30-Day Coloring Challenge Continues

See my first ten days of colored projects during this 30-Day Coloring Challenge.

Day 11:

Kathy's Post 

My friend, Peggy, brought a few of her Mary Engelbreit rubber stamps

 and made some stamp-offs for me after our

ATC club meeting today. I colored a few to meet my

coloring challenge for today.

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Day 12:

Kathy's Birdies

When I got home last night, I realized I had no idea what colors

to use on these stamp-offs. I recognize Mary Engelbreit's art

for as much as her color combinations as well as what she illustrates.

So I pulled out several of the books she has illustrated from my personal library

(I have approximately 65 of her books)

and found the illustration above, however, for the one below,

I had to wing it.

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Day 13:

Kathy's Sparkly Pegusus Birthday Card

I went out to the craft barn and dug in my "Ka-Ka" stash and

found some stamp-offs I forgot I had, so I got to work coloring them tonight.

They almost look like a flower garden. . .

But here is an up close photo so you can see how I colored Mary Engelbreit's flowers in.

The tip of my pointy finger is quite numb tonight! LOL!

 I practiced using light pressure vs. harder pressure on the coloring.

You can see that in the blue and pink flowers and the leaves.

I also blended colors -- leaves and flower centers.

And used a white pencil to smooth out the red pencil pigment.

It really worked like a blender pencil.

Now if only these flowers had dies to go with them, I'd be a super happy camper.

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Day 14:

Kathy's Card Makeover

What color(s) make you happy?

Somebody sent me an email today about colors and

it reminded me of an old post I had forgotten about.

I joined this coloring challenge,
not to make cards as some are doing, but to practice coloring.

Later, I can put the elements to good use in projects.

The sun above is part of the leftovers from my August ATC making.
But I did color a card front I found in my stash yesterday.

This is an old Stampin' Up set of rubber stamped images.

I added a few details with my colored pencils like the clouds and the tree bark.

And then I went back to bits of this and that.

The above snowmen are from an old Stampin' Up set, too, I think.

The flowers above were intended as a bit of a background and

I also colored in a cute corner or two.

Wanna watch Mary Engelbreit color in a drawing? Click here.

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Day 15:

Kathy's Cards, Video & Blog Hop

I think both these images are from a friend's Penny Black rubber stamps. . .

I've been looking very carefully at how ME shades her figures. . .

Part of the challenge for myself this month

 is becoming confident in the use of color.

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Day 16:

Kathy's Day 16

Learned a fellow 30-Day Coloring Challenge

friend's mother passed away Sunday.

So here's a card in memory of her mother!

Shepherd stamp is by Highlander Celtic Stamps,

 the sentiment is by Inkadinkado,

the sheep is a stamp-off from a friend. 

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Day 17:

Kathy's Day 17

Colorblock Technique

Make three circles by tracing around something round with a pencil, pen or marker,

anywhere on the page.

Save these three circles for stamping two images and a sentiment &/or for stickers.

Then, using a straight-edge ruler,

draw lines in the rest of the space to make "blocks."

You may stamp in the blocks and color in.

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Day 18:

Kathy's Greeting Farm

Sorry folks, I was really tired,

been working on a couple of genealogical articles for one of my other blogs,

so I elected to go to bed

instead of staying up and coloring.

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Day 19:

Kathy's Guesting on Power Poppy -- It's a Cool Christmas Card!

One of my nieces sent me some black and white doodled coloring pages,

one of which I colored tonight.

The artist is: Deborah Muller.

Did you know that blue, green, and lavender are calming colors?

And pink is an appetite suppressant?

Supposedly, if you want to lose weight, paint your kitchen walls a bright pink!

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 Day 20:

Kathy's Tie-Dyed Posies

I was going to use my watercolor pencils tonight,

but first I have to find my aqua (water) brush.

I'm still trying to organize my craft barn.

So. . . tonight, it's still coloring pencils on one of those coloring sheets

niece shared with me.

After I got done coloring, it seemed like it still needed something and

I remembered that Mary Engelbreit uses black so effectively to pop colors,

so I used a fine-tip sharpie marker to reink the lines

and a light grey pencil to add some shadows.

I believe adding both helped.

I am Thankful & Blessed For God is with me!  

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See my last ten days of projects during this 30-Day Coloring Challenge.