Hello Friends, Happy weekend to you. Today is day 11 and I have a change to announce.
I am thrilled to see everyone so busy posting their marvelous creations. It’s music to my ears that you are finding “you” time & I am overjoyed but, stressing out and dislike disappointing anyone. I’m so lucky to have your support and kindness and I agonized over this change. There are around 700 posts per day on Instagram only…. Overwhelmingly wonderful but I can’t begin to choose which fabulous creation should be highlighted in the “All about You” feature post. I need to discontinue this post for my peace of mind… My heart would break if I hurt someone’s feelings….. and you all know I have struggled with this each week in the past. The good news is our ever growing 30 Day Color Challenge community has grown beyond my wildest dreams. We are a group of tremendous support and kindness and each day I feel so blessed.
Thank you in advance for your understanding… it means so much to me.
It must have been meant to be that I was coloring this last night because you all really do have a “pizza my heart” 🙂
This past week I have been mentioning that my kissin’ cousins daughter (my 2nd cousin) was here visiting and it was her last night so we went to my nieces house … brought dinner and were ready to chill and have a little wine.
I brought some distress ink to get my coloring in for the day. The lid to the take out container worked like a charm and while they were playing with those little hands I was doing my thing.
They both fell in love with this set called, “Funny Foods” and the sentiments are perfection.
The only problem was the watercolor paper felt dry but it wasn’t so you can see the results of that …the bleeding but, were were having fun and that’s what counts. My niece is obsessed with these little hands … so fun lol.
Have a great weekend and thank you for your continued support, inspiration and daily visits. Big hugs, Kathy
P.S. Click here for DAY 1. TO UPLOAD YOUR COLORING on my blog or here on Instagram or here on Facebook (it’s a closed group). Please remember to use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day and for kids & young adults #thedailymarker30daykids
P.S.S. If you have any questions about the coloring challenge you can refer to this post and see my video here. The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. (However feel free to jump in or out as time permits). Any coloring medium is welcomed.
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Kathy, totally understand about the need to stop “all about you.” The nice thing about social media is that it’s easy…and after months (years?) of following you and others, I started my own little instagram account just in time for this challenge. I wouldn’t have done that without the encouragement so richly and warmly available in places like your blog and 30daychallenges! BTW, those little foodie stamps are coming home with me ASAP–perfect for cards to my tweenage son when he’s at sleepaway camp!
Thank you for understanding, Essie. Also for your sweet comment!
Oh, how fun! Love these adorable little images and the fantastic cards you created with them!
Totally understandable!! Personally I just feel special everytime I see you have peeked at my coloring, and left me such lovely comments! so it’s all good Kathy 😀 Don’t worry your pretty little head about it 😉
Thank you so much, Dolly!
So fun! Glad you are having such a great time with your cousin! Family time is so much fun!
I am surprised that you did the “all about you” as long as you did! It would have stressed me out too much to even to it once! LOL You are an amazaing woman who could never disappoint us! Inspire~YES, Delight~YES Honor us~ YES Disappoint NO!
TFS!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Barb!
Hi Kathy, No worries about the change! I would agonize over having to choose just a few, too! Oh, those tiny hands are hilarious…I was looking at the hands peeking out from the sweater and was wondering why they are so small! So funny! Enjoy your family time and those adorable cards you’re working on! Such cute images!
Thank you for understanding, Laura!
THis is such a fun stamp set. I never buy the food sets…not thinking I would use it a lot but you made this one a gotta have. LOL
I totally understand your decision here – please don’t put yourself under pressure!! Just bask in the knowledge that you’re getting us all to do a little bit of colouring each day!
Fab fun food stamps and colouring btw! So glad you had a fun time!
Christine x
I appreciate your understanding, Christine!
How cute and fun!
Oh I totally get how hard it would to be to choose who to focus on. No worries. I am so happy that this challenge is getting so big. People need to stop and take a little time to just relax and coloring is a good way to do it. I adore your cute little creations you made. I like the way the watercolor ran a little-looks “real” and that is what life is all about!! Thank you for your inspiration. I am FINALLY going to get to color today!!
Thank you Nora!! Happy coloring!
SO CUTE, KATHY! The little cards & the little hands! LOL It’s SO NICE to have “family time” with those you love! 😉 (I think this set would make WONDERFUL VALENTINES in the future!) Understand too, about not being able to choose from ALL of those that have entered! I would be OVERWHELMED at the thought of that! There are SO MANY WONDERFUL CREATIONS submitted!!! 😉 Planning on some MESSY PLAYING this weekend! (((HUGS!)))
Thank you so much, Becky. I appreciate you understanding.
Looks like y’all had so much fun! Wine and coloring–can’t beat that! Haha! Don’t worry at all about dropping the “all about you” feature! You do so much already for this challenge and I can’t imagine how hard it was to do that! I’m glad you’re freeing yourself from it! All we have to do to see the beautiful coloring is to go on Instagram or Facebook and see so much inspiration–it’s wonderful! Happy Saturday!
Thank you so much for putting yourself in my shoes, Carol. Appreciate the kind words.
That stamp set really cracks me up! I had so much fun coloring with my great niece last month–and always with my grand’s. It keeps the focus on the fun and helps me let go of trying for perfection, which I cannot achieve anyway! Enjoy!
Just joining in with my friends on Instagram is great fun and I know you do so much prep for this. The All About You really won’t be missed by me. My work is out there. We can all post our colouring and watch our work improve as we practice. You do enough for us! Thank you for giving us so much of your time.
Thanks for underdstanding, Bunny.
These are so cute Kathy. Sounds like you ladies had a fun and relaxing evening!
Don’t worry about choosing anyone Kathy. They are up on your fb page, just let everyone look at all of that eye candy and just enjoy IT! You shouldn’t be stressing over this, you should be relaxing with a glass of wine and colouring beautiful things for us to “oooh & aaaah” over! LOL
Now, please get that glass and go do a bit of relaxing. Oh, and BTW, don’t forget to turn that camera on! LOL
LOL. Thank you for understanding!
Such an amazing lady you are Kathy , you brought so many people together from all different walks of life – Amazing ! We are a community made of one another , for one another and that includes you my friend .
Peace and joy to you !
🙂 Thanks for your sweet comment, Tracy!
Dearest Kathy!! Please don’t stress – you are all about helping us destress 😉 You post such awesome inspiration here, and on your YouTube channel and as you say we have hundreds of friends posting on IG and I imagine in the FB group as well. This is the most awesome event ever and my only hope is that you can enjoy it too. Please don’t ever worry about hurting our feelings – we are overwhelmed with your kindness and talent. I am so very grateful xoxo …. oooh it is almost wine time in Montreal LOL
Thank you so much for understanding and empathizing!
Your little cards are adorable! So glad for the fun time with your girls. These stamps are so cute! Thanks, Kathy, for blessing so many.
I can’t believe you kept the reader focus section going through so many challenges! It is wonderful to look through the links or the challenge hashtag. You should not spend any time feeling bad about discontinuing that section and celebrate the fantastic community that you have built! Thanks for all you do!!!
Thank you, Irene!
Best decision ever, Kathy! Everyone feels special now! Heartfelt thanks for all you do and for building this wonderful community of kindred spirits. Love you, Kathy!! ♡
Great way to put it Dawn! Thanks for understanding!
Kathy, I’m so glad you have released yourself from this burden. Its lovely that you wanted to highlight other creations during your 30 Day Colouring Challenge but if you overwork yourself, you may end up not wanting to do another challenge ever again! #heavenforbid This challenge is a sacrifice of your time and energy so you need to figure out what works best for you.
Thank you for your sweet comment, Manda.
Those “little hands” were giving the creeps until I saw what they were! Then I just laughed and I like them now.
I am proud of you for thinking of yourself once in awhile and taking this bit out of the challenge. It makes if more fun for you and we sure don’t mind. Just having you ‘talk” to us is great and I love the challenge. Now you can enjoy it too! Have a great weekend, Kathy.
Thank you for understanding, Erna!
Kathy ,I can see why you like this stamp set. The says are soo cute, another to add to my wish list. Im glad you came to a decision that you are happy with because thats what this is all meant to be about. We all totally enjoy the challenges as it gets us thinking, we all love trolling through the entries to meet and follow others that are doing amazing things and most of all its meant to be about fun, for us and you. So chill babe and enjoy the ride. Hugs Aileen
Thanks Aileen, for your kind comment.
Simple yet very cute. Love seeing your mishaps makes me feel better of the challenges I encounter.
This is our very first time joining the challenge and it has been a blast for me and my daughter! It is like we are celebrating colouring everyday for 30 days with people around the world! How fun is that! We just wanted to let you know that we are having fun and are loving it! Thank you so much! XOXO
That makes my day! So happy you and your daughter are participating and WELCOME!
These images are so cute! Glad you got to do them with your family.
It’s certainly okay with me if you discontinue that feature, Kathy. There’s so many people colouring, so many to look at. It would be overwhelming to pick and choose. I think you do an amazing job with this challenge, and I appreciate your daily encouragement and inspiration. I love how you are squeezing in your colouring, so fun! Those little hands crack me up!
Thank you so much for understanding!!!
Great cards. Love the food and the water colour background.
I am glad you put the link to the “hands” on the site.
I was wondering what doll had two right hands holding the wine bottle.
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy.
These are so much fun.
Your decision is the right one, Kathy, mainly for your peace of mind, not to mention your precious time! Bravo! How fun are these cards and, most important, the special companionship you had while creating them! I soooo appreciate your comments on my niece and nephew’s colouring (c.justme on IG)! Now that I’m back home (tears falling….but I’ll head back soon), I’ll be pestering my SIL to send photos that I can upload! They’re loving the challenge and I love sharing their creativity! The hearts send them over the moon!
~carol
Thank you for understanding, carol. I am delighted you and your neice and nephew are enjoying the challenge!! Makes me smile!
Hey Kathy!! Take a load off girl!! Lol! I understand about you having to stop the all about you posts and that’s ok. I cannot stand hurting anyone’s feelings either. It hurts my heart! So I know how you feel. Anyone that’s been following you or that knows you will totally get it and understand and be ok with it so no worries!!
P.S. Those cards are the CUTEST!!
P.P.S. I need some of that wine too!! Lol!!
Thank you for understanding, Sara. I am so happy everyone seems to be empathetic and understanding about my decision.
Those little food cards are so cute. I don’t have any food stamps and I like the idea I have seen some awesome works done with them and you just nailed it that I need to get some. So cute and fun sentiments.
Glad you got some quality time with your cousin. That is always fun having family around and sharing talents, stories, fun times.
these stamps are my fav in this release. p.s. finding link to comments very difficult/hidden.
These are all fun ways of creating and maybe I should consider getting some food stamps, thanks for sharing.
Cute stamps and coloring!
I can understand the load of choosing entries for ‘All about you’, as your challenge is very popular, and you have loads to pick from. I haven’t been able to join this time, but I was happy to see you stopping by to comment. I am sure everyone understands your dilemma!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment and understanding.
I just have to chime in and say the goal of this challenge is to find out how fun and relaxing coloring is. I would submit by the growth seen in your challenges, you’ve met and even possibly exceeded that goal. Look how many people are interested in coloring and sharing now. We have YOU and your huge heart to thank for that. To do something that counteracts the relaxing and fun challenge you have established seems to defeat the purpose of the whole shebang. I don’t mind a bit that you’ve stopped doing something that stresses you out. I’m sad to read that you’ve been worried or stressed about that selection process and post. Give it up so you can continue to thrive and shine! Big hugs!
Oh by the way, the post you shared here is so fun! I am so happy you are taking the time to enjoy your family and lots of fun coloring time. Love the results of the watercoloring. Those hands…when I first saw them I thought they were a little one’s hands, but I thought they doesn’t look quite right. Then I got it! And giggled! 🙂 Thanks for that, too!
Thank you so very much, Jeanne! Your sweet comment made me smile.
Kathy, I think we all understand, and NO worries about the change. We are just happy to be together with you and each other and coloring. You are so lucky to have family around to craft with, cherish them !! That stamp is my favorite is the new release, it is so funny, speaking of funny, those hands..boy I am so not with it some times, I thought those were your hands in the picture I kept looking for what little hands you were talking about, I knew there weren’t any in the stamp set. I didn’t get it until I got to the end of the post and saw the picture at the end. OMG, she is right, those are so funny, where do people come up with there ideas, lol
I appreciate you understanding, Tracey!
no worries!
If we all use the #thedailymarker30day then we have our “all about you” post already. Just need to look at Instagram to see it!
LOL. Exactly!! Love your attitude! 🙂
Hello 🙂
Kathy….definitely NO NEED to apologize. You do sooooo much already! And every little thing takes so much time. Drink some of that wine, sit back, and smell the ink. You deserve it. Thanks for hosting this fabulous challenge.
Thank you so much, Lynda.
I love those little characters with the stick arms too! Just love how you colored them! Looks like you had a wonderful evening, Kathy!!
those helping hands are so great!
great coloring!
I myself hate stress so i can understand your feelings. About those little helping hands, I will have my granddaughter here thursday and then both granddaughters here saturday night and our little man Axel our youngest grandson (he’s the hands of the bunch). I am working on him with crafts at age 1 1/2 and have my first “Axel Art” lol and of course it’s just beautiful for nana. Even though it is just scribbling it has to start some place.
Such fun creations, Kathy. Please don’t fret over discontinuing your feature posts. I think we all realise there’s only 24 hours in a day, and you need your rest as well. And who knew your colouring challenge would become the most popular one in blogland?
Marianne x
Thank you so much for understanding, Marianne!
Adorable cards and fun helper hands! I think we all understand the need for the change and appreciate all you do to inspire us. As you said, this challenge is to be fun to all and not stress, that applies to you too Kathy, you are a very kind and committed person from what I can gather and it shows thru all you share , so please don’t worry about changes you need to do, after all is your challenge and it is so much fun and good for all who partake of it, I am sure most won’t mind it, let social media be the gallery and each user the curator of their own collection of faves…Thanks for all the inspiration and have a wonderful day!!