• Home
  • About
  • Contact

The Daily Marker

Cardmaking Tutorials, Cardmaking Projects

July 1, 2020 •

Day 1. Print Making-Coloring

Welcome to DAY ONE of the SEVENTEENTH 30 Day Coloring Challenge!!  As you know my mantra has always been to find 10 minutes a day especially during this crazy Covid way of life for some “me time” to color. I am happy that you are here and that many of you are taking the challenge. Everyday […]

  Filed Under: 30 Day Color Challenge, Die Cuts, Videos, Watercolor Tagged With: #thedailymarker30day, butterflies, die cuts, Lawn Fawn, Printmaking, watercolor, YouTube

July 6, 2016 •

DAY2. BLOG HOP-GIVEAWAY

Hello Friends! Welcome to DAY 2 of The 30 Day Coloring Challenge. (If you are new to the challenge or want to know more about it click here.) Today am so excited to bring you a Blog Hop featuring some very talented artists and friends. My plan is to give you all a huge hit of inspiration […]

  Filed Under: 30 Day Color Challenge, Markers, Videos Tagged With: #hedailymarker30day, 30 day coloring challenge, Avery Elle, butterflies, coloring challenge, Copic coloring, Day 2, Richard Garay, video

March 15, 2015 •

Day 12. it’s a doodle day

Hello Friends, Thanks for all of your lovely comments. Many of you are wondering how the hubby is doing & I am happy to report that each day he is progressing and doing really good. Thanks for the well wishes 🙂 Nothing better than loving thoughts coming your way! Today didn’t give me the time […]

  Filed Under: 30 Day Color Challenge, Markers, Quick Tips Tagged With: butterflies, doodling, Simon Says Stamp, Zentangle

June 20, 2014 •

turn your clouds vertically for a geometric twist

Happy Summer Friends, Any trips planned for the summer? If not hopefully you will take a “Staycation” . At the very least I hope you get more time in your crafty spot. Last week I finally had a little time to play with Simons new cloud die cut called, “Cloud Bank”. I figured everyone knows […]

  Filed Under: Die Cuts, Tutorials Tagged With: butterflies, using your sentiments, vellum

February 20, 2014 •

origami day three

Hello Friends, Welcome to DAY THREE of Mama Elephant  Spring release 2014! Today’s ORGAMI stamp set is so so clever & so unique! I thought it would be kinda cool to use one of the stamps in a geometric way by repeating it 4 times including upside down. What do you think? If you missed the first […]

  Filed Under: Markers, Quick Tips Tagged With: butterflies, Copic coloring, dots, Mama Elephant, Using a white gel pen

January 14, 2014 •

pieces of me for my pin board

Hello Friends, How are you today? Today I am excited to share a little part of my studio and some….what I call little pieces of me.  Every time I stamp an image for a card I will also take a minute to stamp the same image on one of these butterfly die cuts from Simon Says Stamp. You […]

  Filed Under: Die Cuts Tagged With: bulletin board, butterflies, Penny Black, pieces of me, pin board, Simon Says Stamp

December 4, 2013 •

make a color cart and giveaway and winner

Hello Friends, How are you? Is your week off to a good start? I am popping in today with a quick post. I wanted to share a fun way to make a color chart of the inks and or papers that you like to use on a regular basis. In my case these are the […]

  Filed Under: Die Cuts Tagged With: butterflies, color chart for inks and or papers, Giveaway, winner

June 8, 2013 •

nautical with a spin and a giveaway

Hello Friends, Welcome back! How are you today? A few weeks ago Simon Says Stamp asked me to create some nautical themed cards. Fortunately, for me a few clothing catalogs arrived at my door and served me well for some inspiration. Everything nautical was pretty much red, white and blue and anchors etc. I thought I […]

  Filed Under: Die Cuts Tagged With: butterflies, creating striped paper, Giveaway, nautical, Simon Says Stamp

May 8, 2012 •

just a note

Hello Friends, How are you? Today I have “just a note” card for you. The butterfly is one of my favorites and it’s from Penny Black. This paper is from Lawn Fawn and I love it’s fresh, bright colors.Have you been checking out all of the new stamps at Penny Black? Did you see the new card Kit at Simon Says […]

  Filed Under: Backgrounds Tagged With: butterflies

March 1, 2012 •

Winning !

Hello Friends, How has your week been?? I think time is running away instead of flying. My apologies for just getting to sharing the winners of this and this. You can find them after my card for Penny Black’s blog today 🙂 This week Penny Black is featuring more of the new florals and the jury is […]

  Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: butterflies, Copic Markers, flowers, Penny Black

Next Page »

Welcome Friends!

Kathy from The Daily MarkerHi, I’m Kathy! I’ve always loved to craft and create, but I discovered my passion for coloring and cardmaking just a few years ago.

Read More»

Get Email Updates!

When you subscribe to The Daily Marker, you’ll get FREE access to three exclusive videos on easy shading techniques with Copic markers, watercolor markers, and colored pencils!

Enter your email below to get instant access.

Privacy Policy

  • Pinterest
  • Google Plus
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Email

Looking for Something?

JOIN US!



Featured Projects

Holiday Lights Up Hop w/$50.00 STORE CREDIT!

STAMPtember® is here! Let’s Party!

Day 30. Acrylic Cube! Good Way To Use Your Images

Day 29. Love Letter – Waffle Flower

Day 27. Waffle Flower

More Pencil On Kraft

Day 23. Pencil

Enhance a Printed Sign

Day 13. Coloring Book Is A Great Way To Practice

Day 12. Whew! All finished!

Day 11. Stamping On A Paper Block

Day 9. & 10. In My Element

Day 9. Poppin In

Day 7. All Finished

Day 6. Fake A Shadow

Subscribe & Connect

Subscribe below and be the first to know each time we post a new project!

  • Pinterest
  • Google Plus
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Email

Recent Projects

©2026 The Daily Marker • Site Design by Jeni @ The Blog Maven

Copyright © 2026 · The Daily Marker on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in