Hello,
I am back from my 19 day work trip.  It was super successful with doing Demos at Namta in Minneapolis, and teaching in Orlando, Manchester NH, and Novi MI.  What a trip!

Today, I am joining the gals on the Flower Soft Team to announce their newest release.  It's Fashion week.  I picked this very patriotic image because I thought it was so cool.  Girly and yet very patriotic at the same time.  The Fourth of July is my son's favorite holiday.  I can so see his fiancee Amanda wearing this for their annual celebration!  She would look beautiful in it!

Mine is colored with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens. Colors used are: DR7, DR5, DR3, CR8, CR5, TB5, TB3, TB2, TN2, TN3, TN6, FS2, FS3,, and a it of blender pen.  However, this image is also available as a COLORED download!  Can you imagine that!  AMAZING....  Super quick and easy to get a WOW card.

Please take at peak at the Flower Soft Blog for more fun projects from this great new release! You can also follow them on their  Facebook  page.

Have a colorful Day!
Jennie Black

Digital Delights - Barnaby Bee

Hello,

Is this the cutest little bee or what?  When I was asked if I wanted to play along with the Digital Delights by Louby Loo gang for this special event, I went directly over to their blog to take a peek at their images.. I immediately fell in love with this one and their sea turtle (and a million others – check out the little girls!).   The Bee was rather easy to color and I love the way it turned out.

A few tips to remember

·      Look at each area of the image and determine where the closest part of that piece is to the light source (easiest is front center) .

·      The area that is closest to the light gets the lightest colors. (as in the center of his body and face are lighter than the outer portion of those areas).

·      The area that receives less light because it is further away gets the darker colors.

·      Also remember to add a shadow or darker color on bottom layers. (as in the inside of the pea pod, under his hand, etc) 

The clouds were fun and easy to do.

1.              Color your sky with a very light blue as in IB1 or BT2

2.              Now use your blender pen to color clouds.

3.              Let dry

4.              Repeat if cloud is not white enough.

I thought I was done then decided to pay a bit with the clouds to experiment.  I added a bit of HB1 to the edge of the clouds and then re-diluted the edge with the IB1 and blender.... Can't decide which I like best so I posted them both!

Image is Barnaby Bee and is available at: digital delights  

Yellows: GB6, CT4, CT2

Pinks: PP6, PP5

Greens: CT4, DG3, CG2

Black/gray: IG9, IG7, IG5, IG2

Wing: Diamond stickles

Sky: IB1

Water: BT2, BT4

Purple: PL1, PL2

Clouds: Blender pen

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and come back for more!

Have a colorful day!

Jennie Black

Coloring with my Daughter in law 2b

A day cannot get any better than having my son and his fiancee' Amanda Szyplinski here for four days!  I have had so much fun!  Amanda and I colored all day on Tuesday - she is a newbie colorist and an amazing one at that!  Her project is every bit as good as mine.. she may have to take over the business someday!  LOL.. We had so much fun and we made such a mess!  Austin even joined us and  we spilt a bottle of blue ink all over my white desk.. No problem - I will think of them everytime I look at it!  LOL.... See there is a positive in everything!

These are Amanda's Cards.... we did not write down the colors since we were just playing, but I wanted to share because she did such an amazing job!  I am very proud of her work!  She is amazing and I absolutely love her - My son picked the best to be my future daughter in law!  whew hew.......

Palette Blending - Spectrum Noir

Hello Everyone!

Wow... I did a youtube yesterday and it has already had 440 views.  So I thought I would share it with you guys.  I hope you enjoy it.  Here all I did was a bit of palette blending with my greens.

Have a colorful day!

Jennie

She Sells Seashells.. with a bit of bling.

If you know me you know how much I love the ocean especially while scuba diving or snorkeling with the turtles. Most of the year that is not possible so I enjoy beachy things like seashells, and such.  Here is a very simple image by Fun Stamper's Journey.

I used only one stamp and three Spectrum Noir Turquoise set.  Of course I had to add a bit of bling to set it off.  I did a quick little video to show you how I got the layered effect to my shells.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QytzNu3u8w

Don't forget to join the Spectrum Noir Challenge this month!  Its all about bling..... and if you don't have the right color of bling - no problem... just color it with your Spectrum Noir Pens.

Howdy!

Howdy!
This morning my friend from the second grade (yes a million years ago) called me to say hello.  It was an awesome way to start a very busy weekend.  Donna told me that her new husband Bill Couts LOVED this image, so I made it into a card and would like to send it to him after I display it at CHA this week.  So Bill this is for you!

Colors:
Reds: DR1, DR3, DR7, CR7
Flesh: TN2, FS2, TN3
shorts: TB2, TB3 (and a bit of rubbing alcohol on a piece of denimn)
Hat: IG2, IG4, IG7
Hair: TN4, TN7 and a bit of GB3

The texture is fun and easy.  Here is how....
1. Color area you want texturized before coloring any other areas of the image.
2. Take a piece of denim and add a bit of rubbing alcohol (not soaking wet just damp).
3. Now wrap the denim around an acrylic block for evenness then stamp over the colored area.
4. Lift the block and denim and watch the alcohol dilute the areas where the texture touched the ink.

Be sure not to color surrounding areas until alcohol has dried.  If you color the surrounding areas prior to adding texture the colors will bleed together or you will have textured everything.  Texture on the leg or tummy would not be very appealing.  yuck.

The rest of the stuff I worked on is top secret using a new products that will be released at CHA in January!  Toot Toot - stay tuned you will LOVE them.!

Jennie

Pretty in Pink

PRETTY IN PINK - One of my favorite colors!  The Holidays are coming and I am trying my best to get loads of cards done up for family gifts.  When I ask my family what they want for Christmas - they always say CARDS.... So of course I put it off every year and then rush to get them done.  This is one that one of my family members will get in their packet this year.  Below are several other images that are a bit easier to color.

This one is a Saturated Canary Digital Image that I got for free from Saturated Canary's 12 hour special  freebie promotion!  Gotta Love those freebies!  I colored her with a variety of colors.  Note that her jacket is done with the BP colors with a bit of IG2, IG3, and IG5 added to give a bit of shading and take away some of the shocking pink color.  I am a muted pink girl!  LOL.... Her socks are colored in the CG2, CG3, and DG3, then I brightened them by coloring a CT2 yellow on top of the green.  I really love the way a yellow will cheer up a lime green color!  Skirt is done in IG's, Face is TN2 & FS2, and a Bit of PP1.  Hair is TN2, TN4, TN6 and EB5.  Skates and pom pom's are done with just a bit of shading with IG2 and the blender pen.

Here are a few more cards that will be in my family gift packs... note that these were all made using the same stamp from the Mulberry Woods stamp collection by Crafter's Companion, but done in several different color combinations so that if they all get originals.  I love this dog stamp and it is so easy to color!  Do not laugh at the green dog... it is green with envy.... ok I was trying to make them all different..... lol.


Have a Great Day

Jennie