Hello Friends! Welcome to DAY ONE of my forth 30 Day Coloring Challenge!! Oh my!
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!
Today I am using some regular markers with a brush tip from Memento. You can use sharpies, crayola, etc. Shading is added with distress ink and a dauber. More details are in the video.
To watch the video in HD or larger click here.
Using several circle die cuts I wanted to create a kaleidoscope ….sorta with layers and dimension. I needed multiple images so these dies called, “Leafy Greenery” were perfect. The butterfly punch is an oldie but a goodie. The “Friend” word die is from Mama Elephant and it’s a beauty 🙂
Detailed Questions about The 30 Day Coloring Challenge Click here.
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.
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.
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 for a big blog hop. Hugs, Kathy
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The Fun Begins !! I loved your card ,its very interesting..coloring as well as design !
Thanks so much Pooja..it’s not my typical kinda card. I really try hard to think out of the box for the first day and put a lot of pressure on myself. ;|
Yay it’s Monday 1st February!! Bring it on. This is a gorgeous card. Love the kaleidoscope idea. Can’t get to play until I’ve done a tonne of housework, but once that’s over, I’ll be colouring to my heart’s content. Love it!! Xx
Gorgeous card! You have set the bar high, Kathy. Really looking forward to this. And my daughter is also joining in this time round!
What fun you can have coloring with your daughter. You can motivate each other to take time for yourselves. 🙂
I love the effect of the kaleidoscope, it adds so much interest to the card as you can tuck the leaves in between. So pretty with the little purple butterflies too. Wonderful start to the challenge Kathy, thank you for the great first day inspiration, Lisa xx
HAPPY 1st Day of the FABULOUS 4th 30 Day Coloring Challenge Kathy 🙂
I’m SO EXCITED for YOU and for US too!!!
LOVE the design of your inky card, great dimension and detail, heading off to watch the video now!!!
Here is the link to my post sharing about Day One and the start of the challenge http://tracyscraftyadventures.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/kathys-4th-30-day-coloring-challenge.html
GREAT video and colour technique!!!
LOVE the design of your card Kathy … is it OK to make one like yours using goodies from my stash?
Of course it’s OK! Kathy’s challenge is all about getting inspired to craft/colour using whatever supplies you have on hand! Just have fun!
Marianne x
You go for it! That’s the whole idea. Use your stash and make it your own. Have fun. 🙂
Such a fab way to start your new 30D colouring challenge, Kathy!
Love the kaleidoscope look, but I’m afraid it’s rather hard to put through the post.
On the other hand, you could frame it and give it as a gift.
Marianne x
Oh wow Kathy! What a fabulous design! You have amazed me again with a brilliant card. Great tip for colouring the leaf edges from the back!
I find I can’t glue layers of the same die cut thing while they are still in place in the cardstock/foam with Glossy Accents unless I separate it from the waste right away. The Glossy Accents sneaks out here and there and glues the die cut to the waste cardstock. Perhaps that’s what happened to your foam “friend”? Love that stuff!
my memento markers are badly neglected – thanks for the idea of shading them with distress – fabulous card
What a fabulous idea (kaleidoscope technique) and a lovely card!
Here is a link to my card:
http://simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2016/02/30-day-color-challenge-at-daily-marker.html
Kathy what a great way to start the 30 day color challenge. Stunning card I love it! Looking forward to the next 28 days. Is this actually a 29 day challenge with being Feb and a leap year? ; )
Yes it is technically a 29 day challenge this time but hopefully you be motivated to continue finding time for yourself. 🙂
Kathy, I have been (im)patiently awaiting the start of your new challenge. Beautiful, creative card to start the 30 days! Love the incredible dimension! Thank you for the inspiration.
You’re setting the bar really high for day one Kathy!! 😀
I LOVE your card! Super pretty and dimensional! TFS
Off to a great start! Jo x
Beautiful card! When I used foam I had the same problem then realized that it happened most when I ran it through then reversed the direction backward. That’s when I decided it would be better to use a shim and never cut twice. Now it works like a charm. Loved the see down into effect and think this would be really great for a little kid card, too.
I will try your tip. Thanks for sharing and hopefully next time the foam what get me annoyed. Love your idea for a kid especially if there was a cut critter or monster down the “hole”. 🙂
Gorgeous card!
Oooh, I love what you did with this card! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’ve never used markers to color like this, thanks for sharing this great, quick, coloring method! Your card is beautiful 🙂
I really enjoyed this video. I’m happy to see that you like the finger dauber’s, I love using them too. I feel the control as well.
Really lovely card, and thank you for using markers that aren’t Copic lol.
LOVE the kaleidoscope card! I will definitely be attempting something similar!! Will be posting today’s coloring on IG later today!! I am hoping that I get some quiet time to color this afternoon! TFS!
Lovely card Kathy! I’m so glad that you’re back! Thank you!
This is beautiful Kathy, love the layers and dimension!
I LOVE this card Kathy–you make it look so simple but the design is absolutely stunning!
Thanks for the video too, I love all the little details you did. I am of course participating in your challenge again–have a few stamped images, am going to make some “card fronts” for coloring as I want to participate in the challenge that Jennifer and Sandy have mentioned. I have also started Bible journaling, so will do some of that for you challenge. I adore your challenges and it has motivated me to color almost every day, even without the challenge. Thanks.
WOW, you made my day. I love hearing that my challenges have encouraged people to color everyday on their own. Enjoy! 🙂
Could you link to some samples of your Bible journaling? Sounds interesting.
Hello Kathy, what a beautiful card, well… There is not one card of yours that I don’t like it! Your art work is beautiful, your coloring is amizang, but most of all, your great idea to put up this great challenge together for us that love to color, for me, coloring, painting, and creating something is my passion!!thank you so much for all the things you share!!! Alicia
Thank you so much. It’s fun to nurture everyones passion especially when it has to do with coloring and finding time for ourselves. 🙂
Such a pretty card! Love your layers and your coloring! Thanks for doing this again!
Beautiful card! It was really helpful to me to see the use of the markers with the distress ink for shading, I will definalty be trying this technique out!
Looking forward to this month!!!! I love the dimenssion con your card!!!
I think your video is great! I just love the beautiful card you did, so much so that I’m going to CASE it using supplies I have. Looking forward to this monthly coloring challenge and know I’ll be learning along the way!
How exciting challenge!
The video tutorial is awesome!
Thank you for sharing.
It is inspiring me so I want to try this coloring!
I’m here for Day 1 – Yay! I am so happy to join today and will colour as many days as I can! Your card looks AMAZING! Definitely worthy of a Day 1 card! I love the tunnel look so much! Your video was perfect – you did not seem rusty! I have watercolour markers and I have distress ink pads so I could totally do this! Thank you so much!
I love this card! It is a wonderful card for the first day. I am going to try to do the challenge this time. You are awesome as usual.
Thank you for providing this challenge with a lesson every day! It seems like everyone is trying to make a penny on all aspects of paper crafting – me too – but it is very rewarding to see someone doing it from the heart!! Thank you:)
Thanks so much Colleen I really appreciate that. 🙂
Woohoo! Day ONE — Let the coloring begin!
Thanks Kathy for a a great first day! Your card is lovely and it was really fun to see your start with “Distress”. I can’t wait to get my hands on the new “Distress” crayons…they are already on order and I know they’ll be a fun new addition to the Distress Family,
Thanks for ALL your hard work….
xoxo
I’m hoping to find some time to play along this time as I thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 challenges! Your card is just gorgeous, both the coloring and the design. Can’t wait to see what you do the rest of the month!
Holy dimension!! I love the kaleidoscope effect and the leaf dies are definitely going on my wish list. I think I’m the only card maker alive who’s tired of butterflies, but they work nicely here. Thanks, too, for the extra tips along the way, including the other markers that would work. I look forward to another great coloring series, whether I get to play along or not. See ya tomorrow!
That is a very awesome day 1 card!!! I love all that dimension!!! I am so excited because this is my first time participating!!!!
Welcome Kim! I’m thrilled you are joining in on the fun. You can always use my blog for additional inspiration and techniques. The previous challenges are also archived on my blog. Enjoy and have fun for you. 🙂
It finally begins…yaaay!!! I’ve been coloring on and off all day.Almost time to submit.BLESSED evening.
I love this card design! I have this punch and will have to give this a try.
Yay! I really wanted to do more this time than just watch. I wanted to fully participate as well and after many hours of figuring out how to set up my blog, upload my pictures, and post them here, I think I can finally figure out how to participate this time! I am so excited!
I just loved your card layout and wanted to try it myself, so I used a few images I had on hand. Can’t wait to see what else you have for us this month!
Good luck Suzanne!
Love your first card Kathy. Great tips for colouring/shading die cut leaves. So excited I have been following these challenges since the first one. Too bad I am not on instagram but I am enjoying what I seen here. TFS!
You’re off with a bang! Love the depth of this card!
What a beautiful way to kick off the new Challenge! Your card is truly beautiful. I am so excited to play along with the challenge and look forward to seeing your lovely work each day!
Happy to be joining in again! Thanks for the great inspiration, Kathy!
Wow of course your card is a show stopper so beautiful. Love the kalidascope effect so much beautiful dimension.. I am definetly going to give that color and shading a try looks like it could save some time.. I could watch your videos every day. Thank you Kathy this is always a pleasure.. Big
Hugs
This is incredible Kathy! The dimension is out of this world!!!!!
This card is knock your socks off awesome Kathy!!! Thanks for hosting the 30 day challenge again. I can hardly believe you’re already on number 4! Wishing you lots of fun this month 🙂
Great event! So beautiful card! Love this background
Love the depth and dimension in this gorgeous creation! Super fun begins!!!
I have done the one circular aperture to see an interesting background before but you three windows/apertures is a fabulous idea and design. I learnt a lot about colouring and adding layers to my colouring too – thank you for the great tutorial and beautiful card you created Kathy. I am going to try and do something little when I have a few minutes spare Karen x
Beautiful card!
Your card is adorable!! I’m so glad I fond this challenge I can’t wait to participate! Great line up of artists!
Welcome Mindy! I’m thrilled you are joining in on the fun. You can always use my blog for additional inspiration and techniques. The previous challenges are also archived on my blog. Enjoy and have fun for you. 🙂
Your coloring is beautiful.The card is so cute.I would love to win the classes to maybe improve my coloring.I know I can use some lessons,for sure!
Your card is so beautiful! I love the way you colored the leaves and have never thought to do it ou are such a great teacher! Thank you for doing another challenge. I get so much inspiration from them. I even love your unedited videos :). Sending hugs your way.
Ooohhh, I have so much info to absorb, wish me well. Love all the colors and ideas that you are sharing
You are AMAZING – combining those images – pure genius.
You inspire me.
Thanks for including me today – all of the stops on this hop were wondrous!
Love you.
Really gorgeous card, Kathy! Thanks so much for another great challenge, and wonderful video 🙂
Love your card, Kathy! I am always attracted to cards with lots of texture, depth and detail. This card has it all! Fabulous way to start a challenge.
I love all the dimension on your card. So pretty. So excited you are doing this again. Thanks so much.
Hello! Excited to join in a little more this time. February is a great slow month for me! Off to enjoy the Hop!
I’m so glad you’re doing this again. I enjoy seeing your cards and tutorials and the cards submitted by others. It’s going to take me a while to get through the blog hop–a treat.
Really cute cards. Thanks so much for the discount code, I just signed up for the first watercolor class!
I’m in for the 30 day challenge. Sounds fun. I like your card. I’m going to try coloring leaves that way.
Whoa! I love the Day 1 card with the three dimensional effect and the tutorial was very beneficial and encouraging to me as a beginner. Thanks.
love the inspiration! joining in on the fun today with my first post on instagram under “nhgrammo” ;).
Such a fun interactive card. I love how you combine stamps from various companies. I never think to do that 🙂
Hello! Amazing and wow to your card!!!!
What a fun card! Your coloring is amazing and I love the background you created! Having the door open on the washing machine is a fun touch!
I have to practice my online watercolor class so this makes me color everyday.
Wow, I have learned a lot already and it has just begun. Thank you so much for this blog hop!
WOW!!! Gorgeous card, Kathy! So simple and so effective. Love how you colored twigs and those cool circles… Thank you soooo much for sharing. :o) hugs
Beatiful card, Kathy! Thanks for all you do for us! Love to participate in your challenge!
Edith
Such a beautiful card!!! I love all the dimenstion!.
I’m just getting started with the coloring. Unfortunately a little behind but I have colored in my book. Loved your video and so enjoying such beautiful work.
Such a beautiful and different card! Love it!
Love the shading you achieved.
I am really putting myself out there posting on Instagram the stuff I am going to color. My friends are gonna think I’m a dork! I don’t really make many of my crafts public and I am far from being an artist. I am excited about it, though. I am currently doing the Copic for carmakers online class and signed up for the watercolor one yesterday. Thank you the great inspiration! Your work is stunning!!!
BRILLIANT, Kathy.
Don’t think I have been so excited about a card in, well, forever! As I gazed at it longingly, I felt transported to the tropics. As soon as I have my hand back I will be CASEing this. Drooling all over the place.
Oh now!! another stamp & die to add to my wish list. Thank you , Kathy.
SOOO EXCITING! AND A LITTLE NERVE RACKING. I’VE JUST STARTED COLORING.
What a gift of time and planning for this challenge. Thank u. It is crazy great to see how many names I had to scroll past to make my comment. I don’t post my work, but I get such joy from what u and others share. It makes my day better. Your cat.rd is very different and lovely. How lucky we r to have u. Thx again. I leave so inspired and anxious for the next day
Just absolutely love your creations; even the ones you aren’t that happy with. You have such a great eye for color and composition and I have learned so much from you. Thanks for all you do.
Maybe should have watched your video before I made my last card LOL. Love your kaleidoscope effect. Hugz
This is such a fun challenge and I hope this gives me the push I need to colour more. Thanks for this Kathy.
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Loved it! Just one question, what ink colors did you use for the sky background? It looks great but I didn’t see it on the video.
Thanks for the challenge!
Hi Claudia, I used chipped sapphire and broken china distress ink. Thanks 🙂
Thanks for letting us link up to the challenge.
Just looked at the first days card, love this idea of adding shadow with the distress ink and blending. Have to give it a go, beautiful card. Finally back from holiday and no internet, so much to catch up on.
Been following since you started the 30 Day CC, Kathy … and this is the first time I’ve played along … thanks so much for all the guidance, tutorials and fun … all your hard work is so appreciated! Anita 🙂
Kathy, thanks so much for inspiring us to color! What a lot of gorgeous links to gather inspiration from!
So pretty and great dimension
Your card is beautiful!. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Your blog is a fountain of color, creativity, and information, Kathy! You are well-loved in Blogland!! I’m always lurking and finally remembered to link one of my cards! Hugs, Darnell
Kathy, thank you for this wonderful challenge, I am competing with myself, trying to improve my coloring while I challenge myself everyday to do some coloring. Sharing my work here , regardless of the outcome. I hope I am not the only one who is adding too many cards 😉
I am having a blast this month coloring with you. I got off to a slower start, but tried to color almost daily since. Thank you for the encouraging program, to get us creating and using our minds artistically. I LOVE IT. And I love all your posts along the way, looking at what others are doing – it’s so much FUN. Again, thank you Kathy ♥
Carol E