Hello Friends!! How are you today? I really wanted to finish what I started yesterday and I was able to capture the process on a unedited video for you. 🙂
Simon Says Stamps sold out grid stencil is back in stock…phew!! I used it to finish off my background. Â The first step was to mask off the flower with some Frisket masking fluid.
To watch the video in HD or larger click here.
I love big and bold sentiments and Paper Smooches has this awesome sentiment set that is perfect for so many occasions. Â The colors of distress ink I used on my background are Shabby Shutters, Salty Ocean and Mustard Seed.
Tips on watercoloring this flower you can find in this post here. Thanks for your visit today and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
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Pre Pop Up Challenge – 2 unedited videos
Sometimes its fun to be in Australia, because I get to see your inspiration first. Love how you added to this flower with the grid watercolouring.
Ohh my goodness what are we going to do, its the last day tomorrow. I hope you do something again real soon Kathy cause you just motivate me so much. I love that I have thought art each and every day, small bits and long bits have helped me get through the other moments of life.
Being the carer of my beautiful daughter and my parents who have gone into dementia at the same time sometimes feels so heavy a load but it has been like escaping into another realm each day just for a short time. Thanks Kathy
Aileen ~ My heart goes out to you! You sound like a very strong woman who takes the lemons life has thrown at you and made a delicious pitcher of lemonade! Please know that there is somebody in a small town in Vermont, USA who is sending you prayers of strength and comfort.
Would love to see what you have created for this wonderful challenge that Kathy has put together for us. Are you sharing on Instagram? If so, what is your Instagram link? Mine is meemawof3 if you would like to follow me.
It is women like you who are the Everyday Heroes who make the world a better place to live in!
Hugs and strength headed your way!
Barb
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and your prayers. I don’t know how to use Instagram yet. All my pictures are on my Flickr account if you would like to see them. Do you show yours anywhere other than Instagram, I tried to look but as I don’t have an account it didn’t work. Hugs Aileen
Aileen, I feel exactly like you expressed. I too have my mother who is 90 and has dementia. Coloring every day and looking forward to Kathy has helped me deal with other issues each day.
Thanks Sharon. Isn’t this crafting industry wonderful, we get to talk and meet others all over the world that share their talent and their stories so we know we aren’t alone. Hugs Aileen
Bless your heart, Aileen. I feel for you. How DO you manage all that by yourself and still have time to do paper craft? I, too, get a joy out of this type of artwork and have enjoyed the 30 day challenge so much. I will be praying for you and your family. You, too, seek the Lord Jesus and He will lighten your load and give you joy unspeakable and full of glory! This is Trish in the state of Georgia, USA. We live near Atlanta.
thank you so much Tricia. Its amazing how we find the time, its always just there or there is always tomorrow. But the card making always helps to bring the balance back. I really appreciate your prayers and you comment. Hugs Aileen
I really enjoy the uncut videos more personal. The background is fantastic wow Kathy makes that flower POP such a great idea as you have so many and they always turn out beautifully.. Your knack for color choices is incredible and perfect. See you tomorrow:)
I am really enjoying the unedited videos. I am amazed how you can work and talk at the same time…but it also gives a glimpse into your creative process! Thanks for the inspiration!
Interesting technique – I love the look of the distress ink pads as watercolors. Really appreciate you experimenting LIVE and online. Hope you voice/throat feels better soon!!
Do you have any issues with the Distress Inks running or reacting to the Miskit/Frisket?
so great to see you create..sadly the fun is almost over..
I was really scared when i saw you doing this..the flower is so gorgeous…but love how it all came together..I don’t think I would be so brave do..
another vote here for the unedited videos 🙂 Love this card – i really like the grid with the flowers (a lovely juxtaposition) and the color is a bit gorgeous. I don’t know how you’re keeping up with all this but it is sincerely appreciated. It’s really given me a boost. Thanks again Kathy.
oops i meant to add with all this coloring we’ve been doing i just had to order a bunch of refills for my Copics! my somewhat local store offers a refill service but I just can’t part with my markers for that long. so I guess I’ll be all set for the next challenge.
Such a fun background, Kathy, and I so love tagging along while you are all wrapped up in your creative process, although I cannot for the life of me understand how you can create and talk at the same time. I can fully understand why you’re considering to only use Instagram for your next challenge, but it would be a pity if I couldn’t share my creations because I’m not on Instagram. But maybe the people who don’t have Instagram could create a wrap-up post with all of their coloured creations at the end of the challenge, so you can still have a peek without having to read lots of individual blog posts.
Marianne x
I love your uncut videos! It is fun to see your creative process! And I so enjoy a wee bit of coloring each day! I am trying to make a few minutes each day myself! You inspire me to play! Thanks! And I hope round 2 comes along soon! Only 1 day left!!!
This is beautiful Kathy! I have to get me one of those grid stencils, it adds a nice touch to the background. I’m in BD card craziness here, with April having 6 Birthdays and an anniversary! I have been having a wonderful time coloring, need to send you a few more instagram pics of things I’ve colored, including another journal page. I hadn’t done instagram before and did it just to do this challenge! I can’t wait for another one.
Oh Kathy, this is gorgeous. I love that stenciled background. I love your uncut videos. I feel like we are crafting together. LOL.
Who doesn’t love a FIRE BALL!!!
Kathy, your card/technique is awesome. I would NEVER have thought to do that. I love the finished product and I hope sometime you DO do this again. Personally, I am not on Instagram but I can appreciate where YOU are coming from. Just maybe you’ll do it here again, someday! Also, I too like the un edited version of the videos. It makes you seem even more like the rest of us. HAHA Have a great day.
Beautiful flower and love the background.
This card is totally amazing! The flower is GORGEOUS and the background sets it off to perfection! Fabulous! Thanks for the photo tutorial!
I thought I had left a comment earlier but am not seeing it so will post again. LOVE how this stunning creation came together! The unedited videos are the best because I almost feel as if I am creating with you! Since I know that won’t happen in real life I will have to be happy with this. 🙂
I really hope you do this again because it has really helped me through an extremely rough month. I don’t know that I would have pulled myself out of bed each day to create this month if not for this fun challenge. Please know that you really do make a difference in so many of our lives! You are a beautiful woman, inside and out and I am honored to call you a friend and inspiration! THANK YOU!
Struggling with what I am going to create today so it might be late tonight before I post something but I WILL create today!
I love that you do unedited videos. It truly shows the creative process. I may need to try my hand at it. I’m just afraid I’ll sound like I’m rambling. LOL Love this card too Kathy. I has that maskit product and need to use it more often. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks once more for creating this marvelous 30 day challenge for us! It was a wonderful experience and I am ready to go along for the artistic ride the next time you do it. Your big bloom card turned out soooo well. I really love your creative unedited videos along with all your other fans.
I think your card came out beautiful. I just love this stencil. The flower is so so pretty also. Thank so much for this 30 day Coloring Challenge. I am going to participate more in the next one. I came in on the middle of this one and only entered one card. Thanks again Kathy, I really enjoyed this.
Another gorgeous project. Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule and providing videos, techniques, and tips on how to create beautiful things. I love having videos of how you get things done. I’ve enjoyed the 30-day coloring challenge.
Kathy, this is really ‘cool’ . I would have never thought to do a background like this, you are truly an inspiration. Thank you for this wonderful 30 Day Coloring Challenge and I hope you do another one soon.!!
I love the unedited videos, Kathy. I agree that they are more personal. It is like we are in the same room and You are thinking out loud. That is an awesome way to teach. Hearing what the teacher is thinking is a powerful teaching tool. I wish your challenge could go on and on because I have enjoyed coloring with something every day. It helps knowing you will be available tomorrow. Goodness, my granddaughter helped me set up an Instagram account!! I am movin’ on! I am seeing my own improvement. I love it!
Amazing…the grid makes the flower even more lovely. This 30 day coloring challenge really has been fun. Can’t wait for next time.
Love, love, love how that background turned out, Kathy! Gorgeous card! ♥
This may be my favorite. The watercolor added so much and made for a great background. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Amazing!!! I like it a lot! 😀
hugs
Milka
This one is absolutely stunning – thanks for sharing
What a gorgeous project!!
Beautiful, Kathy! Our son sent me this link just now, and I thought of you and wanted to share it with you: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/01/396634471/artist-goes-outside-the-lines-with-coloring-books-for-grown-ups. Isn’t her work beautiful?!
Love the grid background stencil and the effect achieved on this card.
This is a beautiful card. Your coloring on the flower is so nice and I love how you added color to the background with the stencil. It makes it look so architectural…like a flower in a window. Great design, great idea, Super job!!! I love it. TFS
Kathy, although I fell behind on your video’s due to having to put my 76 year old neighbor into the hospital and tend to her home while she was in, I’m slowly catching up on these amazing days. You are some kind of artist for sure. I really have enjoyed each and everyone of these post from you and am saving each one so I can go back and check them out again. Thanks so much for yet another super fun day of your 30 days and to think tomorrow is day 30. WOW were did the month go!!!!! Thanks again for sharing these technique’s with all of us.
Kathy, your card looks so nice. I wish I had a grid stencil and a rose stamp. This is a lovely combination.
Love the unedited videos…that way we get to join in your creative process. While I certainly understand why you are thinking of doing your next color challenge on Instagram, I hope that you don’t since I won’t be able to follow and I’ve really, really enjoyed it! Thanks for doing it and sad that there is only one day left.
Wow! This is lovely! Love you how finished this card!
Love the geometric grid contrasting with the soft feminine flower. Beautiful color choices. I think the over lapping color adds interest and your finished card is gorgeous!
Awesome outcome Kathy you are the best.
Your card is beautiful. Love the flower and the background. I will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.