Hello Friends! How are you? Today is Day 16. of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” ! but, wait … there is more! It’s …. Mama Elephant Stampede Hop!
Two cards plus a twist to celebrate the Mama Elephant Stampede! First up is a video. Click here to watch in HD or click here to subscribe.
I am in love this Yeti stamp called, “Me & My Yeti” & I had so much fun coloring these two yeti’s.
Sometimes you just run out of time when creating a card or you need to walk away & see if you need to add more when you return. Check out how this card changed at the bottom of my post.
Mama Elephant has such a knack for creating images that strike a cord with me. They evoke emotion like this little bear family called, “Beary Christmas” . I demonstrated coloring the adult bear at the Mama Elephant Anniversary party in NY. The yeti and the bear were colored the same way except I added more dots on the bear with my markers.
When I came home from NY I finished coloring the rest of the sweet bears, die cut & stamped a banner and assembled my card.
Who doesn’t love these sweet yeti’s & they are super simple to color. I thought it would be fun to add a poinsettia for fun and a pop of color. Time was a factor and I always need blank cards so I opted to go sentiment free.
After taking Max to the doggie sitters I decided to add a sentiment cause I love this sentiment & I thought why not. I had a skinny piece of scrap cardstock that I colored and glued on to the sentiment banner to create a flag.
Which one do you like best? The card on the right or on the left. I would love to hear.
I thought you might appreciate the colors I used today for my yeti card and don’t forget about some copic blending solution and a rag … it’s a must to get all that texture!
The background was quick and simple. I die cut a circle from a post it note and stuck it on my white cardstock
Two colors of distress ink were added (this and this) and the circle was removed. Sometimes I color the white moon a yellow.
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Here are today’s designers, make sure you ‘stampede’ your way through all of them and check out what they created with the newest products!
Lisa Spangler
Amy Yang
Debby Hughes
Pamela Ho
Kathy Racoosin – You are here the last stop in the hop-
Thank you so much for your visit today and if you are just hearing about the coloring challenge why not try it and jump right in. We would love to have you. See you tomorrow! Hugs, Kathy
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Day 18. Backgrounds Front & Center
Wonderful cards! I love the dotted texture on the animals.
Love, love, loooove .
Fun cards, Kathy. I particularly like the second one. Maybe it’s simply because yetis are simply not my cup of tea.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Marianne x
These are very cute cards. I like the Yeti card on the right a bit better. I really love the Beary Christmas cards, though. Those sweet little bears just make me smile.
The Yetis are adorable but I really adore the sweet bears ! Your cards are stunning! TFS!
Sweet cards.
the big yetti with his flower is darling.
Love how you put the tree off the card.
thanks for sharing.
These cards are absolutely adorable. I like the Yeti card on the right, the flag with the sentiment helps to bring balance to the card, IMHO. The bear card could not be any cuter! ♥
I know what you mean- that set got me emotional and I just had to order it!
Love your colouring and I really wish I could get some of hat solvent solution for Copic markers.
Love these cute cards… trying to perfect my coloring with copic markers!!
I like the one on the right and love the bears. Had fun meeting you in ny last weekend and all the coloring tips.
Beautiful projects showcasing these cute new products! Love Mama Elephant!
Great cards
Love them both! Who could choose!??
Thanks for sharing your amazing techniques, shout out to Kristina Werner for mentioning your fab technique in her latest video!!!
Love the yeti’s! The teddy bear is adorable too.
So cute, Kathy. I do love that sentiment, LOL!
Love love these! The way you color everything is simply so wonderful, Kathy. Thank you! I love these yetis from the new release!
Simply gorgeous cards! Jo x
This is the best blog, I love coloring and your cards are just precious I really have to get that yeti. Thanks for the awesome video on Coloring him too.
Oh Elizabeth thanks for your amazing comment! You rock!
Oh my what cuteness… love the Yeti’s and the bear is too sweet. I could watch you all day . I hope your day is wonderful and I will keep up on my coloring. Thanks for a great video. Love Mamma Elephant products.
The cards are beautiful, the backgrounds draw you in but the yeti themselves are the bomb! They made a frustrating morning happier. Gave me a smile. The sheer silliness of the characters made me laugh, the” dottedness” gave them a hairy aspect that was perfect.
Thank you!
I’m sorry you had a rough morning, Tamra! It’s means so much to me that my blog post brought you some smiles!
Your cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing your techniques with us.
Oh my, I am so in love with these yetis….and the textures you got on these fellow is awesome sauce with sprinkles on top! I like the yetis on the left best–because well, more is…more
Hahaha Essie! Thank you!
Cute ! Great work!
Amazing color and texture on the little bears! I like the card on the right – with the “Yeti or Not” sentiment – it’s so fun!
Great cards, great coloring – as always!
The Yetis and bears are so very adorable images, ME knocks it out of the ballpark with this release. Love the two cards you created, they are just so delightful! I think I like the yeti card with the sentiment because of the humor.
Love those bears. So cute.
Love all the tiny details you add to your creations.
Such fun cards! I love the way you colored the yetis and the bear!
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Love your coloring and the fabulous texture!!! Great cards!
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WOW your cards are amazing!!!! LOVE them both and Mama Elephant:)
I loved the one with sentiment more
the one texture you have achieved on them looks fabulous !
I love both of your cards! My preference is the yeti with the banner of those two versions. Awesome new release fro ME!
oh those are so nice!
love them!
Absolutely adorable!! Thank you for the tips!!
I love how you created the texture. That is amazing.
I love the texture on the Yetis!
Cute cards. I like the yeti card with the sentiment the best of the two.
This Yeti stamp is really cute! I really like the card on the right if the sentiment on the flag.
Kathy, both cards are so fun but the added sentiment flag just seems to finish it off. Live it!
These Yeti are sooo cute! Love both types of cards! And thanks for your tutorials and challenge!
Beautiful coloring as always Kathy! I adore this cute Yeti–congrats to Mama Elephant on their anniversary!
Very cute cards…!! Love the bears so much…!!
Very cute cards…!! Love the bears so much…!!
The bears decorating their tree are adorable.
Love the little bearfamilie, like the way you coloured the fur,with the dots its just like real fur. Thanks for this tip!
Love Me & My Yeti.. So darn cute. Thanks for the demo on how to put it all together.
These are Fabulous cards!! Love the texture!!!
Your Yeti is just so prize. Really great design whoever came up with it. The releases this month are wonderful as well.
So, so cute! Love your coloring too!!
Very cute. I really like the texture of your coloring.
Love the tips and tricks you shared on the coloring of the yetis! What type of rag did you use? It is a terry cloth piece of a towel? By the way, your wedding ring is beautiful
Yes, Elizabeth- any old ‘nubby’ rag piece will work. This is part of an old kitchen hand towel.
I love how you coloured the fur. Very cute!
Super adorable – I Love how you added texture to those little animals!
Love the yeti card. The bears are adorable. Thanks for sharing….
I love your cards and your video was wonderful. You always make it look so easy but best of all you always make it look like fun. Thanks
I love the cards. The Yeti card with the banner is too cute!
Darling darling cards. I love the shadow on the bear and baby with the tree. I love the coloring and texture. The other card with the flower. how darling and cute and creative. So you and lovely. Love the details you give. Love them.
Love the Yeti cards. I think it’s the Yeti or Not sentiment.
Love the Yeti and the way you colored them!
Adorable!!! These holiday cards created with the new products are super cute!
These are both fabulous cards but the yetis really made me smile!
The bears are my favorite! I feel like my inner child is delighting!
I do like the Yeti sentiment, but like the brighter look of the card on the left.
I love the season’s wishes and the snow flurries die cut sets. Thank you.
Both of your cards are so sweet, Kathy! They Yetis are adorable but the bears are my favorite! They remind me of when I was a kid and loved teddy bears!
Beary Christmas has got to be one of the cutest & sweetest stamp sets for Christmas cards this year.
Love those Yetis and big poinsettia as well as the beary Xmas images! Thanks for all the fabulous inspiration Kathy! Have a wonderful
Day!
Love the cards Kathy. So enjoy watching you colour. Love the technique you used to create the fur on your critters!
Wonderful cards. I really enjoyed watching your process video for the Yetis. They are so cute! I like the sentiment banner you added. Perfect! Thank you for sharing!
Adorable cards! I love that the yeti is holding a poinsettia in one of them!
The texture on these critters looks awesome and perfect!
Kathy, I really love the copic solution blending that you did on the yetis in your video. I am so glad I picked up some more Copics. I am finding that they color much easier for me than my Spectrum Noirs do. I am learning a lot from this coloring challenge and the blogs hops. Thank you for sharing.
I love how the yeti is holding that giant poinsettia. So cute. Thanks for the video.
FABULOUS cards!
AWESOME colouring!
LOVE them ALL … the bears are SO CUTE and the yeti’s with the poinsettia and sentiment flag are WONDERFUL!
PS – my comment didn’t make it clear … the one on the right is my favourite
I always learn so much about colouring from your posts! Your yetis and bear are just lovely!
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I like the one on the right more but they’re both great. Thanks for a great video too.
Cute and adorable cards
Fantastic, Kathy, your creations are always so inspirational and exceptionally coloured!
Your creations are stunning!
I love watching you colour. Those yetis look great.
Love both cards but the Yeti is my favorite! Thanks for sharing the video
I love the yeti card on the right with the sentiment banner. Love how you colored the Yetis and the little bear and also how you cut them and used the black marker. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love Yetis and bears but between these two, the bears win for me! I always enjoy your videos, thank you!
Thank you so much, Laura!
Love your coloring and those dots for texture!
What a great, but simple idea for the moon! I am going to try that today. Thank you for the inspiration.
Great way to add texture. TFS
Great cards, Kathy! I love your technique of dabbing with the colorless blender. The texture it creates is so cool. Can’t wait t to try it out!
Super cute, love the yeti stamp set
So lovely!
My favorite card is the one on the left with the sentiment. The card seems too plain without the sentiment to balance the large Yetis. I love that tiny bear being lifted up by Daddy Bear, So sweet:)
I kind of like the sentiment added. I loved the video. Don’t you wish you could actually pull a card together that fast when you need to?!! I might be more interested in alcohol markers if I could actually color that fast with them. I do appreciate all the time and effort you put into what you share with us. Thanks so much.
Such wonderful cards and coloring ! Love your rag technic, must try it. Both are lovely
Love these cards and stamp sets!
These are all great cards! I think I like the Yetis with the sentiment best
I prefer the card on the left because I think it’s nice to see a good part of the moon but a sentiment is missing.
Love the texture. Great cards as always.
Amazing cards and coloring love them
That yeti is way too cute! Thanks for the inspiring work!
As always, Kathy, thank you for sharing your coloring techniques with us. I’m mesmerized watching you color! Both cards are beautiful and I love the final touch you added to your yeti card, so perfect!
I love the uniqueness of your Yetis. We all think of him being white and it was nice to see him brownish. What a great idea!
Thanks for the tips on using the blending solution.
love the Yetti …
I love the Yeti! Super adorable.
So cute! I love the texture in the coloring!
So cute! I love the texture in the coloring!
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I love both your cards. Those bears are so cute and I think it’s so creative to put the poinsettia stem in the yeti’s hand.
Beautiful cards!
Your coloring is amazing! Love these cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Amazing cards, the background you’ve created is stunning! xx
Such cute yetis and your coloring astounds me! I love it! And I have to say, I love all your projects. The yeti card with the banner flag is my favorite!
Oh Kari, thank you so much!
Super cute cards x
Gorgeous cards. Your colouring is just perfect. Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Love these.
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It was so good to see that technique in person too… Gorgeous card. Thanks Kathy.
I wasn’t able to participate in the blog hop because I was helping my sister out at the 5th largest fair in the country. She has a shed there where she sells her shawls, ruana’s, & leggings that she buys and sells. She is also selling her tops that have her photos on them. We are eating all that fair food that is so good for you! LOL
I love that card with the mama bear helping the little bear put the star on top of the tree. It is just way to cute! I love the way you colored it.
The Yeti is a stamp I’m not to crazy about. It’s okay as a stamp for your cards and I like both of them, I don’t really have a fave out of the 2 of them. It’s not a stamp for me though because I don’t think I would use it. I’m just being honest here.
I love your coloring on all the cards. Great job, Kathy!
The fair sounds like so much fun, Gail!
Oh my! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these cards Kathy. In answer to your question, I think I liked the sentiment added to the yeti card but to be honest, it looked just as cute without! The ragging technique looked fab on these yeti, really gave them some lovely texture. And that little bear holding the other baby bear up, just too cute. You are an amazing cardmaker, love your work, Lisa x
Oh Lisa, thank you! You’re an amazing cardmaker, too!
Wow, stunning!! The colouring is beautifully done and the dot technique just adds so much more texture. The bears and the yeti are just so cute! I think that I like the card with the sentiment best but I would definitely use the sentimentless one
The bears are my favorite images from Mama Elephant. They seem so cuddly.
I love the new release! ME is such a phenomenal company–your cards are incredible! I actually like the sentiment free images you colored!
Another beautiful day for stamping.