Bagel Birthday Wishes

Hello friends,

I have another "oldie but goodie" card.  I love House Mouse stamps.  These mice keep me laughing!  However, they can be a pain in the butt to color.  This past weekend, I spent some time practicing these little guys ad trying to figure out some tips for copic users.  This is a card I colored two years ago.  I was going to recolor this image... but I decided to color some new house mouse images instead.   I have some notes posted at the bottom for those interested.

Copics used:

Mouse: 

Skin: E00, E000, E21, R00 

Fur: E25, E23, E21, 

Bagel: E35, E33, E31, E30, E42, E41

Some tips...

1.  Color the skin first.  I also include the belly in this step.  The artist always make the fur on the belly thinner showing the cute belly underneath. 

2.  The mouse is usually darker at the edges of the fur, then lighten as you move towards the belly/center. 

3. House Mouse images are a mix of blending and texture.  Try to leave the hair on the edges of the image unblended...so it looks like hair.   Also let lighter colors show through some darker colors...giving the mouse texture.  

If I did recolor this image, I would add more pink to his face/nose.   It is really light and doesn't show up much in the photos.  I would use E93 instead of R00. 

Hedgehog Celebrations

Happy Wednesday friends,

I have a fun card to share with you.  This card is part of the May Card Lover's series.  The hedgehog is adorable, but my favorite part is the embossed strip behind him.   It is created with a technique called "embossed resist". Embossing ink resists dye based ink, so you can sponge over embossing and it only soaks into the paper.   In the end, giving you a beautiful textured background for card.

Copics:  

Grey: C0, C1, C3, C5

Skin: E000, E00, R20, 0 to blend into white chest

Hat: BV20, BV23

Brown: E30, E31, E33

Orange: YR02, YR04

Green: YG61, YG63

Candle: Y13, YR12, glitter

I didn't blend the fur on the hedgehog.  I just used tiny flick strokes to get the look

Happy Coloring!

Grateful

Happy Memorial Day,

 I wanted to send out a BIG thank you to all the people who have or are serving in are Military.   Thank you all for the sacrifices that you make to keep us safe.   

No copics... just stamps and ink