It’s day three of the 24 tags of Christmas series for 2015! You knew there’d be some traditional Copic, right? (Yesterday I colored Copic on wood – check that out HERE.) If you’d like to see last year’s day three tag, click HERE.
Lots of folks want tips on shading of images….and since this adorable stamp set has a bunch of images in it, I thought it would be fun to color each one with the lighting from a different direction!
Video
Check out the video below, or click HERE to see it in HD on YouTube!
Could this stamp set BE any cuter?? I’m going to be stamping a bunch to take home with me for Thanksgiving and coloring up a storm – love that I can use a limited palette – so just take a few markers and refills that work together!! woohoo!
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- Elf stamp set no longer available, sorry!
- Silver Uni-ball Gel Pen
- Silk Ribbon, Burgundy
- Copic Markers:E00 BV00 E11 RV10 R17 R89 R37 G05 G17 G29 G28 C3 C0 EH – Blick
- Copic Hex Chart
- Jet Black Lawn Fawn Ink Pad
- Neenah Cardstock, Solar White: 25pk – 250pk
So in love with these elves! Great job as usual, Sandy! My favorite charity is NORD, National Organization for Rare Disorders.
Not a copic person but watching you do these little tags I could try, Love your work, and how you explain all you are doing.
I love copics and this stamp set is a great one to use with them. St Jude Children’s Hospital.
This elf stamp set is so adorable. Love the coloring and great tips on finding the lighting when you color. Thank you for sharing. My favorite charity is the National Down Syndrome Society.
I love these elves, they ar so cute. Thank you for the detailed description of how you’re coloring, for someone like me just learning how to use these markers and coloring techniques, your explanations are very helpful!
Desiree
These are adorable!!!!
Make A Wish Foundation is my charity!
These tags are just adorable with their little elves. I always learn so much with you especially about copics. You are the whole reason I decided to try them. My Charity is Angels Among us Pet Rescue!
You have taught me so much with your videos! Love the shading tips and also the colors in the upper left.
Love these tags! Thank you
Adorable!!! Mission Arlington is my fave!
Your Copic coloring is crazy awesome! The elves are adorable. Mission Arlington is my fave charity!
What a peaceful video on such a horrible day. The birds are out of this world beautiful. My favorite charity is Glide Memorial in San Francisco. They do terrific work with the homeless.
Love these elves. Loved the series so far. My biggest problem is with lighting. Practice, practice , practice
My husband has MS, so it would be The National MS Society.
Thanks so much
Christy
I love your coloring!!!! The National MS society… Capital chapter.
These tags are just cuter and cuter. My charity is Surmounyers of Texas, a Veterans horse therapy group with all therapy on the ground. Thank you
So stinkin’ cute! My charity is Preemptive Love Coalition.
These elves tags are adorable !!!!
Love, Love the elves!
Love these adorable tags!
These tags are SO stinkin’ cute! You’ve made those little suits look like velvet with the way you’ve blended the colors. Thanks, as always, for the inspiration and another wonderful Copic lesson. My charity of choice is the Alhambra Hamel Ministerial Alliance which is a group of folks from four churches in two little Illinois communities who raise funds to give the less fortunate folks a hand up via a food pantry, vouchers for gasoline, vouchers for their power bill, etc.
These elves are the cutest elves EVER!! Fingers crossed they want to come home to me! My favorite charity is St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
I enjoyed this video sooooo much. I have officially watched it 8 times to get as much of the info out as you put in. Sandy, thanks ever so much for the information packed videos, blogs and periscopes that you share.
Cuuute! Wounded warriors
Really cute. I volunteer at the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, Oregon.
I love these elves!!! I am putting my order in for these this afternoon. My favorite charity is St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Again, I just love your creations – thanks for sharing them with us!
K9’s for Warriors would be my charity. The tags are beautiful!
Too cute! I can’t stop using those elves. I’ve made several cards using them. I chose a teal, magenta and gray scheme. I even did a gray tree. If I win a tag, please sign it. I think all work should be signed, yes cards and tags too! My charity of choice is the White Feather Foundation.
These are adorable! I am always so inspired by your videos…keep them coming! 😉 My favorite charity would be anything for Breast Cancer research or for the Military Families.
I just found your channel and am loving your videos – you’re so talented. I’m soaking up as much info as I can. These are super cute tags! My charity would be the South Texas Persian Rescue in San Antonio, TX.
Sandy these tags are so ADORABLE. I’m so excited because I actually have this stamp set so now I can follow your step by step coloring instructions. I watch you on Periscope as well, and loved your teaching on Shading. You are so gifted, thank you for sharing your talent.
Very cute and such a fun exercise. 99% of the time my light source is coming from the top right. It must come from me always putting the sun there in my drawings as a child. 🙂
Love the Elf tags! Can just picture the grins of anyone who is lucky enough to receive one. This is a great series, need to make some time to go back and check out last years as well.
My favorite charity is Homeless in Seattle.
These are FABulous! So many tips and tricks – I hope I can remember it all. Awesome ideas with the Silver Signo pen – definitely need to remember that one!
These tags are so cute and gorgeous!
My favorite charity is the RSPCA.
Thanks for all your tutorials!
Greetings from the other side of the ocean, the Netherlands.
Love, Ilona
LOVE this video and ‘scope, too (although I can’t think of any of your videos that I don’t like!). Between this, the OCC class, in-person classes, and my own practice, practice, practice, I will get this shading down. These elves are so cute, too. If I am one of those selected, my charity would be either The Truth 365 (or its primary sponsor, “Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation.”) Both are registered 501(c)(3) public charities, and 100% goes to childhood cancer research (for reasons I posted in my comment on the first tag blog post).
I just love these little elves! I could watch you color them all day!
These elves are the best Christmas images ever and your video and scope were awesome so I shared them on Facebook and pinned them on pinterest. I’d really love to win a tag, especially one of these and favourite good cause is labrador rescue north west, here in the UK. They provide rehoming for all labradors and provide for any medical needs the dog may have and in some cases these dogs getter their medical bills paid for life.
Hugs
Hazel xxx
Excellent coloring and I love that you share your coloring techniques and pen color combinations! Thank you! One of my favorite charities is the YMCA, they provide scholarships for children to attend summer camps.
What a generous giveaway! Those tags are gorgeous (as usual) and to be thinking charitably is really the true essence of Christmas IMO. It’s hard to have a favourite charity, really, but I would have to go with Women for Women International who work tirelessly to help women in war-torn and conflict regions move from victim to survivor to active community member. I can’t imagine being denied education because of my gender, or targeted specifically in times of conflict because of my gender. And yet, these women learn to read and write and run small businesses – all in 12 months!! – while continuing to raise their families. I am in awe and inspired by these women every day. Without the ability to read & write I couldn’t do anything I have to do/want to do, much less enjoy card marking. I am truly blessed and want to see every woman (and by extension their children and communities) have the same safety, education, health resources and protected human rights.
Can’t tell you how much I’ve learned from you Sandy in the few short months since I found your videos. I’ve watched so many that I can’t even remember how I found you in the first place. LOL. Thanks so much for all the quality instruction on your blog, YouTube channel and scopes!
Love your coloring ! I have learned so much from you. Thanks!
Nice coloring and I love puns. My charity is anysoldier.com.
Just purchased this set of elves stamps and your tips will really come in handy! Thanks for the chance to win one of your completed sets.
These are so adorable!! I love their silver hair!! My favorite charity would be a local, no kill adoption center for cats called HART, here in Cumberland, Maine.
your comic coloring is absolutely amazing!
My favorite charity is our local harvesters, which collects food
Love these little elves. They are so stinkin’ cute! My charity would be the ASPCA.
Great video and tips. Thanks SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
My charity choice is a school. I work in Paw Paw Public Schools and our Middle School Principal is a vet so in honor of veterans’ day I’d love it for our Middle School program.
These are the most adorable tags. Thanks for all your tips during this video. Love it.
Adorable tags, thank you for the coloring lesson. I’ve learn so much from you just in the last year. My charity in honor of Veteran’s day is K9s for warriors. Thank you.
What a. Great tutorial and beautiful tags! Any type of orphanage is a great place to help out and give these kids a chance for a great life!