No-black-outline Colouring - Pink & Blue Bird - Gold Coast Convention Swap 2015

In the previous post I showed step-by-step photos of the "no-black-outline" colouring technique. In this this post it's much the same technique (but with a slightly different card) & with bigger pictures to help show the steps I've used a bit better.

Pink & Blue Bird

Stamp Sets:Moon Lake & Wetlands

Card stock: Naturals White, Whisper White, Vellum, Soft Sky & Soft Sky Subtle's dsp

Ink: Old Olive Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & White Gel Pen

Tools: Blender Pen, Spiral Boarder Punch & Four Feathers Framelits

Extras: Pool Party Bakers Twine & Antique Brads

Techniques: Sponging, Dauber to stamp & No-black-outline Colouring

Stamp the image in Sahara Sand. Lightly sponge Soft Sky ink over the sky & Pear Pizzazz ink over the ground.

I coloured in the image using a Blender Pen & ink from the lid of the ink pads. 

Sahara Sand for the branch.

Blushing Bride for the chest.

Calypso Coral on the cheek.

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Coastal Cabana for the birds body, wing, tail & top of the head.

(Coastal Cabana was the colour I used for the first sample I made, but on the swaps I used Soft Sky)

Pacific Point at the top of the wing & tip of the tail.

Old Olive is the colour I used for the grass & leaves here, but on most of the swaps I used Pear Pizzazz.

Crumb Cake for the beak & eye (Swaps were Sahara Sand).

Pool Party for Most of the birds outline (all blue areas). & dot it along the tall flowers.

Blushing Bride on the small flowers & the birds chest.

Calypso Coral on the birds cheek. (I may have added a little bit to the flowers).

Pacific Point, along the side of the tall flowers. 

I used Tempting Turquoise on the top of the wing tip of the tail, on the swaps, but as this was my sample I didn't get a photo. 

Next I used the Blender Pen to soften the image by going over all the marker outlines.

Pink & Blue Bird

Stamp Sets:Moon Lake & Wetlands

Card stock: Naturals White, Whisper White, Vellum, Soft Sky & Soft Sky Subtle's dsp

Ink: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & White Gel Pen

Tools: Blender Pen, Spiral Boarder Punch, Itty Bitty Banners & Four Feathers Framelits

Extras: Pool Party Bakers Twine

Techniques: Sponging, Dauber to stamp & No-black-outline Colouring

No-black-outline Colouring - Saffron Sky Bird - Gold Coast Convention swaps 2015

Since Blendabilities aren't available, I thought I should try another colouring technique.

No-black-outline Colouring... at least that's what I'm calling it anyway.

So here's a few step-by-step photos & some of my favourite stamps.

Saffron Sky Bird

Stamp Sets: Moon Lake, Hardwood & Everything Eleanor.

Card stock: Soft Sky, So Saffron & Whisper White.

Ink: So Saffron, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz & White Chalk Pen.

Tools: 2 ½” Circle Punch & Apothecary Accents Framelits.

Extras: Blender Pen, White Jute Ribbon & White Vellum.

Techniques: Sponging, No-black-outline colouring. 

 The background here is a bit like the "Triple Layer Stamping", except of course without the triple layers.
I've just used the Pool Party Marker to slightly darken the round ends of the flourish that I stamped with Soft Sky.

Here is the full background with a piece of So Saffron card stock added between the Whisper White & the Soft Sky.

 The Sahara Sand ink is a good colour base to see the out of the image without interfering too much with the colours you might want to add.

 I used the Blender Pen & ink (from the lids of the ink pads) to colour the image.

Here you can see the difference of adding the coloured outlines.

The image on the left has no added outline, where as I have added coloured outlines to the image on the right.

 Using the coordinating colours, I outlined the image with the fine tip (thin end) of the markers. This adds some depth & strengthens the colours, making it more of a coloured outline image.

It wasn't until I had made a few feathers on my swaps (using White Jute Ribbon) that I realised they weren't working very well (sorry to anyone who received those ones). So then I thought there's got to be a better way & this is what I came up with. Vellum... why didn't I think of it in the first place, it worked a treat.

Warragul Party Time & Sponging Scenes

Wow! It's been and gone now, I can't believe how nervous I was...This was the first time I've presented on stage, and I tell what... sometimes I can get nervous with only 6-12 people, but there was 100 people at the Warragul Stampin' Up! Party Time Event, so yeah... just a few butterflies for most of the day. : p

Everyone had to make their own name tag, you can see mine below. However this was not the first one I had made. The first one I made was very basic; a small oval with a sponged sunset, some silhouette flowers stamped in black & my name. I looked at it and thought... I can do better than that... and would you believe it... I won! There was another lady who also won, but silly me didn't get a photo of her name tag.

The other cute little tag was made by one of the demonstrator helpers. All helpers wore one on the day (including Aaron & Amanda).

Stamp sets: Back to Basics Alphabet & From the Herd - Cheerful Critters

Card stock: Pool Party & Whisper White - Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Island Indigo & Whisper White

Ink: So Saffron, Pool Party & Memento Black - Black

Blendabilities: Crumb Cake, Ivory, Blush, Nude, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie & Coastal Cabana - Daffodil Delight & Blush

Tools: Oval Framelits - Word Window Punch

This was the prize I received for being one of the winners in the name tag challenge.
Plus the goodies inside the bag, (which I forgot to take a photo of) that consisted of ribbons & pegs & things.

My display board
Yeah, I know the card at the bottom is crooked -but it wouldn't fit in the bag.

My presentation was about sponging. So I was going to show everything I could think of that you can do with a sponge and card stock, but I only had 5 minutes. How much sponging do you think I could fit into 5 minutes? Not nearly as much as I thought... after my first practice run I couldn't even get the scene finished : (

So then we just started eliminating as much as possible, and stuck with three main things; Sponging the scene, Two Tone Stamping (I don't even know if that's what it's really called ) and the Block Background.

Below is a finished sample of the scene I demonstrated (not the one I sponged on stage, but showed).

Stamp Set: Wetlands

Card stock: Whisper White & Lost Lagoon

Ink: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow & Memento Black

Blendabilities: Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Ivory & Colour Lifter

Extras: White Chalk Pen

Techniques: Sponging & Masking (post-it notes & circle Punch)

There were a few people who missed my presentation, & others who wanted to know if I had a tutorial for it. Well I do now.

Ink colours used for sponging: So Saffron Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon & Island Indigo.

This video is "sponging the scene".

This is the sample from the video, as you can see it's a bit different to the card above, but no two sponged scenes will look the same, they'll all be a little bit different.

This video shows the duck being coloured with blendabilites

This is a video of stamping the reflection

Stamp Set: Wetlands

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Pacific Point & Mossy Meadow

Ink: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky,  Marina Mist, Pacific Point,  Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow, Craft White & Memento BlackExtras: White Chalk Pen 
Techniques: Sponging & Masking (post-it notes & circle Punch)

Framelits: Four Feathers

Stamp Sets: Lovely as a tree & Back to Basics Alphabet

Card stock: Whisper White, Night of Navy & Naturals White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy & Craft White

Tools: Circle Punch Woodgrain Embossing Folder & Labels Collection Framelits

Techniques: Embossing, Sponging & masking

Stamp Set: Lovely as a Tree & Moon Lake

Card stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist & Crumb Cake

Ink: So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow & Memento Black

Blendabilities: Old Olive & Wild Wasabi

Extras: White Chalk Pen & Natural Chevron Ribbon

Techniques: Reflection, Sponging & Masking 

This next card was one of my favourites, though I did try it a couple of different ways before hand (stormy, gray & cloudy), but this one turned out the best. How could I resist sponging a moon over the lake when the stamp set is called "Moon Lake".

Stamp Set: Moon Lake

Card stock: Whisper White, Backed Brown sugar, Adventure Bound dsp & Night of Navy

Ink: So Saffron,  Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Old Olive & Memento Black

Blendabilities: Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy & Colour Lifter

Extras: White Chalk Pen & Linen Thread

Techniques: Piercing Sponging & Masking

Stamp set: From the Herd

Card stock: Whisper White & Sahara Sand

Ink: Old Olive, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand & Memento Black

Beldabilities: Crumb Cake, Ivory, Nude, Natural, Blush, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie & Colour Lifter

Stamp set: From the Herd & Just Sayin'

Card stock: Whisper White, Basic Black & Adventure Bound -dsp

Ink: Old Olive, Soft Sky Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party, & Memento Black

Beldabilities: Crumb Cake, Mocha, Bronze, Ivory, Nude, Natural, Blush, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie Coastal Cabana & Colour Lifter

Stamp Sets: Moon Lake & Apothecary Accents 

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory & Soft Suede

Ink: Old Olive, Crisp Cantaloupe, So Saffron, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Early Espresso & Memento Black

Blendabilities: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay Calypso Coral, Wisteria wonder

Extras: Oval Framelits, Embossing Powder & Venetian Crochet Trim

Techniques: Sponging & Cracked Glass

Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes & Moon Lake

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White & Adventure Bound dsp

Ink: Memento Black, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral & Rose Red

Extras: Oval Framelits & White Jute Ribbon

Techniques: Piercing, Sponging & Masking

Stamp Sets: The Open Sea & Itty Bitty Banners

Card Stock: Whisper White & Baked Brown Sugar

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Basic Gray,  Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe, Tangelo Twist, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder & Memento Black

Blendabilities: Smoky slate, Night of navy

Framelits: Circles & Itty Bitty Banners

Extras: Bakers Tine & Mini Brads
Techniques: Sponging & Masking

I Think I had mother's Day in mind when I made the card below. I was thinking of a feminine tattoo collage... not sure if that's what it looks like to anyone else though.

Stamp sets: Back to Basics Alphabet, Perfect Peacock, Blended Bloom, Everything Eleanor & Papillon Potpourri 

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Whisper White & Basic Black

Ink: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Memento Black, Real Red, Calypso coral & Blushing Bride

Blendabilities: Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry  & Wisteria Wonder

Framelits: Hearts

Technique: Sponging

Stamp Sets: Everything Eleanor & Apothecary Accents

Card stock: Basic Black & Whisper White

Ink: Craft White, Memento Black, Rose Red, Melon Mambo & Pink Pirouette 

Extras: Heart Framelits, Rhinestone Jewels, Crystal Effects & Dazzling Diamonds
Technique: Sponging

Stamp Sets: Everything Eleanor, Itty Bitty Banners & Woodgrain
Card stock: Very Vanilla & Crumb Cake

Ink: Memento Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Real Red, Calypso Coral & Blushing Bride 

Framelits: Heart & Itty Bitty Banners, 

Ribbon: Burlap, Venetian Crochet Trim & Linen Thread

Technique: Sponging

Stamp set: Just Sayin'

Card stock: Whisper White, Pool Party & Island Indigo + Silver Glimmer paper

Ink:  Pool Party & Island Indigo

Extras: Word Bubbles Framelits, Silver Glitter Washi Tape & Decorative Mask -Stars

Techniques: Masking & Sponging (Duabers)

Stamp Set: A Happy Thing

Card Stock: Whisper White, Early Espresso & Naturals White

Ink: Early Espresso

Blendabilities: Crumb Cake, Ivory, Colour lifter, Old Olive & Daffodil Delight

Extras: Circle Punches & Espresso Ribbon

Stamp Sets: A Happy Thing & From The Herd

Card stock: Crumb Cake & Whisper White

Ink: Pool Party, Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Memento Black

Blendabilities:  Crumb Cake, Ivory, Colour lifter, Old Olive & Daffodil Delight

Framelits: Circles

Robbon: Natural Chevron & Linen Thread

Stamp Set: Adventure Awaits

Card stock: Naturals White, Whisper White & Adventure Bound dsp

Ink: Craft White

Embossing Powder: White

Extras: Circle Framelits & Bakers Twine

Stamp Sets: Perfect Peacock, Blended Bloom & Itty Bitty Banners

Card Stock: Whisper White & Basic Black

Ink: Memento Balck & Melon Mambo

Blendabilities: Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive

Framelits: Itty Bitty Banners

The next two samples are using a technique I demonstrated in my presentation, I'm not sure what else to call it, I've just called it "block background", maybe "multi coloured block background" might be more accurate.
I had seen a U-tube video of a very similar thing by Lyn Faye ( I think), though she had used ink pads, markers & ink refills, everything but sponges & daubers... which was my topic, so that's how this happened.
I will attempt to do a tutorial for technique soon... so hang in there!

Stamp Sets: By the Tide & From the Herd
Card Stock: Naturals White, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party & Whisper white
Ink: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon & Mossy Meadow
Extras: White Jute Ribbon
Techniques: Tearing, Masking, sponging & Block Background

For more on the acrylic block background technique.

Stamp Set: Lotus Blossom

Card Stock: Natural White, Whisper White Crisp Cantaloupe & Crumb Cake

Ink: Craft White, Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral & Rose Red

Ribbon: Burlap & Natural Chevron 

Extras: Gold Metal Button & Labels Collection Framelits

Stamp set: Lotus Blossom

Card Stock: Soft Sky & Whisper White

Ink: Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Wild Wsabi 

Ribbon: Whit Jute & Gold Sequin Trim

Framelits: Apothecary Accents

Extras: Gold Embossing Powder

Stamp Set: Lotus Blossom

Card Stock: Naturals White, Whisper White & Irresistibly Yours dsp

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Strawberry Slush & Rich Razzleberry

Tools: Circle Framelits & Circle Punch

Ribbon: White Jute & Bakers Twine

Stamp Set: Sassy Salutations

Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White & Irresistibly Yours dsp

Ink: Night Of Navy, Elegant Eggplant & Rich Razzleberry

Ribbon: Whit Jute & Gold Sequin Trim

Extras: Gold Metal Button & Apothecary Accents Framelits

Look... I got a photo with Aaron

...and Amanda too

Taking some fun photos in the "Party Time" frame.
Shari & me.

Katie & me.

Love this picture... so funny!
Katie, Shari & me.

All presenters, Organizers & Helper of the day.

This was the lovely Hand made gift & card that we all received.

Inside the box there was a lovely decorated note book, pen & pencil.

There was even envelopes inside the book cover.

Unfortunately I had taken photos of the other presenters boards before they had added their extra samples they'd showed on stage.

Tracey's display Board.

Brenda's Display & board.

Tania & Annemieke's display board.

Shelly & Katie's "Project Life" display .

Jacinta's display board.

Teresa's display board.

"Party Time" display samples.

There were beautiful displays every where, even in the little back room tucked around the corner.

Big Shot's & Punch Board's all set up for make & take projects.

....and of course the Ronald McDonald card donation drop box.

What a great day. 

Looking forward to convention on the Gold Coast! Yay!