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.

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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
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Zig Clean Color Real Brush
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Copic Sketch Markers
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Prismacolor Colored Pencils
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Prismacolor White Colored Pencil
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Heating Pad
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Mini Distress Inks
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Clear Wink of Stella
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Clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen
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Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz
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Dove Blending Pen Pack
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Ranger Brushes
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Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper
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Neenah 80 lb White Cardstock (25 Sheets)
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Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper
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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.]


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

  1. D Fricano says:
    November 29, 2016 at 10:04 am

    I am still learning and experimenting….I want to be good at Copic and Tombow markers, but for now I have to say watercolors….still working on my other skills!

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  2. Diann :) says:
    November 29, 2016 at 11:09 am

    I love Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers … I like to watercolor with them.
    I also love Distress Inks with blending backgrounds and water coloring. 🙂

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  3. Becky J (Mplsbetty) says:
    November 29, 2016 at 11:10 am

    My favorite method is copics.

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  4. Sarah M says:
    November 29, 2016 at 11:22 am

    This year I’ve been playing with watercolors this year and I have a good collection of copic markers. I’m going to try using more colored pencils in 2017! I love how the colors looked on your dark blue card stock.

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  5. Jo-Anne says:
    November 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    I love to colour with pencil crayons and gamsol. Working with Copics but the learning curve is big.

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  6. hayhoov says:
    November 29, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    I have quite a lot of fun playing with Distress Inks, thanks to inspiration from you and Kristina Werner!

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  7. Sphoorti13 says:
    November 29, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    The copics are my favorite, but I’ve never bought them before. (Too expensive) 🙁 Someday!

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  8. Kilcha says:
    November 29, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    I am loving playing with Distress Inks, and need to give some more love to my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens that I *had* to get last year. Wish I was better at watercoloring, but love the way that you have demonstrated using other mediums to achieve some cool background watercolor looks.

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  9. Melinda Abrahamson says:
    November 29, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    I love Intense by Derwent. My hubby just bought me the 72 pack, {swoon}.

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  10. Carolina Esquivel says:
    November 29, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    I love brush pens and watercolor, they are both great for experimenting and trying out new color combinations. I haven’t tried the distress inks yet but I can’t wait to!

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  11. Karen Page says:
    November 30, 2016 at 12:14 am

    I have the full collection of Promarkers and that was my favorite way to color… until I got the Zig Clean Color brush pens!!! Love them!

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  12. LaurieJ says:
    November 30, 2016 at 12:33 am

    Thank you so much for taking the time to create these videos. They are very enlightening. My favorite coloring method is Copics.

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  13. Mary Anne Schnettgoecke says:
    November 30, 2016 at 4:20 am

    Thanks for the great video! I love the Distress inks!

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  14. Barbara327 says:
    November 30, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    I just started using the Prismacolor pencils and I love them!!!

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  15. Billie A says:
    November 30, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    Great video. I do like Copics.. I just bought the 60 zig markers and learning. I liked the tips you gave on the pencils. I do like pencils but don’t use them much because I didn’t get the results I was going for. The tips you gave will help.. Thanks

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  16. jkinbody says:
    November 30, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    My favorite coloring methods is with Tombow markers, but I just bought a set of Zig markers and am looking forward to learning how to use them for watercolor effects.

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  17. Dana M says:
    November 30, 2016 at 10:51 pm

    This is a tough one! I love blending with distress inks, but love water coloring too. Hoping to get a set of Copic markers too to start playing around with those.

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  18. Brenda says:
    November 30, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    I only have distress inks and markers so either color with them or watercolor with them. Definitely would love to try the Zip markers or the prisma color pencils!

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  19. Margery C says:
    December 1, 2016 at 12:54 am

    I really like copic coloring. Thank you for the tip on using a heating pad to fix broken prismacolor leads.

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  20. Jen S says:
    December 1, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    I love my Derwent Inktense Pencil set. I just recently purchased a watercolor set and am loving that, too.

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  21. Laura Walls says:
    December 1, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    I LOVE Copic coloring! It makes me look like I can actually blend colors. My projects almost always turn out pretty!

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  22. Debbie Fall says:
    December 1, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    I use a lot if these products! But to pick one would be the Copics. I use everytime I stamp.

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  23. Shannon Morrison says:
    December 1, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    I love using the wink of Stella. Adding glitter is always a good idea to spruce up a card. Thanks for sharing

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  24. Lori Mc says:
    December 1, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    I enjoy Copic coloring the best … colored pencils is a close second!

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  25. Nicole kelly says:
    December 1, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    Markers! I want some Copics from Santa!

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  26. Michele R. says:
    December 2, 2016 at 12:32 am

    I love color and all ways to add it to cards and projects. I just received my 60 pen set of Zig Clean Color Brushes and can’t wait to start using them.

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  27. Anastasia says:
    December 2, 2016 at 3:26 am

    Copic markers are my favourite colouring product at the moment and I am just starting to play around with them but I can’t wait to use my distress inks to colour with! 🙂

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  28. PQuirk75 says:
    December 2, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    I like the Prismacolor pencils the best but in the past I did a lot of water coloring with just a kids set but I plan to try the distress inks and the zigs.

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  29. Susi McDonald says:
    December 2, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    I’m not good at coloring in. So I stick to coloring backgrounds – with distress inks. If I have to color something I’ll use ink refills and a water-tank brush. Wink of Stella does not count right? 😉

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  30. pajaropr says:
    December 2, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    I love coloring with my Prisma Color pencils. Trying the watercolor since I got the Kuretake Tambi and the Zig clean pens.

    Lurdez

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  31. Kim Faucher says:
    December 2, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    My favorite colored pencils are the Derwent Inktense because I love that they go on so super vivid and yet smudge and blend seamlessly. I need to re try Prisma ‘s now that I see you having such fun !!!

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  32. Sue Brozek says:
    December 2, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    I seem to write a lot so I will try to keep this short but sweet. I have the Zig Clean Color Real Brush. Still trying to get used to them. I love the Prismacolor Colored Pencils. They have been my favorites for years and love the wink of stella. I love the glittery things but a lot of people don’t like the mess of glitter when they open their cards. Problem solved.

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  33. Mary says:
    December 2, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    I enjoy Copic coloring the most! Thank you for doing the videos on Favorite Things every year. I really learned so much by watching all your videos.

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  34. Sue Brozek says:
    December 2, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    I love the prismacolor color pencils. They are very smooth and you can color really dark and get full coverage or you can be light handed and be very light.

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  35. Terrie says:
    December 3, 2016 at 12:12 am

    I like using colored pencils, but I really want to try Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and Copics!

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  36. TracyM #6773 says:
    December 3, 2016 at 5:01 am

    THANK YOU for sharing with us Jennifer. It is wonderful to have the best of all your tutorials combined into features like this and I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to preparing them!!!
    I was introduced to Copic markers earlier this year and it is an exciting adventure … I’ve had lots of hiccups along the way and learning from each and every one 🙂

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  37. Karla says:
    December 3, 2016 at 8:50 am

    I need to practice more on all my coloring techniques. My favorite is probably Tombow markers for images but Distress ink for backgrounds.

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  38. Lisa says:
    December 3, 2016 at 9:10 am

    I used to love my Copics but recently found Tombow markers and must say I like the VERY MUCH 😀

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  39. Tania K says:
    December 3, 2016 at 10:09 am

    Unfortunately I’m not great at colouring anything. I think I’m too impatient. BUT I have been using my Copic markers more lately and have been satisfied with the results. NOTHING like what I see online but better than before. Thank you for showing the differences between the Spectrum Noir and Wink of Stella shimmer pens. I have always used Wink of Stella but now that I’ve seen the Spectrum Noir, I think I will give them a try!

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  40. Brenda C says:
    December 3, 2016 at 2:16 pm

    I love using Copics on microfine glitter!! Not good with using them when coloring stamped images, however, I do practice.

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  41. Yvonne says:
    December 3, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    Thank you for sharing your favorites with us. I use Disress Inks (love the mini size), the Zig Clean Color Brushes, and the Prismacolor pencils when I color my images or background. I really enjoy the versatility of the Distress inks and markers. Definitely want to get Bristol paper and Tombow markers after watching this video.

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  42. Maxine says:
    December 3, 2016 at 11:36 pm

    I really love working with copic markers, but am planning to branch out and try prismacolored pencils during the holidays !

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  43. SjaanD says:
    December 4, 2016 at 2:16 am

    It’s a toss up between copics and water colours. I don’t know that i can choose a favourite, i like them for such different images.

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  44. kkinde says:
    December 4, 2016 at 10:38 am

    I’m working on coloring with markers, so right now, that’s my favorite.

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  45. Dorothy Andrews says:
    December 4, 2016 at 11:47 am

    I am new to watercolor painting,but have watched your videos and feel more comfortable in trying to blend colors better. I am sure the watercolor pencils I have may not be the best but I thought it would give me an idea if I would like this way,rather than the tins of water color paints. I have just purchased some watercolor paper and am excited to follow yor video.
    Thank you for great tutorials
    Sincerely
    Dorothy Andrews

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  46. VioletT says:
    December 4, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    I’m in love with the Windsor Newton Pigment Markers right now but also enjoy all kinds of markers, pens, and pencils

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  47. Karen Kirkman says:
    December 4, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    Thanks for the info! No matter how many years I watch these I still pick up tips. I like working with Copics. I didn’t really like them at first and I am not great at them but I do enjoy them.

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  48. Sylvia says:
    December 4, 2016 at 1:50 pm

    I love the vibrancy of markers and have just about all on ur list (no Zig Clean Color…yet) but am nowhere near expert or even mediocre with them but I don’t let that pesky little detail stop me. After all, if it’s not fun, why bother?

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  49. Veryke says:
    December 4, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Colored pencils, especially on Kraft card-stock, just love it!

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  50. Natalie Hannan says:
    December 4, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    I too have been using Prismacolor pencils for about 45 years! I love their vivid and varied colors and the smooth way that they blend so nicely! I recently got a clear Wink of Stella pen, which I love, but seeing the comparison with the Spectrum Noir marker, I think I may have to give that one a try also. Thanks again for all your helpful information! Keep it coming. I really enjoy it!

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