Late Summer Holiday

Hi all,

Sorry we're little late to post the winner of last month Color Challenge ^^. Thank you for all who submit their halloween card, your cards are all fabulous! So, here is the winner of the challenge, we use random.org to pick the winner :)

KERRY

 

Congrats, Kery :) your card is awesome! LOL, nice flower and lovely rhinestones :)

Please email us to claim the prize.

Also, the next thing is, we will ended the Color Challenge :) Thank you ladies for participating. But, don't forget to still play along with us at our biweekly challenge at our Challenge Blog. We have 3 images as prize for the winner, and we will pick Top 3 winner with 1 images as prize :) Interesting? Join us now!

Then the last thing to announce is....WE'RE GONNA HAVE  HOLIDAY!! Woohoooo.. Since we now live at different city and rarely meet up, we plan to have a holiday together with our friends :) This gonna be a lot of fun. Can't wait for it ♥ But sadly, we have to close our shop from September 13th. We will open again at September 19th  2012. ^^ See you soon! May you all have a blessed day!

Coloring Challenge #3

Hi girls,

Time for another Coloring Challenge! Since we have Halloween themed showcase and challenge this week, we pick a matching color theme for our third Coloring Challenge ^^

Very beautiful, right? But before we go further, let's see who's the lucky winner for our second challenge ^^

No. 2, Helen

Congratulation dear, your card is very gorgeous ♥ We love it to bits!

Please mail us at milkcoffee.letterbox@gmail.com to claim your prize :)

Now, let us remind you the rules to join our Coloring Challenge. It's very simple, just pick a MilkCoffee digi, you can use the freebie ones, then color it according the pallette we decided then post it ^^ No need to make a card using it, but we would love to see if you make a card using it!

Need some inspiration? No worries, our DT girls have several images ready ^^ You can see our newest showcase to get more ideas since it have similar color pallette ;)

A hot catgirl by MARY J

And a cute pumpkin by YOSHIRA

Cute dreamy Charlotte on a paper ship by AUDREY

 

And Pinky Witch Charlotte by RIA

Aren't they gorgeous?

Also as usual  we have tutorial from our talented DT Lady. This time, the wonderful Lady who show us a tute about hair coloring is Audrey. Check her fabs tute :)

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Hi everyone! Audrey here today and I'm going to show you how I color hair with Copics, just in case you are interested.  I usually look at my image and decide what color hair do I want this image to have?  Then I choose 3-4 colors depending on the hair length - sometimes I use 5 or 6, but that is only usually with really long hair.

So for this image of Charlotte at Paper Ship from MILKCOFFEE SHOP and I have decided she is going to have blondish/brown hair and I have chosen Copics E 50, 53, 55 and 57.  

First I decide where I am going to have my light source coming in.  I usually choose the right side, probably because I'm right handed.:)  I put down my lightest color first and I leave a decent amount of white space to show where my light source comes in.  I always color out from the top and up from the bottom in the direction of the hair in both cases.

Next I go over most of the same are with the second color (a little darker)

And then, you guessed it, I use my third color next.  I try to keep a very light touch on the marker so that it looks more like hair strands than blobs of color.  

Finally I add my darkest color to the very bottoms and also the areas furthest from my light source.

Then I go back through and darken things up by using my 3rd marker (E55 in this case)

And the second (E53)

And then first color where I go back over and connect the areas, but still keeping the light source in mind I leave a very light area there.

Last but not least, I go in and add some darker lines on the pre-drawn lines and also on where I think areas would be the darkest.

I hope you have found this helpful:)

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A fab tute isn't it? :) And as usual, we have a freebie for you to color! A matching digi for this month theme, Halloween! Hope you girls like it ;)

Have a blessed day everyone! Hope you enjoy our challenge this month!

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Coloring Challenge #2 and Special Freebie

Today we're closing our first coloring challenge. Thank you so much for playing along! And we've already picked the winner using random.org, and the winner is.... No.2, Kaylee S. Congratulation Kaylee, you're winning 3 free digis from us! Just pick any of our digital stamp from our shop and send us a mail at milkcoffee.letterbox@gmail.com :)

And now, time to start our second coloring challenge ^^ Are you up to color something with bright and cheerful color? Because this time it's our color palette's theme ^^

To join this challenge, you can only use MILKCOFFEE's images. But if you don't have any, feel free to use the freebies we have provided here, or plenty of free digis we offer (here [link to freebie posts]),  or any other MCS stamps you own!

This challenges will run monthly, start from the 10th of each month and end on the 9th of each month. We will pick the winner by random.org and the winner will receive 3 images by your choice from MILKCOFFEE shop.

All you have to do is to color the image according this palette and then link the result here. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE  A CARD, just the colored image is enough ^_~

And if you want to learn more about coloring, we also have a coloring tutorial here. This week, we will feature LYNDSEY'S skin coloring tutorial :) Hope it will be a great help and don't hestitate to ask any questions if you want ^^ Don't forget to check her blog to find a lot more great inspirations <3


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Skin Coloring Tutorial by LYNDSEY

Hi girls,

Here is my tutorial for the next colour challenge, I decided to show how I colour my skin hope there's not too many pictures.

I mainly use the colours Coral, Dusky Pink, Blush & Sunkissed Pink for my skin tones

Face - Colour the areas where you would think would be the darkest using Coral, bring the colour in slightly where you think the cheeks would be.

Go over the top of the Coral with Dusky Pink bringing the colour slightly further into the image.

Go over the whole face and blend using Blush.

Add Sunkissed Pink onto the cheeks to add a bit more definition.

Arms - Add coral to the areas you think would be in the shade.

Go over the Coral using Dusky Pink, bringing the colour further into the image.

Blend and fill in gaps with Blush.

Legs - Use Coral in the areas where shade would be.

Go over the Coral with Dusky Pink, bringing the colour further into the image.

Fill in any gaps and blend with Blush.

Hope that helps! If you have any questions just let me know :)

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Wonderful isn't it :)

And here's our lovely DT girls creations using this pallette ^^

YOSHIRA

CARRIE

MARY J

And this time we want to share a special freebie for you, a Jesus's image. This image means a lot for us, since we really believe that Jesus is knocking on our heart, calling our name softly, and wait for us to open the door for Him :) And we want to share it with you.

Have a blessed day!

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First Coloring Challenge Reminder and Freebies Links

Hello Girls,

Just a quick reminder, our first Coloring Challenge will be closed in 3 days ^^ Need some inspiration? No worries, our lovely DT Mary J make another beautiful card for some reference. Or do you need our digi to join the challenge? No worries too, we already shared some free digital stamps and you still can grab it. Some of our freebies are cute Ballerina Image; the one that Mary used for her card, cute baby girl image, a Charlotte digi from Charlotte series, birthday girl, and also Lily as santa girl if you want to make early Christmas card :) And we still have more freebies, just browse around our blog to get them ^^

So, join our challenge when it still last! Not enough time to make a card? No worries, you don't even have to make a card. Just coloring the image is enough as long you're following the color pallete that already provided ^^ Have fun and have a great day!

Mary J's Creation

 

~XOXO~

Coloring Challenge#1

And so, let's start our first new challenge, A COLORING CHALLENGE ^^ Are you ready? For this challenge, we just want to see your colouring skills! So share anything you want - it doesn't have to be a completed project (a partially coloured MCS image is fine!), but you do have to use a MilkCoffee Stamp digis!

Feel free to use the freebie we have provided her, or there are plenty of free digis we offer - click here [link to freebie posts] to use them or any other MCS stamps you own!

This challenges will run monthly, starting from the 10th of each month and ending on the 9th of each month. We will pick the winner by random.org and the winner will receive 3 images by your choice from MILKCOFFEE shop.

So, use a MCS digi stamp and use at least 3 of the colours of the palette below...

All you have to do is to color the image according this palette and then link the result here. No need to make any card, just the colored image is enough ^_~ And this week, we will feature Mary J's coloring tutorial :) Her tutorial will be separated in 2-3 post, and we will show you the first part of her tutorial here.

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~Coloring Tutorial~

It's Mary J here and I've put together a quick tute together to show you how to colour folds in clothing, so let's get to it!  I've used Lisbeth Walks In The Rain as she's such a pleasure to colour in and the first thing I do is choose the colours I'm going to use - RV00, RV10 and RV02.  That is in order of lightest to darkest (yes, RV10 is lighter than RV02!).


Okay, so first I cover the dress all over in the light shade I've chosen, RV00.  I like to do the base colour first as it gives me a feel of the flow of the dress as I colour it in (click on the photos for a larger view)...

I then use the darkest shade, RV02, and add to the darkest shaded areas of the dress...

I then use the mid-shade, RV10, and lightly blend the edges of the darkest areas into the lighter areas with light feathery strokes...

And lastly, I go over the whole dress with the lightest colour, RV00, to soften all the edges...

Et voila!  I hope you found that useful - feel free to leave a comment with any questions and I'll get back to you!

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Isn't her tutorial is so lovely and helpful? Please check her blog to see more of her gorgeous creations! And here's our other DT's creations using the color palette for your inspirations ^^

Yoshira

Carrie

 

Jennifer

Lyndsey

 

Mary J

AUDREY

Please hop on their blog to see more gorgeous cards they made! 

And last, here's our free digital stamp, a little ballerina. Hope you like this image ^^

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