I See Your True Colours
Colouring is all the rage, and here at Stampin' Up! we have just released our very own brand of alcohol-based blendable markers - Stampin' Blends! These are available in a range of colours that co-ordinate with our fab colour suites, making for seamless, professional results if you want to use colouring on a project.
Of course, there are other ways of colouring. We have our Stampin' Markers, and the blender pens make it easy to use any colour by using them in conjunction with the ink pads or the watercolour pencils, as well as the Stampin' Markers.
But what to colour...? Needless to say, we have lots of stamps, and for the first time in this year's annual catalogue we have a larger selection of stamps made specifically for colouring in, not to mention the speciality DSP. But it never hurts to have an extra string to your bow: did you know it's really not that difficult to create your own designs to colour?
Start with a simple shape, drawn with a permanent black fineliner (I've used a 0.8mm here). Next, divide it up into some sections. It doesn't matter if they're a bit wonky like mine - when you've finished you really won't notice! Then you can begin to add in detail, a bit at a time. I swapped to a 0.3mm fineliner when I got to the last bits of detail.
The next step is to add some colour! I've chosen autumn colours, and you can see the photo I used for my colour inspiration above. I've used a blender pen with the ink pads, because I love the versatility of being able to control exactly how much ink I'm using, and it's easy to fade colour evenly.
Being me, of course, I've had to add some bling...
And voila! The finished item:
There's lots of colouring inspiration today, so hop on around the blog and enjoy the makes. Happy Colouring!
