true friend day two

Hello Friends, Welcome to DAY TWO of Mama Elephant  Spring release 2014! Today's card was super fun to make because I was able to color. However, for those of  you who enjoy stamping with colorful inks this set is for you. Check it out here.

If you are using two Copic colors that are NOT close in the color family such as B06 & YG07.... here's a tip. Literally... take the tip from one of the colors and dip it into the lid of the other marker where there is color or take the color from the other  tip of the marker. (see photo 3) I hope I am making sense :[

The Mama Elephant blog has been inspiring me all week with beautiful & creative cards. You can check them out here. See you tomorrow and thanks for your visit. Hugs, Kathy

SUPPLIES USED ON MY CARD TODAY: click on any link below. 

TRUE FRIEND 100# GREEN LEAF 100# MIDNIGHT GREEN ROUND Grip Block 110 LB** SMOOTH TUXEDO BLACK BLACK Ink SWATCH BOOK Green Blending Kit Blue Blending Kit Tuxedo Black Marker BONE FOLDERInLinkz.com

honey bunny day one

Hello Friends, Welcome back! All this week I will continue playing along with Mama Elephant stamps.  I'm super excited and as you can see their stamps are F.U.N. and oh so adorable!!

Before we started I want to let you know that in the next few weeks you will see a total blog makeover here at The Daily Marker. This is been in the works for over a month and I am so excited for you to see in NEW blog!! For those of you who subscribe and are getting a cluster of posts at once in your inbox .... that will change with the new blog :)

Combing my favorite things----- adorable stamp + die cuts + stencils = special card for that someone special. The most adorable bunny is from this stamp set called, "Honey Bunny". The heart was a leftover from the card in this post and the perfect background stencil is a Kelly Purkey product pared with some distress ink.  NOTE: I cut the tail on the "s" and looped it at the bottom of the heart.

You get lots of depth when you color a die cut. It's super easy if you leave it in the paper. The "Big Thanks" die cut from SSS has so many possibilities and uses PLUS it becomes dramatic when it's center stage on your card.

Keep in mind that you don't need to spend time blending. If you want you can blot some blending solution with a rag on your coloring and the solution will work it's magic for you. Adding glossy accents can cover any imperfections that you think you might have.

When you color over the entire area with a light color starting where the darker color meets the lighter color first you will find it blends easier. Please email me if you have any questions :)

See you tomorrow with another card to celebrate Mama Elephants newest release. Check out the other cards on the Mama Elephant blog here. Thanks for popping in. Hugs, Kathy

P.S. A few more days left on THIS huge GIVEAWAY OF Simon Says Stamp INKS & Cardstock. 

SUPPLIES USED ON MY CARD: click on any link:

HONEY BUNNY POSTAGE STAMP EDGE FRAMES BIG THANKS  THANK YOU HEART Craft DIE  TEARDROP stencil 110 LB** SMOOTH 100# LIPSTICK RED Memento Black Ink Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD TUMBLED GLASS Blue Blending Kit Brown Blending KitInLinkz.com

giveaway simon march card kit

Hello Friends, What's new? Are  you watching & enjoying the Olympics?
In the meantime.... another month has slipped by and it's time to check out Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit. As always this kit is chock full of yummy elements, papers and a beautiful stamp set. You can subscribe for only $19.95 here. The best part is you can opt out any month! 
I have a SSS MARCH CARD KIT TO GIVEAWAY TO A LUCKY WINNER. I WILL ANNOUNCE  a RANDOM WINNER ON FEB. 27TH.
  In order to win you must check back here. Another winner will be selected if I don't hear from the winner within seven days. Worried you might miss the announcement? ... maybe you want to subscribe to my blog so you don't miss the announcement? One of my readers brought to my attention that it's not really cool to ask for an email address and I agree. This why I am asking you to check back. On my giveaways in the future I will use InLinkz and or Rafflecopter . My intent was to make it as easy as possible to enter my contests but, I realize an extra step is for your protection. Thanks for your understanding and email me if you have any questions. Thanks!

Simons March Card Kit just sings happy, rainbows and sunshine and it's called, "Color and Sunshine"! For the rainbow I wanted to do something different than the ordinary. I created a patten with the rainbow instead with the luscious glass ink. 

I grew up loving crayons and to this day love the smell and the memories that the smell brings. Naturally I was going to fall in love with the card kit stamps set & in case you didn't know it can purchase it separately. Woo Hoo! Don't you love the crayon stamp? L.O.V.E!!

Lawn Fawn has the best mini patterns on their paper. I added some watercolors to the crayons that I stamped for some depth. Glossy Accents on the tips of the crayons.

This card is what I call just pain fun because I was doodling a bit on it!! Nice break to use some of these water color pencils. This is a must have to blend and to do away with the water. 

Another butterfly for my pin board. Woot!

Let me know if you run into questions on this tutorial. Just in a rush today. The biggest tip is to use some scrap paper to clean your tip before going on the next color. I hope it's a good weekend...what's left of it. AS always thanks for your visit. Hugs, Kathy

SUPPLIES USED ON ALL CARDS: click on any link:

MARCH 2014 Card Kit SSS Card Kit of the Month SUBSCRIPTION COLOR AND SUNSHINE HELLO SUNSHINE Petite 6 x 6 100# SEA GLASS White WATERCOLOR PAPER RAINBOW Stencil SUNSHINE BLACK Ink SEA GLASS LIPSTICK RED Blending Pen/Marker 12 INKTENSE watercolor pencils 24 INKTENSE watercolor pencils 36 INKTENSE watercolor pencils POSTAGE STAMP EDGE FRAMES PAULINA BUTTERFLY MINI GLOSSY ACCENTSInLinkz.com