My Favorite Crafty Things 2016: Coloring

11.21.16

Hello once again! I am back with more of My Favorite Crafty Things 2016. Today is all about coloring.

Throughout this series, I am sharing my favorite crafty products of the year. Each day will have a different topic. If you see anything you want to add to your stash, be sure to use this discount…

Simon Says Stamps is offering my readers $10 off purchases of $75 or more! Use the code “JENFAVES” through 11:59pmEST on 11/24/16 when shopping HERE.

Today I am focusing on coloring mediums.

coloring-blog

Here is a video sharing some basic coloring tools…

[All products are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails. Affiliate links may be used. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]

If you are interested in any products, click on one of the abbreviations under the product images… SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson or the manufacturer’s abbreviation.

Tombow Dual Brush Pens
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSAZ
Zig Clean Color Real Brush
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEHAZ
Copic Sketch Markers
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Prismacolor Colored Pencils
CLICK A SHOP:
AZSSS
Prismacolor White Colored Pencil
CLICK A SHOP:
SSS
Heating Pad
CLICK A SHOP:
AZ
Mini Distress Inks
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Clear Wink of Stella
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz
CLICK A SHOP:
SSS
Dove Blending Pen Pack
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Ranger Brushes
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Neenah 80 lb White Cardstock (25 Sheets)
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper
CLICK A SHOP:
SSSEH
InLinkz.com

This list of Favorite Crafty Things may also be used as a gift guide. Feel free to give this link to Santa. 🙂

You can keep up to date on all the topics of My Favorite Crafty Things 2016 HERE… and for my lists from 2015, click HERE.

GIVEAWAYS

Giveaway time! Today I have giveaways for TWO more lucky winners! You could win one of these prizes:

  • $50 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp (Thanks again, Heidi!)
  • THREE packs of Mini Distress Inks. Great for coloring!

For your chance to win a giveaway, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 12/5/16 telling me your favorite coloring method. (The winner’s name will be randomly selected, emailed and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too.)

See you again soon!

 

[All products in this post were personally purchased. The decision to include them in this list was my own. I truly like these products and companies.]


Leave a Comment

966 thoughts on “My Favorite Crafty Things 2016: Coloring”

  1. karenladd says:
    November 23, 2016 at 2:57 am

    My favorite way to color is with watercolor pencils. I also like to use dye inks and a water brush to watercolor, but either way it’s a forgiving technique!

    Reply
  2. Mirella ROGAN says:
    November 23, 2016 at 6:32 am

    I do enjoy using my Copics, but I am by no means an expert, PLUS I have a rather limited colour palette, since they’re a rather pricey investment… I try to get a marker or two with every crafty order, and that way am slowly building a reasonable colour collection. I love my Distress Inks (mostly have the minis) – I enjoy them for blending, smooshing, watercolouring, even stamping (the MISTI helps)… I think they’re my favourite medium!

    Reply
  3. Jennifer S says:
    November 23, 2016 at 6:54 am

    Great tips and ideas as always! The only method I really color with currently, is with distress inks. I really want to venture into other mediums though!

    Reply
  4. Jenny D says:
    November 23, 2016 at 7:32 am

    I love my Prismacolor pencils for colouring in stamped images and using odourless solvent to get a nice blend. I so want to get some Tombow markers but I’m waiting for the 96 pack to come down in price from Amazon.

    Reply
  5. Kim Dessormeau says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:02 am

    Love using markers and pencils to color images. I use markers on my stamps too to get a multi-color image !

    Reply
  6. Janey Y says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:11 am

    My favorite coloring method would definitely be a water pen over the zig clean color markers!

    Reply
  7. Eve says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:20 am

    I love watercoloring, and in fact, I just ordered 60 Zig watercolor brush pens, and I’m anxiously waiting for them!

    Reply
  8. Sarah Mulholland says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:27 am

    My favorite is distress as well!

    Reply
  9. Debbie A Smith says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:44 am

    I too love Prismacolor Color pencils and I am not ashamed to tell you that I have 3 sets. I also love Prismacolor markers. I feel the same way about alcohol markers as do you do about watercolor.

    Reply
  10. Jan G says:
    November 23, 2016 at 9:05 am

    My favorite coloring medium is the real clean color brushes followed close by the distress markers. Both mediums allow me to blend the way I like. I am going to buy some Bristol and try it!

    Reply
  11. Lucinde | Lucilight says:
    November 23, 2016 at 9:28 am

    I love to use watercolor brushes

    Reply
  12. Cynni says:
    November 23, 2016 at 9:28 am

    I love doing the watercolor method with my tombows. I just learned this technique. I mostly used my tombows for brush lettering (which i’m not so good at it haha) but now I love to use it for background coloring for my cards 🙂

    Reply
  13. Andrea D says:
    November 23, 2016 at 9:47 am

    I love my Copics and my Caran D’ache Supracolor Soft. These are Top quality water-soluble colour pencils.

    Reply
  14. Judi C says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Even tho I’ve had them for years, I still love my Tombow dual tip markers. I also enjoy watercoloring with Distress Markers but am still very much a novice at it. Thanks, again, for all the great information.

    Reply
  15. Beth Bo. says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Copic coloring or distress inks rank up there as my favorites.

    Reply
  16. Kris in Alaska says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:15 am

    I do love the Zig Clean Color Brush Pens but I’m not that good at using them!

    Reply
  17. Lissette says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:32 am

    I really like the prismacolor pencils, just started using them this year. Distress inks are another favorite.

    Reply
  18. Anna-Karin S says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:53 am

    I like to use my distress inks and copics for coloring. But I still have a lot to learn and need to practice lots more 🙂

    Reply
  19. Craft Do-Light says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:55 am

    I love using brush markers. And coloring with distress is also a lot fun.

    Reply
  20. mkross says:
    November 23, 2016 at 11:02 am

    I love using the Copic markers but don’t have that many of them. I do have the ZIG Clean color markers and they are fantastic, as well!!!! The distress inks are soooo much fun to use and I love them, too. So, as you can see, these are my favorites – I don’t have just one.

    Reply
  21. ejnov says:
    November 23, 2016 at 11:24 am

    Coloring with markers is my favorite but the Zig Real Brush set looks very tempting for sure. Hello Christmas wish list! LOL

    Reply
  22. Carolyn Hargrave says:
    November 23, 2016 at 11:39 am

    For sure my favorite coloring method is now the zig clean color real brush markers. I so love the shading that I am able to get with such a little bit of work and/or talent. I have struggled with real water colors and felt defeated until I was able to get some of the zig markers and I love them so much!! I still reach for my colored pencils and distress ink pads for certain projects but I love to just sit and color with my zig markers. Very good investment!!

    Reply
  23. ElaineBC says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    I much prefer coloring with Prismacolor pencils. I do have some copics but have difficulty blending with them. I also like to do watercoloring. I must admit I am not great at coloring but I do enjoy it and I am reasonably happy with my results.

    Reply
  24. Betsy l says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    I obey the zig markers! My coloring tool of choice by far! Great blending and great spectrum of color options.

    Reply
  25. Natalie Winterstein says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:35 pm

    I love all kinds of different coloring mediums but I probably use Copics the most! 🙂

    Reply
  26. Kristi says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    I have a lot more to learn about water coloring and plain coloring in general. Which most of these products you recommended would be great place to start. Thank you!

    Reply
  27. Irene Herrera Shan says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:49 pm

    I really learned a lot about coloring, from your videos. I am new at paper crafting, so I appreciate all the techniques that you share with us. The mini distress ink is what I am presently trying out. I am enjoying learning how to blend and be creative with coloring. Thanks again for sharing.

    Reply
  28. Gauri V says:
    November 23, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    Hi Jennifer!! Love all the distress ink techniques that you have on your channel. Distress ink techniques are great for card making. Watercolor pencils and good quality watercolors are great too for creating unique cards. Thanks.

    Reply
  29. Victoria A says:
    November 23, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    There is so much to learn and play with in the colouring world! currently I am trying the Zig markers and loving them! Fav so far!

    Reply
  30. SoniaW says:
    November 23, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    I like Copic Coloring. I want to try water coloring but I’m a little bit intimidated 😉

    Reply
  31. Karen Bean says:
    November 23, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    I like the Copic Markers and the Marvy LePlume Markers.

    Reply
  32. carol says:
    November 23, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Pencil crayons, followed by my distress markers/ inks. I continue to struggle with watercolour but i”m persevering! Thank you for the video!
    ~carol

    Reply
  33. Marcie says:
    November 23, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Distress inks are my favorite right now.

    Reply
  34. sSherylH says:
    November 23, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    I tend to avoid colouring images but like using Distress Inks for watercolouring and doing background techniques.

    Reply
  35. Erin M says:
    November 23, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    I love my Zigs! So easy and forgiving!

    Reply
  36. Becky M says:
    November 23, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    I would love to get my hands on some of those Zig Clean Color brush markers! Right now, I mostly attempt watercoloring with distress inks. I have some watercolor pencils too and have been practicing with those – but I like the vibrant look of those markers!

    Reply
  37. Wenche Anita Johnsen says:
    November 23, 2016 at 7:06 pm

    I love all forms of coloring, but I always go back to my watercolor set. I just godt a new one to play with:)

    Reply
  38. jengd says:
    November 23, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    I tend to use my Copics and watercolor pencils the most.

    Reply
  39. Kathy Dreyer says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    I experiment with the large set of prismacolor pencils and also use the tombo dual brush markers.

    Reply
  40. Gwen says:
    November 23, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    I love my Copics but have recently bought some Zigs and am enjoying them A LOT!

    Reply
  41. Sherrie Johnson says:
    November 23, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    I love to use my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and of course…my Distressed Ink pads.

    Reply
  42. Mary Ann says:
    November 23, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    Watercolor with Zig!

    Reply
  43. Sandi R says:
    November 24, 2016 at 12:09 am

    I know most of the card making world loves copics but I found that I love promarkers they are very wallet friendly and to me blend better

    Reply
  44. Gloria Lai says:
    November 24, 2016 at 1:09 am

    I like watercoloring with my Inktense pencils, but I’m trying to do more copic coloring. It just takes a while to get the shading right. I guess practice makes perfect!

    Reply
  45. Stephanie Burgess says:
    November 24, 2016 at 1:36 am

    I enjoy coloring with Papermate Flair pens and Primsacolor pencils. I hope to someday buy Tombow pens.

    Reply
  46. Rachel M says:
    November 24, 2016 at 1:49 am

    I like my distress inks and am going to try my hand at water coloring soon.

    Reply
  47. Aimee says:
    November 24, 2016 at 1:54 am

    Watercolouring, it’s the only medium I have at the moment but I enjoy it

    Reply
  48. Susan Huffman says:
    November 24, 2016 at 2:13 am

    I love using my watercolors to color with!

    Reply
  49. Cherie says:
    November 24, 2016 at 2:36 am

    Copics are definitely my favorite coloring medium.

    Reply
  50. Vicenta Ghylin says:
    November 24, 2016 at 2:54 am

    Thank you for this tutorial video. I use Chameleon Pens as my starter set. I am still learning the way to use them and really haven’t done much water coloring. I first got into crafting using my Silhouette Cameo and am slowing branching out.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Like…

My Favorite Crafty Things: Organization Read More >
My Favorite Crafty Things 2016: Inks Read More >
My Favorite Crafty Things: Finishing Touches Read More >
Stay In Touch With JM Ink!
Sign up for my email list to get updates

Let us know what types of content you would like to receive.