Coloring

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

While on my break, I've been doing a lot of coloring.

I participated in Kathy Racoosin's Online Class,
The Coloring Challenge Road Trip.
I had so much fun with the class and learned a lot.

Right now Kathy is hosting one of her
30 Day Coloring Challenges
and I've enjoy checking in with her each day and
doing some coloring along the way.
Thanks for all the inspiration, Kathy!

Day One was Coloring with Sharpies.
What?

I pulled some Sharpies out of the grandkids supplies and went to work
on a NBUS stamp.

I stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch ink onto Neenah cardstock

 and used orange and red Sharpies.  I used both the fine tip and ultra fine tip types.

The stems were done with Watercolor Pencils and I used a bit

of white gouache paint to splatter.

While the stamp was in my MISTI, I stamped again with Shadow Gray Archival ink

on mixed media paper.

This time I colored with Arteza Twimarkers and blended with my waterbrush.

Adding highlights to the nooks and crannies with colored pencils

works beautifully with both media.

I can't decide which way I like the best!

Both were fun ways to color and I was pleased with the results of both.

I hope you are all healthy and taking advantage of our enforced time at home.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Bitty Blossoms (GKD), Agapanthus (TT)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black

Other:  Sharpies (Orange, Red), Arteza Watercolor Pencils (Moss Green, Olive, Green, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Yellow), Double Pierced Square (AE), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Bitty Blossoms (GKD), Handwritten Notes (PTI)

Ink:   Smokey Grey Archival, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: Neenah, Mixed Media, Basic Black  

Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (249 Bumblebee, 113 Orange, 114 Ruby Red, 135 Olive, 192 Sage Green)

More Playing with Color

Hi there.  I'm so glad you popped in!

I've really enjoyed playing with color!
Kathy Racoosin's Online Coloring Road Trip has been a great inspiration!

I used a new to me stamp set called Mon Ami to stamp these flowers with 

a light color ink and did no-line coloring with Distress ink to color the flowers. 

Then I used colored pencils to add depth in

the nooks and crannies like she showed on day one and added some

outlining like she showed in day 3.

I used the same stamp inked up with black ink, again coloring
with Distress inks and adding darker color to the
nooks and crannies.

Kathy showed how you can jazz up an image by using
a gel pen to add dots and dashes.

Here is how it looked when I began with the dots.

And the finished project.

Here they are side by side.  Which do you like the best?

There are a lot more tips and tricks in the class.  While the class is officially over tomorrow,

you can take it anytime.  There's so much good information that I'll be

enjoying this class for a long time!

Thanks, Kathy and friends for sharing your talent.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Mon Ami (CAS-ual Fridays)

Ink:   Distress Ink

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Basic Black, Neenah

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor pencils, Double Pierced Rectangles Die (AE), White Gel Pen (Signo Uniball)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mon Ami (CF)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink

Paper:  Watercolor (TH), Basic Black, Neenah

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor pencils, White Gel Pen (Signo Uniball)