Fri 11th Oct...Week 16 Team B: Shades of Grey

We love Friday's - because it's Graph'It Challenge Day!! Woohoo! 

Before we get to this week's challenge don't forget we have our current

Design Team Call!

...we are looking for someone who ADORES colouring with alcohol markers to join our fantastic Design Team! So if you are a colouring geek like the rest of us here then please email us to apply. You MUST have an active blog and be able to commit to one project a week plus a tutorial each month. We don't care what brand of marker you currently use as we know that you will LOVE using Graph'It once you try them, we just need someone who loves colouring and is able to meet the commitment which will be a minimum of 4 months term. Closing date is 12th October so don't miss this - we have a great team and you will love to be part of it! Send us your blog link and a short bio about yourself and why you'd like to be on the team and why we should pick you.

We also have some FANTASTIC NEWS on Graph'It this week - there are now 7 BRAND NEW and AMAZING NEW COLOURS to collect - YAYY!! 

We are so excited about this as we are all craving new colours all the time!! The new shades just slot into the existing range perfectly and are bang on trend to take us into 2014, make sure you get yours now, they are fantastic. 

Also, don't forget that there are now INTERCHANGEABLE BRUSH NIBS - simply pull out the chisel tip and swap for a Brush nib to give you an additional option with your marker! If you want to save your chisel nibs just place it into a sealable container to be reused again later! In addition there are also replacement Fine and Chisel nibs too, so you don't need to replace your entire pen if you're heavy handed with your colouring and wear out your nibs quickly! 

So, onto the challenge! This week we challenge you to show us your

Greys!

Restricting the number of colours you use is a really great way of practising your techniques - it takes away the drama of colour choice and helps to concentrate on how you use the pens themselves to blend and shade so if you have never limited yourself this way it's a really liberating way to colour, so we hope you join in this week! Graph'It markers have the widest selection of greys available in most markers AND have 2 unique grey collections - PINK GREYS and GREEN GREYS which are just fabulous! Check them out! 

Remember - you can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge. We use a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. IN ADDITION we also pick a Top 3 and may ask one of those people each month to join us as a Guest Designer. 

So here is today's winner chosen by our random number generator this week:

No. 21....Lisa S

Well done Lisa! You win a great prize of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It Blending palette and Mix'It Fluid! 

We're also delighted to announce that our favourite Top 3 entries are:

 No 2, Nathalie , No 28, Zoe and No 13, Janiel

Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of £30 of Graph'It goodies!

Let's get to the great team creations this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be and we have some exciting news to share very soon!....

Cara ... I had the most fun colouring this image ... sometimes its a great way to practice when you limit the colour choice you have. I only have the full collection of the Cool Greys which have a lovely blue tint to them so I decided to give my image an "Avatar" look!....

Graph'its Used:
Cool Grey's from 9100 to 9108
Pinks 5180, 5130, 5120, 5115, 5110

Simonne ... I don't have all the lovely different shades of grey of Graph'it markers (...yet, lol!), so I used my Neutral Greys (9500s) for the grey of my image:

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4180 4155 4115 4125 4120 4150 
Blush: 4145 4135  Lips: 5230 5130 5125  Eyes: 7175 7170 7130 7125
Hair: 9505 9503 9501 9500
Top: 5280 5230 5130 5125 5110
Trousers: 9507 9505 9503 9501 5230 (pink stripe)
Rose: 5230 5125 5110 8290 8280

Kevin... I had alot of fun colouring up this image and using all the grey's the image I have used is Oscar from the Pretty Tuff cd rom from Polkadoodles.

Graph'It Markers used 
Skin 4115..4150..4155..4180..5120.
Clothing & Wall 9101..9107..9201..9403
9501..9905..6290..& blender.

Nikky
I love using Greys and the Pink and Green Greys are just fantastic, they give a whole new look to your work. Here I used ALL the Green Greys to create this little snowy scene....

...and then spritzed over the whole thing with Mix'It Fluid. I love how you get completely random patterns for the snowflakes. I actually didnt spray properly when I did it so I got these massive big dots of Mix'It which kind of halo'd on the card, but I just took my Blender and then moved it around in circles to define the snowflakes even more. I kind of like the Halo, I think it adds more definition in a way, and the fact they are transparent with some of the image showing through makes them look even more realistic I think.

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 20th October at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! 
The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 25th October here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Week 15 - Halloween's a Scream With Graph'It Marker Challenge

Crikey how fast has this week passed, where does the time go?!!

Before we get to this week's challenge we have an important announcement to make....

Design Team Call!

...we are looking for someone who ADORES colouring with alcohol markers to join our fantastic Design Team! So if you are a colouring geek like the rest of us here then please email us to apply. You MUST have an active blog and be able to commit to one project a week plus a tutorial each month. We don't care what brand of marker you currently use as we know that you will LOVE using Graph'It once you try them, we just need someone who loves colouring and is able to meet the commitment which will be a minimum of 4 months term. Closing date is 12th October so don't miss this - we have a great team and you will love to be part of it! Send us your blog link and a short bio about yourself and why you'd like to be on the team and why we should pick you.

Last week we challenged you to use Autumn Colours - but this week 

Boo!...Halloween's a Scream!

Remember - you can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge. We use a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. IN ADDITION we also pick a Top 3 and may ask one of those people each month to join us as a Guest Designer. So here is today's winner chosen by our random number generator this week:

No. 12....Sue BearhouseWell done Sue! You win a great prize of a set of Graph'It Markers!

We're also delighted to announce that our favourite Top 3 entries are:

 No 10, Croms; No 6, Janina and No 14, Jane

Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It Blending palette and Mix'It Fluid! 

Let's get to the great team creations this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be and we have some exciting news to share very soon!....

Faye

I didn't used to be into Halloween much. But, with all the cute images and fab papers around these days, it has grown on me. Who knows, this year, I might even go out and get me some treats. Hmmm. Does new stash count as a Halloween Treat?!...

Markers Used...

Ground: 4120, 3210

Skin: 4120, 4115, 4170

Black: 9406, 9408, 9909

White: 9400, 0000

Orange: 2180, 3125

Karen

Eeek its that scary time of year again, mind you I jump at my own shadow so easily spooked!  I had fun using my Graph'It markers for this one!...

Colours used:

Purple - 6110 6120 6140

Orange - 2105 2110 2120

Green - 8240 8260 8280 

Skin 4155 4170

Simonne ... Although my family don't celebrate Halloween as a holiday, I absolutely LOVE to make Halloween themed projects!!  So even though it's not my week to post here on the GI blog (I'm part of Team B!), I couldn't resist sneaking in a spooky creation, hehe!  To create an undead feel to her skin, I coloured her entire face with a layer of 9500 before going over it with 4110.  Then I added shading and detail with the other colours listed below:

Graph'it Markers used:

Hair: 9509 9507 9505 9503 9501 9500 0000

Skin: 9500 9501 4110 3210 9503 Blush: 4150

Bandages: 9503 3210 4110 9501 9500 0000

Black dress: 9509 9507 9505 9503

Claire I adore the colours of Halloween and had loads of fun colouring this gorgeous Witch from  the Polkadoodles Witchy Witchy download bundle....

Colours used: 

skin: 4180, 4155, 4115, 4125.

 Hair and cat 9909, 9507, 9502, 6110

Greens: 8280, 8260, 8250, 8220

Purples: 6170, 6140, 6120

Orange: 2180, 2150, 1250

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 13th October at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! 
The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 18th October here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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Fri 27th Sept...Wk 14 - Colours of Autumn

Welcome to Friday challenge time! 

So let's get to the challenge! Last week we challenged you to colour an Accessory - but this week we want you to show us your....

Autumn Colours (can also include Halloween)

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge which was to show us your Halloween makes. From today we are changing our weekly prize winner to a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. IN ADDITION we will also pick a Top 3 and may ask one of those people each month to join us as a Guest Designer. So here is today's winner:

Huge congratulations to Nicole who wins a Set of 12 markers worth £30! 

We're also delighted to announce that our favourite Top 3 entries are:

 No 16, Nicole ; No 14, Deonna and No 12, Kathleen

Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It Blending palette and Mix'It Fluid! 

Let's get to the great team creations this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be and we have some exciting news to share very soon!

Cara

I love Autumn and all the beautiful rich colours you see at this time of year!  For my card I used this adorable owl image from the Bonbon Belles CDrom from Polkadoodles.  The backing papers are also from the CD too!

Graph'its Used:

Owl: 3150,3160,3180,3190

Skirt: 8130, 8150, 8180

Flowers and feet: 2150,2180, 7125, 7130

Kevin
I love all the shades of rust golds  and reds of Autumn so I have used some of these for my card, The image I have used is from the Fredericka Cd rom from  Polkadoodles.

Graph'It Markers used
Skin 4155..4170..4180..5120.
Hair 3140..3150..3190..2120.
Clothing 2120..2140..2150..210..2120..3140..3245.

Simonne ... You may remember that I did a red hair colouring tutorial a few weeks ago? Well, I finished colouring the image I used for the tutorial and used it for today's challenge card.  Autumn to me is browns, oranges, golds, pinks and reds!

Graph'it Markers used
Skin: 4180 4155 4115 4125 4120
Blush: 4135 4145
Red Hair: 3190 3180 3170 3130 4180 4155 4115
Gold: 2180 2130 1230 1210 4110
Flowers: 5280 5230 5140 5130 (petals) 9507 9505 8280 (leaves) 1210 (centre)

Nikky
This Halloween image is Autumn right? Well it is in my world! I love the tones of the purples and lilac in Graph'It - purples are colours I never ever seem to use in my colouring or crafting so when it gets round to this time of year it makes a nice change for me...

I apologise because I totally forgot to write down the colours I used on this but I know for sure her cloak was done with the Pink Greys!

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 6th October at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! 
The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 11th October here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

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30th August, Week 10 - Graph'It marker challenge Reds and greens

Friday challenge time! 

So let's get to the challenge! Last week we challenged you to colour Red Hair - but this week we want you to show us your....

Reds and Greens for Christmas Colours

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge which was to show us how you like to colour WHITES. We're so pleased to announce that our Top 2 entries are:

1.  Coops

2. Jane

We loved all your work and congratulations to Coops who won our fabulous prize of a 12 pack of Graph'It Wood markers worth £30! Well done! Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your winners blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It Blending palette and Mix'It Fluid! 

Let's get to the great team inspiration this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be and we have some exciting news to share very soon!

Simonne ... I used the beautiful tree stamp from the *new* Winter Spruce clear stamp set and digi papers from the gorgeous Polkadoodles Angelberry Christmas CD for my red & green Christmas card:

Graph'it Markers used:

Tree: 8270 8260 8240 8110 .... Berries: 5245 ....Trunk: 3290 3255 3245 .... Sky: 7105 0000

Debs
For my card I used the gorgeous new Polka Doodles Angelberry Gift clear stamp set and teamed her up with papers from the Polka Doodles Angelberry Christmas CD

Graph'It Markers used:
Skin - 4180, 4170, 4155, 4110, 5110
Hair - 4150, 3245, 3280
Hat & Coat - 3190, 5250, 5245, 5240
Gloves & Boots - 8160, 8150, 8240
Fur - 3110, 1210, 4110 and blender

Cara
I  used the new Poinsettia  and Winter Spruce stamps from Polkadoodles, the lovely papers are from the new Angelberry Christmas CDrom.

Graph'it Markers used:
Poinsettias: 5245, 5240, 5220
Leaves: 8180, 8270, 8160
9507 for shading on all.

Kevin
I have used the beautiful poinsettia stamp set  from Premium Art Brands which is available from Polkadoodles here.

Graph'It markers used....
poinsettia 5245..5270..9304
leaves 8130..8240..8280..9201

Nikky
I used the lovely stamps from Premium Art Brands on this card - there is a fantastic Poinsettia, Spruce Tree and the Angelberry character which are all great and designed to colour in here...

Graph'It markers used:

Reds...5220, 5240, 5245 to shade: 3290

Greens...8220, 8260 and 8280

Skintones....4125, 4155, 4170, 4135, 4175

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 8 Sept at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 14th September here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.

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2 August Week 6 - Jeans & Denim

Welcome to another great challenge! 

Last week we challenged you to colour Blonde Hair - but this week we challenge you to show us what you can do with colouring...

Jeans and Denim

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of our Week 4 challenge which was Black Hair. We're so pleased to announce that our Top 2 entries are:

1. An

2. Lucy

We loved all your work and congratulations to An who won our fabulous prize of over £30 of Graph'It goodies!! Well done! Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your winners blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize - a 12 pack set of Graph'It Skintones from Premium Art Brands - so if you're dying to try these wonderful new markers make sure you're in it to win it!

Let's get to the great team inspiration this week...we decided to challenge denim and jeans because there are SO many different colour combinations and cool techniques for getting a great denim look and it's one of those things we get asked about all the time. Graph'It have some fantastic colours which are great for denim...the selection of blues is one of the best around and even the Cool Greys are stunning for stonewashed denim effects - go check out the colour palette. Before we get to the team inspiration, remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be!

Simonne ... All my digi images and papers are from the Polkadoodles Bonbon Belles double CD and I used them to create a scene for my card. As I don't have the cool greys (...yet, lol!) I used the deepest aqua colour (peroleum 7290) with my Denim (7180) Graph'It marker to achieve a deep shadow for my jeans:

Graph'it Markers used:

Skin: 4155 4125 4115 4120 4135 4145 ... Hair: 3245 1280 1230 1210 4110 ... Jeans: 7290 7180 7115 7110 7105 ... Fence: 3250 3245 3210 ... Trunk: 3250 3245 ... Greens: 8260 8240 8220 0000 ... Purples: 6110 6120 6130 6140 6180 ... Turquoise: 7260 7240 7220 7210 ... Bird: 9503 9501 9500 0000

Cara
I've decided to go with a dark bleached denim look and I also followed the colours through into her hair (I do like to co-ordinate) but it does show that you don't need the full Graph'it Marker collection to colour a decent image - I basically used skin colours, a few greys and a few blues.

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4125,4145,4155,4135
Clothes,hair and blue parts of weights : Black, 7180,7170,7160, 7130,7110
Grey's for weights: 9108, 9106, 9104

Kevin  I have used this gorgeous image from the Polka Doodles Pretty Sweet cd rom and went with the washed out jeans look.

Graph'It markers used.
Skin 4115. 4135. 4145. 4155. 4170
Hair 3190. 3150. 3125. 3110
Top & Shoes 1130. 1150. 1250. 2140
Jeans 7105. 7125. 7180

Debs

I wanted to achieve and older worn denim look so added Cool Greys as they have a lovely blue tinge to them and they blend so well with the other Blues.

Graph'It Markers used: 

Jeans - 7180, 7110, 7115, 9104, 9102

Tee - 1250, 2105, 1210

Hair - 3280, 3255, 2245, 1250

Grass - 8280, 8240, 8220

Skin - 4180, 4170, 4155, 4110, 5110

Cloudy Sky - 7105 & Blender

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 11th August at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 16th August here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 

1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.

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26th July Week 5 - Blonde Hair

Thanks for joining us for another great challenge! 

Last week we challenged you to colour Black Hair - so of course this week we challenge you to make a project and colour 

Blonde Hair

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of our Week 3 challenge which was Candy Colours. We're so pleased to announce that our Top 2 entries are:

1. Jane Savage

2. Sue Bearhouse

We loved all your work and congratulations to Jane who won our fabulous prize of over £50 of Graph'It goodies!! Well done! Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your winners blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize worth over £30 which will include Graph'It markers and other stash from Premium Art Brands and Polkadoodles! 

Here is the fantastic inspiration our team have for you this week....we chose blonde hair as our theme because it can be a tricky combo to get right but with Graph'it markers we have one of the best selections of colours around which is perfect for colouring 'non yellow' blonde hair! ....

Faye....I sometimes find blondes difficult to colour, I end up with someone who looks like they have yellow hair, rather than blonde, so I really enjoyed the Challenge this week.

Carpet: 8280, 8270, 7290, Background: 7105, 7110, 0000, Skin: 4120, 4115, 4155, 4170, 4180, Hair:1210, 1230, 1280, 3110, White: 9100, 0000, Yellow: 1250, 2120, Orange: 2180, 3130, 3170, Turquoise: 7145, 7160

Suzi

I love how easy it is to get a great looking blonde hair using the Graph' It Markers, For this image I went for a honey blonde look using 

1250, 1280, 2105; Skin 4120, 4135, 4150; Top 2105, 2110; Cardi and Shoes 5130, 5150, 5160; Trousers 8250, 8260.

Karen

I have also gone for a darker blonde shade as well using 

1230 1250 and 1280. The image is from Polka Doodles and the rest of my colours are  SKIN 4120 4150 4155 4170 4145 BLUE 9102 9103 PINK 5115 5125 EYES 8110

Claire C

I've used the lovely mermaid image from the PolkaDoodle's BonBon Belles CD.

For her hair I've used 

3120, 1250, 1170, 1150 and 4110

Skin: 4180,4155,4115, 4145,4120 and 4110 

blues and greens:7180,7170,7176, 7150, 7140, 7125 and 8220, 8250 and 8280

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...

You have until  Sunday 4th August at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 9th August here on this blog. 
Please check our rules for all entries: 
1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.

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Blonde Hair Tutorial

Morning Everyone :)

Happy Friday Peeps, it's Faye here. Historically, I have found Blondes difficult to colour. It has taken me years to find colour combo's that I think look Blonde and not yellow, with other markers. But within weeks of playing with Graph'Its, I discovered one I'm really happy with, and I thought I'd share...

So, start with 1210...

Second, lay down 1230...

Then 1280 for the darker areas...

Next go back with 1210 again to fill in some of the white space and add texture to the hair...

Repeat with 1230 and 1280...

Finally add a small amount of 3110 for the darkest root and shadow areas...

Job done...

Hope you join us this week for our Blonde Challenge and don't forget you still have a few days to join our Black Hair Challenge...

19 July Week 4 - Black Hair

Thanks for joining us for another great challenge! 

This week we challenge you to make a project and colour

Black Hair

You can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!

Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of our Week 2 challenge which was Bright and Bold. We're so pleased to announce that our Top 3 entries are:

1.  No 1, Scatty Jan

2. No 14, Sue Bearhouse

3. No 17, Lucy Patrick

We loved all your work and congratulations to Scatty Jan who won our fabulous prize of over £30 of goodies!! Well done! Please email Nikky here to claim your prize! Sue and Lucy - please feel free to grab your blinkies from the sidebar to add to your blogs!

The winner of the challenge this week will win a fantastic prize worth over £30 which will include Graph'It markers and other stash from Premium Art Brands and Polkadoodles!

You have until Sunday 28th July at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 2nd August here on this blog. Please check our rules for all entries.

Here is the fantastic inspiration our team have for you this week....

Cara...
As I don't have the full range of Greys I would usually use to colour black hair I decided to do something a little different ..... ombre hair!!!! Had I not had these wonderful markers I doubt I would have ever tried something like this, they really do make those normally challenging projects so much easier!

Simonne...
Although Graph'It have FIVE different sets of grey markers (Warm, Cool, Netural, Pink and Green Greys), I only have the Neutral Greys, so I used these to colour my black hair this week!  I also used Heather (with wings) digi stamp and Apple Lagoon papers from the *new* Polkadoodles Bonbon Belles double CD Collection.

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4155 4115 4125 4120....Blush: 4135 Lips: 5120 Eyes: 8220....Hair: 9509 9507 9505 9303 9501....Jacket & Shoes: 7160 7150 7140....Trousers: 8110 7210 0000....White shading: 4110 0000....Wings: 8110 7210....Flowers 7160 7150 7140 7210 1210 8260 8220

Kevin...
I have used this adorable image from the Polkadoodles Candy Doodles CD Collection, on colouring the black hair I found I could do with another couple of lighter grey Graph'It markers.

Graph'It Markers used 

Skin 4155..4145..4115..4135..4180......Hair  9909..9905..9508..9505.......Dress 8110..8240..8130

Flowers,bird & grass 1110..2140..1130..1150

Debs

I like to add a base colour when doing black hair to give nice highlights so I opted for a blue grey then built up with the neutrals and finished the deepest areas with black..

Graph'It Markers used:
Hair - 9102, 9505, 9507, 9509, 9909.....Skin - 4180, 4170, 4155, 4110, 5110....Pinks - 5120, 5130, 5255......Turquoise - 720, 7260, 7240

So there you have our inspiration this week! 

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Easy Blending with your Mix'it Palette

Hi there, Claire  here with a quick tutorial to show you how you can use your Mix'it  Palette with your Graph'it markers to make blending loads easier. The Mix'It is a translucent surface that enables you to mix your Graph'It markers to blend beautifully and even to make new colours

 There are quite a few ways to use the Mix'it for example with the blender pen or to create totally new colours but today I'm just going to concentrate on blending with your markers I've used these colours and one of the lovely images from the Pretty Sweet CD from Polkadoodles.

I've used 5140 in the areas where the shade would be darkest

Next I've miixed 5140 with 5270 on the Mix'It and applied it with 5270. These pens are so juicy its almost like painting with this technique. Using the mix of ink I've gone around the coloured areas and extended in to the white space a little

Next I used 5270 on its own and then I've used the next shade 5120, mixing it with 5270 and again applying with the lighter shade extending a little further in to the white space.

Once again use the lighter shade 5120 on its own and then repeat the process using the lightest shade 5110 to apply the mix of inks 

Lastly, go over the entire area with 5110 to blend the colours. You may want to go in and add some depth to the darker areas

Finish colouring your image

and its ready to make your card

I hope you  enjoy using your Mix'It, you can clean it with your blender pen but I've had mine for about a year now and I never clean it. The colour looks as if its dried out but re-activates instantly with your blender pen so no need to worry about wasting ink 

Thanks for visiting, hope you're going to enter our Candy Colours Challenge, scroll down to see all the gorgeous projects from my teamies!

Claire xx