Hello Dear Friends, Today is DAY ONE of my First Pop Up Challenge! I really really hope that you enjoy these next four days. Each day I will have a giveaway and hopefully a video too 🙂 At the bottom of today’s post will be the InLinkz tool to upload your card or project. If you are new to the Pop Up Challenge you can read about the details here.
REMINDER … it’s all about lines. Any line of any kind. Just don’t stress and have some fun. Don’t forget if you post your photo with some popcorn you have a chance at winning a goodie bag in addition to the daily prizes but, the popcorn is just for fun NO requirement 🙂
If you saw yesterdays video in the Pre Pop Up Post todays two cards will make more sense to you. My first card was inspired by a rug that I saw on vacation. On the way home I watercolored my wavy lines on the airplane. It was a little difficult to cut my painting in half to create my card but, I got two cards out of it so it’s a win win.
For a few years I have enjoyed stacking a sentiment on top of a busy background and still love doing it. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches called, “Thanks 2“and the stitched green boarder die cut is from Pretty Pink Posh. The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.
It’s super relaxing for me to make the little hatch or eyelash lines. Ahhhh I almost forgot this was watercolor paper and I used Zig markers BUT, this sorta thing is great for any marker. I couldn’t film my my process on the plane so I thought it would be fun for my nephew to draw some lines and see what I could do with them. Point being any lines can be colored and turned into a pretty card. I hope you agree and I hope if you doubted yourself you might not now 🙂
I have a video for this card…and it’s the result of my nephews lines that he drew in the video yesterday.
To watch the video larger or in HD click here.
Ink Blending Solution can be your friend (I use mine all the time) and it’s what I used in the video with my rag. If you wanted to try a smaller bottle this refill is the exact same solution and it’s less money and on sale right now. The Mama Elephant stamp set is called, “Friend Indeed” and the coordinating die cut is called, “Friend Script” and I LOVE the size. You can get 20% off on this divine multiliner Copic set from Simon Says Stamp use the code “COPICB2S” to save on anything Copic (including the blending solution). Such great timing with this challenge and the 30 Day Coloring Challenge in October. (If you don’t have any Copics I would start with something like this.)
TODAY’S GIVEAWAY! Tell me an idea you might have for my next challenge or just say hello lol. I will pick three winners to be announced by next Friday or sooner.
Thanks for your visit today I always am grateful. See you tomorrow! Hugs,Kathy
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Such a wonderful idea creating using lines! It’s often the simple things in life that are most inspiring. What about “water” for one of the challenges? Thanks for the chance to win!
This is thrilling to the soul!! I can’t wait to participate!!!!
Hi Kathy! I love your cards & can’t wait to play along!
Heading to the studio now! Mental health day!
what a great idea to just draw lines then make something wonderful out of it. how about doing circles or dots for one of the challenges.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Wow, that is amazing!
I’m think I missunderstood yesterday, I added the pop up logo for popcorn and not actual popcorn. Should I repost?
I would love to see layering for dimension and shadowing using Copic C, W and T markers. I love the pop blue gives things but I would love practice with natural looking shadows.
Have a great day!
Start with a word stamp and create lines from there?
Hi Kathy! Wow….these are both stunning! Love the look of both of them. One day…..one day I JUST may come close to coloring like you 😀 Fabulous ♥
Wow! Brilliant idea and result!!!!!! I love the idea! I have to give it a try!!!!! About the next challenge I am sure it will be great and I would like to get ideas like this from today to play with my cards!! Thanks a lot for the inspiration!!
What a cool idea for a challenge! Thanks for the chance to win!
Lines was an excellent choice because no one is limited – everyone can draw lines. Trying to come up with ideas that do not limit anyone from participating will be the challenge. Perhaps something like embellishments – adding interest to whatever image you’re coloring by inking in extra lines and doodles like you did with the paper smooches image on your Father’s Day card. This could be your own stamped image or in your coloring book.
Live both cards and that challenge. Ideas from next challenge dots I love dots
Love your card with the butterflies
Hi and Happy Friday! Love the cards, very beautiful and inspiring, such a great idea with lines. Idea for next challenge, how about creating with silhouettes?
Single layer card and/or monochromatic. Thanks, as always, for the inspiration! 🙂
I love this idea and appreciate the great instruction. Color is so dynamic and “taming” it is so fun. Thanks!
Thanks for these. I actually have some crafting time this weekend so I think I’ll get to play along. How about a Stamped background paper challenge? You know…using smaller stamps to make a patterned paper 🙂
Thanks again!
The cards are wonderful, but I hate that you had to cut the wavy pic. down to card size, it was “wall hanging worthy.”
Love love love these cards and the colors, both amazing! I can’t wait to get home to make something! And now I definitely want some popcorn (I like mine buttery with M&M’s) 🙂
Maybe for the next challenge, you do something along the same line (ha get it), make it about geometric shapes?
Hi Kathy! Lovely cards, as always. One layer card would be AWESOME! Inlaid die cuts would be great too.
Have an AWESOME day!
Thanks for another educational post. LOVE your coloring! So magical taking your nephew’s drawings and turning them into art. I bet he was thrilled to see the final results.
Next challenge..maybe a different way to use critter stamps then the normal one to color it and pop it up a card…so to give more ways to use critter stamps.
I stay stuck in the normal way to use them..so to think out side the box…..that is hard for me…
Drawing lines is a great idea! Makes for a truly personalized card.
Great ideas! How about the same challenge with a Christmas theme?
Hello! Love your technique with the Copic blender and rag, as well as the size of the friend die cut. Great cards!
Love this challenge! I’m tempted to drop everything right now and play with lines. Instead I’m going to stay my course and reward myself and my boys later with this challenge.
Hi Kathy, My ideas would be to do Christmas cards, or 2nd idea use some kind of markers, like copics or zigs or any kind. 3rd idea, you have to use a stamp on your card, maybe just a word stamp only or a SSS stamp only. Last idea would be a Halloween card since it’s the next holiday coming up and my favorite holiday, lol. Thanks just some ideas.
OMG! how dynamic. I cannot wait to try a few for myself! Thank you for such wonderful, simple to understand instructions. Terry
Hello! I enjoy looking at the cards posted for your challenges, though I am nervous to participate. I will… one day! Thanks for all your encouraging blog posts and helpful tips.
How about a challenge on using dots and/or shadowing to enhance a colored image? [either on the image or around it]
Hi, what a wonderful idea using lines. Will have to give it a try, although it is out of my comfort zone. Christmas cards would be a get idea.
Thanks
Love the cards. This is an interesting concept for card making. I just might try it. Lil
Such beautiful creations!! Love them and popcorn 😉 Thanks for the opportunity!!
Love the free-flow of the lines. The colors are fantastic.
what a fun idea.
thanks.
Hello, friend! I did some lines yesterday as your nephew did, and colored them in. Now I can actually do something with it. Love this challenge.
Love the cards , I only have small word stamps so now something else for my wish list and am afraid I don’t have copics only promarkers but guess they are similar. Now thanks to your lines I can colour whilst watching tv on an evening and still have the best of both worlds craft and spending time with family.
I would love to learn how you add texture to things with your colouring or those dotty shadows or even how you blend your flower petals anything really its always great to have something to aspire to, Thankyou and will definitely try to play later.
Fabulous cards! I’m loving the lines thing and I even bought some popcorn. Only problem is, I’ve eaten half the bag already and not started drawing yet….. Fingers crossed for later! It was a big bag too…..
Your lines card is fabulous – and watching your create is definitely a highlight. Thank you! I’m not very good with colouring so this challenge of yours is a wonderful ‘stretch’ opportunity. For another Pop-Up…Halloween theme (love Halloween cards!), stretching dies/stamps…anything. Only request: please no water-colouring! I just can’t get a handle on it! *grin*
~carol
I’m so glad you chose lines for this challenge because we are road tripping this weekend and this will be road trip friendly…already put my sketch pad and sharpie dual tip marker in my purse (trying to pack light so not sure if or which colored markers will make the cut!!) As for the next pop up…circles, stamped background paper, holiday themes (thanksgiving, Christmas), color challenges, supply challenges (stencils, texture paste, die cuts)…
Gorgeous cards! So dramatic and elegant! Maybe the next pop up can be dots and spots? 🙂 TFS and a chance to win! Hugs, Kristina
When I saw these cards this morning my eyes flew wide open! Your coloring make it look like they are suede or moleskin- I just about could reach out and feel it! Love your daily inspirations! Hello!
Hi, I love to watch you color. Your cards are always so pretty. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a cool idea for a challenge! Thanks for the chance to win!
I kinda like the idea of doodling, if that could possibly be a challenge, although coloring is still my favorite!!!
First off, LOVE the wavy painting based on the rug. The colors and soft curves are gorgeous together. I would love to see really, really easy Holiday cards – Calm Christmas! I tend to just make too much work for myself with Xmas cards and would love something simple but still beautiful
Love how your card turned out! For your next challenge I would lile to see a “layered” project. Something that will POP out at us! Have an AWESOME day Kathy!
hmmm…my idea of a challenge…color: monotones, color wheel stuff, like opposites, next to, etc.
This us a great way to make a masculine card. Thanks for the idea. Love both cards.
Beautiful cards Kathy!! For the next challenge may be we can have dots and circles.. Or even monochromatic cards..
Perhaps a challenge could be masculine cards. Masculine cards can be difficult. Just putting tools or golf clubs can seem a bit obvious or slightly lame. I haven’t had the nerve to actually “enter”, but I love seeing your challenges.
This is awesome! For a future pop-up I’d like to see how to use Tim Holt’s Crazy Birds stamp and the accessories stamps together. Just an idea 🙂
Kathy – love all the ideas that you come up with, and today’s was fantastic.
How about doing something with doodles or extensions of a persons name.
I really enjoy you blog and videos. I always feel like “I can do that” when I finish watching! Thank you!
Very cool! I love how you took some boring scribbles and turned them into a piece of artwork! I fresh out of ideas for you, but thanks for the video and the giveaway! 🙂
You are a genius at lines and coloring. Wish I had half of your talent.
Love this idea. I’ve always been a “doodler” but never imagined I could turn my “mess” into a background, Thanks for the motivation — I’ll be trying it soon!
Love this technique. So many possibilities.
I would love you to do a challenge on adding color without coloring in the lines. I use emboss resist a lot because I can do it, but I’d love to see videos on using watercolor, pigment powders, pan pastels & a Geli plate. Such a fun card today–you do make me want to try it!
Your colors on your wavy line card are amazing Kathy! I love the card you made using your nephew’s lines. Such a cool graphic look. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea for backgrounds! And it looks like so much fun! I am definitely going to try this soon with my “non-artistic” (his description) grandson. Thank you for sharing your fabulous ideas!
Just love your lines card. What a great background look for every occassion. I just bought a coloring patterns book yesterday. Looking forward to coloring each day. I love pattern backgrounds. Love your wavy lines and colors.
Love it! This kind of design & coloring is the most relaxing to me! And the end result is so impressive! Thanks for the reminder that it doesn’t have to be elaborate to be beautiful.
Happy Friday to you! Thank you for your fabulous crafty blog!
I used to do a similar thing in grammar school but with wavy lines and crayons. I would always put a big, black, bold “POW” on the top. Thanks for bringing back these memories.
Maybe you could show us the different ways that you create texture (in addition to using the rag). Also, to expand on the different ways that you add detail. Thanks so much for sharing all of your techniques!
Love this technique. It’s like a beginner Zentangle! I’ve always been a doodler, Now I’ll have to give this a try! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway! Love the cards.
What a great challenge!!! Love your blog and check it daily for inspiration:) Always love your videos too and would love to see more!!
Kathy, I so enjoy all of your videos and challenges! This idea of starting from simple lines is just wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this and all you do!
Blessings
Beautiful cards. This is SUCH a great idea! For another challenge…how about using scraps (patterned paper/cardstock/washi tape) the bits too big to toss, too small to use on their own?
Fabulous challenge…your cards are gorgeous!
hi, love your cards!!! kind of reminds me of the stained glass pics we would draw as kids, lol I don’t know if I would have the patience to draw all those little lines tho! how about some circles for one of the challenges?
Love this idea! Can’t wait to try…and love how easy it is for beginners. I actually have a school art project from 50 years ago (my mom saved it!) using shoe polish (!) that looks very similar – I have no idea how I made the black lines back then.
Love what the blending solution does to the copics.
This is really cool (yes, I know that term ages me!) and I am going to be seeing my grandsons at the end of the month. I will get them to draw some lines for me and then I will make a card with their lines and send it back to them. I know mine will not be nearly as wonderful as yours but I know they will love seeing their lines turned into a card. I would love to win the die, but I am perfectly happy with learning the technique, so thank you!
Great ideas here, and that makes such a wonderful masculine card! I’m going to try my hand at drawing my own lines today! First I’ll pop some corn, it is my favorite food, how did you know? TGIF
Love lines!! Great concept for a card. I love circles too :), so maybe circles for your next challenge.
Oh I would love to see a monochromatic coloring challenge. Something I rarely do
Lovely cards and how about
a challenge having to do
with archery?
Carla from Utah
Neat card, beautiful colors and great technique (lines).
I love both cards – wavy lines to me are so very soothing – love them. And thanks for an opportunity to win that die – can’t have to many “friends”
so cool! I just started playing with doodles earlier this year and it is so much fun to just scribble. I had forgotten how my favorite coloring projects when I was a kid involved drawing random lines, then coloring in the areas where they intersected! What a great reminder. Thanks so much for all you share.
Thanks for another great challenge, this is a fun one! How about challenging us to use a new medium or technique that we haven’t tried before? Or using a stamp set for a different than usual purpose? Gotta go get me some popcorn!
Fabulous projects and awesome tutorial 🙂
My suggestion is “round-a-bouts” everything needs to be rounded.. So basically the opposite of today’s challenge … No sharp corners, no straight lines…
I quite enjoyed that! Mine turned more into stained glass, but I liked it.
I know you love to color and are up for a challenge, so how about using those old containers of chalk that were so popular years ago?
HI Kathy,
Love what you did with both of these, absolutely stunning. What a great challenge. How about a tone on tone challenge, circles or embellishments. I love this challenge because it is simple but the results are amazing. Thanks for continung to inspire us.
Rikki
Loving the challenges! What about colouring with sprays & mists?
Off now to get my lines ready for Instagram
Hey Kathy, so much fun. I went a little outside the box with this challenge and find myself smiling!!!! But I think circles would be fun. I know you have done some circle art using a tape roll and that was fun!
WAY to inspire, Kathy! Wish I have some time to play…you rock, bc!
I just know the next four days are going to be so fun! Thank you for inspiring us all with a challenge!
These are absolutely breathtaking!!! You never cease to amaze me! Hoping to get mine posted on IG shortly!!!
You are so creative. i love all the lines. Thank you so much for all the inspiration, love to see your posts!!
Who knew you could do that with just lines.
Though this seems like such a simple idea the results are so dramatic, love it.
Like the way you thickened your line and made such a bold masculine card. Love that the colors give a warm, sweatery feeling. especially with the texture you’ve added.
Amazing how much those ‘eyelash’ lines add – adorable; love the masculine colors.
That ‘rug’ inspired card is drop dead gorgeous; those colors are breathtaking!!
Just want to say that YOU ROCK! Jo x
So cool that you water colored on the plane! ✈️ Thank you for sharing your creative ideas!
Amazing coloring, as usual. It’s fun to see how people get inspired…for you, it was a rug…for me it was a pattern on a lady’s dress that I saw in my office lobby. I just bought a pack of Peerless Watercolor. I would love to use it for a card challenge. Thank you for the chance to win this fun giveaway.
Hi Kathy, I love seeing your projects and am kind of new to your blog. I am hoping to play along but I have a busy weekend ahead. Can’t wait to see what else you have to show us!
Hey… I can do lines! I love your cards, very nice 😀
Such a great therapy to relax one’s mind with colouring. I used to make patterns by drawing different length of lines but never thought of colouring them. Thanks for sharing, Kathy!
I’m not sure what the next challenge will be, but I’m sure it will be a lot of fun! Love the cards you made! Awesome!!
Awesome projects today. Really outstanding. I would like to see you do a pop up card challenge.
So beautiful! It looks so simple so I’m eager to try. Thanks for always challenging me to do more.
This looks like so much fun to create your own background paper. I am going to give it a try. Love the colors you used on each of them. Thanks for sharing this great project!
I love that your pop up challenge has a theme! Lines are great fun. Idea for next pop up … a 2 color image challenge.
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Forgot to add what I would love to see as part of a challenge! I think using a photo transfer image would be cool! It is very easy to make your own using packing tape, contact paper or even scotch tape. Here is a link to a tutorial for it!! http://www.scrapbookmemoriestv.com/
Hello friends on the inter webby thingy. HAHA
Hope you all enjoy your day and make at least one inspirational card/project.
Annamieke from the land down under.
Fabulous arts! I love the video too! For the next challenge… how about stain glass effect on cards, or any projects? 😀
Your Thanks card is looking so pretty, Kathy, with those wvy lines and happy colours, and your friend card looks amazing. i want to touch it and feel the suede texture my eyes are seeing. Wonderful masculine card.
More ideas for these challenges: dots, circles, doodling. frames/framing, Christmas, stencilled backgrounds…
Marianne x
Fabulous projects!!! Thanks for the continued inspiration.
i love this idea!! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Hello, Kathy! I admire how you can take some freehand lines and turn them into a work of art. You and your coloring skills are amazing and encouraging. Thank you!
Such a great video, the new mic sounds great!! Love the technique and will have to give it a try!!
I have added two posts – is that allowed?
Absolutely! 🙂
I am so amazed at what can be produced from just a few straight or squiggly lines. It does inspire me to get out some markers and play.
Hello Kathy! I totally love the look of the Various solution! I’m guessing its better to use deep, saturated colors before coming in with the solution? What if you start with mid-tones? Would it make it pastel or just bleed it out too much? As for another pop up idea, I would suggest circles, hexagons, or arrows cause I love those shapes and they’re all on trend still.
Experiment. It all depends on the effect you want. Light colors with blending solution look cool too. Try different rags, jeans, sweaters etc. Also use your blender marker to draw patterns or dots over your colored copic base. Hope this inspires you to play. 🙂
First I need to pick up the solution! I’ve got a full set of Promarkers but only 1 Copic for a color I really needed and couldn’t create. Thanks for the encouragement… and for reminding me about the SSS sale!!!
How about staying in the graphic theme for the next challenge and make it circles? There are so many great circle stamps out there — whether clean or scribbly — and creating overlaps and such would be fun. There are also some great circle dies that can be cut and colored.
Great finished cards! Have to finish my class prep before I can play, but looking forward to it this weekend!
You inspire me to use my talents. I have neglected them for a long time! Thank you for your talents and for helping me!
You inspire me to use my talents. I have neglected them for a long time! Thank you for your talents and for helping me! I appreciate it.
Your line art is beautiful….oh, my!!! I watched your videos yesterday with your nephew….I laughed out loud when you asked him if he was proud of his line art….too funny.
I am such a huge fan of pop ups! Yours are a great example! How about watercolor inlaid die cutting for the next challenge? Or maybe partial die cutting?
Thank you for the great video! I love the texture added by the blending solution. Maybe simple shapes next time. Like combining circles, triangles etc for coloring.
Hi Kathy – Your pop-up challenge is very fun! I love to color critters – so that is my idea!
So simple, yet so much fun. You have such striking pieces in the end! Great idea 🙂
Looks like lots of great ideas in store for us with this pop up challenge!
These are two beautiful cards! Thanks for the video!
Hi Kathy! Love the new ideas, you’re so creative! My only suggestion is to show us more ways to use our Copics. Maybe blending colors from different color families.
This is a fun idea. It reminds me of my doodlings in high school many moons ago. I always enjoy your challenges. Thanks!
Just stopping by to say “Hi”, LOL.
Hey! Love this challenge. It was fast and easy and I got to make (and eat) popcorn too. Bonus. My mind is blank on another challenge. I’ll leave that up to you and other commenters. Enjoy your day.
Who would have thought that a few lines would come out so pretty! Love the masculine colors. And that’s the first time I’ve ever seen anyone use that solution but I love the affects. I’m not sure I have an idea for a challenge. I always have to think about those so I’ll just say “hello.” Hope you have an awesome weekend!
These are sooo amazing Kathy !!!! What an inspiring set of gorgeous cards for such a sweet and fun challenge that you are so wonderful to host ! I look forward to seeing the fantastic projects that you will be creating !
Hugs,
Mayra
This is a really neat challenge, I’m enjoying trying something new!
Cute cards!
Both are beautiful this line thing is a lot of fun wow what beautiful pieces created with some lines and color reminds me of school too…so brilliant you are my dear Kathy:) Hope you are having a Great Friday:)
Another great video! I don’t know how you keep coming up with these ideas Kathy,but am loving them.Your cards are gorgeous,and what a cool idea adding a word die cut like that! Do you think this technique could be done using color pencils as I don’t have copics or pens?
I don’t have any ideas for more popups, but anything you create will be fabulous!
Ann.x
Using colored pencils I think would have totally different results. It would be a challenge to get the outlines to pop with definition. The interior of your line shapes could be colored with colored pencil. Next time you’re at your local grocery store or drug store you can pick up a sharpie pen very inexpensively. I hope this helps. 🙂
Thanks Kathy, great idea, I’ve bought some sharpies so will have a go at this!!
Fun challenge! Hubby laughed when I took some of his popcorn, put it on the counter and told him “do not eat…it’s a prop!” hugs, 🙂
Love how you did the masculine card. How about trying CIRCLES.
Love the Lines challenge, and your coloring is awesome. Love the eyelash detail to the lines and the sentiments are perfect for these backgrounds. How about a challenge using only one color?
Gorgeous card! I love your videos…but now I want some popcorn! For the next challenge you could go from lines to circles. The bokeh effect is fun and popular. 🙂
Just thinking about what to do for tomorrow, sat down to your site and now you’ve given me homework. 🙂 I will be doing “lines” tomorrow, and hopefully finish off by coloring. What a fun, fun homework this will be. Thanks.
Love the idea of layering the word die
That rug must have been absolutely gorgeous because your cards sure are! I think circles would be a great idea to do next. They’re always a hit.
I forgot to mention in my previous comment, a suggested pop-up challenge. Applying color that creates a mood to give more whallop to a card. Like for a calming sensation, or a happy, exciting celebration, or an anniversary, etc. I think my cards lack the next level of using color to create a mood/feel when the recipient looks at it.
Monochromatic? Not sure this will appeal, but haven’t seen it much lately.
Love your cards!! Very inspiring!!
I didn’t have a lot of time to work on this challenge, but I enjoyed it anyway. Your card is gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m just following everyone & enjoying the creativity.
WOW! Amazing cards!!
kathy, you are so much fun!
Hi Kathy!
I left my creation on Instagram, I’m quite pleased with it!
I love the swirls with all the color. I will have to try it. Thanks for all your wonderful ideas.
What an incredible technique and an even more beautiful card result! I love the bold rich colors. Thank you for always inspiring! It’s so very very hot here and in many parts of the country Love to see some techniques on creating winter scenes, anything with snow and how to incorporate glitter in the snow!! Blessings!
Great ideas and tips.
i love the idea of lines, next i would like to see how to add lines to stamps . also maybe background on stamped images.
Love how you made a card from your curvy lines and incorporated the die cut, always looks wonderful. The male card definetly works. Looks brilliant, clever nephew. Only idea I can think of is doing lines, squiggles and having mixed colours, two. One each end of a shape coming towards he other?””?
Ahh such a fun relaxing thing to do- those lines and all that fun coloring!! I love inlay die cutting- like putting a puzzle together!
Guess what I have? A popcorn stamp! I’d love to try this but what would I do with the dies without a machine, although I do know someone who does have one so I could give it to them. I’ll have to try this! What a great idea! Almost like doing zentangle. Looks like a lot of fun. I can’t wait to try it!
OK – that was fun! I went with sharp lines this time but will be doing this again with more free flowing lines. Thanks for the inspiration – you are amazing!
Lyn
Wow…using lines! What a creative ideal. I’m excited. It’s difficult to come up with cards for men. Great job and many thanks for sharing this concept. I’d like to see dots or circles for next challenge. I’m sure whatever is chosen will add to our skill sets. Thanks for what you do!
Loved both of your cards! The feminine and the masculine. I did try your cloth with solution on my watercolors, while it works it’s tricky and at least doesn’t give quite the same effect. But I don’t have Copic’s so I’ve got to adapt techniques! I’d love to win the die or the stamp set. I just adore word dies especially stand alone ones so you can use them just as you did on this card! Thanks so much for the chance and the Pop-Up challenge…off to work on some lines.
If you want to create texture on watercolor try some kosher salt. Sprinkle over the wet paint and let it dry. Brush off salt and you can leave some on for sparkle. It’s a cool look. The salt absorbs color and leaves a crystal like texture. Have fun. 🙂
Love the idea of your “Pop Up” challenge. I drew out
lines in anticipation after watching your video. It turned
out to be such a fun and relaxing thing to do.
Next challenge; maybe coloring on vellum. I would love
to see you do that.
Right, I better get cracking and colour something in. I just ordered some Zig Markers (12 pack) for my birthday so can’t wait for those to arrive. Will give me some time to practice with them before October!! Also wanted to say that this is such a fun idea and lovely to have it over the weekend. Ideas for another one, hmmm, maybe die-cutting?? One-layer cards are always good too. See you on Instagram!!
Happy Birthday and enjoy your ZIGS. They are so fun to use. 🙂
Wow, so amazing cards! I’m so excited to see your new challenge)
Great idea to have a theme for this challenge! And to include a link-up! Can’t wait to be on vacation and have time to watch a your videos. :))
For your next challenge, how about Hanukkah cards!! We always see lots of Christmas cards, but few Hanukkah cards. Just sayin. Great cards with beautiful colors and lines. TFS
love the card you made from your nephew’s lines. I must be drawn to geometric designs. I think even I could manage that.
Wow! Super cool and so much fun. Love your cards!
Hi, Kathy. I love what you did with your nephew’s line drawings. They are amazing. Was he impressed with how you transformed his doodles? Thanks so much for making the video, but I have to admit.. As soon as I saw the gorgeous card, I knew you’d have that little rag out with your solution. ^_^ I don’t have a rag, but I tried to crochet some mittens once for a friend, and well, the first one didn’t go well.. However, it makes a wonderful texture on copic markers with blender solution. (learned that from you) And, with the opening at the top, I can just put it on my fingers, and move it around easily. Thanks again!! Love the cards.
Love this Pop-up project. Maybe the next challenge, since it is getting close to Halloween and Christmas, could be about using glitter in different ways on a card
Wonderful ideas,as usual. Thanks for the inspiration.
You are always an inspiration <3
unfortunately I cannot participate at the pop up challenge this time because I'm at the end of my semester and that means lot's of working for college *duh 🙁 but I am looking forward to the third coloring challenge in october and would love to win that awesome mama elephant set 😀
hey Kathy feeling inspired by your art so im going to join in with your lines challenge. i have never done anything like this before so should be fun. will be uploading my creation on my instagram i am the owner of cardcrazycreations so will upload my art on there wish me luck for my first colouring challenge x x x
How about monochromatic coloring for the next challenge?
This is absolutely brilliant! I think it is easy to feel that we need loads of tools to make great cards. But this challenge proves that with the simplest of tools and a bit of creativity we can do wonders! So I would love a challenge with recycled elements or using shapes or even some art supplies that we used in school! Use a stamp or die to make two different cards or limited number of supplies.
WOW – it is AMAZING how you turned those random lines into such pretty designs!!!
Fingers crossed that I can MAKE TIME to MAKE LINES with you all 🙂
I reaaly love the hello friend card. Love those colors, love the soft, almost fluffy look in the colored areas.
Love your card, looks like suede!
Great pop up challenge Kathy! Love your two cards! Tone on tone would be a nice challenge for another time maybe?
This is so fun! Love the idea of drawing your own patterns and backgrounds 🙂
Hi Kathy. I’ve been doing some research for ideas. What about no-line colouring? A pale ink is used and then you colour in the image giving it a hand drawn effect. No hard black outlines. I’ve seen a pale tan distress ink used as the outline coloured in with Copics. Someone else used a very pale pink. It looks amazing. I don’t own Copics yet. I usually watercolour in my stamps or use pencil crayon and gamsol.
i realize i forgot to comment! Hello! i have no ideas for the next one – maybe something with a holiday theme? maybe i’ll think of something useful by Wednesday!
I just love all of your posts! I can’t wait to go home and try something like this. Love your plane ride creation. I could never do something like that on a plane – to busy trying to not get sick!
So inspired! Can’t wait to create something with lines!!(and popcorn)
Oh I love this challenge! I used to do this type of coloring all the time as a kid! My inner kid needs some time to participate!
Thanks for the popcorn video. I hadn’t seen about blotting with a cloth and alcohol solution. Neat tip and beautiful card!
Circles would make a great popup or borders.
Love this challenge! A challenge using different angles or combining different colouring mediums might be fun!
Wow! So gorgeous! I wish I could be this creative! I have never been very creative and only started making cards in my 40’s. I hope some of your creativity will rub off on me – I love your style!
Hi Kathy!! I’m continuously amazed at how you can take the most simple thing and make it artistic, resulting in a stunning piece of work for your card art!! I don’t even know what to suggest for a challenge because I think I’m on a completely different playing field than you are. LOL Which, is all good and exactly why I follow you…
You have such a unique way of looking at things artistically and it intrigues me. Thank you for ALL inspiration that you share and your giveaways.
Awww..thanks so much. 🙂
Love yours backgrounds!
Wow, these are absolutely gorgeous … who needs an adult colouring book when you can make your own! I’m definitely going to have a go at this 🙂
Oh, I’d love a Christmas challenge to try and get some inspiration!
How about stencils? I love using stencils for backgrounds, and you can do so many different kinds. I love your cards. These are so graphic, I love the geometric lines. Thanks very much for a chance to win. Michelle t
Loved the stitched line background!
Great challenge that you’ve popped up! Love the lines! I’m having trouble coming up with an original idea… so I’m thinking adding texture to colored images (hatching, stippling, etc.).
Great cards!!! For the next challenge how about taking a word die and draw something around it to make it into something else. Some kind of picture, art or doodles.
WOW! Love the bold color, Kathy. Thank you for the challenge and inspiration=)
what a fun idea. Great video. you make it look so easy 🙂 Don’t have any ideas for you. i look to YOU for ideas! LOL!
Amazing cards! So unique & colorful Love them!
This is amazing. I have so much scrap white card stock I can’t wait to try this!
Wow, stunning! Can’t wait to play along
Oh my gosh, I am just in love with your wavy lined card! the colors and design are amazing! I’d love a Fall themed challenge to get me in the mood for autumn and the fall holidays!
I love the whole pop-up idea! Maybe a color theme for a season? Or using a particular repeating shape?
Love the textured look that the Various solution and rag give to the overall effect of the artwork! I actually thought it looked metallic before I watched the video. Very cool.
I was looking at Ellen Hutson’s newsletter and some how wound up here, and I am so happy I did. My head is exploding with all you have to offer on your blog. I’m a little late , but not too late, to try some of your creative ideas. I’m off to go get crazy with lines. Thanks for the inspirational push.
Awesome challenge! So wish I was home but I’m checking in while on vacation.
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Love your challenges Kathy! Maybe the next challenge can be focused on a monochromatic piece. You know, all shades & tones of one color. Or perhaps just working in browns, grays & black. I know you will come up with something brilliant! Thank you!
Great challenge, thank you for the inspiration <3
Wow! I carry a sketch book of zentangles aka doodling to keep me busy while I’m waiting for this and that. I’ve often thought of using my Copics. You have introduced me to a whole new level to incorporating my doodling into my card making. Thanks so much!
WOW! How cool is that to draw lines and then make a lovely card from it.
Beautiful, who would have thought just some simple lines would make such a fabulous card, and masculine to boot. Love it, good work Ryan!!!
This eyeline technique is so fabulous! I have a feeling I’m going to use this over and over again! 😉
Hello. Here I am. Late as usual. This sounds like great fun, although I think I may have to start with popcorn, since you mentioned it. Love the black lines and bright colours. Potatoes cooking. Think I’ll watch the video and try a few doodles while I’m waiting. Hugz
These are amazing! The finished product looks so difficult but when you explain, they seem doable. Thank you so much for your amazing talent you share with us.
Carole Lovill
Thanks for introducing me to freehanded line backgrounds. I am going to try this . I so enjoy your videos and blog.
OMGosh what a fun card especially for making masculine ones. I loVe your card. Thanks for sharing.
I hope to play along with this one if I have time today. {it has been a busy weekend}
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
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Hi Kathy…great challenge…!!
Such fabulous and unique cards – too bad I am on vacation and can’t make a separate card for your challenge, but as luck will have it, one of my cards I published today has a lot of lines on it….
What fun and so cool – I never thought about just making some lines – I cannot wait to give this a try!! Love it and I think you could do a challenge on flowers and coloring them in!! I am not very good with florals – so that would really help me!!
What a cool idea for a challenge! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love your ideas for challenges. So unique and fun! Awesome cards and such fun to see what others come up with too. Thanks for your fabulous blog, your artistry and your love of sharing.
Awesome cards. I love your challenges! Thanks so much for everything you put into these. Truly appreciated!!!
Thanks for hosting this challenge…I really needed a boost of mojo and you opened my eyes to new possibilities!
Great challenge. I had such a fun time drawing lines and coloring. Love the eyelash technique. Ta Ta For Now, Kathy T
I love your challenges~ it makes my IG feed so colorful. 🙂 one day, I hope to participate!
Just gorgeous! Funnily enough I did something just like this today and was then told about your challenge . . . spooky! I did enjoy myself doing it – I felt like a kid again – but then, I did do it with kids felt tips! have a lovely evening! Hazel xx
Thanks for a chance to win friend!
Amazing! What a wondeful way to get people in touch with their creativity! I have checked out many of the submissions and congrats to you and all that have their beautiful cards linked!
Fabulous cards!!! Everyone of them is gorgeous!! You make it look so easy!!! Am diving in to try my line and coloring skills! Tfs!
Hi Kathy! How about something old and something new? It would be great to see some older products with a new twist. Thank you for sharing. Take care, Kim 🙂
Wow that blotting helps to pop the card!
it’s incredible how you create this amazing and beautiful background, and it’s so easy!!! thanks for sharing!
I LOVE the eyelash line technique!! I just tried it and it makes such a difference!!
Next challenge idea…Op Art
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME HALLOWEEN CARDS. NEVER TO EARLY! OR MAYBE SOMETHING WITH PUPPIES!
Such a great card and colouring technique. So dramatic! 🙂
Want to say thanks for all your wonderful inspiration! Your cards are fabulous! Thanks also for inspiring me to get a card made. I have done so few this summer. This challenge was especially inspiring as I finally gave tangling a try–something I had planned to do more than a month ago. Another Pop-Up using other shapes would be fun!
Don’t know if I am too late for the giveaway but I love your projects and challenges. It stimulates me to try the new and innovative as you demonstrate.
Thanks for helping me to stretch out of my comfort zone by trying new things.