Blog Hop for The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge (Giveaway)

Don't miss our June Leading Lady, Caly Person's, third performance on the w&w blog today which includes some awesome coloring!!

Hello there lovelies! Shay here to welcome you to the w&w blog for Day 2 of a two day hop to celebrate the tenth 30 Day Coloring Challenge.

You should have made your way from the awesome Whimsy Stamps, but if not don't worry as there is a blog line up further on in this post to get you right on track. :-)

Have you heard of “The Daily Marker’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge” hosted by Kathy Racoosin? Right now it’s in the middle of the challenge and it’s a great time to take a leap, jump in and get your feet wet!  Don’t feel like you are jumping into the middle of the challenge I hope you will think of it as a new beginning.

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 for DAY 1. TO UPLOAD YOUR COLORING  or here on Instagramor here on Facebook (FB is a closed group). Please remember to use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day  and tag @kathyrac . For kids & young adults #thedailymarker30daykids

If you have any questions about “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” you can refer to this post.  

>>>BLOG LINE UP<<<

The Daily Marker

Pretty Pink Posh

Purple Onion Designs   

Reverse Confetti  

Right at Home

Studio Katia  

Sunny Studio

Technique Tuesday

Trinity Stamps

The Ton    

Whimsy Stamps

Winnie & Walter  <====== You are here!

Your Next Stamp

>>>COLORING PROJECT<<<

I know you have seen some incredible projects with mad coloring skills so far on the hop, but now we are going back to the kiddie pool of coloring. I went very stress-free and easy with my card today (it is the weekend after all and almost officially summer). This is something *anyone* can do and do well as there are no rules for coloring on this sort of project.

I began by die cutting Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway using 2 layers of paper--top layer was white cardstock and bottom layer was watercolor paper. I did this intentionally as I wanted the watercolor paper embossed and not cut out and the regular cardstock cut.

I watered down some mustard seed Distress Ink I smeared on my craft sheet and then smooshed the paper into the color as I wanted a bright and happy base.  Next, I took Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle water-soluble wax pastels and colored in the leaves which I then blended with a waterbrush.  For each leaf I used mostly a paler color and then next brought in a darker shade at the base.  After this all dried I went in with colored pencils in similar colors and added some more dimension.  Last, I added some white dots using a Uniball Signo pen.  Here was what the watercolor panel looked like after all of that:

As you can see it looks a bit of a mess, but also organic, loose and free.

I pasted the white die cut over the watercolor panel and then adhered the purple die cut In a Word: Celebrate Cutaway and adhered it all to a white card base to finish off this simple, but fun card.

I can see using this technique with all sorts of dies you probably already have in your stash.  You can also decide not to follow the overlaying panel's pattern (I chose to color using the leaf pattern as a guide, but that isn't necessary) and go for a totally different look (imagine if you color in stripes, dots or something random on the bottom layer!). 

Hope this inspires you to have some carefree, kiddie pool coloring in your future! :-)

Your next stop is the awesome YOUR NEXT STAMP and you won't want to miss it!!

>>>GIVEAWAY<<<

In honor of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge we are giving away $30.00 (naturally!) credit to the w&w shop.  Simply tell us your favorite current color combo to create with along with your name and email address (this makes it easier to find the winner) in a comment on this blog post by Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 11:59 CST and we will pick one randomly chosen winner.

Happy hopping,

Shay.