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We have a wonderful gallery and forum. The challenges and winners will be posted in the forum and links to those forum posts will be on the blog.
You can find the new challenge here: #51 Rainbows
You can find the winners of the previous challenge here: Colouring Copper
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
We have a wonderful gallery and forum. The challenges and winners will be posted in the forum and links to those forum posts will be on the blog.
You can find the new challenge here: #50 Copper Coloured Metal
You can find the winners of the previous challenge here: #49 Colour the Dark Side Too Winners and Top 3
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
We’re shaking things up at Make it Colourful. We have a wonderful new gallery and forum that we’re launching this week. From now on, the challenges and winners will be posted in the forum and links to those forum posts will be on the blog.
You can find the new challenge here: #49 Colouring the Dark Side
You can find the winners of the previous challenge here: #48 Movement Winners and Top 3
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is colouring movement. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNERS
Please welcome our guest designers this week – Sara and Franz.
A little bit about Sara
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start?
I started crafting about a year ago but my interest in card making started in 2009 when I wanted to do my own wedding invitations.
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium?
I usually use copic markers but I would love to learn to use distress inks!
3. Where do you craft?
I usually craft in my kitchen table with all the goodies aroud me =)
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s?
Ooo I love the funny elves =)
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make?
Hmm… I don´t know in what style my cards belongs but I admire others chabby chic cards!
And here is Sara‘s fabulous card:
A little bit about Franz:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start?
I start crafting less than two years ago. One of my friends talked me about scrapbooking and to understand more about it, I typed this strange word on my computer and…a new world opened to my eyes! I was particularly fashinated by cards, images and coloring. Since then I’ve never stopped to create whenever I can!
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium?
I love both Distress inks and Copics, it generally depends on the image. I would like to try pencils too, soon or late…
3. Where do you craft?
Oh! You touch a sore spot! I always craft on my living room: every night, when my little children are sleeping, I open my scrap-cabinet and put out all my things, when it’s time to go to bed (and for me is never now when I’m crafting!) I patiently put again everything in right order inside my cabinet, so I generally go to sleep terribly late!
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s?
I love backgrounds and houses so much, but I love images too: “Ardella”, “Cordelia” and “Sweet Devilina” are my favourites!
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make?
Yes, I love Vintage and Shabby Chic style and I’ve a weakness for shaped and shaker cards.
Here’s Franz‘s fabulous card for this week’s challenge.
TIPS AND TRICK
The idea this week is to create the impression that there is movement in your image by the way you colour the image. You can also add lines to create the same impression.
Here are some photos to inspire you…
See how the fur is pushed to the right and becomes slightly blury out of focus. The blurred background also helps give the impression of movement. FAST in this case.
This is a great example for how the folds on a dress show the direction in which the woman is jumping.
She is jumping forward (our right) as we can see the wind has caught the long dress and has pushed it toward the left of the image.
COLOUR WITH GREEN WINNERS AND TOP 3
Make It Crafty is sponsoring this week. Zoe is offering the winner a $20 store credit!
The winner is Tracy MacDonald!
Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
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We had several entries with Make It Crafty images.
The winner of two digis of their choice is AerynKelly13!
Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 3
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, March 21st midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you're still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don't need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium - markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is colouring with green. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNERS
Please welcome our guest designers this week – Angela and Melanie. We’re welcoming Angela back. Here’s her fabulous card:
A little bit about Melanie:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start? I’ve always had a love of art and all things crafty. As a young girl, I was always gathering up odds and ends to stash away for crafty projects. Drawing has always been a passion of mine, and I used to spend many hours with a sketchbook in hand. As I got older, my artsy side went on a bit of hiatus as my focus turned to other things. A few years ago, the pastor of our church contacted me and asked if I would be willing to create some handmade cards for a Christmas fundraising project for some local charities. I went to the dollar store and armed myself with some stickers and various trinkets and tried to create some “nice” cards. lol I soon got frustrated with my attempts and googled “handmade cards” for some ideas. This online search led me to several blogs where I learned about the world of stamping and Copic markers. I was absolutely floored by what people were creating! After doing some research for a couple of months, I made the plunge and bought my first three sets of Copic Ciao’s. I was completely hooked after my first five minutes of colouring.
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium? My Copics! I love the vibrant colours and blending capabilities of these markers. I have occasionally added some additional shading with Conte Crayons or pencil crayons. I think it’s great to experiment with different mediums to achieve various effects.
3. Where do you craft? Currently, all my crafting is done at my dining room table. My hope is to have my own craft space within the next year or so as I would love to have everything easily accessible and well organized!
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s? That’s hard to narrow down as there are so many fantastic images! I adore the elves, fairies and mermaids. I also love Chantelle at the Races, Elizabeth and Juliette…just to name a few! I love working on images with intricate hair and clothing.
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make? I am a complete sucker for cards with a vintage flair. I love distressing, sewing on cards and crocheted trim. Browns, blues, greens and teals are the colours I often gravitate towards.
Here’s Melanie‘s fabulous card for this week’s challenge.
TIPS AND TRICK
Green, green, green – so many shades and colors. Annika has a great video tutorial on coloring green leaves with prisma pencils on craft in this blog post. Trying to figure out what Copics to use? Check out this post by Marianne Walker.
SPRING COLORS WINNERS AND TOP 3
Make It Crafty is sponsoring this week. Zoe is offering the winner a $20 store credit! The winner is…Nikki! Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
We had several entries with Make It Crafty images. The winner of two digis of their choice is…mommahobbit! Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 3
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, March 21st midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you’re still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don’t need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium – markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Remember December? You know, way back when our lives were hectic and frantically running around from one holiday event to the other? Yeah, that one! Well, this is Barbara here finally getting back with you on our winner of the December Monthly Challenge!! Our theme was “Rarely used colors that you hate” and we had a random prize drawing of a $15 Gift Certificate to Make it Crafty!!
However, before we get on to the winner, let’s check out these gorgeous entries…
Awesome project Ladies and it’s so hard to believe those are rarely used colores – you’ve all done an amazing job and think those colors are fantastic enough to stay in your daily repertoire!
The winner of this challenge, using Random.org to select, is…
Congratulations Daria! Not to mention your wonderful coloring – you’ve even created a lovely card. 
Please contact Zoe to claim your prize – a $15 Gift Certificate to Make it Crafty!
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is autumn colors. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNERS
Please welcome our guest designers this week – Sandie and Karina. We’re welcoming Sandie back. Here’s her fabulous card:
A little bit about Karina:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start? I do crafts already since I can remember. I had my first rubber stamp in my hands almost 20 years ago. But started crafting with them regularly and intense about two years ago and LOVE it. I really could sit in my craftroom each day of the week and create for hours if I could)
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium? Distress Inks and Copics, depends on the image.
3. Where do you craft? In my craft room or together with my sister and a neighbor in my sister’s studio each Wednesday afternoon…love those days!!
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s? I love the houses and backgrounds, but all of them are so lovely. I have so much fun playing with them.
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make? Yep, I love to make Vintage/Shabby Chic style cards. I also love shaped cards and have fun trying out new things now and then.
Here’s Karina’s fabulous card for this week’s challenge.
TIPS AND TRICK
As with the spring colors challenge, I don’t have tips and tricks for you, but I do have inspiration photos. Remember, it doesn’t have to be an autumn themed card, just colored with autumn colors.
SPRING COLORS WINNERS AND TOP 3
Make It Crafty is sponsoring this week. Zoe is offering the winner a $20 store credit! The winner is…Cheryl1st! Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
We had several entries with Make It Crafty images. The winner of two digis of their choice is…AerynKelly13! Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 3
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, March 7th midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you’re still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don’t need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium – markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is to colour with spring colours. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNER
We’d like to welcome back Kaylou and Dena as our guest designers for this challenge. Here is Dena’s fantastic card:
Here is Kaylou’s amazing card:
TIPS AND TRICKS
So, I don’t have any tips and tricks about coloring spring colors, but I do have a couple of inspiration photos for you:
SHADING REDS WINNERS AND TOP 5
This week’s winner of the $20 gift certificate is…Suzette! Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
We had several entries with Make It Crafty images. The winner of two digis of their choice is…cmsuto! Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 5 (that’s right, I said Top 5!)
CMSuto
Renkata
Alina
EvasCrap
THINGS TO KNOW
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, February 22nd midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you’re still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don’t need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium – markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is to shade with reds. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNER
Please welcome our guest designer this week – Dena. A little bit about Dena:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start? I have been a crafter all my life. My Grandma would do all sorts of crafty activities with me when I was a child and it just stuck. I love all things crafty!
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium? Distress Inks are my favorite coloring medium. They are so easy to work with and mix to get amazing colors.
3. Where do you craft? I have a study desk in my front room. I am not one to lock myself away from the rest of the family. I enjoy being in the middle of everything! My desk stays quite clean since it is the first thing you see when you walk through my front door.
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s? Oh I love the scenes! They are so fun to use in a mix and match fashion.
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make? I tend to use bold and bright colors. I like “happy” cards.
Here’s Dena’s fabulous card for this week’s challenge.
TIPS AND TRICKS
Marianne Walker has a great post about blending reds with Copics. In honor of our guest designer, I went searching for a tutorial on getting started with Distress Inks. I found this one that includes some tips on using reds.
BLADES OF GRASS WINNERS AND TOP 3
Make It Crafty is sponsoring this week. Zoe is offering the winner a $20 store credit! The winner is…Craftdee Donna! Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
We had several entries with Make It Crafty images. The winner of two digis of their choice is…Vittory! Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 3
AerynKelly13
Sandra P
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, February 8th midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you’re still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don’t need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium – markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts
Welcome back after our holiday break!
Our sponsor this week is Make It Crafty. The prize this week is a $20 store credit!
THE CHALLENGE
Our challenge this week is to colour blades of grass. You can check out the DT’s challenge projects in the gallery. Be sure to leave them some love!
MiC WEEKLY PRIZE
All entries using a Make it Crafty image will go into the extra draw for a chance to win two single MiC digi stamps! This prize does not include collections.
GUEST DESIGNER
Please welcome our guest designer this week – Chris. A little bit about Chris:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start? In 2008 with the intention of making a scrapbook. I soon discovered that I preferred to colour and make cards.
2.What’s your favourite colouring medium? A difficult question for me as I love colouring with distress inks and pencils equally, they each have properties that I love.
3. Where do you craft? On the dining area table.
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s? I couldn’t possibly choose, they’re all wonderful and there’s such a good variety of styles.
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make? I think my favourite type of card is probably one where the coloured image is the main focus of the card.
Here’s Chris’s fabulous card for this week’s challenge.
Please welcome our guest designer for this week, Angela. A little bit about Angela:
1.When did you start crafting and what made you start? I started crafting before my before my son was born and he’s 11 years old. I started scrapbooking and then about 6 years ago I started stamping and making cards, but it wasn’t until I found images to color and then copics before I really got into it and then I never looked back.2.What’s your favourite colouring medium? My Copics and the Prismacolor Pencils, but I LOVE my Copics.
3. Where do you craft? In my kitchen where I have to share my crafting space. But I do have my own little space on 2 of my kitchen walls. I also take my Copics and images to work and color on my breaks.
4.What is your favourite MIC image/s? Oh that’s a hard one as I can’t even begin to pick any favorites as I love them all.
5.Do you have a favourite type/style of card that you like to make? No, not really it just depends on what kind of mood I’m in and how much time I have to create it. My style is all over the place. Sometimes it’s simple and other times I add so much stuff to my creations.
Here’s Angela’s fabulous wall hanging for this week’s challenge.
TIPS AND TRICKS
Marianne Walke has a great post if you’re just getting started with coloring blades of grass. Kim has a tutorial on Color me Copic.
RECOLOURING AN IMAGE WINNERS AND TOP 3
Make It Crafty is sponsoring this week. Zoe is offering the winner a $20 store credit! The winner is…Debbie Jennett! Please Contact Us to claim your prize.
We had several entries with Make It Crafty images. The winner of two digis of their choice is…Sandra P! Please choose 2 single digis (no sets, please!) and Contact Us to claim your prize.
Top 3
Debbie Jennett
Vixykins
Daria_pn
THINGS TO KNOW
All entries should be submitted by Wednesday, January 25th midday QLD Australia time. All entries must be posted in the gallery to be eligible for prizes and Top Three. Entries can be submitted up until you can no longer see the gallery available! At this time the gallery is hidden so the team can place their votes for the top 3!
If you have trouble uploading your photo, reduce the size of your image to 600px wide or high. If you are unsure how to do this, uploading your photo to your blog and then saving it again from your blog will automatically resize the image for you. You may find these directions helpful: http://www.4shared.com/document/8oDMazGe/upload_to_gallery.html
If you’re still having problems, please contact us so we can help.
This is a colouring challenge. You don’t need to make a full card/project. You can submit a coloured image ONLY! You can use ANY colouring medium – markers, pencils, paints, finger paint and even electronic computer colouring! YOU MUST have coloured the image YOURSELF.
MOST IMPORTANT
Have fun, experiment and enjoy the challenge!
Happy Colouring!
The Colour Addicts