Coloring with Concord and 9th

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm coloring again.

Day 6

Day7

Finished

I'm still not comfortable with the Gansai Tambi Watercolors

but I keep on trying.

A couple of you mentioned the scissors in your comments.

A friend had these scissors at my last class and I commented on how I'd

been looking for a pair at the thrift shop because they made me think of my 

grandmother who had a pair like this.  My friend gave me these scissors.

I have awesome friends!

I wonder what happened to Grandma's scissors?

30 Day Coloring Challenge

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Songbird (C&9), Every Day Sentiments (HA)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Black

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (61, 66, 42, 20, 139), Double Stitched Circle Dies (LI-OOB), Circle Dies (SU), Leaf Die (?)

Dogs for Twofer

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

It's time for a new Twofer Challenge!

Sadly this will be the last month for the Twofer Challenge.  Darnel has decided that this month

will be the last challenge.  

It's been such a fun challenge and I always

think of cards in twos now.  Thank you Dolly, for all your challenges and inspiration.

Now let's everyone join in this month and show Darnell how much we love her

by playing along!

This month's challenge is...

My friend Nance recently came to play and brought her Mini Cats & Dogs

stamps and dies for me to play with.

I used half sheets of Neenah and stamped all the dogs on one and the cats on

another.  Then I die cut all of them and used Press & Seal on the back to hold

them in place.  I have two of each one to color.  They should last me a long time.

First up will probably be my oldest grandson's birthday card.

I hope it brings a smile to his face.

This silly pooch was colored with Copics.  The balloons were in my stash and 

so was the tinsel.

For my Twofer...

I had some stamped and die cut mini Crazy Bird Things that a dear friend

sent me a long time ago.  I found this Santa hat and present among them,

die cut the Ho, Ho, Ho from cardstock, embossed the background and

popped him on a card blank.

Our fantastic Design Team have some fun Twofer Cards to inspire you and

we're joined this month by our talented Guest Designers Vicky and Donna.

I hope you'll come join the fun at

The Twofer Challenge

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Mini Cats & Dogs (TH), Mini Bird Crazy Things (TH), Crazy Talk (TH)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Copics (W3, E33, E50, YR23, Y15, E00, E93, RV00, B24), Quilted Stitch Spirals (LI-OOB), Mini Crazy Cats & Dogs Dies (TH), Celebration Time Dies (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Mini Cats & Dogs, Mini Bird Crazy Things (TH)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Granny Apple Green, Real Red (SU)

Other:  Copics (E11, E13, E23, C8, C10, R24, R29, W00), Ho, Ho, Ho Die (SSS), Mini Crazy Cats & Dogs Dies (TH), Kars EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Cabrini Ornament in Red and Green

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

My friend Ruthann came to play this week.  One of the things we worked on

was the geometric sponged background. Eileen Godwin has done a video showing

this technique.

I used two shades of green for my background then die cut the ornament

from snippets of foil and glitter cardstock.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Decorations

Jingle Belles - Red & Green All Over

 

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Tis the Season (Serendipity/IO)

Ink:   Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn (DI-background), Gumball Green (SU-sentiment)

Paper:   Neenah, Soft Seafoam (SU), Foil Cardstock, Red Glimmer Cardstock (SU)

Other:  Cabrini Ornament (MB), Star Shimmer Stencil (MB)

30 Day Coloring Challenge Day 6

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm getting a bit behind but I'm in the game for the fun

not pressure.  Some days are better reading a book than trying to color!

I did finish a card with the last coloring I shared.

I tried to do a watercolor wash but it was a disaster!

So I got out the scissors and did some fussy cutting.

I tried it on a washed background but liked it on the white textured

cardstock much better.

Challenges:

30 Day Coloring Challenge - Color Everyday

Altenew August Inspiration Challenge - Color Inspiration

 

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Card Recipe  

Stamps: Sentiment Strips (Altenew)  

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah, Black, Textured White (?)

Other:  Altenew Watercolor Coloring Book, Copic Markers (RV63, RV66, RV55, G14, YG17, G24, Y15, YG93), White EP

30 Day Coloring Challenge Day 5

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This time I've been coloring a piece from the Altenew Coloring Book.

The book has beautiful flowers and each is printed in black and gray so you 

have the outline or on-line look.

I used Copic Markers and there was definitely a learning curve.

The flowers are printed on watercolor paper and the Copics work very differently 

on it than on Neenah.  I found that a flicking technique worked best.

You can probably tell which of the petals I did first and which had the

benefit of that learning curve.

I'm thinking of doing a watercolor wash in the background but haven't

quite decided yet.

I love that Kathy encourages doing just a little if there isn't time to do more.

30 Day Coloring Challenge

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   

Other:  Altenew Watercolor Coloring Book, Copic Markers