Coloring the bookshelf continues - Day 24 plus another Christmas card!

Hey friends - TGIF! For Day 24 of Kathy's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Coloring Challenge, I'm continuing the work on my bookshelf started yesterday. Kathy shared a series of 12 tips with photos and am trying to follow her steps (some are combined in the same photo to save time). Here's today's coloring:

I'm coloring Hero Art's bookcase from CM425 Bookcase Peek-A-Boo Parts. My post yesterday showed the base layer of Copic Markers, nothing else. I did not draw any brown lines as Kathy did on her birds. Later yesterday afternoon I added texture to a few spots - not many as the images are so small - using a bit of Copic blender on a rag. I put the rag over a Q-tip to make it small enough to dab on these little images! Did some on the pig, a few books and the planters. Then I added the darker colors to the existing base colors. Here's a shot of the bookcase to that stage:

Can you see the difference from yesterday? Just doing those couple things added a lot! The photo at top has Kathy's next steps of outlining places with a dark grey marker, then softening it with a lighter grey. That added even more depth to the image. LOL - I see a lot of spots I missed; can you? Guess I was still asleep - will have to add some more grey!

That's all I'm doing for coloring today. I'll be back tomorrow with more additions! 

Still with me? In case you want to see something other than coloring, here's a Christmas card for two challenges - last minute for CAS Christmas Nativity and perfect timing for Christmas Kickstart Starry Starry Night.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah White; Poptone Black Licorice

Stamps - Hero Arts CM105 Dreams are Made (stars) &

CM374 Color Layering Nordic Tree (sentiment)

Silhouette files by Lori Whitlock - 4917 Nativity Silhouette &

70556 Full Nativity (I didn't use everything)

Inks - Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress, 

Distress Embossing & Hero Arts Intense Black

Other - Ranger Seafoam White ep; white gel pen; 

Michael's gem; brown pencils

Slimline cards are coming into fashion right now but I've had the Nativity pieces and a long card sitting in a project envelope for YEARS! When I was Misty-proofing for my brother's cat to  visit earlier this month I came across the project envelope with its mish-mash of Nativity stuff cut on the Silhouette. Decided I should use them for CAS Christmas but hadn't gotten around to it, then Christmas Kickstart announced a star theme. I knew I had to get moving! Used washi tap to mask off top and bottom for some white space. Stamped and embossed the stars, then inked the sky using my new Pink & Main tool. Added a brown line and some shading for ground and glued down the Nativity pieces (mixed and matched from two files). Stamped a sentiment and adhered a star gem - done!!

Thanks for visiting!!