Oops

I think my head is in a bin just now... I completely forgot to share a couple of things with you.

Firstly, and I don't know how I managed to forget to tell you this, but on Thursday I had a wee treat. Dropped Graham off at the heliport and had a run over to our very own local superstar Kath for a cuppy and a crafty gossip. We were blessed with a little sunshine, fab scones, wonderful company - not just Kath, but the lovely Anne from Simply Create, and the gorgeous Lyn who I'd not met before. It was lovely to catch up with you girls and really nice to meet you Lyn - get that blog up and going so I can nosey at your crafting missus!

 And of course we can't forget to mention the stunningly handsome and all round cuddly gorgeousness that is Buddy, who Faith has fallen in love with. We had a great time and we'll have to do it again soon ladies.

Now, the other thing I forgot to share with you was my last DT Tutorial over at the PfP Weekend Workshop. It's just a simple one this time with a very cute little Scotsman - I just had to overdo the Scottish/tartan theme for my last DT card, I was having a bit of a rebellion of my own because I'm getting a bit overwhelmed with the sight of St George's crosses everywhere with the World Cup lol

So here goes....

This week I've chosen the Scotland Ian set from Digital Delights by Louby Lou as it fits in well with my theme for next week's PfP Challenge (you'll have to wait til then to find out the theme)

I use a slightly different style of colouring for this kind of whimsical character compared to the style I use for more anatomically correct characters.

Firstly I have printed the image out onto Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock on my HP Photosmart printer

I've chosen to colour the skin next - I started colouring the darkest areas, under the hair line, under the chin, under the sleeves and kilt with Coral. Just colouring a small area. I then coloured over the Coral and outwards with Sunkissed Pink then repeated this for the remaining skin areas with Blush, colouring with small circular motions. By colouring over the darker shades, you blend away any hard lines between the shades.

I chose to colour the jacket and hat with one of the grey collections - in this case I've used Warm Greys 1-5. I started out with the WG5 next to the outlines of the jacket and hat. Colouring over this and slightly more towards the middle of each area with WG4, I repeated this stage with WG3, 2 and 1. Again, by colouring over what you have previously coloured at each stage, it will ensure any hard lines are blended.

At this point I added a little shading with WG1 to the areas of the image that I wanted to remain white eg; his frilly shirt, the pompom on his hat, his sporran and his socks

To complete his outfit, I used WG 4 to add some shading where I imagine there would be some shadow on his kilt. I did this before I coloured it as I find it easier when using several colours to colour in an item of clothing eg tartan, checks, patterns etc

I then used Yellow, Petrol Blue and China Blue to colour his kilt. I also used WG 3 & 5 to colour the other parts of his sporran, and Black to his shoes. I haven't shown it in the pics, but I will add some embellishments to his jacket for the buttons and I will highlight his shoes with sakura white gel pen.

My Last PfP DT Card

Well, this is my last DT card for Passion for Promarkers which is also my last DT tutorial for the PfP weekend workshop.

I've really enjoyed the last year at PfP, and will miss the teams loads

This week you could win a stamp of your choice from Whiff of Joy remember, you have to be in it to win it.

The theme this week was chosen by me and it is "male cards" what with Father's Day coming up this Sunday and I have also done a nice and simple sketch which is very adaptable and will give you plenty of scope.

So, this is the card I made for my dad for Father's Day...

Image: Scotland Ian from Digital Delights by Louby Lou, coloured with promarkers: Coral, Sunkissed Pink and Blush for his skin, Spice, Apricot and Lemon for his hair, Warm Grey 1-5 for his jacket, hat and the shading on his pompom, sporran, socks, shirt and kilt. Yellow, Petrol Blue and China Blue for his kilt and Black for his shoes. (You can find the tutorial for the image, either on my Promarker Tutorials Page or over on the Weekend Workshop)

Tartan papers are from my stash, the centre lattice panels were made using a MS deep edge punch trimmed down, Papermania eyelets, greeting is Daisy & Dandelion, card is core'dinations.

So, pop on over to PfP to check out how the rest of the DT have interpreted the sketch

Digi Friday - launch

Are you ready for something new? Fancy winning some digital stamps?
Then you need to get over to the Passion for Promarkers blog every Friday and check out our brand spanking new Digi Friday's. You'll find them by clicking on the Weekend Workshop button underneath the main banner.

To kick off our first week, Caryn has done a fabulous tutorial featuring the "Butterfairy" image from Soft Pencil and all you have to do to win $15 worth of digital stamps from Soft Pencil is.... leave a comment. Yes its THAT simple.

So don't forget, 9am every Friday there will be a new digital stamp sponsor offering some digital stamps and you also get to see one of the sponsors images used in a tutorial for inspiration.
Remember all the workshops and tutorials are available to download directly from the Weekend Workshop blog by clicking on the icon at the bottom of each post.