Hello Friends! Welcome to DAY ONE of my third 30 Day Coloring Challenge!!
I am so happy to see you all again and a warm welcome to our new friends that have joined us for The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Hopefully I will keep you motivated with some new techniques or different ways to look at your coloring during these 30 days. Either way I think we will have a good time!
In case you missed it you can read more about The 30 Day Coloring Challenge here.
Since we all love coloring I would bet that you have thought of coloring one of those beautiful fall cups from Starbucks. How about turning the cup into a card? I have a video to share how I deconstructed the cup and turned it into my card for today.
The flattened cup can make a beautiful & festive background with ease. After coloring the images on the cup I added extra white dots and die cut a circle from the center. The MFT “Harvest Mouse” was the perfect little critter to add to my backdrop. I inserted one of the squashes from the cup into the harvest mouse hands. I also added a little eyebrow..I just couldn’t resist.
If you want to watch the video in HD or larger click here.
Drink first before cutting the cup apart lol. Rinse and wipe dry then use a damp paper towel to wipe off any coffee on the outside of the cup. (or use it as part of the design)
Before coloring …. glue the cup down on to some cardstock. I recommend using a good strong glue like Glossy Accents. My new background was colored with Copic markers but, any marker would work great.
I added lots of extra white dots and white dots on top of the black dots with my favorite gel pen. After using the gel pen to add white accents to all of the colored images I added glossy accents to the berries, pumpkin stem, mouse boots and his nose.
Fortunately ”The 30 Day Coloring Challenge” has grown since the first coloring challenge because of YOU. If you want to share the logo when writing your blog post or on Facebook etc. that would be lovely 🙂
WHEN YOU ARE LINKING UP TO MY BLOG to share your coloring it will always be on todays post…DAY 1. each day I will link you back here to share your coloring. The link up tool is at the very bottom of this post.
Thanks for your enthusiasm for the challenge and I hope you know that I am just as excited as you are. Have a great day and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
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OMG….. this is fantastic… I am on way to StarBucks NOW…. you are so inspiring!
Oh my goodness Kathy now I have to run to Starbucks and get one of those cups! Brilliant idea and what a wonderful scene it created for the little mouse. 🙂
SO HAPPY to start another 30 day challenge with you, Kathy! And this card is beautiful, and how clever!!!!!!!!! I HAD one of those cups yesterday, but threw it away when done. Now I need to go back to Starbucks!
Look at you thinking outside of the box on this one! What a beautiful cup they offer! Sadly no Starbucks here, pinning!!
This is the cleverer card ever! And I didn’t even know about the decorated Starbucks cup. Must go in there to check it out. I’m planning to do more with your challenges this time so this will be a great place to start. Thanks for all the inspiration!!
Great! Color your world. Thanks so much. 🙂
OMG Kathy you amaze me, you are so clever! Now I have to go to Starbucks 😉 I am definitely joining in on your 30 day coloring challenge, who can’t use more coloring in their life?!?
Great! Color your world. Thanks so much. 🙂
Love this, Kathy! I believe they have a Starbucks in Heraklion but I doubt they use any fancy cups there, esp. ones as pretty as yours.
Marianne x
WOW! These look AWESOME Kathy! I’m so glad that the Challenge is finally here!
What a marvelous idea! I will have to save my cup when I go tonight. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a clever idea! Love how it turned out!
Laughing for sure, as I, too, will be contributing to Starbucks profits today…..and I don’t even drink their coffe, ha!!!! I love their birthday cake pops, though and my sons drink dbl choc chip frappucino’s with caramel.
This is just a great October tribute. Such nice work!!!
This is seriously stunning! Love that idea so much! Got my Starbucks this morning and excited to play along!:)
I love this idea! You did a really great job upcycling your cup into a wonderful card! I love Fall and Starbucks did a nice job with their Fall design! As always, I love your use of the white gel pen and Glossy Accents. What a great start to your Challenge! Will be playing along for the third time! Yay!
Thanks for always joining the fun! 🙂
You are sooooo AMAZING!! This is one of the cutest, most creative cards I’ve ever seen, Kathy! Just LOVE IT!!! So glad it’s finally October – YAY!!!
Love it! It’s the perfect card for fall.
So clever of you, Kathy, you may make me into a Starbucks coffee drinker! You are great with Copics, I love to watch you because I learn a lot.
Thanks so much for doing this again. I can’t even imagine the amount of work you put into this, but it is REALLY appreciated. Now I need to go find a friend who drinks coffee!
Oh this is too funny because when I got my Chai Tea last week I went crazy over the cup and thought about turning it into a card. Never did though, sadly. But there is always another day. Cute card!
I so appreciate you doing these 30 day colorings for us. I always pick up tips from you. Love the cup. Would never have thought of it.
Awesome. I think I need to make a trip to Starbucks!
Kathy, this is THE BEST! I’m always looking for ways to upcycle Starbucks stuff. I’ve made embellies from the corrugated cup sleeves and earrings from their coffee cards. But this is takes the cake…uh, CUP!
OMG!! What a fantastic idea. At first I thought you stamped on the cup and then cut out. Then I realized it was the actual design. We have Starbucks here in Brasil but I doubt they have these cups since it is now Spring here. But I will check at the mall this week!! Great work. Fun to play along with you.
I’m smiling/grinning! This is so fabulous. Love to use everyday things we see incorporated into great cards. Off to Starbucks now and hope mine has these adorable cups! Thanks Kathy for Day 1…lots of prep for us, greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much! Color your world! 🙂
I just got one of the wonderful fall Starbucks cups this morning. I know what I’ll be doing with it!!!! Thanks for the inspiration.
Holy Moly! Fantastic idea & so well done!
This has to be one of the cutest cards I’ve seen!
Not a place I visit but will now be on the look out for a starbucks just to see their pretty cups and deconstruct . I will be doing a search to find my nearest one in just a minute but a super cuter card and a great recycling idea too.
Not a coffee drinker, but this is so stinkin’ cute it might make me stop in just to see what I could tolerate from the menu! 😉
Like I needed another excuse to run to Starbucks…hahaha! Your work is crazy awesome Kathy. My head is spinning with ideas. But first…off to get the coffee!
Kathy…you cease to amaze me! Love this card! Will be going to Starbucks to grab a few cups so that I may try this! Happy 1st day of the challenge!
Cute idea! I am not a patron of Starbucks but I like the idea!
What a fantastic idea! I love the upcycle! It was nice of Starbucks to provide you with some inspiration!
Very creative Kathy . Just love the richness.
Love it. This cup might just prompt me to get something at Starbucks
I guess there will be a Starbucks coffee in my future! Wonder if they’ll notice all us coloring peeps coming in for coffee? Great idea! Excited to start another 30 day coloring challenge!
OMG. I’m drinking from one as I read your blog. Card is so cute.
No way! Kathy, you are A-mazing! What a stunning idea, Jo x
Oh my goodness….what will you think of next? How fun. Wonder if they would just give you an extra cup? Ha ha
Sometimes I find myself noticing fabric patterns on people’s clothing and thinking how pretty it would be in cardstock or DSP. Your Starbuck’s cup tops anything I could ever imagine.
Thank you so much! Color your world. 🙂
This is AMAZING! I love the bold background and images!
Oh SO clever!!!
Oh my gosh! I LOVE! this. I love those Starbuck’s cups and this is the best idea ever! You are sooooo clever!
OH mY!!!
Super cute and soooooooooooo Gorgeous!!!!
Love it what a fun idea..sadly no Starbucks around here..and I am a tea drinker….
So clever and totally adorable!
LOVE this card!! I wish there was a Starbucks close enough to me so I could send someone to go and get me a few cups!!! Unfortunately the closest one is a 2 hour round trip and I don’t know anyone going that direction in the near future!! Will be posting my project for today on IG later on! Hoping granddaughter goes to bed early tonight so I can color alone for a little bit. I now have her 3-4 days during the week and every other weekend so my life has gotten super crazy!! Hoping I can stay healthy so I can continue to spend so much time with her!! See you tomorrow!
I just love how you decorated this cup and will be going to get my own on Saturday! I don’t even like Starbucks coffee (tooooo strong) but I’ll try something flavored just to get the cup!! Thanks so much for the inspiration Kathy!!
HOLY SMOKES, KATHY! You never cease to amaze me. You are simply fabulous and you inspire me to do so much more; to think outside the box. AWESOME! You deserve some Spanish: me dejas sin palabras! Las ideas y la creatividad que tienes y que Dios te ha dado es incredible! (You leave me speechless. The ideas and creativity that you have and that God has blessed you with is incredible!)
Thank you so much for the bilingual compliment. Relax with color:)
This is just the BEES KNEES, Kathy, I love it to pieces!!!!
Oh my word….brilliant and beautiful!
what a beautiful card and such a clever clever idea. You ROC K
Now why didn’t I think of that . . . those cups are awesome to color!!
Makes me wish I was a coffee person!!! Beautiful repurpose!! I am one of those people who have difficulty with my white pens. I was wondering…where do you purchase your white pens from? Maybe if I purchased there, I would have better luck!
I usually get my white gel pens at SSS. I haven’t had any problems with the ones I get from there. Relax with color:)
Good Lord. You’re ARE a coloring genius. A Starbucks cup!…AMAZING.
Hehe he I had to chuckle unfortunately the McCafe cup I am drinking from at the moment falls very short of your Starbucks one. Starbucks is a treat here nesrest one to me is a 40 minute drive.
I never would have come up with the Starbuck’s cup as the basis for a card…what genius! I’ll have to give it a try. And your coloring is phenomenal. I’m new to your 30 day color challenge, looking forward to it!
Welcome Jill, I’m thrilled you are joining in on the fun. Color your world and find time for you. 🙂
What a fabulous idea – the card is wonderful!!
That is completely awesome! I guess they haven’t switched to those cups where I live yet, because I haven’t seen them, but now I can’t wait to get one. ^_^ You made a beautiful card from it. Thank you so much for sharing, and taking the time to do a video.
Too damn cute. Starbucks has stepped up their game with these gorgeous cups. I’ll be there tomorrow getting mine. Lol
Beautiful transformation!! It makes want to go and grab a cuppa just to get a cup!!
I’ll never have coffee again without first checking out the cups.
How cool is that?! Off to a roaring start! : )
This is so brilliant. I am just in awe!!
Wow – just amazing!!
Oh my gosh I just love this!!!!
Dear Kathy,
I was wondering if you have a list of the prompts for this coloring challenge in advance? I would love to participate! My daughter and I just purchased about 5 adult color books the other day at our local used book store. My favorites to color with are watercolor pencils and crayons. Coloring is a very relaxing way to relieve stress (I also knit and crochet). I am so glad that I found your challenge on Instagram and can’t wait to get started.
Sincerely,
Jennifer
AKA AuntieJennsKitties on IG
Hi Jennifer, So fun that you are your daughter will be coloring together. It has been proven that coloring does lower your blood pressure. How cool right. As far as prompts go there aren’t any. 80% of the time during the challenge I am flying by the seat of my pants. I guess you would call it an authentic challenge. Thanks for asking and happy coloring 🙂
What a beautiful card, and your brilliant idea to see the art in everyday things!
What a brilliant idea using a drinking cup on a card!
I got home late from work but there is time left for a little coloring today! I may not get to “complete” something but at I least I will try! Love the what you did with the cup; gonna’ have to get one!
Love this!
WOW right there with everyone else what a great idea!!!!! It is beautiful!! Thanks for doing this 30 day coloring and the inspiration!!!
Wow, Kathy, this is stunning! And so creative! I never would have thought to use the actual cup in a project! Simply brilliant! I’m super excited about this challenge! Practiced a little no line coloring for today’s activity…can’t wait for the next 29 days! 🙂
Love this card!!! Very clever.. No points for guessing where I’m going tomorrow for coffee 🙂 thanks for sharing, dear 🙂
Kathy this card is just fantastic, amazing colouring but the way you put the whole design together for your background is awesome!
I was bugging my husband for a Starbucks tonight after I saw your card this morning. He was surprised as I’m a tea drinker and I was wanting a coffee product? LOL! You certainly had your thinking cap on for this one. Everyone needs a little color in their lives and thanks to you, we’ll be getting some for the next 29 days! =0)
WOW – this is the MOST DELIGHTFUL upcycled coffee cup card I have ever seen!!!
CLEVER project and BEAUTIFUL colouring Kathy!!!
I knew I forgot something in my preparations – will try and get a new white gel pen tomorrow 🙂
Love your cup card would never have thought to use a cup for a card.
Kathy, SOOOOO excited it is finally here !!!!! What a way to start!! You are so funny, “Drink first” , LOL… Nobody knows how to color a Starbucks cup like YOU do!!
I mean it, you “rock” girl. getting out my new Prima doll stamps today, so excited.
Thanks Kathy, Happy coloring everyone.
Kathy, this idea is wonderful. Your final card is stunning. I love the recycle idea and your instruction as you color is great. I love this color challenge. Thanks!
I love your idea of coloring a Starbucks cup, and it turned out beautifully. I will be going to Starbucks this afternoon!
What a wonderful use for a drinks cup and the extra colouring and layered on the kraft type card is just perfect with the other browns and reds etc. Kathy. I love the idea of 30 days of colouring challenge and will try and look every day and join in too. x
What a great idea! I enjoy seeing the coloring challenge, even tho I dont load anything. Thanks!
Cute idea! 🙂 I’m not a coffee person…..I had no idea they had such cute cups! 🙂
Awesome! What a cool idea! I love your colors. I have to do this card for my friend who works at Starbucks. Thanks so much for this awesome idea!! I love your 30 day color challenge. It’s a great inspiration!!
Awesome card!!! 😀
hugs
Genius idea! There is no Starbucks near me – I want one of these cups! I love what you’ve done here!
Thank you for your colouring challenge – I’m really trying to get back into colouring and I love the inspiration here!
Well, how cute is this??? So clever of you. I am fascinated by the idea of your 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I love to color, and have recently invested, (yes , a set of good markers is an investment as I am retired and on a fixed income). I would love to join in, if I can figure out the upload thing, because computers and old age don’t go together some days. Love your idea for the Starbucks card, so I will be stopping by there today.
I did a card using the starbuck’s coffee cup, provided free by my local store as I do not drink coffee, but I have to wait till next week to send the picture as our cumputer went south and the new one will be ready next Wednesday. I used memento markers and the new stamp set (hello fall) by simon say stamp and newton’s nook. I am now working on some watercoloring using the Altenew stamp set Fresh Fressia.
I love this idea. My co worker and I were actually just talking about how pretty these cups were. The idea of making them into a card is absolutely amazing. And your coloring has some how taken a beautiful cup and made it even more exquisite! How did you know those colors would dress it up even more?
So creative and gorgeously colored Kathy! Thanks for the coloring fun!
Genius!!
this is so adorable and very creative! i love it! thanks for the challenge and inspiration!
WOW! What a beautiful background! I would have never thought of coloring a Starbucks cup! I will have to go out for some Starbucks coffee!. Thank you for such an ingenious idea!
Stunning card! What and awesome and brilliant idea…just loved it!
Wow Kathy just amazing. Just to update you some our house now has the new roof, the side that the oak tree fell into is finally repaired and continuing with the other structured buildings. I so want to do this Starbucks cup card it is just to cool. I do have an appt. on Thursday and it is right next to a Starbucks can’t wait. Thanks again
So glad to here you’re making progress. Keep coloring to keep your sress level down. 🙂
Thank you for the challenge.
You are coloring some awesome designs & making such beautiful cards! Thanks so much for doing the challenge–its really hard to pick my favorite–but I really like this day 8 Poppy card.
This is a fun challenge, and so easy to join… who doesn’t love coloring in some way? Love your card made with a cup from Starbucks!
Love the idea. Thanks to my sister for pointing me here
Love this idea…I plan to add it to my journal after I color the cup. Thanks for the idea. Love your site!!!!
Thanks for this wonderful challenge! I’m just coming on board now, but I agree, coloring is so therapeutic! What a creative card, I love your upcycling, it’s beautiful!
I LOVE your work and want to do some. Then I looked at the cost of markers and changed my mind. WOW! Do you have any suggestions about what basic colors to start with and how to go about adding to them in a reasonable way?
This is great! Gotta try it!!!
I just love The 30 Day Coloring Challenges Kathy! Thank you for giving us the inspiration to get our color on!!!
Love your ideas and your coloring
Hi Kathy, albeit a bit late, I decided to join in the fun. Will take my next vacation as an opportunity to check out your amazing projects for the October challenge. Love coloring, even as an amateur. Thanks for the endless inspiration. Happy Haunting. Cheers!