#thedailymarker30day Challenge - Day 5 (Little Claire Designs - Hot Air Balloons)

It is Day 5 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.

Today, I have used the "Hot Air Balloons" stamp by Little Claire Designs, stamped in Versafine "Nocturne" black ink and coloured with an assorted Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush.

#thedailymarker30day Challenge - Day 4 (Visible Image - Beautiful Soul)

It's Day 4 of #thedailymarker30day challenge.

I've used the Visible Image "Beautiful Soul" clear stamp set for this card, stamping the image in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I coloured the image with an assortment of Distress Oxide Inks, (Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Fossilize Amber and Blueprint Sketch) applied with a paint brush.

In the background, I have used a Lavinia Stamp called "Sea Bubbles", stamped with the same ink, creating highlights on the bubbles using a white Posca Pen.

Finally I used a "Clear Star" Sakura Gelly Roll pen to add a little sparkly highlights to the hair area.

#thedailymarker30day Challenge - Day 3

Yesterday was Day 3 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  I made my card, uploaded it on other social media but forgot to add it here!

For my card I have used a stamp from a Hobby Art Ltd set called Janies Collection - Garden of Wonders (CS227D) clear stamp set.

I stamped the image in Versafine ink and coloured it using water colour pencils and a brush.

Visible Image - Into The Woods Birthday Card

I've played with an older Visible Image stamp set today to create this card.

Some months ago, I had a messy session with some Dylusion Ink Sprays creating some stunning backgrounds.  This is one of them, which I felt was an ideal marriage with the Visible Image "Into The Woods" stamp set.

I stamped the tree scene and owl using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.  

I created the stars in the sky by using a fan brush with some white Gesso and tapping the brush lightly to gain the look of stars in the sky.

I heat embossed the "My Favourite Things" sentiment, which is part of their "Essential Sentiments" set, using Wow! Embossing pad and Wow! Super fine Metallic Silver embossing powder.

#thedailymarker30day Challenge - Day 2

It's the second day of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  Here's the link to the Facebook group.

I've used a Penny Black clear stamp set called "Mocha Moments" for this card, stamped in Versafine ink and coloured with Distress Oxide Inks applied with a brush.

#thedailymarker30day Challenge - Day 1

You may remember last November, I took part in #thedailymarker30day.  It's a challenge where you make time for colouring, using any medium each day.  The challenge is running again from 1st March to 30th March.  Here's the link to the Facebook group.  You can also use the #thedailymarker30day, tagging kathyrac on Instagram too.

I was up early as I couldn't sleep, so decided to get colouring.

For Day 1, I have used a Wild Rose Studio stamp called "Birthday Llama", stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I coloured the Llama itself using "Antique Linen" and "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink.  For the remaining colouring I used a selection of Posca Pens.

For the grass I used "Twisted Citron" Distress Oxide ink and Posca Pens to make the flowers on the grass.

The sentiment is part of a Lawn Fawn set called "Simply Sentiments - LF1601" which I stamped in Versafine Clair "Paradise" blue ink.

Lavinia Stamps March 2020 Creative Challenge "A Forest Gathering"

On the first of every month, Lavinia Stamps announce a new theme for their "Creative Challenge" which runs from the 1st to the 25th of each month.  The theme for March 2020 is "A Forest Gathering".

You can enter the challenge up to five times a month.  If your name is randomly drawn after the 25th you will win £40 of vouchers to spend on lovely Lavinia goodies.

This is a sample I made for the challenge.  I started by creating the background sky and ground base using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron.  I masked a circle off for the moon and darkened the edges by using Versafine Clain "Morning Mist" lightly around the edge.  I added a little touch of yellow to the middle of the moon too.

I then started to stamp the images.  The first ones were the "Celestial Tree" and the "Skeleton Tree Scene" stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey shade of ink.

I then stamped the large tree trunk on the left hand side using the "Tree Root" stamp stamped in Versafine Clair "Acorn", a mid brown coloured ink.  I needed to extend the tree trunk so had to mask areas several times to get the look I wanted to achieve.

Using the same brown ink, I stamped the "Tree Branch" a couple of times. I then used a selection of Distress Oxide Ink colours to paint the tree (Gathered Twigs, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso).

I decided to add a little stream running from behind the tree to the right hand corner.  I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create this:  Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Stormy Sky.  

I added darker green for grass on the river bank using "Mowed Lawn" Distress Oxide with a paint brush to create tufts of grass. I also added touches of "Stormy Sky" to the top and side of the sky area to pull the eye into the image.

Next I moved on to stamping the animals, starting with one of the crows from "The Crow Set" using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Pine Cone" a darker brown coloured ink, I stamped the animals in the foreground "Whimsical Hares", "Pipin" and the hedgehog part of "The Wallace Family".

I then used Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" to stamp the "Meadow Grass" at the bottom of the image.  I stamped the "Mini Slender Mushrooms" in Versafine Clair "Pinecone" ink.

Finally, I added touches of white to highlight areas using a white Posca Pen.  I used a green fine line pen to add long tufts of grass too.