Pocket full of Posies!

Hey friends - This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for the June Card Chain Challenge reveal, go HERE.... 

I'm doing Kathy's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Coloring Challenge - woo hoo!! Sharing a card I finished last night with my Day 1 coloring:

Supplies: Paper - DCWV green A2 card; BoBunny Bold & Bright Double Dots

Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes & Spring Perfectly Plaid;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb & blue cardstock

Stamps - Pink & Main Pocket of Sunshine (with coordinating dies);

Cornish Heritage Farms Denim Backgrounder (retired)

Dies - My Favorite Things various retired Blueprints

Other - Copic Markers; Hero Arts inks, foam tape

I'm sending the card to a clumsy, oh I mean dear, friend who broke her leg recently. Here's a look at the colored items which I shared in Day 1's Facebook album yesterday:

List of Copics used:

Blues - B0000, BG0000, B93, & B66

Greens - G12, G20, YG41 (oops Y07 too, forgot it in the photo)

Beiges - E30, E50 & E93

Yellows/Oranges - Y13, Y19, YR07, YR09, YR12, YR21, & YR61

Pinks/Reds - R00, R21, R22, R24, R56, RV02, RV06, RV13, & RV23

Let me tell you about the pocket first. Stamped it onto a white diecut using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink - perfect for Copic coloring. Then I colored it with 2 shades of blue (B93 & B66) then blended with B0000. Gotta say, that dang B66 blobbed in the corner so I had to blend it out, then fussy cut the pocket (it had such a pristine border to begin with!!). Next I stamped the denim background with HA Cornflower ink, giving it that beautiful jeans texture. I found some ancient HA blue nail head stickers to be my rivets, covering up the stamped ones. I darked them up with B66 - no blobbing this time!! Then I cut a new pristine white outline and layered it behind the denim so you'd never know I messed it up!!!

Next I colored the sweet quartet of flowers. Like Kathy shows, I pluck colors I like usually in threes but sometimes just two. She also shows how to get the glow on your foliage with E50 - love that tip and I used it here! Added nooks & crannies with the black markers, plus a few dots. Popped the flowers coming out of the pocket and added to the card with foam tape. Added a sentiment, stamped and hand cut - done!

As Kathy says, coloring is very therapeutic and you only need to find 10 minutes a day to color. No need for a marathon. I probably spent about 45 minutes coloring these two, mostly on the flowers, but you could do it quicker if necessary.

And here's a quick look at today's coloring, shared in Day 2's Facebook album:

I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper and the same Yasutomo watercolors I used on this card. Just got the pretty tulip stamp by Hero Arts at JoAnn; they didn't have the dies in store but I have them on order from Hero Arts. Will just hold this piece until they arrive or maybe use without the dies.... Anyway, I stamped and clear embossed (sorry Kathy) Old Paper Distress Ink. Why? I'm going to try the iron-off resist technique Jennifer McGuire re-visited here. I did it years ago and think it'll be fun to try again!

I'm entering today's card at the current 30 Day Coloring link up and also to the current Double D Challenge where the theme is stitching. My friend Cat (Cat Luvs Paper) suggested adding yesterday's card to the latter but she didn't realize I had created it on 6/30, even though I blogged it after the new Double D challenge was posted. No worries, I'll do more of those stitched cards before the challenge ends. Also adding to Darnell's NBUS challenge 16 since, can you believe it?!, in over 2 years I've never used that adorable pocket stamp set before now. Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Kathy and to all the Ds for the great challenges!!