The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop {GIVEAWAY}

This is the second post today, please don't miss out on our special guest star, Jessica Frost-Ballas's post HERE.

Hello lovelies! It's Shay here to welcome you to "The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge" Blog Hop.

Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker wants to share her love of coloring with you. Today Kathy has assembled a blog hop to give your creativity a jump start with some of her favorite stamp companies & Online Card Class partners.

The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. (However feel free to  jump in or out as time permits). Any coloring medium is welcomed. Click here to find out where to share what you are coloring and join the encouraging community of happy colorists PLUS answers to other questions you may have.

(When sharing use #TheDailyMarker30Day so Kathy can find your work).

QUESTIONS? Read more on Kathy’s blog post here to see how to share you work and if you have questions, how to share, giveaways etc. Prepare to be inspired with daily posts and many videos for 30 days.

GIVEAWAYS: During the hop you will find lots of giveaways along the way.  The full list of ALL winners from the individual blogs will be announced on The Daily Marker Sunday, March 12th. ***continue to read to see how you can enter to win $25.00 credit to the w&w shop***

To start at the beginning of the hop go to The Daily Marker.  If you are coming from the blog of Paper Smooches you are in the right place. Kathy has the full blog hop list if you encounter a broken link.

For today's project I pulled out my Prismacolor colored pencils and sort of went to town.

I had a baggie of preciously stamped flowers using In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers already cut out using In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers Cutaways. The funny thing was they were all stamped in a lavender color as they were stamped some time ago to test the coordinating dies. Anyway the moral of the story is that keeping die cut images can come in handy regardless of the color they are originally stamped in. I used the colored pencils and added color using pinks, blues and reds for a palette I know my mom will enjoy (shh, this card is for my mom's upcoming birthday).

For the background I stamped a piece of pale aqua patterned paper by Basic Grey (so sad they are gone, but I certainly have a big enough stash of their paper to comfort me) using Hero Arts's Confetti Bold Prints cling stamp in an aqua ink...oh it was so lovely to incorporate another stamp company's stamps with w&w stamps and I do have a love of Hero Arts background stamps among other things. I added a little detail to some of the circles using blue colored pencils. This is very simple way to add some interest and to customize a background.

In the right corner I stamped the leaves in navy from Framed with Evelin T Designs and then colored them in. I also stamped the frame from the same stamp set in navy again (I adore navy and it is the perfect neutral for this card) on white cardstock, die cut it out using the coordinating cutaways and colored that in as well along with stamping the sentiment from A Tree for All Seasons.

I then arranged the flowers around the leaves and added the frame using foam dimensional adhesive. Last I added some sparkly sequins because well it needed a little shimmer and shine.

I hope you have enjoyed my card a little and are inspired to color away this month with Kathy!

***w&w GIVEAWAY***
On this post, please comment and let us know what your favorite coloring medium is (like colored pencils, markers, Distress Inks, etc.). Please include your name and email address in your comment! We will be picking two (2) comments randomly and each winner will receive $25.00 credit to the w&w shop.

You have until NOON CST on Saturday, March 11, 2017 to enter to win. The winners will be announced on The Daily Marker Sunday March 12th.

Oh and if you are interested in winning every stamp w&w releases in 2017 you have thru next Monday, March 6th to enter HERE.

Your next stop on the hop is Power Poppy!

Have a truly awesome and colorful day,
Shay.

A Tree For All Seasons

Framed with Evelin T Designs

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers

Framed with Evelin T Designs Cutaways

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers Cutaways

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