

add a little glossy accent to the head pin at the head end

 

this last spacer bead finishes of the pin the pins below where

made the same way, you can chose what ever colours you want to match 

your cards

you can use whichever combo of beads and spacers you want

I hope this little tutorial help and you give it a go its fab to be able to match your pins in the colours of your card and they are also fun to make I sit in front of the tv making them so I always have a selection and because they are so quick to do you can make loads in an evening

in you have any questions email me.

Colouring image with reds and polychromos pencils Picture Tutorial

Picture tutorial for Colouring with reds and Polychromos pencils

The image i am using is one of the new christmas magnolia images she is very cute and just calling to be coloured ~I decided to colour her red as I know this is one of the hardest colours to colour and blend.

I will start by colouring the skin I used E13, E11 E00 (not E31 as in pic derr)

I chose where my light sorce was coming from which is the right hand side but it is totally up to you.

the first colour I used is E13 

I then added E11 and blended it with E13

I then added E00 and blended all over

I added R20 to the cheeks

Then reblended with E00

For the red dress I used R29, R22, R20 I find this the best combo for christmassy colour's

Using R29 first I added the darkest colour to the right side of her dress and to the folds

 I then blended with R22 then R20, I go over this a couple of time to get the blend I am happy with.

I have done the same for the sleeve and the rest of the dress

I used the same blending colours on the hat and neckline

 For the legs and hands I used the same skin combo as the face.

For the boots I used  C00, C1, C3, C5

Starting with the darkest C5 colour first 

The blending in the other greys

 For the ribbon I used the same copics as the Dress

For the Hair I used copics E18, E17 YR21

Starting with the darkest colour add to where you think is likely to be the darkest areas in the folds of the hair 

The add the other colours med then the lighest colours repeat to get the blend how you want it, it doesnt matter how many times you go over it will blend better the more you add colour.

 I have now finished with the copics and want to add so me blending for more depth with polychromos pencils and sansador the colours I used are Dark Red, Walnut Brown, Warm Grey V, Cold Grey II and cinnamon.

 I used the dark red to add depth to the folds 

 Sleeves

 Using the dark brown I added it to the hair in the folds

 Then blended with a blending stump

 The cinnamon I used just under the hairline

 and the jaw line

again blending it with the stump

 do the same on the hands and legs

 now the warm grey V on the boots

 to the darkest areas

 Then blend it with a stump and sansador

 the cool grey II is used on the folds of the fir

 blend them to finish

 and R20, R22 to finish the parcel

and there you go the finished image I will make a card with the image and post it here to. Hope you enjoyed this  tut and it helps in showing  how to colour reds.