Copic Hair Salon
Hi readers! Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is going great so far! I’m pleased to have guest designer, Sandy Allnock back to give us some awesome tips and tricks on Copic Hair Color ideas to make colored hair more realistic looking! Be sure to watch her video for even more tips & tricks! We’re proud to sell her line of stamps called “Ciara’s Friends”. Feel free to peruse them below and enjoy!
Hello stampers and color-ers! It’s my turn to bring you some crazy fun with Copics….but first I want to say a huge THANK YOU for your warm welcome over here with all your sweet comments on the blog and YouTube! I read them all – it means so much to know that you’re enjoying my creations!
Enough of all that. You’re intrigued by that Hair Salon title, eh? Let’s get down to brass tacks, then!
So many folks have asked me for suggested colors for hair. And as you’ll see in the video, it’s so hard to pick! There are crazy numbers of possibilities, especially if you’re like me and pick all kinds of wacko colors to try out. So click the play button, and I’ll meet you below the video for a little more info.
Watch the video:
What did you think? Nutty colors, eh? I hope it shook up your thinking just a little; it’s a shame that we buy ALL these markers and just don’t use them all to their fullest. Me included! I’ve been trying to play with my less-used colors and experiment with what they go with – so keep an eye out for me to come up with more crazy suggestions!
In the video, I said you could take a better look at the sheet of samples, so here it is. If you’d like to download a higher res pdf, you can pick that up over HERE.
And of course, the finished card – pin away! A bonus tip – to fussycut the award, trim it out as best you can with some detail scissors, then find a matching Copic – color over it and no one will ever know your fussycutting isn’t 100% perfect! Here I stamped it in navy ink, so found that B18 matches that.
Don’t forget the inside of your card! I layered the top section with matching paper from BoBunny, then stamped the poem sentiment (anyone know this old JT song?) and diecut it with the heart from the Simon Says Hearts and Spoons set. I added a scrap of the red paper along with a little heart – and the inside has lots of love!
One last picture for you…this is me and my girl Ciara! Just so you know, she’s 14—that’s way old for a sweet golden retriever. She’s been with me since she was a year old, and has been by my side faithfully all these years. My stamp line (8 sets now, 2 more coming out in a couple weeks!) is in honor of her, so she’ll have quite the legacy. All of her pup friends, other critters, and people we know, are being turned into stamps that will get used for years to come. She’s pretty proud!
That’s about it for me here….thanks so much for stopping by the blog and watching the video. If you want to see more of the Ciara’s Friends line, check out my page HERE – and send me links with your cards so I can add you to my gallery of ideas!
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What a great tutorial. Thanks
Wow! Awesome coloring lesson! Thank you, Sandy! That image of you and Ciara is adorable!
This was a thoroughly enjoyable tutorial and I learned so much! Thanks so much! Oh, give Ciara a hug for me!
That is a great coloring chart. It is amazing how different each one looks. Thanks Sandy!
Hair is so hard! What a great tool you created!
Weel I don’t do copics and cute, but she made it pretty clear how to get beautiful hair-results, so I just translate that to my watercolours!
Copics there are really amazing!!!
The video was sooooo informative, thank you for sharing!
Great input for Copics colouring! Thanks.
Copic markers are so amazing. It looks so easy to colour with these until you try yourself, lol.
WOW!! AWESOME!! THANKS for sharing and CONGRATS on the New Stamp Line!! Have a Fabulous Week!! =)
I love these stamps! The tips on colouring hair are great too!
Fabulous color chart! Thanks for doing all the work!
Thanks so much for posting the hair color combo ideas! I’ve saved it and plan on making good use of it. Hair’s pretty challenging to color sometimes.
Wow, I love all the colors you used for hair. It’s nice to have some variations. Thanks for the tutorial and the pdf file with the hair colors!
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing, Sandy! Love the cute line of stamps!
Oh, how sweet with the cute little puppy dog.
Sadly, my dog died right before Christmas and we miss him so much!
A great card and loving the dog!!! Great video and thanks for the pdf…..very refreshing!!!
What a great tutorial, Sandy, thank you! Coloring hair scares the bejeebers out of me because I can never get it to look right, but your tutorial encourages me to give it a try again.
Wow! Awesome coloring! Love the color chart!! Gorgeous card too!!
Such a lovely post. Thanks for sharing these tips and ideas for coloring hair:-)
Thanks for the hair coloring tutorial & tips! ;-)
I watch all your videos with Ciara in them and it’s so awesome to see her being as active as she is at 14! She acts like half that age when she’s retrieving the ball from the water and playing at the park. I love it!
She’s got her buddy Toby over for a playdate today and they played like they were puppies! For all of 10 minutes. Then they napped. LOL! Kinda like me :)
Thanks for the great tutorial–wonderful info. I love to use my copics, you’ve motivated to go do some stamping! Love your cutie pup-I can tell, you have a great family member!
LOVE the card & your stamps celebrating Ciara & her friends–how wonderful! I’d love to give her a hug! I’ll watch the video, although I just finally colored tulips with my Copics & didn’t throw it away, so not sure I’m ready for hair–LOL!
Thanks for the fantastic tips. I am quite a basic colourer and am a bit in awe of the fab effects achieved. Thanks for sharing
Great video Sandy. I really need to play around with the copic markers that I do have. I have been adding them a little at a time, so I don’t have as many as most people. Thanks for sharing your cute card with us and congrats on your new line of stamps.
thanks for the hair coloring techniques. that is something I was deficient in.
Thank you for the brilliant hair colouring tutorial! x
Pretty cool tricks!
Wow! So fun! I had no idea there were so many unique combinations for hair color. :)
Loved the video and the stamps are so stinking cute!!!! LOVE THEM ALL!
Awesome tutorial. Happy pats to Ciara.
gret coloring chart — thanks
Really great tutorial! I need to get into Copic colouring.
Sandy I love watching you color! Thanks for all the new combination ideas! They all look great!
Love the idea behind the creation of your stampline, I enjoyed your video new to stamping and copic coloring so thank you for the great tutorial.
Great tutorial, super cute card!
what a nice reference… don’t do much coloring but appreciate all the details and tips.
Thanks so much ! I don’t usually colour people, so I have been struggling with hair colours. I adore the sweet stamps. Love that they are a tribute to that gorgeous dog!!
I had a Golden Retriever, Bear. (actually I’ve had quite a few Goldens). He was the best dog I’ve ever had, and I’ve had lots of really great dogs. He was 14 years old and definitely was “my” dog. I’m not sure who belonged to who – if he belonged to me or I belonged to him. Guess it was both. Best dog ever! Thanks for the tut. Really need it.
I think they do own *us*! Ciara’s got a piece of my heart all wrapped up in hers!
this is very interesting! and so helpful!
Great tutorial – thanks so much
I love your card & thanks so much for the great tutorial & hair color chart.
That is a lot of helpful information.
Love the card you made.
Thank you for sharing with us.
What an adorable card! Thanks for the tips!
What a beautiful coloring. I wish there was a way to try different colors for real hair:)
wonderful combinations, Sandy! Love your enthusiasm!!!
Wow! Great coloring tips. Copic coloring rocks!
thank you for this as hair is what I have problems with.