Hello Friends! How are you? It sounds like many of you are feeling relaxed and enjoying the freeing feeling of just coloring. I can’t tell you how happy that makes me feel. 🙂
Thanks to you all for your participation for Day 1. I am blown away, so excited and just a little overwhelmed lol. I am working hard to comment on each of your entries on Instagram and at the InLinkz tool on my blog.
I really wanted to share the process of creating this card without any stamps. So I have a raw video for you. Don’t you just love the scripty font on the hugs die cut? I used this glue pen to glue the tiny bits in between the letters.
To watch the video in HD click here. Let me know if you like these raw videos and if you do I can make them faster and bring you more content.
To share your coloring/projects for Day 2. click here and scroll down for the InLinkz too. Have a great day and I am proud of you guys for taking a little time for you to take this challenge with me.
THE WINNERÂ for the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit as seen in this post is Tita M.
THE WINNER for the YouTube subscribers goodies from this post is Jamie Green.
Thank You all for your patience… I was a tiny bit late announcing the winners and a SUPER BIG congrats to the winners. Stay tuned because I have some awesome giveaways coming up. Does 10 full ink pads get you excited? I know it makes me happy. Ok off to see your work. See you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
CARD SUPPLIES AND LINKS :
Watercolor Video-Caring Hearts Blog Hop
Day 1. Coloring Book Card
DAY2. BLOG HOP-GIVEAWAY
I love using objects around the house for creating designs. Well done! I don’t have Copics, so am looking forward to more videos using other mediums.
This is looking really fun, Kathy. You got me thinking YEAH, I can do that! Reminds me of when I was a kid drawing neat circles using a compass and colouring in all the ares using colouring pencils. I have no problem with these raw type videos. I love watching the creative process .
Have a wonderful day!
Marianne x
Love projects that have me wondering–how did she do that? Very freeing to just create! And I thought the video was great…I would rather see more videos than you spending more time editing!
WOW great card and video..so much inspiration..it looks so much as stained glass…..
Your card really looks great! I too, enjoyed the creative process of the video. Chalks, pencils, markers, ink pads and water coloring are all ideas I’d love to see. I listed my goals on my first post for this 30 day challenge.
Think I’ll give this a try. Like the doodling to soften the bold colors and that white pen makes such a difference. Wonder if I can get mine to work? The washi tape idea sounds fun too. Congrats to the winners!
This sort of thing scares me because I am sooo not an artist, but you make me feel like I can do it! I’ll be giving it a try when I get home later tonight! ♥
Barb, I second that. I’m not artistic at all either!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
That looks like a lot of fun, almost like Zentangling. I will have to give this one a try.
Great card. So colorful. Way to get creative.
So much fun! I really want to get on this train…I ran out of time yesterday. Just too tired after my kids were in bed, so I’m hoping to carve out some coloring time today!
Hey Kathy!! I totally love today’s assignment. I thought to use household items in my creative process like this!! I totally love the uncut, raw video. You take the fear out of videotaping oneself. I might try it tonight while I make my card. My biggest problem with coloring is choosing what colors to use. I tend to stick to the same color but that boring to me. My 8 year old daughter helps me sometimes but I want to do it myself. How do you pick out your colors? I try to use the color wheel but that doesn’t help when you have 100 plus colors to chose from. Any advise would help!! I totally love this challenge!! It pushes me!!
Not sure if you watched this yet, but maybe it will give you some hints. I hope this helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINJkM2Qgus
Thank you so much for sharing your video with me. I didn’t see it and it was super helpful. I’m going to pick up that journal and practice my color combos in that.
I commented on you tube, but was wondering how you cut and layer your layers so perfectly?
I use these huge super sharp scissors in the link below and I use foam tape to add extra dimension. Hope this helps. 🙂
http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=131293
Love this! The bright colors are wonderful, and I love how you made your own design.
Kathy, thanks for the video. Great ideas! You are an inspiration. 🙂
I love the geometric look as it works for my male cards.
Congratulations to the winners!! YES! YES! YES! 10 full ink pads get me VERY excited!!! One can never have enough ink in my opinion!
LOVE this card!! Very colorful and festive!! TFS!
I need to tell you several things. First of all, the unedited video is perfect. Do it like that. Secondly, I have never linked anything. I do not have a blog and do not know how to show you my project. Lastly, I love T. Holtz’s Crazy Birds. I modeled my coloring after yours because I wanted mine to look as good as yours. Not so good for me. I did not give up though. I tried again using my style, and that little chubby bird turned out so cute. I love what you are doing with the coloring challenge. Coloring is therapeutic and offers creative opportunities at the same time.
Thanks for the great comments and feedback! Here is a link to help you learn how to link if interested…
http://blog.inlinkz.com/2013/07/new-add-link-page/
If you have a smartphone I would be happy to help you learn how to Instagram.:)
This is fantastic because I need tons of practice before I’m any good. I used the # on my facebook page.
I enjoyed seeing your design come together. Good inspiration.
This turned out really nice and I loved watching your creative process!
Wow, you may this all look so doable–thank you! I just posted my photo from my coloring yesterday, I do it while I watch TV with hubby. I need to go stamp something to color tonight, I have a ton of cards to make for the next 2 months, so I want to stamp ahead if I can to have projects to color at night. So fun!
Oh, loved this video. What a fun way to pass some time. I do need to get that white pen, though. I going to try to get a few masculine cards done today using this technique. Thanks.
Hey Kathy! Raw videos are fine–love the use of the tape roll for patterning. I have been saving some oddly-shaped plastic clips from product packaging and am going to see what kind of a pattern them will make. I may use them to stamp a design and/or trace them. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great idea!!! I’ll have to try another object around the house 🙂
very nice. I forget how much fun it is to use limited supplies… Some times the best creations are the ones where you just go with the flow…
Awesome job and I love the wonky circles, this such a cleaver idea. It really doesn’t look like much until you put in all the little doodles, Great inspiration!
Be very proud of me, I am awful with geometric shapes and usually won’t even try, but I did and it was fun! Mine is all wonky, but I like it anyway. . . Lol! I uploaded a photo on your link so you can see, thanks for all the inspiration, this is so fun!
Hugs,
Maureen
Today’s video was such fun and gets me thinking in a new direction. I started the challenge yesterday and it was just what I needed right now so day 2 for coloring is on my to do list today. Thank you again for this challenge and keep up this type of video. Oh yes, 10 ink pads would be perfect to win!
Very creative with simple shapes. Let’s give it a try to see how it comes out. Thanks for this great video.
Kathy, thank you!!! It’s amazing!!!
Love this idea!
Many congratulations to you both x
Hi Kathy,just commented on your video but forgot to saw,I like the way you did the video.It’s such a fun coloring technique and is giving me lots of ideas for different things I can use to add color to my cards besides stamps and patterned paper,so thanks heaps!
I have sharpies so will try this out with them (when I have time that is;-)
Thanks Kathy for sharing your talent with us! I love the challenge and your videos, and the fact that you didn’t edit them shows the process of your creativity, and this is priceless. I wish the 30 days challenge never ends.
Love this, Kathy! Very fun, and not at all something I would have thought to do. Enjoyed the video too. 🙂
Kathy this card is FANTASTIC!!! I love the eclectic look and that hugs die is a perfect touch. Also what a great way to make a design. Genius Kathy just genius.
Really enjoying this series and was so ready for today 🙂 Done is better than perfect and I loved seeing how just a few simple supplies can create a great warm fuzzy Hugs card!
Great design and so simple, maybe I could do it! I love Geometric designs. I am very tough on my designs, most don’t get posted. Thank you for the great ideas!
You make this look so easy! I love this card it is CAS even though I wouldn’t make it simple lol. I always try to do the simple thing, and it doesn’t work out for me but you make me really want to try this because it just turned out so beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Kathy, I love how you colour and I love how you think outside the box. I think we so often forget that we don’t have to have the stamp, that there are always other alternatives or just use what you have. I am loving not only joining this challenge buy also seeing the other art work. so much inspiration
How clever to create a design using “supplies”! I like the longer chattier videos as it helps me to figure out your thought processes. I am a newbie to all this, and eager to get any insight I can. Off to play with my new Pebbles chalks.
Great card and video Kathy! You are a good teacher. I love this idea. I never use my tombow markers because I am never really sure what to do with them. So I appreciate you using them. And I don’t have copics so I really should be taking advantage of my Tombow’s.
Katie
Doodling is good. I like this way to come up with a design on your card. I like the card and the colors. Nice job. TFS
Great video and card Kathy. You are a very good teacher!
Thank you for doing this and giving so much inspiration.
I will give it a try and hope to make something good enough
to upload a photo to your link.
Thank you for sharing! Love the design and the colors? WOW!
Looking forward to using things around the house to make designs on cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love how you created that geometric design. I’ll
be looking at items around my house a little differently
now.
Later tonight I’m going to give your design a try.
I really, really wanted to join your 30 day color challenge…..but can’t at this time right now!! I may throw a few up I create during this month!! Thanks for the inspiration…and glad you are having some wonderful participation!!
I was wondering if you could explain more about the Dove blender pen when you use it. I was looking at it and trying to work out what sort of solution goes in it and which media it is used with i.e. watercolour or alcohol and why its used. Is it like a colourless blender with copics? Thanks Kathy.
It works kinda the same way when used with Copics and colorless blender. This is designed to use with watercolor mediums only. It is refillable but I’m thinking you need to use theirs…Some people use gamsol to blend their watercolors. I find using the blender marker easier for many reasons.
Very interesting–I like the stained glass look.
Loved your video and great graphic design! People who do Zentangle comment on how relaxing it is and this looks like it would be too. As to things I would like to see are my favorite new interest–watercoloring techniques. Do you ever use watercolor pencils? And learning more about the different markers available. There are so many products available that it’s so confusing! Do you have combinations that you usually use with Copics–like for skin, hair, etc.? Hints like that are a big help.
I used some watercolors today and I couldn’t get vibrant enough colors so I layered with Tombow markers on top. Here is a link if you want to see the Tombow markers.
I always use E50 , E53 and RV11 on Faces…I don’t have any hair combos, I just kinda wing it. Hope these tips help.
http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=304105
Very clever! I really like the colors-they work so well together. I also like how you added the small cut out bits to the scripty hugs font.
Love today’s video! Raw video format is okay with me. Love today’s assignment. I have to figure out the whole posting on a blog and then linking it up so I can post what I am doing.
I love using objects around my craft room to come up with a new design- thanks for the video!
Posted my day 2 on Instagram. I am Instagram challenged, I am not sure it posted…I hope so.
Tell me your Insta name and I’ll check.
*** C O N G R A T S *** WINNERS!!! 😉
Enjoyed your Video!!! TFS !!!
Great card! I think sometimes that we lose our creative instinct when we have stamps and machines and printers, etc to do this type of creating for us. I need to do more of this type of thing! 🙂 Thanks for leading the way!
I’m hooked already. I can’t wait to see what you’ll do tomorrow. This is so much fun! Thank you for sharing. Take care, Kim 🙂
I love the way that turned out!
AWESOME card Kathy!!!
COOL technique – I look forward to getting adventurous and giving it a try 🙂
THANK YOU for sharing!!!
Having so much fun with this challenge! Love the card you made today!
I don’t know why I can’t watch the video. It said it is private. I didn’t have any problem with the other videos. Is anybody having the same issue?
Sorry, it’s fixed now. 🙂
This is awesome! Fun background demo and the result is terrific. Great card for Day #3!
Such a FUN & CAREFREE design Kathy! I will have to try this! LOOOVE the color & the die cut on this too!!! 😉 (I enjoyed watching you color & create this!)
creative, playful and colorful. love your sense of play.
Love the colors you used!
How clever is that? Wow!! I need to look around my house now to see what I can come up with. Such a pretty card!!
Like your freehand designs a lot and I also like your un-edited videos. More like how I do it. LOL
Gorgeous card Kathy! It makes me go draw Mandalas… 😀
Love that you used a regular household object to create this card!!
Love the just go with it attitude you had on this card…it looks wonderful.
“you don’t have to go for perfection” – thank you for that perfect comment! So freeing! I do admire what you call adding doodling. It really takes the design from simple to elegant.
amazing! 😀 loving this 30 day coloring challenge !
I love love love the freehand whimsical feel of your doodling and will be trying this today! The color were totally bold but turned out even more amazing with the doodling
What a great idea! I’m going to do this RIGHT NOW!
Congrats to the winners and i love the vibrant colors you have used!