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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Great coloring lesson. Thank you so much for sharing it with us Sandy!
Sandy is SUCH a sweetheart – I always love her posts with Ciara! Using her sets will be an honor, and remind me of her & Ciara every time I use them!
Thank you for the hair coloring tips. Awesome.
Such a great tutorial. Thanks Sandy!
Thanks for sharing the hair coloring technique. I always have a difficult time with hair and now I feel more comfortable. Thanks for the sample sheet with the various combinations.
Fabulous tutorial and those stamps are adorable. Especially the one with the cat. :D
Gorgeous hair! and Ciara is a darling
Your stamps are beautiful! I am not brave enough to get into copics but watch with interest and hope to try one day. I love your sweet dog. They really are the best friends in life. Thanks for sharing your tips. One day I will be able to use them and color in hair perfectly.
What a great tutorial–I never would have thought of some of those colors! Thanks for introducing us to a new stamp designer (new to me, that is!)
Thanks Sandie for the wonderful tutorial on coloring hair. Your stamps are beautiful and totally appropriate for this technique. Sandy, Chiara, and all their friends will certainly make great companions for any crafter. Cheers!
Love this tutorial so useful! Thank you very much!
Love Sandy’s posts as much for her humour as her EXCELLENT expertise. This is a really useful tutorial and download–colouring hair is quite the challenge, so a big Thankyou!
Great coloring, and such a cute stamp set!
Beautiful card, love
that it reflects you
and you puppy!
Thanks for the
instructions on
the coloring.
Carla from Utah
Wonderful technique and just love your sweet puppyl.
I really thank you for this tutorial!! I have been afraid of trying this technique but I think I will try this. Thank you Simon Says Stamp for this wonderful, inspirational blog!!
Thanks for a great tutorial. I really love the quote stamp from James Taylor’s “You’ve got a friend” – one of my favourites!
Hey, another JT fan! :) :) :)
Sandy, love love love the stamps. Thank you for sharing the hair color blends. I’m always looking for new techniques.
Delightful creations. Thanks for the creative inspiration.
Such gorgeous colouring! Great video.
Gosh, i don’t think I could ever create such natural looking hair – but thanks for the copic colour combos. i follow the blog by email.
Love the tips, thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the tutorial and for the hair-coloring guide; I’m very new to coloring and the chart you provided for all of the different hair colors is awesome! So happy to see you guest designing here!
Great tutorial Sandy. I could always use some help coloring hair. Thanks for the copic coloring chart.
Wow! What fantastic coloring. I can’t wait to watch the video (my end-of-day treat is to watch a crafting video or two before sleep).
Fabulous information. I pinned it to refer back to.
Those copic tips are wonderful! Thanks so much!
This copic hair coloring video has really helped me to color hair better. I tried it out right away and I noticed a big difference in my coloring technique.
Fabulous colouring tut Sandy, you always make it look so easy. Thanks a million for sharing.
Big hugs.
I love the look of copics! I don’t have any yet but its definitely on the wish list:)
THANK YOU for sharing your top tips and creative colouring video Sandy :)
what a lovely card, and a great tutorial too.
Wow, your hair coloring options are amazing, wonderful work! And this set is so cute, wonderful card. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
ooh wow! I see my name there! Thank you!
I don’t have Copics but I am glad you did this, I always wonder what are the right shades to start from and this help tons. Thank you.
Great tutorial – thanks for the tips :)
One of these days I will get some Copics – love the look of these! Thanks for the fab tutorial and tips!
Exactly what I have been searching for!
thanks so much for the tutorial and all the great tips. :)
Fabulous colouring and cute stamps. I don’t own any Copics, but maybe I can apply the same technique and similar colour schemes to my own alcohol markers.
Thank you for the coloring tips, it is very helpful!
This is handy! Thanks!
Thanks sooo very much for a great coloring tutorial here, it´s really awesome.
Thanks for sharing.
Such a lovely card and a great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for showing the different combos. Who would have thought?
Sandy, when I saw your actual photo I first thought… wow, looks just like the stamp! Fourteen is up there for a golden, you are so lucky!! Congrats on the stamps, I can’t think of a better way to share your friend’s love like that!!! HUGS!
I don’t have any of these markers, but they look very interesting to me!
Thank you for the awesome hair color chart. Anything copic rocks my world
Amazing hair coloring and cute card!
Fantastic tutorial! Thanks so much!