Good morning! Today is the second day of Kathy Rac’s The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge and we’ve got something special to celebrate! Today is the FIRST day of a THREE DAY blog hop to jumpstart your creativity. If you’re new to the coloring challenge or have any questions about the coloring challenge you can refer to this post.
If you are coming from Kim Kimmel Becker’s blog you are in the right place. To start at the beginning of the hop, head to The Daily Marker’s blog here.
Today I wanted to try something a little different and I combined distress ink watercoloring with copic marker coloring. And here’s what I came up with!
This was also my first time using stamps from Unity Stamps and I’m in love with these Phyllis Harris designs. If you know me on Facebook or Instagram you know that I’ve been having some rough times with my senior dog late this summer and fall. We’re still going day by day but I’m learning to appreciate every moment we have together and thought this image from Unity Stamps and sentiment from Paper Smooches worked perfectly together.
To start off I masked off the sailboat in the image (it’s cute but not quite what I was going for) and then stamped the image and sentiment onto watercolor paper with versafine before embossing it with clear embossing powder. Next I smooshed distress inks onto an acrylic block and watercolored the background. I used spun sugar, picked raspberry, and shaded lilac for the sky; chipped sapphire, stormy sky, and salty ocean for the water; and mustard seed and wild honey for the sand. Then I colored the girl and her dog with copic markers and added spectrum noir clear sparkle to her dress. To finish the card I die-cut the Park Avenue frame from Mama Elephant with light grey cardstock and adhered it over the watercolored panel. I’m really happy with the way it turned out…I think I might just frame it and keep it!
So what’s a hop without prizes!?! 12 crafty goodie bags, compliments of the wonderful Kathy Rac, will be given away to random comments left on the blog hop and instagram hop! That’s TWELVE CHANCES TO WIN during the three day hop. The more you comment on each blog or instagram photo, the more chances you have of winning. The full list of winners will be announced Wed. Nov 16th on Kathy’s blog!
Now it’s time to hop to the fabulous Lisa Tilson!
Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you’ll join in the fun this month. Be sure to use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day so we can find your work or you can join the Facebook group here.
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Hi Jessica, Lovely card. I’m a dog/cat lover myself, with two furbabies and they are family! Hope your pup is doing okay.
Whats not to love about a girl and her dog on the beach? Love your card!
Beautiful coloring!!
What an absolutely gorgeous image especially knowing the story behind your choosing it. Beautiful colouring!
Ya know, when I first looked at your card, I thought “I think that’s a Phyllis Harris stamp” and I had to check because I’ve never seen you use one before. I can’t believe this is your first time. I love Unity Stamp Co!!! And of course you colored it so beautifully.
Love your card!! Beautiful coloring!! I also really like your web-site. Classy and nicely down!!
Love the frame around your pretty card!
Oh my goodness such an adorable card. I just love your color choices and your coloring. What a beautiful stamp.
Great colors! Very pretty, makes me miss summer 🙂
Great choice of stamp! Love the coloring! So dreamy!
Oh wow! Beautiful image and colouring.
Precious
Soooo sweet.
This is so beautiful. It looks like a scene from a children’s book.
Your card is really gorgeous, I think you coloured it so beautifully and used such lovely colours. Knowing the story behind your card makes it very special.
WoW! I love your card. It came out beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Your sky is absolutely stunning!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Super sweet image and I really like your sky!!
This is such a beautiful card! I don’t blame you for framing and keeping 😉
Woow! Love the colours at the background of your card. And you choose just perfect and amazing stamp from Unity Stamps. I just recently found these lovely stamps. I think you should keep this card. Dogs have a special place in our lives. And this card is a really wonderful reminder. Maybe you should put it in a frame. Enjoy every moment with your dog. With love, V.
Beautiful stamp and gorgeous sky and water.
Such a sweet image!! Your coloring is fantastic & I love all the stitching on your die cut frame!!
Beautiful card! Your colouring is fab 🙂
Such a gorgeous card. Love the colors of the sunset!
Jessica, this card is beautiful and totally frame-worthy! It actually brought a tear to my eye because I, too have aging pets. That sentiment is fantastic and your coloring is friggin’ amazing! Love this!!