Back to School with Spectrum Noirs

As a few of you had asked my opinion on Spectrum Noirs I thought it would be nice to road test them and give them a whirl, so here goes.

Firstly an image coloured with them.

Back to School by Mo’s Digital Pencil  was my image choice to try out the pens, one of the first things that I notice about the pens was that the nib needed to be primed by that I mean scribbling on a scrap piece of card to get the ink through to the nib, this ensured it would be wet enough to blend colours successfully, I also got best result by laying down the light shades first then building up the darker areas and then going back to the lighter shade and dragging from the dark through to the light shade.

In honesty a good value for money pen and can’t wait to see more shades in it.

For me the downside to the Spectrum Noirs has to be this….

My husband Chris thinks that he has shares on them ha ha.

They won’t stop me using other brands I still love my Promarkers and my Copic pens instead I will use them alongside my others and they do deserve a place alongside them..

Today’s The day

I have everything ready, tables laid, food for lunch and cake, now that is a must, nothing finer than a bit of sugar rush to keep you going, all the little packs made up, and I’m ready for a day of colour.

I can’t wait to get started and I know that those who are coming a feeling the same way, tutorial videos to take home as a reminder of how to do everything taught in class.

I’m hoping to get a few photo’s of the busy class and how they get on.

Now for those of you that can’t make it I do have a giveaway of 2 of my Tutorial Video’s.

You’ll need to get your name in quick as it ends tonight.

Just click on the image below to enter in the draw.

 

Come Hither……

I do hope you have some garlic at the ready and I suggest you hang it from your computer screen before you read on.

Come Hither by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

who could resist this handsome Vampire.

Coloured with Copic markers, I decided on none traditional Halloween colours as I wanted it to be a little Mystic in appearance.

It was a bit like challenge Aneka to make the card as both myself, Mina, and Mo were racing to get it coloured up, of course they won as some of us needed to go to work then have a Granny nap when they got home.

Project of the Month Blog Hop - Pearls and Lace

Its that time again and this Month's theme for the Blog Hop is Pearls and Lace and our host is Debbie and that's where the blog hop begins.

You should have landed on my blog from Mina We will hold this every third Thursday of the month , we aim to give you a little inspiration and hopefully a few Oooo's and Awe's along the way.The Dream Team is made up with some of the most talented ladies so be sure to give them all a visit.

The image I used on this months project is Spit Happens  and it can be purchased from Mo’s Digital Pencil

I decided on a round easel card with lots of lace and dotted with pearls and loads of layered circles, image was coloured with copic markers and designer papers are from DCWV.

 

Next up is Lori and I can guarantee she’ll have something amazing to show.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way to be in for a chance of winning a spot prize

Some Free Holiday Designs

Boo!

I thought I would get you all ready for the coming hollidays and give you some free sheets.

Please abide by my Terms of Use.

You are free to use my sheets for personal use but please do not share, alter, claim them as your own or sell them, instead link back to my blog for people to download them.

They are copyright protected.

Just click on the images and this will bring them to full size on your screen then save it to your computer. The sheets will print to the size intended once saved to your computer, double click on the file then from the top menu on your computer click, file then print this will then print out the Image

Spooky backgrounds for your Halloween cards

Spooky witches and owls for halloween.

Halloween Bats

don't have nightmares.