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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Oh my WORD!! That background is AMAZING!!!! I LOVE the beautiful sky and how you colored in the dog and girl-oh so sweet. Great card!!
Such lovely color choices!!
Hi Jessica ♥ I’m so sorry to know your elderly doggie is on a bumpy road. Hoping for the best. It’s the hardest part about having pets and my heart can’t do much more. I miss our Dawson dog and we still have two older kitties. My heart feels for you. I love Phyllis Harris and have many of her images. I love your watercolored sky. Makes tears want to roll knowing your doggie is not doing so well. But it’s a beautiful painting. With soft gentle hugs, Rosy
Your card is so wonderful and the colourig absolutely fantastic.♥
Many hugs
Angela
Such a pretty card! And a sweet tribute to your dog….
Your card absolutely reflects feelings. It is really amazing and I feel sorry for you and the issues you have with your dog, but you care as well for any other family member. Hope you still have lots of time with your buddy, but you might keep in mind why you made a lasting creation like that. if I were you, I’d really frame and keep it though you are an artist and can create more. ?
Nice card. Thanks for sharing
Your combination of Copics and Distress Inks is amazing!!! And this card is so touching. Hugs to you and Merlin!
Very pretty card. Can’t wait to see what you do next.
Awesomeness ? This is all so much fun! Fantastic coloring and card! Thanks for the chance to win!
God bless!
OMGOSH an Absolute stunning background. This is amazing.
Stunning ! i love everything about this.
Love this stamp, great coloring!
Great scene!
Wow, what a great card. I’ve never combined Copics with Distress Ink watercoloring. Might just have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Ah! I love Phylis Harris. I remember her from the back of the Highlighters magazine… this is great for the challenge… thanks so much for sharing
Great card reminds me of summer at the beach.
That’s an adorable card ! Love the sky colors !!
Beautiful card.
The sunset or raise is so good in this card. Love your colouring.
Just beautiful 🙂 Thanks so much for taking the time to share you lovely work 🙂
Great card, I love the colors you chose.
Beautifully done, love the color combination you used – great use of different coloring mediums one might not think to use together. Thanks for the inspiration!
such a beautiful scene. . . makes me want to go back to Hawaii. . . .soon!
Very nice coloring, I love the scene you’ve chosen.