Hello Friends, Can you believe that it’s Day 3 of The Pop Challenge already! It’s going to be a quick post today life is not being generous with the me time factor. If only there we a few more hours in each day! *sigh*
REMINDER the challenge… it’s all about lines. Any line of any kind. Today I am focusing on adding lines to make a frame to finish off my watercoloring. In my video I show you two other frames using stamps instead of hand drawn lines. I watercolored the sweet & charming stamp set called, “Charmed” from Mama Elephant.
It’s not often I watercolor with distress markers but, I will be sharing more with the markers. Love the soft colors I can achieve with them.
To watch the video in HD or larger click here. 🙂
Often when my card is finished I come back to it and add some tiny details like the little eyelash lines on the frame part and the faux stitching. I used Wink of Stella on the moon and on the eye lids. Can you tell I went a little crazy with the lines on the frame?
TODAY’S GIVEAWAY! How about a quick hello today and I will pick a random winner to be announced by next Friday or sooner. The giveaway today is this awesome journal!
Have a good day and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. If you are wondering what the Pop Up Challenge is all about go here. To upload your art on my blog click here and scroll to the bottom of the post.
CARD SUPPLIES AND LINKS
Easy Watercoloring with Tombow Watercolor Markers
Day 15. Add Brown Distress Ink
hello and a giveaway
Beautiful beautiful card!
Cute, cute border! I’ve never thought of doing something like that. Awesome.
Great card – those little hash lines really make a difference – I have to try this and the frame effect! Thanks again for some wonderful inspiration!!
lyn
awwww such a sweet card! and i love the hand drawn frame – makes it yours 🙂
Super cute card love it. This set is amazing and your coloring is perfect
Thanks for another great video. Beautiful card and love your watercoloring. I do find distress ink have little magic in them which pops out with water. Love your frame ideas too.
Amazing card. I enjoy watching you color.
You make it all look so easy and have so many wonderful ideas thanks for sharing such great inspiration, definitely think I’m going to have to invest in some fine line pens. Thanks again.
So cute – I love all your little added bits!
Totally love the idea to add the lines to frame the image, would never have thought to do that!! Thanks for the inspiration and I must go to the stationary store and see if I can find a pen to do my own ‘eyelashes’, they look so cool!!
Well Kathy I did it, I finally did a line and colouring card. Cant believe it and so proud of it too.
I am very proud of you! Do another one and leave the fear at the door! 🙂
I think I prefer your pretty added dots to your eyelashes. All those eyelashes are so tiny I keep squinting to see them. You’re making me cross-eyed here Kathy! It’s really not a good look on me. % ) Ha! I love distress inks.
I’ll tell you a secret. I wear my glasses when I do tiny lines and tiny dots. LOL 🙂
YOU make lines LOOK AWESOME and SOUND like SO MUCH FUN 🙂
I have some line ideas that I hope to transform from ideas to reality – keeping my fingers and pens crossed!!!
Another great idea with lines. I am jealous that you can eat popcorn and paint at the same time!!!!! Lol!!!
You make it look easy….really pretty. Love the lines….btw, I have the same ruler and I absolutely love it. Great for getting everything square.
So smart … frame lines. I’m loving your daily line challenges. Hope you do other challenges!
The 3rd Coloring Challenge starts Oct. 1st for 30 days and there will be more POP Up challenges. Keep checking The Daily Marker so you don’t miss out on the fun. 🙂
I love the little eyelashes you add. It may take a little time but it really does add something to the card.
Hello!! It’s so much fun to see how everyone interprets the concept, I’m loving it! So much inspiration and creativity!
Those little Owls are adorable, love the Pop up theme of lines, never thought of doing something like that, thanks for the inspiration.
Loved watching you watercolor today. Great to see your process! TFS and hello! Hugs, Kristina
Another great video full of tricks and tips. I have to practice framing. It is such a creative look. Thanks again for sharing your talent.
you make the watercoloring look so easy. I don’t have much luck with the distress markers coloring but I do use my distress ink pads all the time.
just curious since I don’t have any sisters … is your twin a identical?
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
I have a fraternal twin. We are very close and have a great time together. 🙂
They’re soooo sweet and your handmade frame is just perf to showcase the card!
What a darling card – love all your special touches too! Thanks so much Kathy!!
Really a great card
Thank you for sharing your art. I always enjoy trying the techniques you show.
I like that look.
That card turned out so cute.
Your card is awesome!
Oh, Kathy! I just love the lines and tiny hash marks that frame your sweet watercolor. It adds the perfect finishing touch! I’m inspired to try it, too! ♡
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love all the details you add, they really make a big difference. Thanks so much for the great instruction and inspiration 🙂
the owls are darling. thanks for sharing insights on “lines”
Oh, they are so cute. I am with you on the not enough hours thingy. I am waiting for the dinner to cook so I’m off to see wdhat this pop up challenge is all about. Hugz
Love the asymmetrical frame and that stamp set kills me with cuteness.
Such a sweet card, Kathy. Loved to watch the process and I also love how the lines add to the design. I created 2 cards yesterday and hope to finish card no. 3 tonight and to post and link them, too. Thanks for the inspiration and incentive!
Marianne x
I don’t think you went crazy with the eyelash marks. I love them and think they add a lot to the card presentation. I am definitely going to try that. Thanks for the inspiration. I am definitely going to work on something today. ope you have a wonderful Sunday!
Your card is simply adorable, Kathy! I’ll bet that cute stamp set is totally sold out because of your card. great tips for framing watercolour – must try, Jo x
Darling card! I am having so much fun and this challenge has been really stretching my creativity beyond the lines.
I love everything about this sweet image and card! And yes the wink of stella glob happened to me yesterday!
So I’m not the only one who gets stella globs! 🙂
I’m pretty sure Max was looking for popcorn. Do you have to stop to let the color dry ever? The finished art is certainly eye catching. Will we get to see the whole set later?
Hello! Just wanted you to know you’ve got me drawing lines all over everything. I can’t seem to stop…
Hello! I really enjoy watching you color. I didn’t know you could use Distress markers in that way.
I thoroughly enjoyed the video today and gained some confidence to try more water coloring. You are a master at lines and framing the stamped impression is such a good idea – have to try it! Thanks for this Pop Up challenge.
Great idea to use the simple lines making a split frame for the card! Thanks for your tips and techniques.
Something so simple, and yet we don’t even think of it unless someone shows us how great it can be. Thanks for showing us the simple as well as the more complex.
Love the frame and how easy it is to make one. Like it’s uniqueness. Beautiful watercoloring. I just adore those 2 owls. What a sweet card. Thanks for all the great ideas you share.
You’re so darn cute! What an increddible amount of instruction you share while you’re coloring and I bet you don’t realize you’re doing it! Love these adorable little owl twins you’ve colored! I’m not an owl fan but Mamma Elephant has done a terriffic job with this illustration! Pink bellies, great idea..so is popcorn! Wink!
Thanks for the inspiration. Have a great day!
The framing adds such impact to your sweet little owl couple! Such a darling card in every way! Thank you for the inspiration, both with your card and the video! Lucky us to have you sharing your talents!
~carol
Such a sweet card. Loving the lines. Great inspiration!
This card is…well…charming. Great idea for the frame…lovely.
What size is the detailed paint brush?
Love this card
The paint brush is a round #1. Great for little detail and not too much water. 🙂
Great idea with the border.
Such a sweet card, love it!!
this card is soooooo cute! Good job on the video, too!
Lovely cards, love the whole concept
Hello! And I just love this adorable card – love owls! (Ok, I’m a bird addict really. lol). That border is different and fun!
Absolutely love your card! Love the frame and the moon!
I love seeing all the different ways of making it your own.This as been a real eye opener for me because I was stuck in the box so to speak when it came to art.I’m starting to see so many different ways of making cards really wow.Awesome Kathy
Those owls are absolutely darling!!! I love those partial lines!! I just might have to try that on one of my cards!!
Absolutely love the owls. You always have such great tips. Love how you made the moon! Thanks for the video and the giveaway.
I loved the DIY lines to frame an artwork. I also loved how you (were you tired?) couldn’t remember the names of the markers and just said that it didn’t matter, that we should use what we want. WOO HOO. I think some of us get so into doing it exactly like the sample that we lose our creativity by not going according to our gut-feel. I was so intrigued by this video and appreciate it very much. Thank you.
No stress coloring is my motto. Go with the creative gut and make it yours. Thanks 🙂
I think I am reading your mind!! LOL On the first day I did what you had as the second challenge and on the 2nd day I did today’s challenge! Going to try to do today’s today instead of going rogue! LOL
I love the fact that you are a twin!! Twice as nice for the world! Your dog sounds like he is so ferocious! Those are the ones that are usually the marshmallows though! We have a black lab, Aussie, that will rush outside when packages arrive. If the driver is not one of the regulars they are always afraid when he goes toward them barking. I always laugh and holler out the window that if the reach their handout to him he will runaway. It works like a charm because Aussie is so dopey that he is a big woosie! Our cat is scarier than the dog is and one day I expect the cat to bark and the dog to meow!! I think they are trans-species. lol
Isn’t the MISTI an incredible tool?? I am so glad that I saved up and got mine. It makes it so much easier to get a crisp image with distress inks and to do perfect masking!!
I love the idea of using the palette to scribble in for watercoloring. Never thought to do that. I always use on color at a time on my acrylic block and wipe each one away when I think I am done with it. Doing it your way is going to save me some ink! Thanks for the idea! Definitely going to have to get my hands on some of the TH Distress Markers!!
Wink of stella markers are one of my favorite things to use!! LOVE them!
Maybe if you contact some Popcorn companies they will donate coupons for a free bag of popcorn to add to some of the prizes! Just a suggestion since Popcorn is an option in each photo.
LOVE your cards and can’t wait to see what is up for tomorrow’s challenge!
Sent hubby to the store to return some bottles so I can get another bag of POPCORN!! Best snack on earth!!! TFS! Sorry so long instead of a quick hello! I guess I am a rebel who just can’t follow the rules! Toodles till next time!
Thanks for being such a rebel who loves popcorn and coloring. The palette for scribbling and mixing makes water coloring easier plus you have more control . Leftover watercolor paints usually can be reactivated with water even a few days later. You can also use your distress inks to get a similar distress marker look. They come in the same colors. Thank you so much for all your feedback. 🙂
I have been using the refill inks and the pads but definitely want to get some markers to be able to control it easier! Thanks again!
Really love how you finished off the border on this card and the creative ones on the other two cards in the beginning. Never gave lines and such any thought. This has opened up a new way to showcase the focal points of a card. Thank you.
Hi Kathy! Love this challenge idea. It gets my mojo moving.
I always enjoy your videos. It’s nice to watch and hear how/why you add the little details that make your art outstanding.
I adore the lines framing the wreath. The little lines are so cool. I thank you for using the distress markers. I like the look they give.
beautiful card Kathy!! love your coloring!! Off to watch your video now..
I love this card. Not only is the image adorable but the design is wonderful. I love the lines you used to act as a frame. It really makes that image more prominent. Thank you for giving us a chance to win that journal. I really could use it…want to start an art journal. Thanks for having the hop and for sharing. Love it.
Darling card! Love the watercolor!
I love the eyelashes on the frame area. What a great idea! Thanks Kathy!
Dibblie dabble dot. I love your piece of art another excellent tip for added beauty to a card:)
Oh our sweet Kathy, how you inspire us all to reach a wider understanding of our own abilities and ideas of what art could be.
Cute card! I love owls
and these are sweet.
Carla from Utah
That frame really pulls the cute card together!
Cute card! It reminds me of applique! TFS..
Love this card so very sweet!
love that stamp set too!
I have hard times to use the distress markers directly on the water color paper..only can do so for tiny details..and for coloring huge pieces I use them scribbled on an acrylic block..
the problem with the Wink pen I know so well too…
Your card is so beautiful! I love the frame you added and all the little marks. So creative. I enjoyed watching your watercolour! I haven’t come up with anything clever for your challenge – I’ve had no mojo this summer and this is the second month of my blog break. Hoping I get my mojo back soon, at least so I can play in your next pop-up challenge!
That journal is awesome just like your blog!
Cool project! I love how your lines make the perfect frame for your image 🙂
Fabulous frame ideas… and I love distress markers!
Thanks for an awesome video!!! I just love it.
Learning a lot here and love the cards. TFS
super cute… love this challenge
Adorable card with awesome coloring! Love the lines detail to draw your eye to the focal point, especially the eyelash lines.
Love how you drew that neat frame–gotta try it!
This is a very sweet card. I love the colors from your Distress markers. I need a few more hours in each day, too! If you figure out how to get them, PLEASE let me know!! 🙂
lovely! Love the borders surrounding this sweet image.
Great card – and awesome inspiration as always. 🙂
I love your card and the way you used the lines to frame the main portion. I’ll be trying that one! Your card is so pretty!
Hello!:) I love the way the card turned out!
Your card is adorable. I love your drawn on lines. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Such a pretty card. I love the look of watercolor that you can get with the Distress Inks.
Sweet card…your ideas are awesome! I love painting with the distress markers as well. Hoping to get some time today to work on the challenge. I have another project that is time sensitive that I have to finish first.
Cute card and border lines.
Hello Kathy, love your take on card making…the little details add so much……
Kathy, I love how you draw the frame lines in but make them farther apart and shorter/closer together and longer for an interesting yet simple addition!
Line Pop Up challenge- YUM!
Beautiful card and great idea for decorating with offset borders!
Lovely card Kathy,and your line frames look great!
Hi Kathy…love how you did that frame…!!
I love everything about this card!
Thank you Kathy for showing us this card. I just love this Owl stamp called “Charmed”! Cute card – I am looking forward to making it.
I love watching your videos, I always pick up some tips and ideas. Karen x
Super cute card! Love the frame idea 🙂
Kathy, I love what you’ve done here! And I’m a little partial to owls (my faves)…thanks for the opportunity to win something!
Thanks for another great card and video, Kathy Rac!
What an adorable card! My mom loved owls and I think of her whenever I see an owl
Your videos are always fun to watch Kathy. Very sweet card. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for squeezing this in to your busy day. I haven’t had much luck with the Distress Markers yet but, thanks to your inspiration, I am going to give it another try. Thank you so much!
this card is so sweet. Thank you for sharing
this card is so sweet. Thank you for sharing your awesome talent.
Sweet card. I love the idea of using lines to “frame” my work and I will try it. Your patience just has to be out of the world with all of the eyelash lines. LOL. Don’t think that I could sit still for too many of those. Thanks for sharing.
Love the lines to frame your watercolor! Beautiful! Will definitely have to try this!!
Hi Kathy,
Yet another card where you continue to inspire and challenge me. I love the little owls and they way your beautiful coloring gives the little critters a little personality.
Pat
I love this Pop -Up Challenge. It’s unfortunate that I was only able to finish one panel colored in with Copics but I wasn’t able to mount it on a card…Ugh….Like you’ve been saying….Time is not my friend these past several days. Either way, I am going to finish my Pop-Up Challenge and post my pic’s on Instagram as soon as I’m done. I can’t wait for your next Pop-Up Challenge and hopefully I will be able to finish on time. Thanks so very much for this Challenge. It made me really think a lot. 🙂
Love the cute card and like the lines on the border. I am going to try that.
What a beautiful card! I learned lots of good techniques for adding special details to a card. Thanks!
Love the idea of the frame around the card. Lovely coloring, too. Thanks very much for a chance to win. Michelle t
I just love what you do and how you do it. Hey, from all these posts your famous! LOL Now I just have to do some of it! Right now besides doing your challenge I am going to stamp some images for my niece to take home to FL. She loves some of my stamps so I will give her the images so she can use them when she wants to make a card. Aren’t I a nice aunt? LOL
Wow only the third pop-up video and I’ve learned so many wonderful ideas and techniques! Wouldn’t think that some little tiny lines or a frame would set off a card so beautifully. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Hi Kathy!
Thanks for sharing your AWESOME Card and video…I love these adorable owls! Have a wonderful day! 🙂
Another lovely project!
What a sweet image! Love the water-coloring and the lines framing the card. Thanks so much for sharing your talent!
Such a beautiful card, Kathy! Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiration with us!
Popping by to say hello! : ) Such an adorable card (I love owls too). I also enjoy watercoloring with distress markers–so easy! Loving your Pop Up challenges and all the tips and techniques. Thanks for showing the lined frame–wonderful look!
Love all your ideas, still doing my lines, but scrapped today’s lot.
Howdy! What an adorable card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Very sweet card. I love how you used lines to enhance the card. Awesome watercoloring!
I simply love your finished card, Kathy! The “eyelash” lines really do create a delightful finishing touch.
This card is just so cute. You gave them so much personality with the little pink cheeks and tummy.
Cute card!
Such a sweet card! Love all the little finishing touches too. And what a great way to incorporate lines by making a unique frame. Also really like the idea of using sentiments as a frame. Fabulous ideas as always!
Very cute. I’m really loving all your little doodled details
Love that drawn frame!
What fun this challenge has been….for me, this day was the hardest….but it is good to stretch me! Love your frame!
Thank you for teaching once again through video. Your watercoloring is wonderful and I’m looking forward to practicing what you were teaching… love the lines too!
How beautiful. Love all your works on coloring, Kathy!
Such a pretty frame – love all your cards so far!
Another beautiful card! Amazing how these little details can just make the card pop! Thanks for the inspiration!
such a fun card, love those little owls!!
Adorable card! Love the frame around the wreath!
I love how you colored the butterflies! So pretty,
I love the lines–this is a great card. I had no idea you were a twin!
I love this stamp set! 🙂
New to your blog, loving your ideas. Tfs.
I’m thrilled you found me. Welcome. The third 30 Day Coloring Challenge starts on Oct.1 so I hope you can join the fun but there is always fun in between. 🙂
I am going backwards as I am just catching up I LOVE this challenge and can’t get over the lines techniques you are showing us….and oh I also love how natural you are in videos!
Awww..thanks so much. 🙂
Great idea with the “eyelashes”!!! Always inspiring Kathy!
Your masking is wonderful for those cute little owls. I loved your story about making the frame with lines. I love your details!
Perfect border with just a few lines, great job!
Beautiful, love the twin owls!
I love when you use watercolor! To me it is still difficult for me to use in small details, like the stamps you samples; but keep practicing
Love your video and this series. So happy I finally discovered you.
Love the subtle, yet distinctive look you achieved. I could see that done on tile and sealed to make co a trivet as a house warming or wedding present. Beautiful and inspiring. ~M~
Absolutely love this! I love owls. So does my sister, who happens to be the mother of fraternal twins. Boy and Girl.. Let me tell ya, those kids couldn’t be more different either.. haha I love them both like they are my own. Thanks so much for sharing, and taking the time to make a video. I love to watch you color.
Kathy, Beautiful card.
I truly love the eyelash lines you added. Would never have thought to do it, but will give it a go on a future card. Great watercolor, by the way. Really enjoy your videos and blog.