Challenge No. 35 ~ Shading on & around images
Welcome back for another FUN challenge! This week we’re featuring
Copic Shading ~ either ON your image or AROUND your image – or both!
And, we KNOW you’ll be excited about this news ~ We’re VERY fortunate to have one of the most popular stamp companies in town as our sponsor this week . . .
Pretty cool huh?! For anyone unfamiliar with Kraftin’ Kimmie images – you MUST take a peek at Kimmie’s online store. You’ll find some of the most adorable stamps which, as the banner states, are “whimsical rubber stamp images that make you smile“! 
You’ll definitely be smiling when you see the AWESOME creations from the Design Team below ~ everyone has used a Kraftin’ Kimmie image.
Our prize this week to one lucky participant is . . .
TWO Kraftin’ Kimmie stamp images of your choice!!
PLEASE NOTE: You are NOT required to use an image from our sponsor for your Copic Creations project. You will have until September 30th, 12:00 p.m. CDT to post your artwork and be eligible for a chance to win this weeks prize; The winner will be announced along with our next challenge post on October 1st.
Thanks to everyone for joining us for our last challenge!! We had some wonderful entries and are always amazed at the level of talent out there! We’re happy to again announce a new “In the Spotlight” participant from our last challenge . . .
[Our computer person has been dealing with a family emergency and we’ve not yet completed the In the Spotlight blog button; we’re hoping to have this to pass on by October 1st]
Our second “In the Spotlight” designer is the amazingly talented Zoe from Australia! Here’s her awesome PLEATS/FOLDS creation:
We also have the lucky winners, chosen by Random.org, of the Magnolia Bon Voyage Tilda or Edwin stamps from Stamping Scrapping are:
No. 4 ~ Sue Morris of Sue’s Magnolia Treasures
and
No. 20 ~ Rose Crawford of In Rosie’s Book
Congrats ladies!! Please send us your mailing address so we can forward this to Stamping Scrapping. Thanks again to Stamping Scrapping for sponsoring this challenge! We appreciate it.
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Listed below, are some tutorials to help with this challenge. As always, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
Special thanks this week to …
(SHADING OF IMAGES:)
Suzanne Dean, Scrap Bitz ~
Video Tutorial – Coloring of Clothing, Shading & Highlighting
Marianne Walker, I Like Markers ~
Limited Colors? – Bring in Grays
Shadows Part 13 – Shading & Cast Shadows
(SHADING AROUND IMAGES:)
Mary B. Giemza, My Cardz ~
Gray Highlighting Around an Image
Crissy Armstrong, Crissy’s Art & Heart ~
Video Tutorial – Dotted Backgrounds
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♥ COPIC CREATIONS’ CHALLENGE NO. 35 GALLERY ♥
0, C1, C3, C7, BV29, YG11, BG93, YG63, RV42
dress shaded with C7 and C9
T0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 for Shading on and around image
C9 thru C1 and YR18,YR12,YR01
We hope you will join us for this challenge and share YOUR creations with us. A Mister Linky has been included below. Please don’t forget to stop back on October 1st for our next challenge and the announcement of the winner for this challenge.
Copic Creations 
Yay!!! Woo-Hoo! I didn’t have any Magnolias until now! Woo-Hoo! Yay!!!
Thanks!!!
Uh oh. It just occurred to me that I filled an image of the Grim Reaper and my number came up. I’m glad that it turned out to be a good thing.
WOW! Kraftin Kimmie said these were fabulous and she was right. I had to pop over and check them out. I don’t have copics myself so can’t play along but WOW did the DT’s ever do a fabulous job on these Kimmie images!!
AMAZING!! I wish I was that talented at coloring / Shading! but I also wish I had a huge assortment of colors.
It’s always a pleasure to color a Kenny K image. Thanks for the opportunity. C2
Love kraftin kimmie! You guys blow me away with your coloring and designs! I am practicing and this certainly gives me a lot of inspiration. Thanks so much for the chance to win some candy and the tutorials.
Thankyou SO much!! I’m so excited!!! I’ve emailed you my home address as well as a contact email address. I’m looking forward to the new challenge. I love shading!
Thanks again for another great challenge!
These images are just so cute – I am hoping I get lucky here!!
I will definitely be checking out the tutorials! The DT samples are amazing.
Nothing like inking up fresh Kimmie rubber and trying something new! Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful links in this challenge. I really enjoyed some of the YouTube videos, and can’t wait to try the dotty background!
I just can’t get through the design team’s cards without rolling on the floor laughing! I have to wonder if there’s any sign of each design team member that shows in the Kraftin’ Kimmie image they were attracted to choose! LOL!!! You guys are a blast!!!
Great DT cards! Sorry for the two links, neglected to link specifically in the first instance 🙂
Wow ladies your shading ROCKS!!! These Kimmie images are certainly perfect for the nice dark shading you have each applied. I am absolutely THRILLED to have been chosen as the Spotlight entry from last challenge. I was doing a little happy dance in my chair. Fortunately the webcam wasn’t rolling otherwise I would be blushing right now. heehee
Thanks for the awesome inspiration and I am inclined to think about getting myself one of these KK Stamps!
These cards are absolutely gorgeous. What a talented design team you ladies have here. Thanks for the chance to win some of the gorgeous stamps!
The DT really rocked this. I can’t wait until I have the skills that they do. I don’t know if what I have done qualifies since I cut my image out. But, I thought that i would give it a shot. Great challenge. I will be back for the next one. I love my copics.
Wonderful challenge. I have always loved shading, but since seeing Mary’s images I always shade AROUND things as well! Wonderful, fun projects by the design team, love those images! 😉
Wow.. Beautiful creations from the DT !
WOW….. I am simply speechless. Beautiful coloring & shading by the DT.
Love all the DT inspiration cards…they’re amazing!!
Awesome DT creations, looking forward to learning more and improving my Copic skills. Thanks for all the inspiration!
I just found this site and it looks like there’s alot for me to learn here. Looking forward to it.
Your team does such awesome work, one day I will be one of you.
Wow you ladies are always TOP NOTCH!!!! Thanks for inspiring and sharing:)
Blessings
Well I have entered again because I would truly LOVE to win two of these fabulous stamps, they are so funny! Awesome job by the design team, wonderful creations and instructions.
Congratulations, you are all winners!
This is a perfect color for a halloween theme. So that’s what i use. Thanks for this great challenge.
Hugs Shatam