Wk 32 Inspired by Florals - Colouring Challenge at Graph'It markers sponsored by Make It Crafty

Welcome back to another Colouring challenge here with us at Graph'It Markers!
This is the 2nd week of our current theme which is
Inspired by Floral Tones
and this week we are extremely lucky to be sponsored by the amazing Make It Crafty! Make sure you go and check out their fabulous store for some great digis to use with our theme!

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!
You have until Friday 14th August  to enter the challenge

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE

PRIZE 1:  Random winner chosen by Random.org: Set of Graph'It markers

PRIZE 2:  The Design Team's favourite from the Top 3 will win a $10 Gift Certificate from Make It Crafty - How generous!  Whoop whoop! 

Before we get to the inspiration we are excited to announce that we have yet another new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

CULT PENS who also ship International so if you're overseas it's a bonus!

The winner of our last challenge is at the end of this post but let's see what the team have made this week!...

Scatty Jan  I used the beautiful image Exquisite Princess, My teamie Yvonne gave me a lovely colour Palette for inspiration for my colours- Adored colouring her in , such beautiful long hair

The Graph'It Markers I used were

Skin 3120, 4125, 4135, 4145, 4150

Blues 7130, 7125, 7101

Pinks 5140, 5130, 3120

Green 8150, 8160

Graph'It Shake Marker white

Anjie - The image I am using is Whisper Princess.

And the colour palette chosen for me to use was just gorgeous, so pretty!....

The Graph'It Markers I have used are:

Skin: 4105, 4125, 4150, 3120

Hair: 5110, 5115, 5120

Dress: 8115, 8245, 8270

Mix It Palette.

Nikky...I loved this colour challenge! Cara very kindly chose a great palette for me to try and emulate and at first I went 'ewwww I hate yellow!' then I went 'ewwww I hate GOLD!' Then I just picked up my big girl pants and went for it - that's what the whole idea of these palettes is about - instead of each of us choosing the same old colours week in week out and the same combinations, we have to choose something we may not normally go for. And this combo for me sure wasnt one I'd pick but boy! How lovely is it!! 

I love having all our amazing sponsors with us each week and this is our first week with Make It Crafty - I kinda chose this image accidentally and wow - that hair! It made me feel a little faint at first LOL! But it's all about breaking down your image into sections so you don't get overwhelmed, and just tackle one section at a time and work through it. 

This image is called Bella's Party and you can get here HERE....

The real challenge this week for me was how to incorporate the 'GOLD' from the palette, so it was a case of grab my trusty Graph'It Shake Gold Glitter marker and go for it!....

You can see the Gold Graph'It Shake marker more in the hair and on the clothing here. Because the glitter is encased in a clear acrylic medium it deposits really well but you can move it around with a paintbrush or even a blender or marker if you wish. The nibs are fine but not too fine.
You really only see the glitter once you move the paper around so it gives a lovely subtle glittery sheen but unlike some other products out there you CAN actually see it ok! It's also great to just push around with your fingers to get a little sheen and glittery effect. I dont like going too OTT but if you like you can allow it to dry and really build up quite a strong base of glitter by layering.

The Graph'It marker colours I used were:

Skin: 4101, 4105, 4125, 4150, 3105, 4145 & 4135 cheeks

Dress: 1140, 1180, 1250

Hair: 7220, 7240, 7260, 7280

Graph'It Glitter Shake GOLD

Graph'It Waterbased Brushliners (4pk) Greys

Cara I love the images we were given to work with this week... I chose Chantelle at the Races and she has the most stunning hair and outfit .. how I would love to look like that when I went out!!

So here is my lovely colour palette chosen by our boss lady Nikky.

I love this colour palette but I have to be honest I did find it challenging, i'm usually a bold and bright kind of girl ....

...and here you can see I was very naughty and completely strayed from the palette (oooops). 

Now for those of you who struggle with lighter softer palettes like me Nikky did give me a great tip to try next time and that is to work backwards and go from light to dark and that way you get to set out your highlights and hopefully wont lose them like I did!

The Graph'it colours I used were:

Skin:6140,3120,3105,4155,4115 and 4135 for the cheeks.

Hair, Feathers and flowers: 3290,3255,3250,3245.

Pinks: 5180, 5160, 5130

Green: 6170 (for shadows) 8270,8260,8250.

Kevin  I have used this fun image called  Aussie Santa the Floral colour palette I have used was picked for me by Team mate Jan.

Graph'It markers used

Skin 4155.4170.3105.3110

Hair 9500..9501..9503.

Clothing 1130..11.50..8210..8250,

Hat & Sandals 8270..8280..1150.

WOW! More fabulous colouring and inspiration from the team!

So time for our winners from last time, which was the 2 Tones challenge...

Our random winner who will receive a pack of Graph'It markers is

#11 Julie Reed

Well done! So please email us here to claim, quoting code: GIw3202

The entries for this challenge were superb and there was some great makes to fit the challenge so we couldn't just choose 3 favourites so we have had to make it a Top 5 this week!

#11 Julie Reed

#16 Patty Sue

#4 Kathi

#10 Lucy Woods

#14 Deonna B

and #16 Patty Sue you are the random winner! 

You have won a set of digis from our Sponsor Kenny K so please email us here to claim, quoting code: GIw3202

So don't forget - the challenge is 

Inspired by Florals

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!

You have until Friday 14th August  to enter the challenge

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE

Wk 31 Inspired by florals - Craft Colouring Challenge at Graph'It - sponsored by Crafty Sentiments

Hey! Welcome back to another Friday frenzy of Colour here at Graph'It!

Today we start a fresh new challenge theme which is
Inspiring Floral Tones
So basically we just need to see your Florals and Floral Colour schemes on your makes - a really nice easy challenge anyone can join in, even if you're doing Christmas reds and greens!

Each week we are bringing you some wonderful colour palette themes to help inspire you...we are loving using these, it really pushes us all out of our comfort zones by making us use colours we wouldn't naturally choose for ourselves - so if you struggle to think of something different to do make sure you check them out each week - you can even save them to your PC to create your own colour library at your fingertips!

This week we are very lucky indeed to be sponsored by the lovely

So head over to their store and grab yourself some ace images to work with this week! 

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!

You have until Friday 14th August to enter

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

PRIZE 1:  Random winner chosen by Random.org: Set of Graph'It markers

PRIZE 2:  The Design Team's favourite from the Top 3 will win 3 fabulous digis from Crafty Sentiments - How generous!  Whoop whoop! 

Before we get to the inspiration we are excited to announce that we have yet another new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

CULT PENS who also ship International so if you're overseas it's a bonus!

The winner of our last challenge will be announced next week, but let's see what the team have made this week!...

Harriet with Lollipop - Claire

Lady Bird-Butterfly - Penni, Caroline

Henry - Yvonne

Caroline....My colour palette this week was just lovely, so bright and vibrant!...

The image I have used is Lady Bird-Butterfly - isn't she adorable?
and the colours I used are as follows:
face 4150, 4145, 4125, 4105
hair 1270, 1250 1230 1210, 3140
dress, 7220 7250, 7240, 7110 7105
flowers, 5130, 5110 2110, 2120 2150 5210
background, 7105, 8110
leaves 8220, 8210, 8260.

Yvonne -  Hello there! I had 'Henry' this time to colour - isn't he fabby!  My lovely friend and fellow team member Penni picked my palette for me today and she picked this:

From the palette I created this:

I used the following markers:

Skin: 4105, 4125, 3105, 3110

Hair: 3110, 3150, 3180

Top: 5250, 5270, 5280, 3270

Shorts: 8280, 8290, 3270

Shoes: 3210, 3245, 3255

Flower: 8250, 8160, 9502, 2105, 2110 Blender

Mix It Palette

Claire C I've used this adorable image,she's called Harriet with Lollipop and the beautiful colour palette I've used was chosen by my lovely teamie Yvonne....

   

here's a pic of the finished card

I've used the following markers:

Blues:7170, 7122,7120,7101, 9103

Pinks:5135,5125,5115

Greens: 8280,8250,8220

Hair: 3245, 1230,1210

Skin: 3105,3120, 4150,4125,4104 plus 4147

Blender and Mix it Palette

Penni - I've used Lady Bird Butterfly and my colour palette was chosen by Caroline.  I love it's bright colours.

Here's the card I made 

Here's a close-up of the image 

Graph'It Markers used 

Skin - 4120, 4155, 4115, 4145

Hair - 3110, 3120

Clothes - 5130, 7220, 7240

Flowers - 1110, 1140, 1150, 2150, 2120

Leaves - 8220, 8240

Wow! Great makes from the team and what lovely colour palette choices, too! 

So, remember the Challenge theme is

Inspired by Florals

and this can either be Flowers you use, papers or colours but the choice is yours!

Please just follow the rules at the top of the post - which are very few - we'll see you back here again next week!

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WK 30 - Colour Duos Craft Colouring Challenge at Graph'it sponsored by Kenny K

Welcome back to another Colouring challenge here at Graph'it. This week we are very lucky to be sponsored again by the fabulous

Head over to their shop and look at all the awesome digis they have for you! 

This is the 2nd week of our challenge and the theme is 

2 Colour Tones

ie Red and Blue, Green and Red etc etc - the choice is yours and you CAN use other colours, we'd just like to see a strong palette choice with 2 main colours, Pink and Purple would be a great one too!

YOU CAN ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!
You have until Friday 31st July to enter

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

PRIZE 1:  Random winner chosen by Random.org: Set of Graph'It markers

PRIZE 2:  The Design Team's favourite from the Top 3 will win a fabulous digi bundle from Kenny K - How generous!  Whoop whoop! 

Before we get to the inspiration we are excited to announce that we have yet another new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

CULT PENS who also ship International so if you're overseas it's a bonus!

The winner of our last challenge is at the end of this post but let's see what the team have made this week!...

Yvonne -  Hello there! I used the two tones of red and blue this week and played with the fun image of Toyboy Trouble.  I made an A5 card using papers from Polkadoodles Work & Play 8. Polka dots red and check blues. Classic.

 I used the following markers:

 Skin: 4105, 4125, 3105, 3110, 4145

Hair: 9100, 9102, 9103, 9105

Shorts & boots: 7122, 7130, 7165, 5215, 5220

Top: 5210, 5215, 5220, 5245

Mix It Palette

Caroline.... I used this great Safari guy  image over in the store. The theme for us is to use two tones so i have used browns and greens...

and I used this colour palette - perfect for this image!

Markers I used: skin 4150, 4145, 4125, 4135

hair 3130 3160 3140 3110 i also used the same colors on his boots and splodges on his coat.

coat 8210 8220 8260

Penni - I used Retro Selfie.  Here's my card, I loved using this image it was really great to colour and suits this weeks theme perfectly...

This is the colour palette I used....

I used the following Graph'It Markers

Skin - 4115, 4120, 4155

Cheeks - 4135, 4145

Lips - 5215, 5250

Hair - 3210, 3250, 3290

Shorts - 9303, 9304

Top, Shoes and Head Scarf - 7220, 7260 with Mix'It Palette 

Camera - 1280, 9404

Stool - 3110, 3125

Here's a close-up

Stunning makes from the team I'm sure you agree, I think they rocked this challenge!
So don't forget - 

The challenge this week is 

2 Colour Tones

YOU CAN ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE

ie Red and Blue, Green and Red etc etc - the choice is yours and you CAN use other colours, we'd just like to see a strong palette choice with 2 main colours, Pink and Purple would be a great one too!

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!
You have until Friday 31st July to enter

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

So let's get to last time's winners!

Our Random Winner from the Week 27/28 Challenge is

# 20 Lis M

Well done! You have won some Graph'It markers! Please contact us here to claim your prize quoting code GIw278001

The Design Team's Top 3 from the same week are

# 22 Eos

# 19 Lucy

# 21 Angelique

Well done # 21 Angelique! You are also a random winner from our Top 3 and have won some lovely digis from All Dressed Up! Please contact us here to claim your prize quoting code GIw278002

See You Next Week!

WK 29 - Colour Duos Craft Colouring Challenge at Graph'it sponsored by Kenny K

Welcome back to another week of colouring bliss here at Graph'It!

This week we are very lucky to be sponsored by the fabulous

Head over to their shop and look at all the awesome digis they have for you! 

The challenge this week is 

2 Colour Tones

ie Red and Blue, Green and Red etc etc - the choice is yours and you CAN use other colours, we'd just like to see a strong palette choice with 2 main colours, Pink and Purple would be a great one too!

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!
You have until Friday 31st July to enter

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

PRIZE 1:  Random winner chosen by Random.org: Set of Graph'It markers

PRIZE 2:  The Design Team's favourite from the Top 3 will win a fabulous digi bundle from Kenny K - How generous!  Whoop whoop! 

Before we get to the inspiration we are excited to announce that we have yet another new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

CULT PENS who also ship International so if you're overseas it's a bonus!

Nikky... As usual I forgot to check what the colour challenge was but luckily how I did this fits into the Greys and Browns haha! I absolutely loved this image when I saw it over on the Kenny K website so I just had to use it...it looked really complicated to colour but actually it wasn't, it's just because there's a lot of detail in the image to guide you.  I really wanted to achieve a strong metallic and fur feel to the image and to get contrasting metals such as steel and bronze or iron so that it suited her armour...

I couldnt find the right colour palette for my 'vision' so I coloured it in first and then made the palette below so you can see the palette more easily. I love how the Graph'It greys all work so perfectly, you'd think I'd put loads of colour into this image when in fact all I used were Greys, Brown and Skintones! I added the background foliage just with flicks of the same colours and made sure that I used lots of mid and dark greys to make it really atmospheric, finished with the Graph'It Shake white marker to add some highlights. Grounding your image with just a tiny amount of grass or a flick of a twig really makes  a massive difference, helps you create a scene and helps to ground the image so it's not just floating. I have to admit I love how this one turned out, she really tells a story and when I saw this palette below and the inspiration I just imagined her standing in all that mist in the photo having just slain some mystical creature lurking from the fog...

Unfortunately I forgot to write down the colours I used but it would have been something like this:

Skin: 4101, 4105, 4125, 4150, 3105, 3120, 3210

Clothing: Metallics - 9101-9109 Blue Greys

fur boots: 3210 - 3290

fur cloak: 4125, 4150, 3105

Scatty Jan What a fab colour challenge 2 tones - I went for bright colours Hot pinks and Turquoise I loved how they coloured together, I used the darker skin tones , adoring these. The image I used is the fantastic Tomboy which you can find here using the scrummy colour palette for my Inspiration

Graph'It Colours used

Skin  4125, 4135, 4145, 4150, 3120

Hair/Clothes 7270, 7260, 7250, 7240, 7220

Pinks 5170, 5160, 5150

caroline i have used  Warrior and used two tone blue greys and browns was a bit unsure at first until i got started then really enjoyed it. I have never really done an image like this one before and was a bit worried but it is great to be pushed out of our comfort zone so we know what we are capable of.

skin 4150 , 4145, 4135 4125
hair 3130, 3170, 3180, 1210, 3190
Armour 9106 9100 9100 9101 9102 9104
cloak and boots etc 1280, 1270, 1230, 1210 3130

Cara....I used the fantastic image for my card today, this is Princess Pia she is so bold and has loads of attitude so I thought I would team her with lovely bright colours.  I am loving the new colour pallet challenges too and I decided to team zesty lime with blue.

Skin: 3120,4170, 4155, 4125, 4115, 4135
Hair and Fur: Black, 3290,3270, 3250, 3210
Green: 8270, 8260, 8250, 8220
Blue: 7180, 7160, 7150, 7140, 7122, 7101

Yvonne - Hello there! I used Lady Victoria and used the following palette for inspiration for my two colour tones:

I made an A5 card and used papers from Polkadoodles Rose Budd Collection. I added two different laces and some paper flowers.  A doily and a distressed wooden heart for embellishments.

Skin: 4105, 4125, 3105, 3110, 4135, 4145, 5120

Hair: 9104, 9106, 9108, black

Clothes: 7101, 7105, 7109, 7110

Boots. Hat & Cloak: 3105, 3110, 3140, 3160

Staff: 9503, 9505
Mix It palette

Anjie - The image I have used is the stunning Retro Selfie! I have chosen to use Blues and Pinks and have used this colour palette.

And here is my make:

The Graph'It's I have used are:

Skin: 4105, 4125, 4150, 3120

Dress: 6155, 5255, 5230, 5160

Blues: 7160, 7150, 7140

Hair: 9102, 9103, 9104

Kevin The image I have used is called Safari Guy I chose to use Greens and Browns as my colours and here is the colour palette i base it on.

Graph'It markers used.

Skin 4105,4150,4155,4180,3105.

Hair 3210,3245,3250

Clothing 1270,1280,4110,8270,8280,8290

Boots 3110,3125.3150.

 Stunning makes from the team I'm sure you agree, I think they rocked this challenge!
So don't forget - 

The challenge this week is 

2 Colour Tones

ie Red and Blue, Green and Red etc etc - the choice is yours and you CAN use other colours, we'd just like to see a strong palette choice with 2 main colours, Pink and Purple would be a great one too!

You can use any colours or combos of them to fit the challenge!
You have until Friday 31st July to enter

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO ENTER - YOU CAN USE ANY COLOURING MEDIUM YOU WISH! 

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