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Tuesday 26 February 2013

Skin Tones Anyone?

Here's a little giveaway for my lovely followers, a set of Flexmarker skin tones - set 2. the winner will get:
Saddle Brown
Cinnamon
Burnt Sienna
Nutmeg
Light Fawn
Blush

All you have to do is leave a comment under this post. Mention it on your blog if you have one, and the winner will be drawn next Tuesday 5th March - March already? Where did February go?  




Thanks to everyone who took the time to go over to the Letraset blog last week - I have had a lot of requests asking for more detail about how I did the sky.....



I used cloud blue, powder blue, sea mist, blue grey 1 and a blender pen


Just colour in your blue sky, leaving plenty of white ragged spaces which are your clouds. You can be quite random, use light feathery strokes of the pen. Then add stripes of a darker colour, and deepen some areas even more. Go over all the coloured areas with the blue grey marker to blend the colours together.... 


Finally go over the whole sky, blue areas and white with the blender pen. This softens the look and makes it look more realistic. You can see that my two 'skies' in the images below look quite different - the one on the right still has wet blender ink drying. Play around with colours - I am planning to try an evening sunset sky, we will see if that ever makes it onto my blog! Remember, you are colouring the blue sky, not the clouds, and you can't go wrong


Here's the finished card. Stamp is by Penny Black


I had a day off all chores today and went to meet my sister for lunch and a chat, but it's back to the drawing board tomorrow...

72 comments:

  1. Oh wow thanks for the quick tutorial and chance to win these they would be my 1st try of the flex markers.

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  2. Gotta try this Enfys. Hope I win a set? You did a very cute card with the cows!

    Hugs,

    Carmen L

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  3. Love this stamp.... I have seen it many times at Overstock.com. We are getting a Joann's here and I cannot wait. Open in March....Love the markers... Good Luck to everyone. Here I go again number 1. One (Hee! Hee!) of these days............

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  4. Thanks for sharing the details on how you colored the sky, Enfys! And thanks also for the chance to win the markers! I posted your giveaway on my blog.

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  5. The cows are so cute! Thanks for the lesson on coloring skies. I hope to win my first Flexmarkers!

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  6. Great tutorial! Thanks for another giveaway. Your so generous! Hugs, Robin

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  7. Hello, Enfys!
    I would love to have some skin tones markers, thanks for the opportunity!
    Great tutorial on how to make sky... I love your card, the stamp is so fun!!!
    Hugs,
    Ardilla :)

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  8. Love your coloring of this image! Thanks also for a chance to win.

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  9. Beautiful card, sky looks so cool..Thanks for the giveaway, I really wanna try skin tones..

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  10. Super cute card...love to win!! Lee-Ann :)
    http://leescraps.blogspot.com/

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  11. I just love your colouring! Thank you for sharing how you blend up your colours!

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  13. Hallo Enfys,
    den Himmel und die ganze colorierung deiner wunderschönen Karte gefällt mir sehr gut.
    Vielen Dank für die Chance auf diesen schönen Gewinn.

    Liebe Grüße-Carmen

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  17. Great giveaway. Would love to try them.

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  18. I am kind of new to your blog. I am learning a lot from you already. I would love to win those markers. I still use crayola kids markers and sharpies. (Budget restraints.) Have a nice day!

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  19. Wonderful card! I like it images and coloring. Thanks for the chance, I would like to win these markers to try coloring with them. hugs, Helena

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  20. Enfys,
    Thanks for sharing the sky coloring with us. I wonder if you would consider doing a little blurb for skin tones sometime? That seems to be one of the hardest coloring tasks to master.
    By the way, I wanted to send a big Thank You!! to you as I received my Letraset ProMarkers in the mail on Friday. It was a happy mail day!! It was so exciting seeing "Par Avion"!! The smallest things give me a thrill, like getting mail from another country. :)

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  21. I'm absolutely hopeless at skintones, and I'm sure having the right colours would help a lot! I'll give you a mention on my Onions and Paper blog.

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  22. Great giveaway again :D
    I shared it on my blog
    http://art-crumbs.blogspot.com/2013/02/flexmarker-skin-tones.html
    and am here, leaving a comment. Now, I only need to be lucky ;)

    Great work!

    Regards, Katarina xox

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  23. Your card with these funny cows is so lovely. Thanks for the chence to win.
    Hugs, Uta

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  24. I would love to win your prize - thanks for the chance
    I love your card too

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  25. O , I try again someday I must be the luckyone.
    Thanks for the new chance.
    Your card is lovely,make my smile
    Gr Elly

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  26. Lovely tutorial - will share on my blog and thanks for the chance to win the flexmarkers.

    Great card - that greeting is so cute x

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  27. Thanks for the tutorial, your card is beautiful, love the sunshiny colours. Hugs Christine x

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  28. Very funny cows :) Nice card with sense of humor.
    It would be great to win these faboulus set of markers - specially that I haven't got any yet...

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  29. Love the card Enfys. Thanks for the chance to win candy. Pat x

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  30. Love this stamp

    icollect stuff with cows and cow print on
    kate

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  31. Love the cow stamp
    sky looks great
    kate

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  32. Oh wow such a lovely card. Hugs Marja

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  33. So sweet! Love your card. Visiting here after very long & saw several great projects as I scrolled down. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  34. Must try colouring the sky with Promarkers, I love the effect :)
    I've put a link on my sidebar Paper Learning Curve

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  35. Funny cows :) thanks for the quick tutorial

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  36. Such a cute card! Thanks for the tutorial and a chance to win!

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  37. Thanks for the tutorial, Enfys. I keep telling myself, If I keep entering these giveaways, the odds are that one day I will win." I will be trying the sky coloring.

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  38. Those cows really made me smile :) Winning these ProMarkers would make that smile even broader - thanks for the opportunity.

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  39. I have this stamp - thanks for coloring ideas. Would love to own the Flexmarkers!
    Laura

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  40. I have never used any of these types of pens. I would really like to give them a try. Thanks for the chance.

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  41. Love that image. The sky looks wonderful. I think it's all about remember that I'm not coloring clouds. Thanks for sharing and also for the chance to win the skin tones.
    And one more thing...How's Mike doing? I hope that he's moving toward "all better". Hugs, Jess

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  42. You make coloring seem so easy. I love the tips you share about how you get the effects you do.

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  43. Adorable card. I would LOVE the skin tone markers. Thanks for the chance to win.

    I use a cloud punch to make a template and ink around the template. The sky ends up looking like I painted it.

    Marjorie from TX

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  44. Thanks for the chance to win. I think skin tones are so useful not only for the obvious but also to use when pastel tones are needed and to use as blenders for more vibrant colours.

    Your tutorials are so useful too.

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  45. Thanks for the tutorial, Enfys. I plan to try this soon. Love those cows!

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  46. Adorable card and thanks for the great cloud tutorial!

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  47. Danke für diese tolle Anleitung. Die Karte ist sehr schön gearbeitet.
    Vielen Dank auch für die Chance auf den Gewinn.
    LG Anja

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  48. Great job on the card. I would love to win this set. TFS

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  49. Great tips for colouring and really cute card thanks for the chance to win
    Angxx

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  50. Really cute card...thanks for a chance at the markers!

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  51. I've often heard threesome is a crowd but not in this case. Aren't these cows just the cutiest?

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  52. Cute cows! Your sky really looks great.

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  53. What a beautiful card Enfys.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  54. Oh, wow, what a wonderful give-away. I sure hope to have a chance to win this. And I love the cows, how cute. TFS.

    Dianne Bell - Sewpro02@aol.com

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  55. Thanks for the chance of winning xxJennyP

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  56. Darling card. Thanks for the sky tutorial and a chance for some awesome skin tone flex markers.

    Hugs, CyndiU
    cureta2@yahoodotcom

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  57. Thanks for the great tutorial and the chance to win a fab prize!

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  58. Thanks for the great tutorial and fab priz giveaway!

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  59. Lovely card, thanks for the chance to win a set

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  60. Thanks for the tutorial on doing skies. I'm going to put it with your other ones.I refer to them often.Thanks for the chance to win.

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  61. Thanks for the tutorial,I have had a hard time with skies. I'll put this with your other ones as I refer to them quite often. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  62. Really adorable stamp...I love Penny Black images ! The colorin is superb and I would love to try these markers...I never heard of them before and I like comparing the different types of markers out there...thanks for a chance to win !

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  63. Thank you for the tutorial. Your card is adorable. TFS.
    D-
    deignsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  64. darling card...I'm a day or two late..(received some sad news)..
    and here I am trying for the promarkers(skin tones! yes!!)

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  65. Love the card - I'm just learning to color with the alcohol markers and don't have any skin tones yet - so I would love to win. thanks for the opportunity.

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  66. Thanks for sharing the how tos of making sky look natural. Thank you to0 for another chance to win some markers. You are the best. I hope Mike is getting better.

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  67. Love the stamp and would greatly enjoy the markers. Tanks for the chance...

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  68. Thanks for the tutorial, it was so easy to follow, and thanks for the chance to win the skin tones, love flex markers...
    Hugz Kath...xx...

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  69. I have just started cardmaking so any new supples would be very handy. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  70. Really informative tutorial dearie.Must have a go.Super stamp and cute finished card.Thank you for the chance to win these lush markers.I can give them a nice home.I've got some candy if you'd like to enter for it.Hugs Debbie x

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  71. I have just read your blog post on using a machine to stitch on your cards. I haven't yet been brave enough to try this as I think I won't be able to control the flow. I love your tutorials and would like the chance to win some flexmarkers. Thanks.
    Jenni

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I love reading your comments, thank you for taking the time
Enfys x