Hello Friends, How was your weekend? I was on the go go go. Today I am on the Power Poppy blog sharing coloring on the go…. something I am very passionate about.
Do you remember seeing this antique in my coloring challenge video? See how I made this antique work for me on the Power Poppy blog today.
Ahhh I am in love with this stamp called, “Glistening Paperwhites” You will find more photos and more details on the PP blog … how about a giveaway?
GIVEAWAY: Win a stuffed goodie bag. To quality leave a comment on the Power Poppy Blog here. I will announce a random winner from the Power Poppy Blog comments. Winner will be announced on my blog next weekend. Good Luck 🙂
Have a wonderful day and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. There are now 3 ways to share what you are coloring. If you want to join a community of coloring enthusiasts I recommend  FaceBook or Instagram. Be sure to tag me and use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. Kids & young adults use #thedailymarker30daykids.
The 3rd way is to link up to my blog to share your coloring. Click here .. You will find the Inlinkz button at the bottom of the post.
P.S.S.  If you’re new to the coloring challenge or have any questions about the coloring challenge you can refer to this post.
Jennifer T says
Cute caddy Kathy! Your water coloring is so vibrant, just love it!
Dolly (scrapthat) says
Love the basket. LOVE the cards…heck I even love the watercolor towel!! 😀 TFS
Paulyne says
I love the water coloring, it is so beautiful and I love the bright colors. You have me inspired. Wish I wasn’t working so I had more time to craft. Well, I guess it will happen soon enough. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas.
Arianna Barbara says
Love your watercolored cards!!!
Denise Bryant says
Love your antique basket!
I have done some ‘on the go’ projects too, and find I get frustrated by not packing enough. Seems I always miss something!
Vinita Jain says
Love the antique look of the basket, excited to see more at Poppy stamps and your watercolored are so bright and wonderful,!
Marie says
Love the basket!!! But your color with any medium is so amazing!!
Kulbir Kirkland says
Such a cute basket! Kathy your coloring is awesome. I don’t own any tombow markers thanks for helping me add more things to my shopping list 🙂
Kathy Racoosin says
We always enable each other! LOL Thanks for joining the challenge, 🙂
Dee Earnshaw says
Basket is so cute and fantastic coloring (as usual LOL!!)
Joyce says
I bought the Concord and 9th set that you showed last week and it’s out for delivery. Such fast shipping I’m so excited! Now to get stuff done so I can color all evening! Woohoo!
Oh and my husband asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said markers, help me to decide what kind……
Tombow, fill in colic colors? Is there something that is the perfect marker?
Kathy Racoosin says
The perfect marker is the one you enjoy the most. My perfect marker is copics. Tombows you can color with alone, use as watercolor, comes with a blender marker and a lot of the copic techniques apply for example: tip to tip or lifting one color off an acrylic block with the other color marker. Budget also enters the picture. Hope this helps. 🙂
Mary Holshouser says
thanks for the idea.
I’m going to use it on a crate
that’s stuffed on a shelf unused.
Going to put it into service.
barb macaskill says
LOVE this crate/tote! Your coloring is lovely as always! TFS!
{vicki} in ga says
LOVE those stockings!
D.Ann C says
If I were trying to get a towel to turn out that pretty, it’d never work, but yours turns out that way without even trying. lol! I haven’t been able to color yet this month, but I always find it quite relaxing to peruse your fabulous creations!
Marty B says
Gorgeous, scrumptious color!!! WOW & very cool basket!
Anita says
Great coloring!
Fiki says
its so nice crate!
I will go see what did you make with it.
hugs
BunnyD says
Love your basket! Does the colour come out of your towel?
Judy Unnone says
Love the basket and the coloring! I’m having so much fun with the challenge btw!!!!!
Kathy Racoosin says
Fabulous! Thanks for being part of the challeng. 🙂
AnnB says
Great colouring Kathy,the Power Poppy stamps are one of my all time faves!
Regina says
Thanks for sharing your ‘on the go essentials’, Kathy! Love the idea of using packaging instead of palette. I think plastic soap dish or tiny melamine plate would also work instead of the palette.
I usually take only colored pencils with me, as we mostly travel to the mountains and I don’t think markers can survive on higher altitudes. All my Sakura liners went running when I tried using them above 7000 feet and it was a mess.
Your coloring is very beautiful! Love how you created this volume and at the same time I wonder “How you’ve done it” LOL. I need to practice more with highlights and shading. 🙂
carol says
Kathy, your “colouring on the go” post is incredibly timely. My husband’s sister passed away on Wednesday (hearts hurting….) and we’ll be heading west to join the rest of his family for a celebration of her life this coming Friday. Bringing along images and colouring supplies is on my packing list, for those times over the weekend when I’ll need my space to think about her in peace and solitude. Thank you for the what-to-bring ideas! Your crate is lovely; I’ll be using a rubbermaid container! Not exactly fancy *grin*
~carol
Kathy Racoosin says
So sorry to hear about your loss. May coloring soothe your heart and soul if only for a brief moment. I’m glad my on the go post helped. Take care 🙂
meghan says
Cute caddy Kathy! Your water coloring is so vibrant, just love it!
Carla Hundley says
Awesome way to travel
and color! Love the basket
and goodies in it. Very pretty
coloring.
Carla from Utah
Sue LD says
Love the stylish way you carry your supplies.
shartl says
What fun to think of you carrying this cute tote with you so you can use your down time to color anytime! Love it!
Dawn Y. says
What a wonderful way to travel! Your coloring + Marcy’s artwork = Perfection! You inspired me to pack art supplies for our recent trip to Arizona, Kathy. What fun it was to sit in a shady spot looking out over the desert and watercolor some cacti for cards! It felt so special! Maybe next time I will be brave enough to take out some supplies on the airplane. ♡
Kathy Racoosin says
Sounds perfect. I’m so pleased I inspired you to take along art supplies. I always color on the airplane. It makes the time fly by. LOL 🙂
Jean marmo says
Such a great idea. Love the coloring.
Marianne says
Love your colour choices!
Marianne x
Jackie Andino says
Lovely coloring!! My first time doing the coloring challenge , and I have to say I’m having so much fun coloring and getting so much inspiration from others. Love it !
Kathy Racoosin says
Welcome Jackie. I apperciate you being part of the challenge and finding time for you. We are an amazing community of kindness and inspiration. Keep having fun. 🙂
karenladd says
I have a plastic bin with a lid that I use when I travel but this is MUCH cuter!!
Patt H. says
Awesome basket, Kathy! Love your cards & your blog. You have taught me so much about different types of coloring. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Kathy Racoosin says
Thank you so much. I love when someone shares they are experimenting etc. Thank you for being part of my challenge. 🙂
Aileen Ryan says
Beautiful colouring Kathy, love the both of them. The caddy looks cool, me, I have a storage on wheels I use to use when I painted it comes in so handy and amazing what you can fit in it hen travelling.
Rijacki Ledum says
Love your vibrant colours!
Maureen Chandler says
Your basket and your cards are all fantastic! I look forward to checking out your blog each day so thank you!
Angela W says
I love using baskets to hold stuff in my house. They just make everything look better!!
Susan G says
Oh Kathy…the colors you used on those Christmas stockings is just beyond wonderful. I really love them. Thanks for the gorgeous color combos.
Traci Starkweather says
Hi Kathy! (I left this msg on the Power Poppy blog also. I wasn’t sure which had a better chance of you reading it. I put 2 requests in my comment. I hope you will consider them for one day.
Iwant to add that I love how your basket came out! I keep a tote bag with colored pencils, a small coloring book, and several stamped images ready to go anywhere! If it’still more than a doctor’s appt, I pack a box with more. I make the stamped/colored images into cards or use them in a scrapbook page when I have time at home. )
Here is the comment I made on the PP BLOG:
I love these images and how you gave them such bursts of color!
I adore the stocking with Teddy holding on to the little sprig! Such tiny detail!
I love, love, love the flower spray! I can never tell with your beautiful use of shading with the: color blending, the grey colors, and getting into ever nook and cranny with layers of color if you have cut out a piece of the image and popped it up on foam or if it is your mastery of illusions through color that make it seem popped up!
I would love it if maybe one day…even a year from now, you would please do a super quick video on which grey Copics are warm vs. cool, and when/how to use the different techniques for different results. I hope you will please consider putting this on your “Maybe Some Day” list.
I’d also love to see how you would color water in a clear vase with a flower stem or two in it. I’ve seen it done by applying Distress Ink straight to paper, roughly from the pad. I want to see you work your magic in a more refined way! If you have either of these already covered, would you please share a link? Thank you for considering sharing your knowledge on one or both of these areas.
Thank you for yet another chance at a give-away!
He-IS-Able!
Traci Starkweather tracistarkweather@gmail.com
TracyM #6773 says
BEAUTIFUL and PRACTICAL colouring basket Kathy!!!
I LOVE how organised you are, LOVE your colouring too => THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
PS – I LOVE seeing old items re-purposed and loved, the quality is amazing to the almost disposable products of today
Kathy Racoosin says
I couldn’t agree more. The charm of old items always pulls me.Thank you for your kind words. 🙂
Tema says
Your coloring is always so perfectly beautiful.great card!Altenew has so many awesome sets of stamps to choose.
Linda Whitaker says
Kathy, your bouquet turned out really great even tho’ you weren’t happy with it. Keep up the good work
Maggie Arambarry says
Love the basket! 🙂
Julie H in MN says
I love your coloring, no classes needed for you!!
Paula Fuller says
Visiting your blog is ALWAYS a special treat. Your cards are Over-The-Top special. And thanks a bushel for the video, another great learning experience.
Chris Handy says
Love your flower bouquet card. Ingenious use of the doily stencil.
Katy says
Beautiful! The colors are so vibrant!
Jean Bullock says
Off I go to the Power Poppy blog. See you there.
Karen says
Beautiful cards as always Kathy. My son is a rower and I always take a supply of stamped images and my pencils and bits and bobs to colour. Some times I colour a whole image other days only a line or two, just depends on how distracting the river is. I do like the idea of a basket though, might need to look out for something like this. xo
Sandy Lane says
love the watercoloring
Nan Leiker says
I love the tutorial you did on the card using the Adore you set! Not only was your card beautiful, but it inspired me to not be afraid of watercolors! Thank you!
Teresa Doyle says
I totally colour on the go and I LOVE it. I keep smaller pre-stamped images in pks. One for colouring with Copics and another packet of pre-stamped images for watercolouring. Label the front so I know which to grab with which medium and I am out the door. I also have my essentials packed and ready to go.
Helen Gullett says
WOW!!!! LOVE this a lot!
Moira OReilly says
Just beautiful, as always Kathy. The basket is lovely and the little stockings are so whimsical.
Cheryl L. says
So great! I should color on the go more! Love your color choices!
Pennie says
I love this, Kathy
Milka says
Love the crate and your coloring. So sweet. :o)
Yar Ortiz says
I need to try watercoloring! WoW
Susie Sonnier says
Such a good Idea
Jessica Whitehouse says
What pretty cards! I like the stockings. I’m hoping Santa will bring me a travel sized coloring book.
Gail Plaskiewicz says
I like your on the go stuff and that basket is so cool. Kind of like Red Riding Hood and her basket of goodies that she brought to granny.
When I work at pre-school during nap time I always bring something to do. The regular teachers (I am a sub) have paper work to do and now even computer work. I don’t. All I really have to do is make sure none of the kids is having a party on their cot and keeping the others awake and take someone to the bathroom if they have to go. Otherwise I am on my own after I eat lunch. Nap time is from 12:30 -2:30 and it doesn’t take me that long to eat lunch. I usually bring a plastic bag full of cards I want to make and the stuff to make them with. However, I usually forget one or 2 things and I can’t go back home to get them. That part really bugs me. Otherwise, I usually get a lot done and I get a lot of compliments from the other teachers.
Right now my dad is in a nursing home. He fell outside his doctors on a wet, windy day with a lot of leaves blowing around and he fractured his collarbone. His home is up the street from us so we go see him everyday, sometimes 2 times a day. He’s not a big talker and he never really was. Mainly what he does all day is watch TV, go for therapy which is about a half hour to an hour, and get fed 3 times a day through his feeding tube. He is able to eat some soft food by mouth so he does that too. They bathe and shave him too but there really isn’t much to talk about. Sometimes he sleeps in his chair there. We ask him questions and try to talk about his day but most of the time he’s not very talkative, so I bring up my coloring. I’ve been making a lot of Christmas cards so I cut a bunch of them out and take them with me. I have a very big baggie that I put my clip board in, my cut out cards, my 2 boxes of colored pencils, my box of Crayola colored pencils, my 3 boxes of chalk pencils, my 2 boxes of Crayola markers and an 8 box of florescent Crayola crayons. I could bring more but they won’t fit and then it would be to much to carry anyway. Some stuff like my water colors I couldn’t use so I just go with that. I love that I actually get stuff done and then because there isn’t much room to do much more then color I put the cards together at home and do any stamping at home too. Don’t you love how all our stuff is so portable?