Good Morning! I've been asked a couple of times how I did the beads on Melody's Dress so thought I'd show you how I created some tones and the bead effect.
For this I've used promarkers, the purples I chose were ORCHID, PURPLE & AUBERGINE. For the beads you will need an opaque white pen, preferably ball point such as Inkssentials.
The image is Flapper Girl Melody by Lemon Shortbread which you'll find HERE. at Crafts & Me.
STEP 1 - Colour your face tones in (previous tutorial here) then use the ORCHID promarker and colour most of the dress and hat in. Next take the PURPLE promarker and add some shading as shown below leaving part of the Orchid showing.
Step 2 - Use your Orchid promarker and colour over all of the hat and dress to blend it with the purple then take the AUBERGINE promarker and add darker shading as below. Colour rings of Aubergine underneath the beads to give a shadow effect. Again use your Orchid and blend all the colours together.
Step 3 - Continue to add Aubergine and blend in with the Orchid, you may need to do this a couple of time until you're happy with the tones achieved. I've added a dark patch on the left hand part of the dress now and under her left hand for a deep shadow.
Adding the beads - For the beads I used a ball point type pen rather than my usual sakura souffle whch has a fatter nib. I used a white opaque pen by Inkssentials and if you press hard it leaves a dint rather than a solid white dot on some of them which gives a good effect :) If you press softly you will get a solid white dot.
Detail of the beads.
Finished Card
I've used papers by Bearly Mine Designs and are from the Christmas Sparkle pack, Stripes and Just Plaids. I've added lilac ink around the image using versachalk ink and stamped swirls from the gorgeous Hero Arts 'Fabulous Flourish' in the corners. I used some shimmery lilac two tone ribbon, a ribbon flower and shimmery white flower for her hat (All from Hobbycraft) and the sentiment is I *think* HOTP from a set.
Stampin B's - Purple, Turquoise & Shiny (thought this was an interesting combo!)
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - Turquoise
Fab N Funky - Birthdays
Party Time Tuesdays - Birthday
Hodge Podge Shop - Birthdays
Thanks for the tutorial! She is gorgeous!! Thanks for joining us at the Hodge Podge Shop! Hope to see you for the next challenge! Shelley :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and fantastic coloring! Thanks for joining the party at PTT this week!
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Fabulous tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing Love Chanelle xx
ReplyDeletefab tut Vix - great tip about using the inkssentials pen rather than the sakura
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Wow! a great tutorial Vix so easy to follow and she looks great in those colours too!
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Brilliant tut and a beautiful card! Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad @ http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/ Please come back next Sunday for another brilliant challenge! :)
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Oh fabulous card, love the cute image.
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Debby
Stunning card - fabulous colouring! Thanks for joining in with Daring Cardmakers.
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Love it Vix and thanks for the tutorial, you always make things look so easy
ReplyDeleteHi Vixy fabulous tutorial and so easy to follow, love your card its gorgeous. With love and hugs Shirleyxx
ReplyDeleteThanks for the brilliant tutorial and your card is stunning :o)
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WOW! Great tutorial - great card! Warmest wishes, Lesley
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, super image, layout and colours. Thanks for sharing in our 100th challenge at The Crafty Pad this week.
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This is beautiful, the beads are just fab. Thanks for joining in with The Daring Cardmakers' challenge this week
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial - I'm now a follower to see what else you can teach me! Jx
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing and the colouring is fantastic.
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Tracy x
Great tutorial! Thanks so much. Great job with the Stampin B's color challenge. So glad you joined us this week. Hope to see you again next week.
ReplyDeleteWow this is stunning and I love your tutorial. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it with us at The Crafty Pad challenge this week. :)
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What a lovely birthday card! Great tutorial too. I've never seen those used before. Thanks for joining us at The Hodge Podge Shop! Hope to see you next time.
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Fantastic tutorial - thank you so much for this. Jaqui x
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