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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Showcase 'Halloween'

Good afternoon everyone,

Today I woke up very late, looks like several days lack of sleeps taking its tool of my body ^^ I really should try to manage a healtier schedule (I'm a noctrunal person usualy), but it's hard to break a habit that last for years :)

Anyway, since Halloween is coming nearer and nearer, we have a special Halloween showcase today ^^ Have you start preparing your Halloween themed cards? We have a new batch of Halloween images featuring Lisbeth, Tiffany, Charlotte, Michelle, Alicia, and a cute vampire boy ^^ Looks what our talented DT girls did with our Halloween images, it's so cute!

MARY J

Stunning coloring and very nice layout as usual! 

Lisbeth and Pumpkin

SHIRL 

She have 3 cards! Wohoo, and all of them are so cute! I especially love the first one <3

 

 Alicia as Cute Ghost

 

 Tiffany as Sexy Cat Girl

Little Witch Charlotte 

RIA

Lovely coloring! The image that printed on a kraft paper stood out real nice <3

 

Little Witch Charlotte 

CARRIE

What a cute doorhanger with a small box to put on some sweets!

Lovely treat for your kids ^^

Michelle as Pirate Girl

YOSHIRA

Cute cards with very bright colors! 

Love how the black paper behind the image make it looks so stand out ^^

Little Witch Charlotte 

Please don't forget to pop on their own blogs as well to see more gorgeous creations ^^ 

Have a great day ladies!

Customer Lovely Creation and Challenge Reminder

Hi Ladies,

How is your summer day? Hope you all have wonderful summer!
Today we're gonna share several wonderful cards :) The first cards is by Ms. Donna Mosley. She uses our digi girl Charlotte series. Isn't this card lovely? Cute pattern paper and great composition, love it, especially her coloring ^^. Please check her blog for more inspiring cards!

Then, we have two lovely cards by our DT Lady, Mary J. Her cards are as briliant as usual :) Love this purple and yellow combination. The cards are so neat but so awesome! :D

This card is using our new series, dilligent Sally

And this card is using Michelle series

Check her blog here ladies to give her some love ♥

Also, don't forget to join our #2 Colour Challenge to win our digi at MILKCOFFEE shop, ladies ;)

Have a blessed day everyone!

Showcase #Home Sweet Home

Hello girls,

Today we have a new showcase with 'Home Sweet Home' theme. And together with this showcase, we want to give you another special freebie. This freebie made especially for our beloved DT girl,  Jennifer. She's a very talented lady who make so many beautiful cards and we're very fortunate to have her on our DT. Right now, she's struggling against her cancer, and we want to give her a little bit encouragement with this image. I hope you like this Jen! Love you and how inspiring you are with all your positive attitudes! God bless you and we hope you'll recover soon! And for everyone who have similar battle, our prayers are with you girls, and we hope this digi can make you a little bit happier :)

Tiffany Fight Against the Cancer

And now we want to show you the cards our lovely girls made this week. I love the theme, home is always a special place for me. It's a place where our precious family gathers, our shelter, and a place where we can go back to in the end of a tiring day. The images we use are from the house series and Sally's series which you can find in our store here.

LYNDSEY

CARRIE

MARY J

 

YOSHIRA 

Showcase 'Boys and Tom boys'

Hello Ladies,

Have you already grab our newest freebie here? We have a special Christian freebie this time ^^ Do you have some sport themed cards or want to make one? Please join our challenge here if you do  <3 This time we want to show you some our boy and tomboy themed digi stamps :) Please check our DT's fab creations!

YOSHIRA 

 

LYNDSEY

 

SHIRL

AUDREY

MARY J

 

LYNDSEY

RIA

Very cute, aren't they? Please check their own blogs to see more gorgeous inspirations ^^

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~