The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge blog hop

Hello! Welcome to day 2 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Today is the FIRST day of a THREE DAY hop to help jumpstart your creativity. If you’re new to the colouring challenge or have any questions about it you can take a look at Kathy’s introductory post.

If you arrived here from Sandy over at Three Room Studio then you are in the right place. To start at the beginning of the hop go to The Daily Marker’s blog here.

I love Kathy’s colouring challenges — they are the perfect opportunity to play around with different styles, mediums and techniques.

So, even though I stuck with my favourite Copic markers for the hop, I looked for ways to stretch myself. I’ve only recently started feeling at all comfortable colouring hair so why not jump in the deep end with this digi stamp with her massive stack of hair? And then experiment with adding detail to Copic work with coloured pencils for the first time (I’m really happy with the extra texture it created in the hair).

There always has to be a little bit of shine somewhere, so I coloured the things in her hair with Spica pens. And while I was at it, took some baby steps into mixed media for the background with layers of Distress stain spray, Distress ink blending through stencils, collage medium, and Distress crayons. There’s a full list of supplies used, including the Copic colours and pencils, at the bottom of this post.

GIVEAWAY : 12 GOODIE BAGS !

That’s TWELVE CHANCES TO WIN during the three-day hop. The more you comment on each hopper’s blog or Instagram the more chances you have of winning. Winners will be chosen randomly FROM THE BLOGS and INSTAGRAM hop comments. The contest closes at 11pm EST on November 13th and the full list of winners will be announced at 9am EST on Wednesday November 16th over at www.thedailymarker.com.

Now it’s time to hop to my friend Marika over at Craftybit Creations.

Thank you for your visit today and I hope to see you during the colouring challenge. Be sure to use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day so we can find your work, or you can join the Facebook group here.

The full blog hop list

1. Kathy @ The Daily Marker
2. Barb @ The Buzz
3. Sarah @ Criminal Grace
4. Kim @ This That and the Whole Kaboodle
5. Jess @ All The Sparkle
6. Lisa @ My Card Trip
7. Kymona @ Kreative Kymona
8. Dana @ Got Joy Creations
9. Barb @ Enjoying Life
10. Sonja @ The Art of Stamping
11. Olga @ PO Corner
12. Sandy @ Three Room Studio
13. Sarah @ Crafty Rat <— YOU ARE HERE
14. Marika @ Craftybit Creations
15. Monica @ Your Adhesive is Showing
16. Birka @ Mit Herz und Schere
17. Steph @ Steph Made It For You
18. Mayra @ Mayra’s Designs
19. Jenny @ Handmade by JLY
20. Liz @ Family Creation Fun
21. Julia @ Just One More Card

Supplies:

• centrepiece:
  The East Wind – Lucy Loo bookaholic
  Neenah solar white 216gsm
• Copic markers / Caran d’Ache Supracolor soft:
  skin – BV000, E11, E00, E000 / 065
  eyes – B02, B04, B06
  eyeshadow – 131
  purple hair – BV29, V09, V17, V12 / 131, 139
  blue hair – B39, B29, B26, B06, B02 / 140, 155
  green hair – G29, G19, FYG2, YG25, YG00 / 239, 245
  yellow hair – Y19, Y06, Y02, Y11 / 240, 030
  orange hair – YR09, YR18, YR16, Y38, Y17 / 030, 060
  red hair – R89, R59, R29, R27, R14 / 070, 080
  book cover – E71, E74, E77
  book pages – W3, W1, W00
  cat – W5, W3, W1, W00, E93 / 008
• Atyou Spica details:
  quill pen – gold, silver, Copic multiliner 0.1 black
  peacock feather – lavender, olive, melon
  stake – orange, gold
  heart – red, silver, gold
  bird – red, gold
  branch – olive
  nest – gold
  eggs – turquoise, B01
• sentiment:
  Lawn Fawn – Smitty’s ABCs
  Versafine onyx black
  Distress ink pad – gathered twigs
• background:
  Reeves acrylic pad
  stencil – Echo Park – rocks
  stencil – Clarity Stamp – petal
  Distress stain spray – mermaid blue, hickory smoke
  Distress ink pads – mermaid blue, hickory smoke
  Distress collage medium – crazing
  Distress collage medium – vintage
  Distress crayon – mermaid blue, picket fence
  Wink of Luna – silver
• embellishments:
  tiny silver and gold metal stars
• card base:
  Hunkydory adorable scorable – cotton white
  Centura pearl – silver (base layer)