Hello Friends! How are you today? If you are following along with “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge it’s Day 21. If you are new to my blog a warm welcome to you & thank you for your visit. If you are wondering what The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge is or if you have questions you can refer to this post. The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. Any medium is welcome & any skill level.
For the Simon Says Stamp blog hop I created a video. Woo Hoo! Click here to watch in HD.
Welcome to Simon Says Stamp GOOD VIBES Blog Hop. I know I can always use some more good vibes but, on another note this release is off the charts with a variety of stamps, die cuts, acrylic blocks, coloring cards and sequins! whew!
I am happy that I completed one card & video but, managed to play around a-little bit with some of the other stamps and die cuts. If only I could add an extra hour of crafty time each day!
When I saw the guy stamp called, “Good Vibes” I just had to smile. I thought he would be fun to make a shaped card. The “Dude” die cut was glued between the two layers that formed the shaped card. I painted a shirt, jeans and a tattoo on him. F.U.N.!
Simple watercoloring on some watercolor paper with Tombow markers was quick and easy for the birds & Good Vibes die cut. After coloring some loose stripes on the paper I used a generous amount of water to blend the colors. Once dry I stamped the birds and cut them out. The birds are from this stamp set called, “Strangeness” . I love that you can save money on the set. Tomorrow I will be coloring the awesome flowers in this stamp set and I can’t wait!
Most of you know how much I love Simon’s coloring cards and these new ones are just as fabulous. Trimming and adding a few details is all you need to do to have a special handmade card.
Using colored pencils to add more color and texture in accent areas gives my coloring more interest. I added a few diagonal stripes on some of the rays for a different look.
Do you know what a belly band is? Wrapping something around your card or an invitation is a belly band lol. Good to know! A few sequins, hand colored twine and a vellum belly band finished my card with ease.
GIVEAWAY!! Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. You have FIFTEEN CHANCES TO WIN! WOO HOO! Winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday.
BLOG HOP ORDER:
Kathy Racoosin*you are here*
Anna Kossakovskaya *NEXT ON THE HOP*
Hope you have an awe
Thanks to you all for taking the time out of your day to hop along and for your visit. I will see you tomorrow for more giveaways! Hugs, Kathy
P.S. There are 3 ways to share what you are coloring. If you want to join a community of coloring enthusiasts I recommend FaceBook or Instagram. Be sure to tag me and use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. Kids & young adults use #thedailymarker30daykids. The 3rd way is to link up to my blog to share your coloring.
P.S.S. Check out SSS’s Good Vibes Gallery you can share your work in ALL of the Simon galleries. SO much inspiration too!
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DAY 2. blog hop-discount codes
Day 11. Wigs fix hair problems lol
ATC and bronze ink
Fabulous watercoloring. Love the pencil highlighting.
all of your fabulous projects speak to the hippie in me! 😀 love them so much! now to head off to my craft room to get some coloring done. I am so inspired by your projects!
whoops, guess I had better do a bit of hopping first. 😉
You are so creative, Kathy! Love the shaped card and your watercoloring. Everything has your wonderfully magical touch. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
I love the texture you get on watercolour paper when you add pencil after the Tombow colouring.
Such fun! I love happy cards!
Great cards Kathy. Your video was full of tips and I am sure I will be trying them all. I love the Dude card too and the tattoo was a fun idea. I can’t wait to see what you do with the Strangeness set, love that one, another AMAZING release from Simon!
I love the little dude!!
So fun! I love the good vibes die, it’s so different and fun!
Beautiful cards!
Fun cards. Beautiful colouring… the pencils just gives that little extra to make them pop. Awesome!
SQUEAL!! LOVE your Cards and the NEW Release!! THANKS for sharing a Video and hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3
Oh I just love the colors you used! So pretty!
So fun and creative!! Wonderful!
Absolutely mesmerized by that sunrise (I’m calling it that cuz we see the sun rise over Lake Huron;) You make it look so easy.
Wow.. you are always full of great ideas.. Love that velum belly band (ha, yea, now I know). I love these cards by Suzy. I’ve taking your hints/comments along the way and keep them for travel coloring! So relaxing when you’ve stopped for a break.
I so enjoy your work; it’s bright and cheery and so spontaneous even when it’s well-planned! Fab release.
Enjoyed the video. I love my Tombow markers, but have never added colored pencil with them. Might give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
Love your shaped card… so fun!
You continue to amaze me with your coloring techniques. Now there are new ideas for me to try. Thanks for your inspiration.
Cool card. Love the look you achieved with the colored pencils.
Awesome coloring techniques, great cards!
Fantastic, love your shaped dude card – so fun! 🙂 I can’t believe it’s day 21 already! And, surprise, surprise, so far I have managed to participate every day, woo!!! 🙂
I loved seeing all the different coloring mediums on your cards!
Gorgeous coloring as always. I’m loving this new set from Suzy.
I like the dude card. It has a fresh look.
love the coloring and the creative diagonal stripes on the sun rays:)
Fun and happy cards Kathy! Definitely conveying good vibes. Love your dude card! So clever and the addition of a tattoo – fantastic!
Your cards really spread good vibes.
Looks like you have been having fun, Kathy! Not sure if I would have added coloured pencils on top of those vibrant Tombow coloured, but I have to admit I do like the added texture on the waves. 😉
Marianne x
Lovin’ the Dude, but that tattoo pushes it right over the top!
Love the shaped “dude” card.
Enjoy fussy-cutting and the
end result is fantastic.
Great “dude” card.
thanks for sharing
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I love your DUDE. So cute!
Love your gorgeous and funny cards! Stunning coloring!!!
Love the mixing with pens and pencils – Beautiful Cards!
Your cards are always so great looking no matter what medium you use.
I love your little guy holding up the ‘dude’ die cut, that’s a really cool idea!
I really enjoy watching you color. Nice card.
LOVE the DUDE guy…..LOL!! He’s my favorite!!!
Love your coloring! The waves card is gorgeous
Wow, you make that colouring look so easy. (I’m sure it’s not.) I love the way you combined watercolouring with pencil crayons. Never would have thought of that.
Beautiful projects, great tips! I love my Tombows and I recently purchased a small set of Polychromos colored pencils, so I can wait to give your technique a try. I love watching you color. Enjoy your watercolor class, but I can’t imagine any instructor being better at it than you.
My favorite is your dude card, is so beautiful, funny and stunning!!!
I love the little dude! So cute!
Fabulous coloring, of course, and I LOVE that dude fun shaped card!
Such incredible dimension in your colouring
So beautiful ❣️❣️❣️
Love the Dude!
beautiful coloring
Terrific projects toady. Thanks for the video on the card front–water coloring and pencils too.
Your ‘dude’ card is so much fun and I love his ‘peace’
tattoo. 🙂 Always enjoy your cards and how you
color each one.
Well done! 🙂 so colorful :))
I love the guy too, but my first thought was that I wish they hadn’t put the sentiment on him–there are so many sentiments that would work. I’d love to see a whole “family” of these–adult female, adult male, children, teens, maybe even toddlers/infants! (If they do…I get a free stamp set, complete with sentiments!!!) So much fun today. Thank you. My creative work today involves fixing a skirt so I can wear it!!! It’s more engineering than art, but then I am determined to make it work.
Fun release!
All of your cards are so gorgeously coloured Kathy! I love the ‘Dude’ card, its fantastic and I may have to copy it for my 5yr. old nephew, he would think it is very cool!
You’re so clever!
The Dude card looks cool!
OMG, Dudette! out of this world fun!!
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Your work is amazing!! Love the beautiful colors!!
Love the coloring on the sea card!
I loved watching the card video and absorbing all the fun tips you included. I could almost hear the surf!
So bright and summery!
Wonderful and full of great coloring, I’m not surprised however, you are the master of coloring! TFS
Beautiful!
Using Tombow markers on a wet area like you showed was new to me. Interesting! I really like your “Dude” shaped card, too.
Hey, dude! Great card! Your colouring is extraordinary!
Great cards, the “dude” makes me smile!
Love watching you color… so mesmerizing. One day I hope to be able to do this!
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His tatto makes me laugh! You’re too much!
The stripes in your rays are so cool!
these cards are all fantastic!! Loving the “Good Vibes” especially!
Love your cards! Such a fantastic release!
Wonderful cards. Your coloring is amazing.
Thanks for sharing….
I love what your did with the Dude Guy, so creative!!
This turned out so pretty! And that dude card has me smiling so big!! I think I need to make some…Lol. Wouldn’t they be fun as placecards?!
Very excited about this release, thank you!
Love the guy-shaped card! Such a cute idea!
Favorite is the dude card by far!
Love your cards especially the bird.
Cool dude card!,
I love to watch you colouring, I was tired from the physiotherapist and relaxed while watching you make this gorgeous piece. All the tips and finishing touches you always give and do makes you so great, thank you so much.
Cute, Kathy….just plain cute and all so beautifully colored! No surprise, there! Lol! 🙂
So pretty, it almost looks like stained glass with the different lines running through the rays.
luuuuuuv your stand-up dude! 😀 also, the shimmer on your waves card is a great touch!!!
Kathy, your cards are so inventive and beautiful, you’re creativity is boundless and I’m always smitten with what you make!
I love these watercolor cards. Using both markers and colored pencils makes them extra special.
Fabulous watercoloring!! Love the shimmer on your sunset card!!! Your stand up “DUDE: card is great!! I have a nephew that would love it!!
Having a great time with your coloring challenge.
Cute Dude card. Love all of the cards. You are very talented.
Thank you for sharing all your great coloring techniques!
Wow your coloring sure is gorgeous – LOVE the new goodies from SSS!
I think this might be my fave release from SSS. I ADORE the 60s vibe and bright colors!! Kathy, you are always amazing and i love the added pencil work on this project.
So pretty!
You did a nice job with the new products! Thank you for always having new and different uses for items!
Dudett, I love your little dude card…. Nicely done.
Totally LOVE the Dude card!! Of course, all of these cards are fabulous!!!
the colors you use are so relaxing but yet still vibrant. Beautiful.
Fabulous release! Love it all!
Love how your card turned out Kathy! Why don’t you like to use Gamsol? I think it gives a lovely blending to what you are coloring.
Fabulous coloring. Lovely belly band.
Loved all the cards but I’m going to try the shaped card when my order gets here…thanks
Love these – haha the dud holding the word dude… totally awesome!!! I too would wish for an extra hour of crafty time each day! being a working mom makes it a challenge to get 5 minutes of crafty time some days! Off to watch the video!
Your coloring is amazing! Enjoyed learning a few things and for that, I thank you.
Love your coloring! Its fantastic!
Fun projects for summer!
Love your coloring!
I LOVE the way you colored this! I’ve been incorporating pencil colors with my copics, love the look.
Awesome coloring and I really think that dude card is so cute!
I love the tips I learn from your cards and your 30 day challenges…You are so Fabulous…thanks so much…!!
Beautiful card!! I love this festival colors!
Great coloring! Love the Hey Dude card!
I just love your work, Kathy!
Def always a favorite of mine!
Your coloring is amazing and these cards are so bright and cheerful! The dude shaped card is priceless. So creative. Thanks for the tip about shifting the grip on the colored pencils!
Beautiful coloring! I love the card with the added belly band 🙂
I just love your coloring — you are still just a kid at heart so it comes naturally. And in answer to your question; I do know what a belly band is. Other than the one I wear everyday to hold my gut in, there is a darling one use in card making – so there – right back to ya!
You are going to make me start trying to use colored pencils too! YOU ARE SOOOO TALENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You take these cool pieces and really ramp up the cool factor. So many extra little touches! Great video!! Hugs, treen
DUDE!!!digging the cards! Rock on with the tats! Lol
I have never seen pencils over watercolour and I love it! It totally changed the card. I am not sure I could get the same effect that you have perfected but it will be fu. To give it a try.
I have never seen pencils over watercolour and I love it! It totally changed the card. I am not sure I could get the same effect that you have perfected but it will be fun to give it a try.
Your Tombow water coloring tips are so helpful. And I agree with you regarding not using Gamsol. I love the texture the pencils give. Your projects are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool! Thank you.
Loved the video… I always enjoy hearing your thought process for your creations. I really love your dude card!!! Brilliant idea to make it a shaped card!
LOVE your sunshine and good vibes card!! You are so talented!!
Beautiful cards, and amazing colouring as always!
GORGEOUS water coloring! I really like how you also then went over some areas with colored pencil too! And the glitter is FANTASTIC to the added finish to this AMAZING project!
The Dude card is funny and fantastic!
These are Fantastic cards!!! I keep smiling at the man shaped card!!
Love your coloring! The Dude guy is great, too!
Great cards – the shaped card is just so cute and I just love it.
Such fun cards. My kids called their babysitter’s husband Dude. I must get that die just for him!
Oh, my grandson would so love that dude figure card! And thanks for the idea to create stripey paper with the watercolors! I love this latest release, and ‘sadly’ have ordered too much of it—LOL!
If you are as old as I am (and a nurse), you would know that a belly band was a very long strip of cloth sent home with newborn infants. We wrapped this cloth tightly around the baby’s bellybutton area to keep it intact and clean!!!
Nice cards.
Fabulous, fabulous colour image. I’m learning so much from your challenge this year, watching you and various other of the designers on their sites. Great way to combine several mediums.
Hi Mac, my dog is actually snoring really loud in the background as I watched this video, but he picked his head up when he heard your Mac x
These are so fun and summery. Thank you for all the great ideas.
Love your, arms up, little man. Reminds me of my grandson.
Kathy, your cards came out WONDERFUL! LOOOVE the “Dude” card! LOL AND your other cards are EQUALLY AS GREAT! 😉 You REALLY went ALL OUT this challenge! 😉 I keep looking for things to color here! 😉 (((HUGS!)))
Wow! Your coloring is amazing. I love the guy too. so cute!
These cards are so pretty
and love the watercoloring.
The belly band really adds
to the look on the card.
Carla from Utah
Love your Dude card! What a hoot!
Such bold and beautiful colors on your projects! I have to get that DUDE die! It is awesome and I know it will get a lot of use! Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow, Kathy! Your coloring always wows me!
Love how vibrant these are!!!
Beautiful work. Can’t wait to get mine…love this
Always enjoy your colorful choices. With working full time and taking care of my homebound mom I haven’t had much time to color. Hoping to make some time sooner than later. You are so inspiring and I’ve live vicariously through you. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Beautiful as always. The shaped DUDE card certainly inspired me; I totally forget about making shaped cards. Loved the pencil coloring on the sunrise!
Great projects !! The little man is my favorite 🙂
Your coloring never ceases to amaze me. I love this new release.
Such fun cards! So much inspiration!
Such beautiful coloring. Great projects.
Woohoo dude indeed! This is super fun – love the bright bold colors and the ZEST of it! Bravo!
Your coloring is amazing! I love that little guy!
Beautiful coloring and the seagrass sequins are so pretty.
I love how the colors came out for the birds with the Tombow markers/water. All the cards look great, can’t wait to see tomorrow’s too!
I really like the diagonal pencil work on those rays. At first it was hard to see, but it looks great in the finished photos. This is a fun release—esp the Beachy background stamp and the Jazz stencil.
That “Dude” card makes me laugh every time I look at it!!
Love the Dude card!
I love every one of these awesome projects! The Dude card is sooooo clever & cute. Great idea!
Love how you colored this card! Super cute!
Oh My Goodness! Your coloring is truly amazing!
These are all wonderful & that dude card made me smile. Fabulous work!
Love the sunshine card. You make coloring look so easy! The “dude” card just makes me smile!
I love your card. The use of shimmer in spots really highlights the color. This is just fun in the sun!
Thanks for the video, grehat tipsand great card!
Wow…I have had tombow markers for years and have never used them for watercoloring like this. Thanks so much for the new idea.
What a different and fun set! Loved the watercolored birds and the pencil coloring on the panel is beautiful!
I just LOVE that card and your colouring of it. I feel like I could just disappear into it.
Your coloring technique of using water colored markers and colored pencils was intriguing. I loved all of your creative works but I must say the Dude card was my favorite. The minute I saw it I smiled! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the Dude today is the greatest card. It’s hilarious.
Love, love love this card!!!
1st stop for SSS
The dude card is so funny !!
I love the bright cherry colors.
So glad I stopped by, I feel inspired to do some watercoloring! Very fun cards!!!
Wonderful shaped card n great use of Tombow’s for the bird and love the belly band !
So beautiful and your other cards are just fabulous!!
I love the little dude card. That was very original. The new Good Vibes release is wonderful. I love everything in this release.
I love just the limited pops of glitter!
Love the bright colors of your card, very nice.
Love these cards and the tips. Dude is a riot!
Fantastic cards! LOVE the guy holding up Dude….that is my favorite!! Your coloring for the watercolor card was brilliant, love the added shimmer
Love how you colored the waves and sunshine card!
Awesome cards
What fun! Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Love these new products and the hop as well for they inspire me to create–thank you!
Very beautiful cards. Love this release!
Beautiful coloring. I have a couple of tombows but didn’t think to do this with them. Thank you for the inspiration.
I LOVE what you did with the sun rays and the dude card is precious! All of it is fantastic. TFS!
Love your cards Kathy–especially your use of inks and pencils. I’ve never mixed the two before, but I’ll have to try that. Your “dude” guy is so fun! Can’t wait to see what you do with the strangeness stamp set. Thanks for sharing.
These are awesome. 🙂 I love seeing your coloring.
Love the colouring and that Good Vibes die is really great!
Kathy, I love your watercoloring. These cards are lovely and the DuDE one is cutest of all! Thank you.
Your cards are great, and I especially like your fantastic idea to make the Dude card! It’s so fun how you gave him clothes and even a little tattoo 🙂 Thanks for the video–I really like the look of adding the colored pencil on top of the watercoloring.
Love the dude card
Always enjoy watching your coloring technique. Beautiful card with vibrant colors using the pencils along with the watercolors.
What a fun way to create a dynamic sentiment!! I will be trying this with the Tombows!!
Love all your coloring! I enjoy following your videos.
I love the little touches like the tattoo on the dude. So cool!
Sadly, I haven’t kept up with the recent challenge but I love seeing your coloring on Suzy’s card. That stand-up dude is too cute!
I love your creativity and the video you shared with us.
Thank you for continuing to inspire us!
XOXO Jenn
Your cards are beautiful ! Thank you for the tip about how to hold the color pencil to have a lighter touch.
What more can i say other than Fantastic! As always. Love it Kathy!
I just tried registering for the MFT as im 2 hrs away and its full . If theres any openings please let me know.
How cool it looks! Love your videos, I always learn a lot! 🙂
Whenever I need inspiration, I know you’ll deliver!!!
Really pretty coloring! The Dude is so cute!
Thank you for sharing your watercolor and color pencil techniques.
Love the coloring and sparkle on the waves card!
That “Dude” card is fabulous!! All of your cards are fabulous!! You’re fabulous!!
DUH! Somehow I goofed on including my name! I repeat, your Dude card is fabulous!! So are you!
that dude card is so fun!
Fabulous, love especially the good vibes…reminds me of big hair, rollerskates and disco!
Easy to see why you have such a stellar reputation as a colorist. Wow! Love all the subtle details.
Love your coloring! I like using “belly bands” too 🙂
This new set is so fun Kathy. I love the retro look for the coloring pages. Thanks for sharing with us how you used them.
Fabulous coloring—as always!
Beautiful card
Your coloring is beautiful and the pencil highlights really add a lot. The finished piece is so beautiful!
LOVE the sun/waves panel! And that standing up guy is too fun!
Fabulous coloring! I love the depth of color you got by using the colored pencils. The diagonal lines you put on some of the sun rays really adds some additional interest. The glitter is gorgeous!
The colors you chose for the sunshine card are perfect! Makes me wish I was at the beach right now!
Love the pre stamped cards. They would be fun to take and just create. I love that only a few colors are needed to create. Your painting and pencil over is just stunning.
Love the guy stamp card! To cool!
All your cards are so awesome. Loved the combination of watercolor and colored pencils
Such fun cards! I love the “Dude” card. Thanks for all the coloring tips.
Thank you Kathy!
Love your coloring and narration. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your art & ideas, Dude!
Fabulous watercoloring!
I love the sunny card and the diagonal stripes… And the watercolor cards are in my cart.. This theme is the best! Peace out.
Always love your coloring techniques and how you explain everything. Great projects Kathy!
Love your card Kathy! You always put so much extra in your projects and it shows! I love what the colored pencil adds! I want to try it sometime but I get to the end and don’t want to ruin what I’ve already done!! Guess I should just jump in and do it! Thanks for the great inspiration!
Loving your cards..your work is amazing.
You always teach us something new, a subtle hint, a tweak of a previous demonstration, a new way to look at what we’re doing. Loved this but I never do coloring panels or coloring books. But you show me how narrow that is. And thank you for using Tombows sometimes. Have lots of them, used to love them, you were the one to show me they could be used other ways. Thank you and — Wonderful video — as always.
Your coloring card is so bright and happy! Thanks for the video!
You crack me up!! Not only do you have such awesome coloring skills, you have a great sense of humor! I love that Dude card & thought it was hilarious that you added a tattoo!
Great coloring and your projects are wonderful.
These are amazing!
Great coloring and coloring cards.
Such fun coloring! Those are some great images on Suzy’s Good Vibes coloring cards!
That little “Dude” is perfect! Love all your coloring as always Kathy!
Like the wonderful coloring.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Great cards and fabulous coloring!
As always your cards are great, but the “Stand-up Dude” is a hoot!!! He would look great sitting on anyone’s desk, offering them encouragement and making them smile!!! What a great idea!!!
Beautiful cards! LOVE your Dude!
I love this release!! So different from other releases in the past. I’ve already ordered a few goodies 😛
Such lovely coloring. I really need to try using my colored pencils over my watercoloring for extra detail. Thanks for the tip.
These are incredible! Love all of the details and shading in your coloring!
Thanks so much for all the tips and techniques for incredible colouring. Love your card!
Wonderful creations! Amazing coloring as always! Thank you for great inspiration.
Really great cards Kathy!
That’s a wonderful card ! The color combo is so summery !
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Wonderful cards! And of course great colouring as always.
Kathy your coloring is amazing. I so admire your work.
Love the waves!
really like your dude card.
What a great card. I am so ready for a trip to the beach!
Fun designs! I especially love your shaped card.
I love the DUDE with his hands up! That is so cool! I don’t have a die cutter so I couldn’t make him but he sure is fun to see. I have to go check out what Simon has to offer. I’m sure I got an e-mail but I don’t remember if I saw it or not. I love blog hops! I hope I’m not to late to participate but I have a funny feeling I’m to late. Oh well, what can I do?
I love your other cards and all the colors, especially the ones that use my favorite color in the whole wide world, yellow. I just finished a Dover coloring contest picture and when I scan it or photograph it I will post it. I’ve been coloring!
Dude!!! That Dude card is too fabulous for words!!
I love the shaped Dude card – so clever!
Fabulous cards!