Coloring the mice! :)

A very nice lady who visits my blog asked if I would share how I color the House Mouse mice on my cardz, and which Copic colors I use.  Thought I would take this opportunity to show you a step-by-step on the colors.   I’ll show you pictures of a little 3×3 card used in this week’s HM Challenge.  (only had to color 15 images!! eeeeek)  

Step 1 – Stamp image with Momento tuxedo black ink; I feel this is the best ink for Copics:  (This shot shows some mice that have already been colored)

Step 1

(Had to add this picture of one of our cats, Abbey, watching all the mice ~ She just doesn’t understand!  🙂

Abbey

Step 2 – Color the face, ears, hands, feet, tail & belly with E00 Skin White:

Step 2

Step 3 – Color the fuzzy hair 🙂 with E71 Champagne:

Step 3

Step 4 – Using a darker shade color the edges of the hair, E77 Maroon:

Step 4

Step 5 – Blend the darker and lighter colors together using E71 Champagne again:

Step 5

Step 6 – Add some pink blush to the ears, nose, cheeks and tail, R20 Blush:

Step 6

Step 7 – Using E00 Skin White again, blend in the blush color; And, using R59 Cardinal, color the darker areas of the peppermint candy:

Step 7

Step 8 – I used R27 Cadmium Red to color the red highlighted areas of the candy and then went over these areas with the 0 Colorless Blender pen:

Step 9

Step 10 – Added shading on the bottom to ground the little guy, with W1 & W3, Warm Grays:  

Step 10

Finally, I added clear EP and heat embossed the candy.  That’s it!   Here’s the finished 3×3 card:      

Finished card

LOTS of steps for such a little card!  🙂  Hope that answered some questions.  Thanks for stopping by.