THE Spectrum Noir Blog Hop You Don't Want To Miss!!!

Welcome to the very first Spectrum Noir Blog Hop EVER! And we are celebrating BIG TIME!!! Wait till you see what's up for grabs!!! Wait till you see all the amazing projects the design team put together for YOU!   If you are new to blog hops, simply visit each of the blogs below in the order shown and leave a comment on each designer's post finishing the hop at the Spectrum Noir Blog.

Danielle

Leann

Angelique

Linda

Jennie

Louise

Kristine

Marcea

Taylor 

Suzanne

Cyndi

Wendy

Jacqui

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When you arrive at the end, be sure to leave a comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog telling us one fun new thing (tip, trick, interesting combination of colors, etc) you learned about the Spectrum Noir markers while hopping with us this week.  A random winner will be drawn using random.org at 9:00 AM GMT, Saturday, June 23, 2012 and posted at Spectrum Noir.  The winner will have one week to claim their prize and will win a full set of 72 Basic Spectrum Noir Pens!  Yes, that's right...all twelve sets of six pens each.  AND..... if you add our Spectrum Noir blinkie to your own blog (be sure to let us know you did in your comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post ), you will be entered into a second contest to win a $25.00 gift certificate USA or £25 voucher in the UK to be used on any Spectrum Noir product at Crafter's Companion (the US or UK site). To add the Blinkie, simply download the code from the downloads section on the Spectrum Noir Blog and place it prominently in the sidebar of your blog. Don't forget!

Now for my YELLOW project!!!

 I completed this "Celebrate You" wall hanging using Party Time Humphrey from Crafter's Companion. The Spectrum Noir colors I used for this cutie pie are:  IG1, IG2, IG3, IG5, CT1, CT4, TN2, TN5, TN7, PP2, PP4, PP5, DG1, DG4, CR1, CR11 and DR7.  Here's a close up...

When I was finished coloring this little guy, I colored in the stripes on his shirt using a simple black Sharpie ultra fine tip pen.  I THEN colored over various areas on him using a clear glaze pen.  Spectrum Noir markers are alcohol ink markers that dry fast and are a perfect base for glazes.  Glaze actually heightens the color effect!  I played with some lighting so that you could see it a little better:

Finally, I took a metallic green pen to the polka dots on the gift package and a gold metallic pen to the suspender straps.  I REALLY love coloring this image!!!  Click on any of the pics above to enlarge.

Ok, that's it!!!  I thought I'd leave you with another preview of the AWESOME pens up for grabs at the end of this hop!!!  Gorgeous aren't they?  Now, hop on over to the Amazing Leann's blog.... check out what she did (and check out the flowers)!!!!

Thanks for joining us today, have fun hopping and best of luck on winning a 72 piece set of Spectrum Noir pens (and maybe even a gift certificate)!