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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Such a beautiful card !
Love the beautiful card!
Awesome card! You did an excellent job on the coloring.
Lovely coloring, love this beach scene ?
I love how you combined Distress inks and Copics on your beautifully colored card!!
The sky is beautiful! Very pretty card!
Gorgeous beach sunset scene!
I think your card is so beautiful. The sky is such a pretty shade.
This lovely image is colored beautifully! So sweet and comforting! TFS!
This is gorgeous! I love that you combined distress and copics! Great coloring!
Great look with watercolor and copics. Darling card.
Wow! Those colors are so vibrant. What a great card.
Gorgeous, the stamp, the coloring, the whole feel of the card. I’d def. frame and keep this one. Love everything about it!
Oh my goodness! Your card is so gorgeous. The colors are extravagantly beautiful.
I love all your cards and this one is no exception! Beautiful coloring!!!
love the soft look
Wow! I love, love, love your card/painting! The sea is very special to me and you’ve done a wonderful job in coloring it without being ‘fussy’. The girl and dog are just icing on the cake! Thank you for sharing ! You’ve inspired me!
Gorgeous card, love it!
Awww… I’m just getting yearning for the sea when I loot at your gorgeous card!! Hugs, Tina
This is truly a beautiful card, Jessica! ♥
Such a sweet scene!! Wow, I never would have considered using watercolors and COPICs on the same project (at least not on the same card layer)! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Love this image and it is coloured beautifully!
Oh I just love the sentiment and that beautiful pink sky!
Your use of color is just breath-taking. Thank you.
Hope your dog’s health improves. I know how hard that is. Great card.