No-Border Tutorial

Happy Friday TPE Fans!!

 

This week Joni created a super FUN card for the Summer Challenge using a No-Border technique.  She posted a tutorial on her blog and gave us permission to share it with you here...Thanks Joni!!

 

 

Ink up your image in a light color
(I use Pretty in Pink by Stampin' Up or Memento Angel Pink)
at first it may look like a project gone wrong:

 

Start coloring in your main base of skin tone (R00):

 

Now fill in your other layer of skin tones (YR00 and E95 for shading):

 

 I know she's looking kind of funny, right?
Especially since that picture came out the WORSE and there was no way I could go back. ;)

But grab a good fine point pen and draw in the details (Copic multiliner .5):

 

Now start coloring in the hair (100, N7, N4):

(See? She looks better already. heehee! And I moved to a different part of my table...)

 

I like to 'flick' my copics and follow the direction of the original lines,

which I think keeps the 'movement' of the hair (100, N7):

 

Fill in the white part with your lightest color (N4):

 

Work in small sections to keep your copics wet which blends best.

Here is another part of her hair:
{part 1}

 

{part 2 blended}

 

And then the rest of it:

 

Now the fun part!
Start working on her other details (eye shadow, cheeks -R93, and swimsuit):

 

As well as the other important stuff:

 

And now you're done! :)

So there you have it, Cheeky in all her no-border splendor.

I hope you all give it a try - it's a very rewarding technique!

I also like to keep the original image with outline close at hand, for reference.

This really helps when drawing in the details with the multiliner and defining the different areas.

 

 

Paper Piecing tutorial

Hello everyone and a very happy Tuesday to you all!
It's Joni here, to share a fun technique that I love using. Paper Piecing is a great alternative to coloring, especially when you want an image to have patterns as part of the design. For today's tutorial, I am using an image from The Greeting Farm named Fleur Anya. {This week's TPE Paper Piecing challenge happens to be sponsored by this wonderful company too!}

First, choose an image that has a nice area to paper piece. You want to avoid little edges and lines, as it can be quite tedious to cut around. Stamp (or print) your image:

Next step, color in the areas that will not be pieced over. This is where you have a bit more leeway if you color outside of your lines, as the designer papers will cover any mistakes!

Now take that same image and stamp or print it on a patterned piece of paper, it is a bit hard to see but it is on that black and white paper to the left:

Trim around the edges as best as you can, then adhere it directly on to the image...voila! Now Anya has a pretty printed dress:

I made a handful of these cards for an SCS swap that I was in:

And here is the final result:

Now it's your turn to show us some fun paper piecing creations! Be sure to link up your work using ANY image {here} on this post for your chance to win a 4x6 set from The Greeting Farm. Thank you so much for coming by today, have a wonderful week!