Hello Friends, Guess what happens two days from now? June 1st is my second 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Your enthusiasm and creative energy encouraged me to do it again! Thank YOU! If you missed the 1st 30 Day Coloring Challenge… Welcome to the fun. We all deserve to do something for ourselves each and every day. So leave your stress behind and let’s get ready 🙂
See the video here in HD to see my essential supplies and why.
Last time I shared this video below. I will organizing my supplies the same way this time except I will substitute my watercolor pencils for the Zig watercolor markers. (They are much more vibrant).
Having everything at your fingertips will keep you inspired. The challenge is for you to color (any medium of your choosing) and be open to experimenting but most of all to have fun without any expectations or pressure. Take days to finish a card or just color. 30 days of color therapy and entertainment is coming to you. Are you ready to join me again? Let the fun begin.
Incase you might have a few questions read below my essentials. See you June first! Hugs, Kathy
CAN YOU PARTICIPATE IN MY 30 DAY CHALLENGE?: Wow that would be awesome if you want to participate & feel free to jump in at anytime during the 30 days! Everyone is welcome!
COLOR EVERYDAY? WHAT! The idea is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. Just five minutes that’s it. Some days you will have more time and that’s even better.It’s just about adding more time to color and carve out a little time for something that makes you happy.
THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO SHARE: You can share your work where you are most comfortable like Facebook, Instagram, Flicker, your Blog etc. If you use this hashtag #thedailymarker30day2 I can find your work or you can link with the Inlinkz tool on Day One on my blog. Please don’t NOT use INLINKZ if you are sharing on Instagram. (Instagram is the easiest for me to comment on your art work.)
WILL THERE BE PRIZES? YES! I will be working with several different companies throughout the 30 days for some super fun giveaways. Randomly I personally will be giving away some goodies too.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ME: I will be posting on my blog daily and on Instagram daily. SOME DAYS I might make a one layer card & some days I might just color an image. There will be days I will use my watercolor sketch book (a must have) to draw or paint and somedays if something is more complex I will come back to it the next day. There will be watercoloring with different mediums and I will be using all kinds of different markers such as Sharpies, Bic markers and Copics.
THE GOAL IS: To color something everyday no matter what happening. (I know that I am happier when I am coloring even if it’s for 10 minutes.) I also want to show you that you can use inexpensive supplies to create something pretty. Hopefully together along the way we will all stretch our creativity a little bit more.
ANY QUESTIONS: If you have a question please leave a comment and I will answer the question in the comment area.
I hope you are as excited as I am and I am beyond thrilled that you might consider playing along. (as I mentioned feel free to jump in and out of the 30 days if that makes you more comfortable). Thanks!!Kathy
Day 23. Snip Snip
DAY 26. Neat & Tangled
Day 2. Watercoloring with Distress Oxides
I greatly enjoyed your first coloring challenge, this time I believe I’m more prepared.
I’ve printed some images that I like, have some stamps ready to stano and plan to play with a variety of mediums and papers to see what I can come up with. This challenge gives me “permission” to play with a ton of different stuff and experiment. Thanks Kathy!
I’m so looking forward to this second 30 day colouring challenge, Kathy. I hope I’ll be colouring even more than last time. In fact, I created a card today using a stamp,set I had not used before, creating a random scene and colouring the images using promarkers I still had lying on the table. I just went with it and I love the result. I think the first colouring challenge really helped me to just dive in today (and telling myself it’s only paper). Now that’s what I call progress LOL. Have a wonderful weekend!
Marianne x
I am excited to join in, and hopefully can make it through all 30 days! I will be using my sons nap time as my fun time!!!
That’s a great stragey Crystal!! If you don’t make it 30 days don’t worry about it 🙂 So happy that you are doing this for you.
So looking forward to it, Kathy. I will be away for 5 days early part of June and I will definitely catch up! Can’t wait to get started! For me, I’ve gotta wait till 2 June to find out more due to time difference… 🙂 Keeping me in suspense….
Can’t wait to get started on the new challenge!!! I have been looking forward to it since you let us know you were doing it again!! I have been coloring every day since the first one started and so glad that I have been able to maintain it! See you June 1st or your next post!
Hi Kathy, I am ready and eager to go. Have a blog now so one step further along. I loved the last one and cant wait for this one. Thanks for the essentials list
Yay!!! I’m excited to play along again, Kathy! ♥
Yay, what fun – I’m going to try and play along this time! Jo x
I am looking forward to this challenge…and hope to finish it this time! My packing for a trip will include stamped images, Prismacolor pencils and watercolor markers! It has been fun searching my stash for stamps that haven’t been used for a while!
I am excited about this one. I aim to do it everyday, not like last time when I let other stuff gets in the way!! 🙂
Really looking forward to this! Last time I was very ill and couldn’t color a single day. But this time I am hoping to complete the challenge! Thanks for taking the trouble to do this, Kathy!
count me in
I’m armed with my coloring mediums and ready to go.
Going to do my very best to play along this time. I so enjoyed watching your other videos and seeing everything you created.
great video ..look so much forward to it!
Hi Kathy. I am looking forward to this 30 day challenge! I don’t have many yet but I managed to get 9 Copics to play with for this challenge. I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn to use them during this time. (Surely over a 30 day period I can learn a little about how to use them???) I have some images already stamped off on reg. CS for using with other mediums and some things in a small travel size water colour book. I can’t wait to start. Thanks so much for your hard work in organizing this!
Oh I hope I am able to play along this time – I was only able to join a few times lat challenge. Thank you for your challenge! I enjoyed your essentials video!
I have a wedding in the middle of this but think I might give it a go!
Thanks, Kathy, for the two great videos and for the challenge to color every day!! I love to color, and this will be such an encouragement for me! And thanks for the basket you showed! Hugs!
Wohooo!! Super cool! 😀
I will be using this challenge in conjunction with my own COUNTDOWN TO RETIREMENT. Starting tomorrow, just 61 days and I am excited for both! I will be posting to INSTAGRAM….
Super excited!!
I’m excited. Traveling the first week but plan to work along the wagon some stamped images. Not sure yet what medium to take but I’ll throw something in my bag.
I had so much fun with the first challenge — I can’t wait for this second chance. And I’m off work for most of it, so there will be more time!! Woo-hoo! I’m hoping to get some Christmas cards knocked out early. lol
I wasn’t able to participate in your first challenge, but I’m really going to try for this one. I love to color but rarely seem to find time for it. Your challenge might just be exactly what I need. 🙂
I’m so glad you’re doing the challenge again. It’s fun being part of a larger community of people all enjoying the same endeavor at the same time. I so enjoy the time to myself and seeing what everyone else is doing.
WOW KATHY! THAT IS a SUPER coupon!!!! I have been keeping track of some things I need too! THANK YOU!!! JUST MAYBE, I’ll jump in & play along this time, more than last time! 😉 I’ll do my BEST!!!! 😉
As we embark on the 2nd color challenge here is a great inspiration from 300 years ago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/a-boogert_n_5283522.html
Hi Kathy, dropping in via Sandy Allnock’s blog! This whole year is a coloring challenge for me. I haven’t really colored since elementary school, believe it or not! I always thought I sucked at artistic things. Now here I am in my early 40s, and I finally realized it’s not that I suck, I’m just a perfectionist so I spend a lot of time doing very little in my effort for it to be perfect. So my new challenge is to just let go and “DO!” I’ve also started sketching and doodling, which is an absolute first for me!
I’ve shared your 30-day coloring challenge on my little blog, so hopefully you will get some new visitors via me too. 🙂
Neat video. I believe I have most essentials with the MISTI on my wish list.
I can’t wait to play along! Even though last time I only made it through a few days of coloring, I loved the videos and learned so much!
I was so bummed to not find out about this last time until mid-month, so I’m determined to participate this time even though the coming 5 days are completely crazy in my life, with my daughters graduation party coming up on Saturday! I WILL make time to color something every day! 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration and fun!
I just joined today so I’m not at all prepared but looking forward to having lots of fun coloring. Hope to do something quick before calling it a night.
No worries. You really don’t need to be prepared. All you need to do is relax for 5 minutes, take a deep breath and color for a few. That’s pretty much it 🙂
Sounds like a lot of fun
coming on here!
Carla from Utah
I love coloring and i love your coloring! Love the challenge
Hi, i coloured something yesterday but didn’t get a chance to link it up. Hope it’s ok to add it today. Want to colour some more later as well. Missed the first time around. Hope to join up most days this time. Hugz
I was waiting for the second part of your colouring, Kathy! Finally, it’s here and looking forward to join in the fun again!
My pens will collect dust no more. I am so intimidated by using them. The investment is too big…………..time to bring them out.
My world has been rocked by Shari Carroll’s colored pencil technique on the blog hop. (For some reason, I’ve not been able to post a comment on her site.) I use both pencils and markers, but for me it’s always been markers with embossing powder, pencils with plain stamped images. Her card is so incredibly stunning that I have to try it. I did notice that she keeps her pencils really sharp…maybe that’s the secret. Also, I used to pencil-color on colored card stock, but had kind of forgotten how wonderful it looks. Oh, boy!
I’m looking forward to this 30 days. I think that I can understand it more this time- it’s not about what you color but that you color.
I am excited to see all the inspiration that this 30 day challenge will bring
Love this challenge. I was just thinking “I never have time to create anymore” but if I allow myself 5 minutes a day maybe I would feel like I accomplished some “ME TIME”.
Hi, Kathy!
I almost forgot about your color challenge (busy dealing with my father’s health issues). I uploaded a picture of two images I colored (one yesterday and one today) to Instagram. Looking forward to lots of coloring fun and learning some of your magical tricks!
Hi Kathy – I just found your blog through Simon Says Stamp today. I’d love to jump in and even signed up for your newsletter – this will be a great way to give me a little “me” time without taking hours and hours this month. I have copics and prisma pencils so will be using those to start. One quick question though – if I share on insta and use your hashtag, will you (or anyone else) be able to see what I made if I am private? Either way, I’m going to give this a try.
Thanks-
Maria
Hi Maria, So happy that you found my blog and I would love for you to join the challenge. Honestly I do not know if you are private that I can see your coloring? I guess we will have to do a test. Be sure to tag me kathyrac. So happy that you are in. 🙂
Hi again!
I posted a pic on Instagram just a short while ago, tagging you as well as putting in your hastag. By chance was it visible to you? Thnx again. It was great to color tonight!!
Thanks for all the handy tips. F or fun, just so I can show you I’m really paying attention, because this is not significant , the baby wipe was used but it wasn’t mentioned as being essential.
I love this idea! I will try to follow as much as possible!
Yay thanks Andrea 🙂
I am so happy my local rubber stamp store sent this to me! I am so going to love coloring and doodling for myself over the upcoming days (even though I am starting late)…yay!
Hmm not sure how this works but I color everyday at least! You may use these HTML tags and attributes:
I posted a picture on Instagram Kathy with a #Kathyrac .. will you see it?
lovely cards! I have never made a shaker card!
Love those doodlie flowers from PTI. Thank you for featuring that stamp set.
Hello
HELLO! I’M HOPING YOU WILL DO MORE OF THESE 30 DAY CHALLENGES.
I would love to join your 30 day coloring challenge.
Hi, Kathy. I hope i’m doing this right. I am a member of Instagram, but never knew how to post things or answer people. lol. I was working on a card for day 1, but I went past midnight. now its day 2. it looks like I posted it and did the hashtag thingee. I had 2 shots of the tiny little card but I just put up one. i’m going back to learn about filtering the photos. i’m computer challenged, so please let me know if I do something wrong or something that makes your life harder. i’m so excited! can I do 2 cards for today and will they count for day 1? or could I just change the hashtag to say day 1? sorry to bother you. I love all of your videos and challenges. I enjoy your blog so much. thanks for everything
I just love your choices for these Doodlie-Do stamps !!