Tutorial Thursday at Simply Sassy

Hello Simply Sassy fans!
It´s time for another tutorial thursday and today I am showing you how to add depth to a paper pieced image.

You´ll need:
*patterned paper
*ink pad
*stamp (I used Retail Therapy here)
*your favourite coloring medium

Start with stamping your image on the cardstock you usually use for stamping/coloring and once on each of the different patterned papers you want to use. There´s no need to stamp the image twice, I just want to show you two different coloring mediums here.

I usually use Copics for coloring.
Pick the colors that match your paper best. Make sure to do a little testing on the paper since markers may look a bit different on the different papers. Doing a test will also give you the feeling how the color blends on the paper since this varies as well.

I picked some green patterend paper and started with YG-97 as the darkest color. Add just a little bit of color to the areas that will be the darkes on your image:

I then went on with YG-95:

YG-93 was the next color I used.
I did not cover as much of the dress as you would for a normal image since I want to see that it is paper pieced. The color I am adding is just for shading:

I picked YG-91 as my lightest color and added this with little strokes, that got lighter when I cam to the center of the image. So I am able to blend everything together but still don´t cover all the pattern on the paper:

The next paper I picked was a light beige one. Here you can see how I tested different markers on the upper right corner until I found the combo that worked best for this paper.
I started with E-43 for the darkest areas:

...then went on with E-81:

...and finished with E-40:

The 3rd paper I wanted to use was off white with a very fine brown pattern. Usually the E-43 to E-40 would have been my first pick for this but since I used those colors already on the beige paper and I wanted this one to look different I went with some warm beige. I started with W-4:

went on with W-3:



and finished with W-1:

Then I took the stamped image on the regular cardstock and colored those areas in that won´t be covered by patterned paper:

I cut out the shaded pieces of the patterned paper and glued them to the image on white cardstock (picture taken in the middle of the process):

You can do this shading also with Prismacolors. They will give a softer look.
Start with some green color, add it to the darkest areas and blend it towards the middle of the image/area:

Then use a black pencil and only add a little bit of color to the areas you want to be the darkest. Then carefully blend this as well. Take care to not blend it too wide towards the center:

And here you can see the difference between those both mediums. I´ve only done the green parts with Prismacolors but I guess you are able to compare those on the picture:

And these are all the Copics I used, including the ones I used for coloring the image on white cardstock:

Okay, and tomorrow morning I will share with you the card that I used that image on. Have a happy day!