Hello Friends! Welcome to DAY 3 of The 30 Day Coloring Challenge. (If you are new to the challenge or want to know more about it click here.)
I am going to jump right in today. This little prickly scene was colored on the airplane and I was looking to add more color when I got home. (Not the best lighting on an airplane.) So I have a video today on how I enhanced my coloring.
I love adding detail with this super fine tip marker.
The adorable cactus set is from Craftin Desert Divas called, “Prickly” Keeping the card simple I was able to stamp a sentiment and pop my coloring with some foam tape. Easy to assemble and finish. ( the sentiment is from Clearly Besotted)
Using sharp colored pencils is key. I finally found a sharpener that I like. I love the look a stencil adds to a card and it’s quick and easy. This was the stencil I used in case you are curious. Any ink works great with stencils in my experience … today I used Hero Arts layering inks.
I picked up the sharpener at AC Moore & found this similar one.
If you want to share what your creating go to DAY 1 and scroll to the bottom of the post. You will find a blue Inlinkz tab to link up your coloring.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SHARING over on Instagram click here. PLUS you can see lots on my blog here (scroll all the way down)
Did you all catch the hop yesterday? Click here to see it. I wanted to make sure that you guys saw all the videos in the hop. Here is the list for that. Jennifer’s video here. Kristina’s video here. Amy Tangerine’s video here. Dawn owner of WPlus9 video here.
See you tomorrow … I am always grateful for your visit and your uploads and sharing. OMG WOWOWO !! Hugs, Kathy
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Hi Kathy now I have to say I would never purchase stamps like this, but you have changed my mind on that I really LOVE this card!!! I do agree about always having a point on the pencil, and thanks for the tip to keep a light hand I have gotten the waxy look many times. I will have to start working with using white to add interest it looks great! Thank you again for doing this coloring challenge it is wonderful!
Lovely card, and truth be told I didn’t even like the images at the start – but you still managed to turn them into an end product that I really like! You go girl! 🙂
Great card and color love the lashes you add with markers.Amazing card Kathy
Lovely coloring !! I always find it difficult to get darker shades with color pencils ,will try your try too loved the detailing with fin tip marker:)
Great card Kathy, your coloring is gorgeous! I enjoyed your video and I learned a lot by watching you enhance your coloring with color pencils. Thanks for the inspiration and for the coloring challenge!
Such a fun card, Kathy. Love how you added detail using coloured pencils and your trusty white and black little helpers lol.
Marianne x
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS card Kathy!!!
LOVE your potted cacti, LOVE your colouring and LOVE your stencilling too,
you have such an AMAZING eye for DELICATE DETAIL!!!
WOW – I have learnt SO MUCH from your video today – THANK YOU!!!
I am DEFINITELY going to get a better pencil sharpening and try working with a lighter hand … I confess that my 1st attempts using my prisma pencils was disappointing and now I know why 🙂
Great card. I only have a few Copic Marker, and I do not usually use them.
I forgot that I use prisma colour and copic markers together.
This gives me more shades of color.
Fun & beautiful card! I like to use colored pencil over water coloring as well.
Dull pencils drive me crazy! I’ve wondered about switching to Faber Castel pencils which aren’t waxy because of that darn wax build up. Love your cacti. You do such fabulous colouring you inspire us!
Ahhh…so enjoyed watching you use coloured pencils, as that is the really the only colouring medium that ‘works’ for me! Your succulents turned out fantastic! Your video: engaging and enlightening! Off to colour for a bit…
~carol
Thank you Carol for our thoughtful comments. Have fun 🙂
What a fun card! Thanks for sharing.
LOL … I love sharp pencils too. But i feel so guilty when I’m carving off perfectly good pencil to get a sharp tip. Is that weird?
What a fun card! Thanks for sharing the tips!
Another beautiful card. Loved watching how you added shading and details. Helps me with learning more of shading.
Wonderful! I enjoyed your video and your tips! Love all the little details you added! Thank you for the daily inspiration! I’m 3 for 3 but I haven’t posted it yet… will do that tonight! Enjoy your day!
Doggone it- the video won’t play for me. I will be pulling it up again in a few because I have got to see how you managed this all on a plane….amazing! The cards are beautiful.
Kathy…LOVE the yellow spatters on the background and all your extra little touches to really add detail and make it stand out!! So cute! ….love the little ‘stache’ too! 🙂
I have never thought of using my pencils with my marks.
Thank you for the inspiration !
I love your video! It was cool to see your images (which I thought already looked fantastic) come to life even more with the pencil shading!! The shading is so good that it almost looks like the images are cut out and popped up!! Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!
I love all the layering of color truly beautiful you turn any image into a piece of art:). Hugs
Such a sweet image with the hat and mustache! I love Prismacolor and Copics. I am coloring but am waiting for laptop from manufacturer. My other devices are so finicky that it might take me a few more days to properly blog and upload. Can you wait for my technology to catch up? ❤️
We have plenty of time for the laptop to come back. Finding time for coloring is always more important than posting. Thanks for participating. 🙂
Oh, I just love his hat (sombrero?) & the colors you used. Very pretty!
Lovely card
Lovely card Kathy! I am following along with the challenge this time, although as yet I haven’t had time to post what I’m colouring 🙂
A beautiful card Kathy. I am not clear on what you used to color your pic before you used the the colored pencils. Was it Copics? Your shading is amazing!
Saw ALL of the videos yesterday from the hop and I was NOT disappointed. Actually, I was totally inspired!
The base coloring was Copics. Thrilled to hear I am inspiring you. Thrilled to see you again. 🙂
Wow as always, great coloring. I can watch you color all day.
Wow those pots of cacti look amazing Kathy – love how you achieve the highlight areas.
It was fun watching you add details and highlights with your pencils. I love colored pencils and after watching your video I’m going to use them more. Thanks for sharing the card==cute stamp set. And great coloring!
Such a fun card. Your colored pencil technique looks fabulous! Love the highlight the white gives it. Thanks for sharing!
What a great card. Love the highlights with pencil. Love the inking with the stencil too!
This is just amazing Kathy! I am always in awe of your coloring skills!
I love how you colored this one but then again, I love how you color everything. I have a sharpener that is supposed to only be for my chalk pencils but one time I needed to sharpen a pencil that wasn’t a chalk pencil. I loved the point it gave my pencils! The sharpener came with my chalk pencils so I can’t recommend you buy one unless you buy the pencils too. I love my colored pencils! I see you have the brand that I have. Great minds think alike! LOL
I have to watch your video and see what you did. One question though. Do Copics bleed on white card stock? One of my Copic markers bled on a card that I was entering in a coloring contest. The last time I used my markers I didn’t use that color and that was after I bought them. Next time I am going to try all of them out the minute I buy them no matter how busy I am.
I’ll bet you are glad you are back. I know I love to go away but I like coming home. Today I went to the doctor to see about my foot. I’m all bound up and in a boot. It hurts but I’ll live. I hate my foot being like this but it could have been so much worse!
Beautiful card Kathy!! Love your coloring!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Fabulous card as always. I wouldn’t usually consider a stamp set such as this but I love it. Thank you for sharing and for all the tips. I’m getting into colouring
Great card Kathy. Your coloring is super! Thanks for sharing with us.
Loved the video! I like using colored pencils even though it takes more time to color with them. I appreciate the tips you gave for using them to highlight and shade the images. I also enjoyed seeing the stenciling. Your results are wonderful. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Amazing coloring with colored pencils Kathy!
WOW. Love this card and love love love this set. A need! And I love learning something new like using a stencil the way you did to get that background. Considering the number of stencils I own, you would think I would have seen this by now. Thanks for helping me learn something new!
What a fun card! It is such a cute stamp set! Using the stencil to create a background after the card has been stamped is genius! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for having these coloring challenges! I so enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing! It also makes me color!
Thanks for sharing how you get all that texture from your colored pencils. They are the easiest for me to use. I’ll have to try keeping them sharper!
What a cute card…love the colouring and fun images.
Super cute card!
Stunning. You are so talented Kathy with your ability to paint. I am in awe!