Happy New Year’s Eve! Can you believe we are finally saying goodbye to 2020?? This holiday month has been a busy one at my house. With lots of cooking, baking, present-wrapping, and nightly Christmas movies to watch with the family, I couldn’t find time to craft! I finally snuck away for an early morning coloring session, and picked Colorado Craft Company’s Party Time stamp set for my project. I LOVE their Anita Jeram line of stamps. Anita’s illustrations are so whimsical! And let me tell you, these mice were so fun to color! I have a few tips to share with you, details on a giveaway, and a free shipping code for Colorado Craft Company. Let’s get started!
I stamped the large stamp with Milk Chocolate ink onto X-Press It Blending Card, my go-to paper for Copic Markers. I can not recommend this paper enough! It’s silky smooth surface works perfectly to blend colors together. And talking about colors, I admit it… I used a lot! I just went into a zone, and started pulling out markers! Before I got into the main coloring, I started with a background shadow.
I like to do shadows by starting with my lightest color, and drawing a wide line. I let the ink dry, then follow the lines with a darker color, drawing a thinner line. I let the ink dry again, and do one last line with the darkest color. (C0, C01, C03 markers used.) Letting the ink dry makes defined lines. This gives the paper a fun 3-tier shadow, a look I love.
Moving on to the main coloring, I did the complete opposite. I started with my darkest color first, and worked my way to the lightest. So on the mice, I started with E04 around the darkest areas on the left side. I blended it out a bit with E13, then E11, and E21, coloring towards the right side of the mice. For the lightest areas I used E51, and colored in the opposite direction. I started on the right edge, and colored towards the darker colors, pushing the E21 ink away.
My most used Copic Markers are E04 (my favorite!) and Colorless Blender (0). They are with me for every coloring session. Colorless Blender has many uses, including pushing color away for a textured look. I did this with the cake and Bloody Mary. I colored them first, and let the ink dry. (Very important to do, or you will have a big bleeding mess!) Once dry, I dotted the cake and drink with the Colorless Blender, gave the paper time to dry, and did it again. This is a great way to break up a smooth blend.
Once I finished with the markers, I went back with a few sharp pencils. I always finish my Copic coloring with pencils. The second picture in the above collage is after pencils. Can you see a difference? I mainly used Indigo Blue to darken the shadows, using a sharp tip to get into the tight corners. I finished up with highlights, using a white gel pen.
The stamp set has a coordinating die set, which I used to die-cut the images and sentiment. The ink-blended background was made with the following Distress Oxide inks: Hickory Smoke, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, and Dusty Concord. I splattered a bit of white paint over the panel, let it dry, and attached it to a card base with foam adhesive. I used thin foam squares to add the mice.
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Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope I was able to pass along some coloring tips and ideas. Have a fun and safe New Year’s, and I will see you back here soon… Happy Crafting!
I LOVE these mice! They are so Stinking Cute!! I would love to win this set! Wishing you the Most Blessed & Happiest New Year Yet! God Bless & the Love of Christ to you & yours!
Same to you, Beth.❤️
Wow, your card is just stunning, the colors so vibrant and I love it. Thanks so much.
Love the look…3C & Anita Jeram are a hit with me!!! Love your colors!!
I love this stamp set!!!! Your coloring is amazing! I love your color choices for the background❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for sharing.
Your coloring is amazing! I’ll try the tip of finishing with colored pencils on my next project.
Yes! You will love the depth you get with a few pencils. ❤️
So adorable! Love the whimsical color of your drinks!
(I believe the mice have gained their Covid 15!😂)
Love your card and beautiful colors!
This is sooo amazing!!!! Love those mice!!!! And your coloring!!🥰🥰
Love this card! The mice look like they are having so much fun!
Wonderful card- such whimsy one cannot help but smile! Your background is so pretty to contrast with the mice. I think the thing that pulls my eye most is the coloring of the drinks! Love your tip about the use of colored pencils. I need to try that, esp. for small areas!
Sharp pencil tips help so much!
This card just screams party. Your colouring is amazing. I definitely more practice and more markers.
I recommend starting with color combos you like. I have a few of my go-to colors here: https://myloveforpaper.com/2020/10/20/gina-k-designs-timeless-poppies/
Beautiful card!
Love the colouring!! The white details make everything pop so much more ! Thank you for sharing!!
Oh my gosh! This card is just packed with fun & color! What better way to ring in a much needed New Year! Love your design and fabulous coloring! And thank you for the opportunity to win this darling set! Love, love, love it! 😍😍😍
It’s the ONE A.J. set I haven’t purchased, Angelica! You’ve made me love it, and I know just the person who would love it more! Thanks for all your Copic tips!
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I love your colouring! Thanks for providing such great detail.
Wonderful color combinations. I really like the drinks, they look so tasty!
This card is beautiful!! Happy New Year!!
Such a fun card! And your coloring is amazing! Thanks for sharing your coloring tips & details.
Absolutely ADORABLE card Angelica and just beautiful coloring too! Thanks so much for all the coloring tips and now I NEED to put an E04 marker in my shopping cart! I have a few of Anita’s CUTE little critter sets but not this one, so thank you so much for the opportunity to win!! Happiest wishes for a bright and healthy and creative New Year!! :0)
Such a cute card. I love it.
Love the card! Bright colors and fun! Love that you tell the specifics of the products that you use.
I love your coloring, and so appreciate the technique tutorial. I picked up several great tips!
So helpful to know exactly how you created this look. I often buy the stamps and then am left clueless on how to achieve the right look! Thank YOU!
Angelica you are so talented with Copics & I definitely do see a difference once you’d added the shading with the dark blue pencil crayon. I’ve not had much practice with copics as I’m some-
what intimidated at the thought of shading & blending with them. Your hint to let each layer of ink dry is something I’m going to incorporate. The colours you’ve used are so happy & suit this image perfectly. Anita Jeram is an extremely talented lady to be able to bring across such a look of whimsy in her drawings. A very Happy New Year to you!
Thank you, Teri! I’m glad I could help. When coloring the main scene, I did color each item at once. That’s how the colors blend, when the paper is wet. But for shadow lines and texture, the ink should dry first, so they don’t blend together. ❤️
Your coloring on this card blows me away! All of the stamps from Colorado Co and Anita are adorable!
This is adorable! Your coloring is amazing! I LOVE this set and your ink blended background!!!
This adorable card has a big wow factor! The colors are amazing, and the background is the perfect complement. I so wish I had your talent, but very happy to get to enjoy seeing your cards. Have a Happy New Year!
I have to say this is the cutest card ever! I so appreciate all the coloring tips, especially letting your ink dry before using the blender! I honestly had no idea!! Happy New Year!
I picked this stamp out of all the new ones!
What fun to see it brought to life!
Just wonderful!
Have fun coloring!
I never thought I would be saying mice are adorable, but you truly have made these two more than precious! Great card, great card design! thank you for sharing. Happy New Year!
One of the best tutorials I’ve seen. Thank you so much! And love this stamp set – adorable!
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Thank you for all the tips your card is awsome. I have this stamp on my shopping list along with a few others can’t wait to order it.
I love your detailed description of how you created this card. Your card expresses what I need, perfectly; merriment!! Happy New Year 🎈.
I loved this Party Time stamp by Anita Jeremy when I first saw it previewed but WOW! You’ve done a fabulous coloring job with it. I think this set is so adorable. May have to add it to my stash!
Absolutely love these mice and this card … made my Christmas cards with mice and dogs set and will purchase this set as well … optimistic but not very lucky on giveaways!
Oh my gosh, this is stunning. I love all your tips on coloring. I wish it was as easy as you make it look!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!🥳. Come on 2021!
This set is so cute! I love the cards you created. HappyNew Year!
I love the Pink/Purple background. and the tips on using colored pencils will encourage me to get mine out of the box. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Love this card. Happy New Year 2021 !!!!
These mousies are THE CUTEST!!! They have their colorful party essentials ready for a WALLOPING New Year!! The colors are just scrumptious!
Such a fun and cheery card!! So colorful and I love your background!
This just makes me happy!!!!!!!!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing your creativity.
Great coloring–just makes the message happy! Thanks for sharing.
I just love her style… you did these mice so perfectly. I wish all mice could be this cute!! Thanks for the shipping code and I would love to toast the New Year with you and yours… here’s to a brighter year 2021! Make mine a martini…
Happy New Year! We’re going to see if Vera can make it to midnight. 😂🎉🎉
This set is adorable and your coloring is amazing.
I love the bright and blended colors you used in your card! Thank you for sharing!
I love the bright colors and blending used to color this image! Have a blessed New Year!
I loved this stamp as soon as I saw it. Angelica you have coloured it sooooo beautifully and that background is so pretty. A work of art.
Holy cow! I wish I had your skills! The way you shaded it gives it such a three dimensional appearance. I am new to stamping and colouring and haven’t had an art lesson since elementary school so I know I shouldn’t compare my work to yours but I aspire to be as good as you! I love Anita Jeram’s work and with your colouring, the result is beautiful!
Thank you for your kind words!❤️
Love this card. Thank you so much for the detailed directions. So very helpful. Can’t wait to give it a try.