Friday, November 18, 2016

Christmas Greetings to Eveyone



Hi all. I thought I needed to pop in and show you this little card I made. As you know this is my first year for “The Daily Marker’s 30 Day Color Challenge.” I am having a blast! Unfortunately I am finding it really hard to post concerning my daily coloring, other than on Instagram. My decision is keep it as is, but when I actually create something, that’s when I will post on my blog, Pinterest, etc. Below is the beginnings of my card and Day 9 for "The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge."



Without further ado…my creation today is all about Christmas greetings. I love coloring flowers, all kinds of flowers, so I decided to start with the “Mondo Poinsettia” clear stamp set, designed by Julie Ebersole of Ellen Hutson LLC online store. The beautiful “Christmas Greetings” sentiment is part of the Simon Says StampPoinsettia Set.” This set is part of Simon Says Stamps “Believe in the Season” new releases.

I really had no idea at the time the design of my card, so I just started with blending cardstock and Copic coloring. Copic colors were R81, 83, 85, 89. I wanted that really deep and rich pink. After the coloring, I fussy cut them out and laid them to the side.

Next step was my background. I trimmed Tim Holtz watercolor paper to a 5” square. My finished card is 5.25” square. I blended Distress Inks Chipped Sapphire and Stormy Skies. After that was dry, I splashed water drops, removed the drips with a paper towel, and then sprayed some Shimmer Spritz for added shimmer. As you will note in the picture below, I added stamped images of the same Poinsettia clear stamps I colored with Copics. When I fussy cut an image I like to have the same image on the base and color it in.


To complete the card, I added the Poinsettias. “Christmas Greetings” was embossed with Rangers Gold Tinsel embossing powder. For more bling I added the green Swarovski green crystals to the centers of the Poinsettias. I used fun foam on the back of the main panel for dimension. I used some Gina K Designs 100# base weight Cranberry Tart cardstock (perfectly matched the colored poinsettias). All of these layers were then added to a 120# pound White cardstock, also from Gina K. Designs.


Challenges that I am entering are:
Color Crazy Challenges – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles – Anything Goes
Christmas Blog Challenge – Poinsettias or Snow Is Falling
The Outlawz Friday Challenge – Winter is on the way
Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, please contact me.


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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge – Days 1 and 2

Welcome to The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. With this challenge you are challenging yourself to color each and every day for 30 days. You do not have to create a project; you do not have to color for any length of time, just color for however long you can, be it 5 minutes or longer, and in any medium. This is my first time to join in and I love it. I love it so much that I will be joining the next one.

The pictures below will tell you just how much time that I had on Day 1, and I had more time on Day 2. My choice of medium was Copic Sketch markers.

Copics:
Flower: R02, 05, 08, 29;
Flower shading: T4, R17;
Leaves: YG61, 63, 67, G85, W4;
Background: B91, 93, 95.

Day 1


Day 2 


Thanks so much for stopping by. Stay tuned for Day 3 & 4!
Aletha Jane
AJ's Design Artz


Supplies: (Some affiliated links are used. I have purchased all supplies myself.)


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