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November 4, 2018 •

Day 4. Fun Beards and Backgrounds

Hello Friends, It’s me again … the sleepless me. How are you? Are you having a good weekend so far?

Today we learned how to color beards plus many other things… but, I love this technique and I love Stamping Bella stamps. Isn’t this stamp the cutest! You can see the color key on the left but, my beard ended up looking like a fun design instead of hair. Practice practice and I look forward to that.

This background is so easy and in this previous post I share different options on easy backgrounds. 

Love his facial expressions!!

These are the Boot Camp ladies and Jennifer Dove is the one second from the left. Such a great crew and awesome experience for all coloring levels.

See you tomorrow! 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.

P.S.S. If you have any questions about the coloring challenge you can refer to this post . If you want to get my posts in your mailbox you can sign up here or subscribe to my videos here.

The 3rd way is to link up to my blog to share your coloring click here to link up.

  Filed Under: 30 Day Color Challenge, Markers Tagged With: #thedailymarker30day, Boot Camp, Day 4., stamping bella

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Comments

  1. Nora says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:17 am

    Oh my!! I LOVE Stamping Bella and the beard you colored is so COOL!! I want to learn how to do that technique!!! Can you do a video?????

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:46 pm

      I love this cute stamp so much. Stamping Bella is wonderful. Thank you, Nora! I’m glad you think my card is cool. Yes, I hope to have quite a few videos when I return and get caught up a little on sleep 🙂

  2. Katrina Howe says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:27 am

    The beard looks great.

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:47 pm

      Awww, you are sweet to say so, Katrina. Thank you for taking time to stop by and leave a comment.

  3. Michele says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:35 am

    Kathy I think his beard looks grey, instead of white, which is a BONUS for me!! This guy has stolen my heart!!
    =]

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      You are sweet, Michele! He is a handsome little guy, isn’t he? Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂

  4. Anne Sturgeon says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:51 am

    His beard is really cool looking.. video please? Looks like boot camp was so fun. Weather behaved and you all look so happy.

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:52 pm

      I appreciate your kind words, Anne. I plan to make quite a few videos after boot camp. The weather has been lovely, thank you. I appreciate your patience 🙂

  5. creatingincolors says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:52 am

    Looks like your classes are fun and productive!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:53 pm

      Yes, I always learn so much from other crafters, as well as having so much fun with people that have a common passion for crafting 🙂

  6. Becky Green says

    November 4, 2018 at 11:52 am

    Well, your little gnome is using some kind of mousse on his beard! LOL You can do A LOT with mousse, Kathy! LOL He IS CUTE! It looks like you are having a BLAST on your coloring adventure!!! LOVE the colored socks!!! 😉

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 4, 2018 at 12:54 pm

      Becky, your sweet comment made me laugh out loud! Thank you for the smile 🙂

  7. Henriëtte says

    November 4, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    I love the gnome and your beard is a little greyer than the sample but that doesn’t matter.
    these images are so cute and bring always a smile on my face. I keep it short today, going to colour, yehhh. Didn’t have time earlier only for the background. So its now me-time!
    Thanks Kathy, have fun, learn, so you can teach us (LOL), see/hear you tomorrow.

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:10 pm

      Your kindness makes me smile, Henriette! I am thrilled that you are carving out some “me” time, even if it is only for a background 🙂

  8. Teresa Doyle says

    November 5, 2018 at 6:40 am

    He is SO CUTE Kathy. I can’t get over the dimension you get by adding in the shadows. I definitely need to practice that. It looks so textured. Fantastic colouring as always!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:11 pm

      You are so thoughtful, Teresa! The shadows do make a huge difference; I hope you practice and get some “me” time 🙂

  9. Vinita Jain says

    November 5, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Looking cute with the grey beard! A handsome image with pretty coloring!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:12 pm

      Thank you, Vinita! I am so glad you like him 🙂

  10. Maureen Reiss says

    November 5, 2018 at 12:15 pm

    I love how you colored the beard!!! Fabulous card!!!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:13 pm

      Awww, you are so sweet, Maureen! I am grinning from ear-to-ear after reading your comment 🙂

  11. Olga Dendrinou Fink says

    November 6, 2018 at 10:32 am

    Wow the beard is fabulous! I love the way you colored it! It must have been super fun to be at the boot camp!
    Xoxo Olga

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:14 pm

      I am grateful for your kind words, Olga! Boot camp was a blast 🙂

  12. Monia Lisa says

    November 6, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    WOW! Adorable! I love how you colored the bread!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:15 pm

      You brightened my day, Monia Lisa! Thank you for your lovely comment.

  13. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    November 7, 2018 at 12:04 am

    I love Stamping Bella! I have a ton of their stamps but not this one. Whenever I see Gnomes I always think of the movie that had the song “The Gnome-mobile” & I’m singing that song in my head. I love his beard! Who says it has to look just like a real beard? A Gnome isn’t real so who says his beard has to be?
    Your coloring is spot on as usual. Great card. I hope whoever got it loved it!

    • Gail Plaskiewicz says

      November 7, 2018 at 12:08 am

      Are you in that photo with the ladies? I didn’t see you there. I love the socks & I have some like that. They keep me nice & warm when it gets cold out.

      • Kathy Racoosin says

        November 8, 2018 at 7:18 am

        You leave the sweetest comments, Gail! I am happy that you like Stamping Bella as much as I do 🙂

  14. Tara Prince says

    November 7, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    Wow the beard is amazing!

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:16 pm

      Thank you so much, Tara! I appreciate your stopping by and taking time to leave a sweet comment 🙂

  15. Gab says

    November 7, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    This class looks so amazing! Your bearded gnome is adorable!

  16. Fikreta says

    November 9, 2018 at 3:42 am

    Love it!
    amazing backround!

  17. Andrea M Hastilow says

    November 10, 2018 at 8:49 am

    Gorgeous gnome & his pal email Stamping Bells are amazing & I’m loving their new oddballs range. I have many of the gnome images but no matter what my or rather their beards do not look alike in the slightest, yep I’m on the practice part of it all lol. Great post again today thank you, on the photo of Jennifer & her team I had to laugh, I have those silly socks lmbo.xxxx

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