Hello Friends, Welcome to Day 7. I hope you had a good weekend. Looks like you all are doing a great job finding a little time for you. Yay that makes me so happy. 🙂
For today’s project . I managed to make one place card with this sweet stamp from Lil Inker Designs. Did you know that Simon Says Stamp has a new ink great for “no line” coloring? Love the super soft beige color.
The image was stamped in black & beige and my plan was to color both for a comparison. I find that coloring with pencils take a bit longer than with markers for me. I outlined the image with a pencil and cut it out leaving a boarder. A ruler was used with a pencil to create the box below the image. I thought this would be a great place to add the name for place cards but, if I color more I will need to spend less time coloring. OR I could use this as a bookmark in stead.
Even my birds need some eyeshadow. I used a pencil to outline the image instead of a black marker. If my pencils are super sharp I seem to have an easier time coloring with them. This is the sharpener that I like but, I am always on the look our for a better one.
That’s it for today. Stay tuned for more giveaway coming up soon. Have a great day. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. There are now 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. Click here .. You will find the Inlinkz button at the bottom of the post.
P.S.S.  If you’re new to the coloring challenge or have any questions about the coloring challenge you can refer to this post.
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Lovely coloring Kathy !
Wow Kathy what beautiful colouring. such a clever idea.
Love these place settings and so beautifully coloured.
your card is so nice! and coloring is amazing!
love it!
Hi Kathy, I just had to pop in and say how much I adore your coloring on this placecard. I adore the colors and the bit of eyeshadow on your bird. I like that you can see some of the lines in the leaves, too. That’s a great effect. I also wanted to say a grateful thank you for the lovely comments you’ve left on my Instagram in regards to the projects I’ve been sharing. I so appreciate your taking the time to do that! I greatly admire your talents and big heart!
All my pleasure. Thanks for noticing all the details. Keep colring and posting. Enjoy finding time for you.
I adore thIs image but I love how beautifully you’ve colored it!!
Hahaha! Love that bird and if you wouldn’t have told, I wouldn’t have notice the eyeshadow, it looked so natural for me, everyone needs eyeshadow! And the purple looks great in this girl! 🙂
Eyeshadow, false lashes and pink bellies. LOL Enjoy!
Oh my but they are BEAUTIFUL Kathy!!! I love them!! TFS
Oh and BTW my iPad charger gave up the ship…got a new one so I’ll be adding in all my work ….late but I’m doing it! 😀
Awesome. Proud of you for finding time for you. You rock. 🙂
Very pretty place card. I like how you used color pencils it gives a totally different look.
Stunning card the image is gorgeous x
Very pretty image, love the idea!
This would make a lovely bookmark. Or, you could use it for a grocery list! I have had some lovely grocery lists, but they are usually my coloring “fails”! A bookmark seems more permanent! I would not want to color 24 of them as place cards!!!! Thanks. You make me smile.
This is gorgeous coloring! and I love the eye-shadow on the bird!
xoxo olga
So pretty Kathy!!
Oh MY! I love this birdie! And, your coloring is perfect! This image, along with the deer image, from LI, are beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration.
I absolutely love the little bird (with her eyeshadow). The coloring is so beautiful. Another blogger (can’t remember which one) suggests a sharpener by möbius & ruppert. I haven’t gotten one yet, not had the opportunity, but she swears by it. I love your challenges, thanks for your hard work (and your helpers hard work also) and thanks for sharing your wonderful talents.
Thank you so much for the sharpener info. I’ll have to check it out. Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate. Keep coloring like no one is watching. Enjoy 🙂
Hi Kathy! You are wonderful! I love, love these placecards. You put a little magic into your coloring everytime! Thanks so much for your kind comments on instagram.
Just getting started in the challenge. But I am enjoying your posts. I’m going to go back and read them all. Lovely little bird! Time to color something.
Fabulous news. It’s never too late to join the fun and even go backwards. LOL Enjoy time for you. 🙂
You colored the image so beautifully, love it!
What a beautiful place card, Kathy, and I love the soft coloring with your pencils…a medium I’ve not yet mastered (and perhaps will not ever…ha…but that’s okay). I love this, and it’s inspiring me to look at some of my own stamps to find a way to use this. Hugs!
So pretty!!
This is just lovely!
Hope it’s for a small party lol It would take me forever if I were to make place cards. Love the finish you have with pencils, I tend to push to hard and then have problems blending. I am working on it although. Very nice Kathy and yet again thanks.
Great stamp set for place cards
Love the idea of place cards . Fun coloring!
Beautiful. I like the soft colors.
Beautiful image. I have a hard time finding a pencil sharpener that works, but I ordered one from Amazon that I had seen on a blog where the gal did beautiful pencil coloring, and it was the one she recommended. It’s supposed to be here today, so I’ll let you know how it works.
Please keep me posted that would be helpful. Thanks for your kind words. Enjoy the time for you. 🙂
Beautiful coloring and cute birdie!
That is so beautifully colored I have trouble staying “soft” with my pencils have to work on that.
Kathy, Sandy Allnock is really into pencil sharpeners. Check her site.
Go for the bookmark, you”ll never get enough made if you color this pretty on all of them.
That’s such a good idea to make that into a place card! There are so many possibilities!! I adore your pencil coloring–it’s so very pretty! Thank you for sharing!
Cute place card!
I noticed the darker eyelid right away and thought “oh, what a nice way to define areas of the eye for extra depth.” I didn’t realize it was eye shadow until you mentioned it. Such a sweet image, and such lovely coloring. I’m sure others without Copics appreciate it, too. Now, for something with the cheap Crayola markers. 😉 At least they should make such a time-consuming, however amazing the result is, easier. If you do one of those, I’d like to know more about blending them.
AS FOR SHARPENERS: I’ve watched several YT videos about the Kum sharpeners. There are some comparison videos for their different sharpeners (the Automatic Long Point Sharpener and the Masterpiece Sharpeners). The “automatic” model is sold on Amazon for under $8. Here’s a good video about the Automatic Long Point Sharpener (which isn’t automatic like we know it, but it’s impressive): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRBrvBKiyUU
And here’s a review of several sharpeners, including the two Kum sharpeners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVn5n0l4ljM
Every video I’ve seen seems to rave about the Kum sharpeners. I have one in my shopping cart.
Thanks so much for all the info. I really appreciate. Keep coloring. 🙂
Wow Kathy. You are awesome and so talented. I like this place card.
Darling place card. Well done.
Simply splendid!!
This is super pretty! I love the softness of colored pencils!!! TFS!
What a fantastic idea! The coloring is spctacular as your usual! Big hugs
I love the coloring on this place card! So awesome that you put eye shadow on that cute little bird. I just can’t tell you how much I love this!
Just beautiful
Beautiful place card! I’m sure all of your guests would love to take these home!
I too find colored pencils take longer! These place cards are lovely….love my birds!
This is beautiful Kathy! I thought it may be a nice idea if you could attach it to a small piece of wood and write the name on the piece of wood.
I suppose you may consider it cheating if you colored one and copied it onto the same type of cardstock. You could add a few pencil strokes on each to add highlights to each. (Restraint needed, Girl Friend!)
He-IS-Able!
Traci Starkweather tracistarkweather@gmail.com
AS usual, beautifully done Kathy!
Oh my goodness Kathy this is beautiful. Such lovely work and with coloured pencils no less. That must have taken some serious time, its perfect!
That’s why it will probably be a bookmark. LOL Thank you. 🙂
Love the softness the pencils give. Great look.
Oh how cool and I LOVE your coloring! :o)
Gotta love a bird with eyeshadow!
Very sweet little birdie, Kathy. I’m a few days behind already, but will try to catch up. TFS for the encouragement!
Such a great idea!
DELIGHTFUL … I would be too distracted looling at mine to even think about eating!!!
Sharpeners are still a frustration for me … will check out yours and the others suggested in the comments – Thank You all for sharing 🙂
I meant LOOKING …. or was I subconsciously thinking of drooling 😉
Oh what great coloring Kathy! I also find that coloring with my colored pencils takes a lot longer than other mediums. I always seem to be in a rush, so I tend to lean on my Copics for coloring a lot. I need to spend more time with my pencils! Gorgeous Kathy! 🙂