10th "The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” Blog Hop

I am very excited to be joining many of my friends in celebrating the 10th 30 Day Coloring Challenge!

If you are new to the challenge …. The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something every day, even if it’s only for five minutes. However, feel free to jump in or out as time permits. Any coloring medium is welcomed. You can participate by uploading your colored projects at The Daily Marker, on Instagram and Facebook (FB is a closed group). Please remember to use #thedailymarker30day and tag @kathyrac. Kids and you adults are also encouraged to join in the fun, use #thedailymarker30daykids.

Questions & Answers plus more info on The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge can be found here. To see DAY 1 of the coloring challenge click here.

You should have arrived from Waffle Flower. If not, you can start at the beginning of the hop here.

For my coloring project today, I decided to share a fun watercolor technique.

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This fun illustrative style has a very carefree feel and I'm loving it!

I used the new Fierce and Fabulous and Hibiscus Bouquet stamp sets to create today's cards. I stamped everything in our Black ink and then used Distress Ink to watercolor the images. I loosely painted in each layer of color, allowing each layer to completely dry between. This kept each layer separate and distinct creating a more illustrative than watercolored look.

I share a couple other versions in the video, so make sure to watch it.

GIVEAWAY

Now Closed

Have you joined in any of the past 30 Day Color Challenges? Are you planning on joining in this time? Let me know in a comment below and I will select one random winner to receive a $40 store credit at wplus9.com. Giveaway will close at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday June 4, 2018. Winner will be posted here on the blog on June 5, 2018.

If you have any questions about “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” you can refer to this post. If you want more info on The Coloring Challenge Road Trip click here.

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Gift Card Layers Die Shop at: WP9
Tombow MONO Adhesive PERMANENT Tape Dispenser Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CARVED PUMPKIN Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FIRED BRICK Shop at: SSS	Tropic Fever Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Tropic Fever Die Shop at: WP9	And Many More! Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH
Fierce And Fabulous Shop at: WP9	Hibiscus Bouquet Shop at: WP9	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Shop at: SSS	Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WILD HONEY Ranger Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL Ranger Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PINE NEEDLES Ranger Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SCATTERED STRAW Ranger Shop at: SSS

Hibiscus Bouquet With Kara

Hello! It's Kara and I couldn't be happier to be here sharing this tropical project with you! I have been loving tropical motifs lately so when this new release arrived at my house I was thrilled to see all of the new tropical stamps and dies. I grabbed the Hibiscus Bouquet set right away and made this card.

I started by stamping the bouquet in two opposing corners and colored them with Copic markers. I chose reds and oranges that reminded me of the hibiscus outside our house where I grew up in Florida. I decided to create an oval window using the Basic Labels Die.

To add some dimension I stamped, die cut, and colored a few images from the new Tropic Fever set which works so perfectly with the Tropical Bouquet.

Using the new Oh My Gostrich! stamp set and coordinating dies I created this little Happy Birthday banner at the top of the window. To add some interest inside the window, but not take the focus off those beautiful flowers, I added some chalkboard style stamping on a black panel placed behind.

I hope you're enjoying this release! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Basic Labels Die Shop at: WP9
Tropic Fever Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Tropic Fever Die Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Die Shop at: WP9
Hibiscus Bouquet Shop at: WP9

Rainbow Backgrounds ft. TROPIC FEVER + HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIE

Hello! In my last post, I introduced you all to the new Tropic Fever stamp set. Today, I wanted to share a totally different look for it by pairing it with our Happy Birthday Die.

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I really love how a good background image can add such interest so easily. For the card featured here, I used a Kaleidoscope Uninked pad to create my own rainbow ink pad by filling it using our PURE COLOR reinkers. I chose Flamingo, Wild Mango, Appletini, Falling For Blue and Bloomsberry.

I inked up the background stamp included in Tropic Fever and stamped to quickly create the all-over rainbow pattern.

For the sentiments, I die cut the "Happy" and "To You" labels twice from white cardstock. On one set, I quickly colored the letters with Copic Markers to match my inks and then replaced the letters in the second one. There is a little trick for this that makes it super fast and easy and you don't have to fiddle with the letters. I show you how in the video above.

I adhered a couple of the "birthday" die cuts on top of each other to give it a little weight and adhered them all with foam tape. I wanted the sentiment to stand out from the background, so I cut a fishtail banner and vellum square to layer behind them. For the candles above the "happy" label, I stamped the image from the And Many More! stamp set and heat embossed in gold.

I think this is a great gender neutral birthday card that is great for all ages. How about you? If you want to see this background in action on a few different variations of this card, be sure to watch the video as I share quite a few different versions.

Before you go, I highly recommend you check out some of the projects that Kara has created with the new products from our May 2018 Release:

• Loving these monochromatic tropical cards.
• A gorgeous hibiscus birthday card.
• A fun birthday card featuring And Many More and the Happy Birthday Die.

I hope you enjoyed today's projects and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Detail Shop at: SSS	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Ranger Multi-Medium Matte Shop at: SSS
Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets Shop at: SSS	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS | EH	Wild Mango PURE COLOR Dye INk Shop at: WP9
Flamingo PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Falling For Blue PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Bloomsberry PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS
Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED CIRCLES Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Tropic Fever Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH
And Many More! Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Happy Birthday Die Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Appletini PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Elmer's CraftBond EXTRA STRENGTH Spray Adhesive Shop at: SSS
Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS	WOW Embossing Glitter BLACK GLINT Regular Shop at: SSS	Tonic AQUA SHIMMER PEN Nuvo Shop at: SSS	TSUKINEKO UNINKED KALEIDACOLOR PAD Shop at: EH