MFT May Release Countdown 6 and Copic Coloring Tutorial

Welcome back to our second day of MFT's May Release Countdown . . . Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full stamp set and die reveals! Today the design team is featuring one of my favorite new MFT stamp lines, Birdie Brown, in her new stamp set, Let's Hang Out:

She reminds me SO much of my oldest tomboy daughter, so I wanted to create a Father's Day card for her to give her Daddy!  I kept the colors of the card masculine, using blues and greens.

I have a Copic tutorial for you, on how I colored Birdie (click on photos for larger views):

1. Stamp girl with Black Licorice Hybrid Ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card die cut with coordinating  Let's Hang Out Die-namics. Color the overalls in a base coat of B32, then add medium shading with B34. Leave fold marks in overall legs white (uncolored) or create the creases by using Copic Colorless Blender marker to push away color from those areas.

2. Blend the shading (B34) into the B32 base coat, using lightest B32. Add deeper shading to pockets and far edges with darkest B37.

3. Place Copic Colorless Blending Solution in a mister bottle and mist the Linen background stamp. Quickly (before Blender evaporates) press the colored piece face down onto the Linen background stamp and then lift straight up off the stamp. You don't want to leave the colored piece laying too long on the stamp, or the Blender Solution may remove too much of your coloring -- you want it to create the linen texture on the overalls.  I was able to see the pattern of the Linen stamp come through to the back side of my colored girl pretty quickly and knew that was long enough!

4. Base color skin with E00 and add shading with E11. Use E00 to blend the two together.

5. My favorite colors for creating medium blonde hair start with Y21, then add shading in E33 and a little E35 (not shown).

6. Color shirt with YG25; add shading with darker YG17.

7. Base color hat with lightest YG25, add mid-tone shading with YG25, then deepest shading with YG17.

8. Overall buttons and shoes were colored with C1, C3 and tire with the T-series (T2,3,5,7).

It was quick and easy to create the stitched panel background for my card front with the new Horizontal (or Vertical!) Stitched Stips Die-namics!  I chose these colors of heavyweight cardstock: Gumdrop Green, Sour Apple (with Linen background stamped in Gumdrop Green Hybrid ink) and Berrylicious stamped with Linen background in Blu Raspberry Hybrid ink. The sentiment from CS Fathers (currently available, not a new release) was stamped in Back Licorice Hybrid ink.

To finish the inside of cards I like to keep the stamping fairly light, so your written words are more the focus. So I stamped the tree with BRAND NEW (coming next week) Natural Hybrid Ink (love this color!) onto the Smooth White card base and lightly colored the leaves with Copic YG01 and G40. The sentiment was stamped with Sour Apple Hybrid ink. This sentiment SO reminds me of my husband and oldest daughter -- they really are like two peas in a pod and DO totally get each other, so it's perfect for them!

A quick tip for getting the look of dimensional background grass is to color the same cardstock color you use for the foreground grass a shade or two darker with a Copic marker.  Here, I used G43 on Spearmint cardstock cut with Grassy Edges Die-namics -- keeping the inside cardstock colors lighter than the card front's Sour Apple grass colored with YG23 Copic.

I also whipped up a coordinating gift tag or bookmark with some leftover pieces:

I used the largest new Vertical Stitched Strips Die-namics to create the tag/bookmark base (it measures 2" x 5.25"), added the ladder from Let's Hang Out stamp set and coordinating Die-namics (die cut from Natural cardstock, shaded with a little Copic E30) and another great sentiment from the Fathers stamp set and tied it with hemp cord.

I think we're all set now for Father's Day!

We have 5 days left in this MFT May Release Countdown. All the new products will be available for purchase on May 13th at 10pm Eastern in the MFT Boutique. During this countdown you can enter to win some HUGE prizes on each day's reveals over on the MFT blog . . . where you will also find links to the other design team members that are sharing samples using today’s featured products!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your kind comments yesterday!  I’ll be back again tomorrow with more May release inspiration!

Please note that links to new release products will not be in effect until time of release, 10 pm EST, May 13th.

BB Let's Hang Out	Die-namics Let's Hang Out	BG Linen Background	Die-namics Horizontal Stitched Strips
Die-namics Vertical Stitched Strips	Die-namics Grassy Edges	Clearly Sentimental about Fathers	Heavyweight Card Stock Smooth White
Heavyweight Card Stock Sour Apple	Heavyweight Card Stock Gumdrop Green	Heavyweight Cardstock, Sno Cone	X-Press It Blending Card at MFT
Hybrid Ink Pad, Black Licorice	Hybrid Ink Pad Blu Raspberry	Hybrid Ink Pad Gumdrop Green	Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple
Hemp Cord

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{My Daddy Card & Tag}
Stamps: BB Let's Hang Out, Linen Background, CS Fathers,
Die-namics: Let's Hang Out, Horizontal Stitched Strips, Vertical Stitched Strips, Grassy Edges,
Paper: MFT Heavy Weight Cardstock - Sno Cone, Sour Apple, Gumdrop Green; Copic X-Press It Blending Card, 
Ink: MFT Hybrid Ink Pads - Black Licorice, Blu Raspberry, Gumdrop Green
Copic Markers: B32, B34, B37 (overalls); Y21, E31, E33 (hair); C1, C3 (shoes); E00, E11 (skin); YG23, YG25, YG17 (hat & shirt); T2, T3, T5, T7 (tire); E30 (ladder); 0-Colorless Blender Solution
Accessories: Hemp Cord, Copic Foam Tape, mister bottle 

Comments

[Joy Taylor]

1.

How fun, a card and a bookmark, the card is amazing, gorgeous colouring and fab use of the stitch panels, love love love, hugs

[Aileen Ryan]

2.

Brilliant, totally love this card, bookmark. Beautiful colouring

[Torico]

3.

What gorgeous projects!!! I love the texture on her overall! Thanks for the great tutorial.

[Judith]

4.

Wow, this looks great!!!

[Celeste Goff]

5.

What an adorable card and holy cow...the denim on the focal image is amazing! Thank you for sharing your technique!

[donna]

6.

Wonderful! You make it look so easy.

[Debbie Nelson]

7.

Love this card!

[Julene]

8.

So many amazing elements in this card... You have me needing that linen stamp!

[Lucinde]

9.

Love the spring green colors

[Conniecrafter]

10.

way too cute!

[AngieB]

11.

Awesome! Love how you achieved the texture on the overalls!!! Fun bookmark too!!!

[Tami B]

12.

Adorable, and great tutorial too.

[Kathy Slawsky]

13.

Love everything about this card...color, layout, new die-namics strips....simply beautiful!

[Amy Rohl]

14.

I love the 'daddy' sentiment you used - so perfect! Thank you so much for the Copic coloring info...I need to brush up on my coloring and your direction is much appreciated!

[Joleen]

15.

LOVE both your projects and so appreciated your great tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing your fantastic ideas!!!

[Tammy H]

16.

Wow you are on top of it. Father's Day. Check. I am just thinking about a Mother's Day card. Great tutorial. Thank you.

[Marcia Taylor]

17.

Card and tag are fabulous!!!

[Queen Mary]

18.

A beautiful card, a bookmark, and a coloring lesson!?! Wonderful!

[Shanna]

19.

I love the tag/bookmark. Thanks os much for the tutorial!

[Keisha]

20.

So adorable Sharon, love how you did the green/blue stitched dies!!

[Jackie Pedro]

21.

I LOVE how you gave texture to the overalls with the Linen Background! Beautiful card!

[Jennifer Stucky]

22.

Awesome coloring!

[Mona Pendleton]

23.

Adorable card Sharon! Love how you brought the sweet image to life! Thanks for the tutorial!

[Betty]

24.

Congrats on the MFT Gig, Sharon! I love how you used those die cuts in the background. As always, your coloring is supreme!

[Janelle Hernandez]

25.

These are just adorable. Your texture on overalls is ingenious.

[Sparkle Plenty]

26.

You are one clever lady! Your directions are excellent and I loved the way you incorporated so many dies.

[Kathy Krug]

27.

Love all the texture and dimension.

[Kathy Straw]

28.

Amazing card and great colouring tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing!

[Donna Bullington]

29.

Love your colors, all the linen texture, and the design is perfect!

[Jeannean]

30.

I love all the texture you put into this card!

[barb]

31.

Beautiful combinations of colors! Great work!

[Wendy Bond]

32.

SHUT UP!!!! This is amazing, I am so going to case this...if that is ok! :)

[Phyllis Rodriguez]

33.

what an amazing card , just love it