Saturday, June 2, 2018

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge 10th Anniversary Blog Hop

ETA: We have a winner!!
Hi Gina, Boy it is hard to pick a favorite. Lately, I've been challenged the most by watercolor. I've been using my water brush and the tip of my AquaBlend pencils to color my images. So I guess I'm using both watercolor and colored pencils.
Send an email to info@ginakdesigns.com and tell them you won the 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop Giveaway on Gina's Blog! They will send your gift certificate to you by email. :)

Thanks to everyone for joining in! Have a great day!
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Hi Everyone,

I am so honored to joining in on my amazing friend Kathy Raccosin's Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop and Giveaway! Can you believe that it's be 10 years? And every year, I learn something new and get more and more into coloring!

If you are new to the challenge, the premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. However feel free to  jump in or out as time permits. Any coloring medium is great!

Click here for DAY 1. TO UPLOAD YOUR COLORING or here on Instagram or here on Facebook.

Please remember to use the hashtag
#thedailymarker30day and tag @kathyrac.
For kids & young adults #thedailymarker30daykids

Questions & Answers plus more info on The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge can be found here. If you are more visual here is a video.

If you have any questions about “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” you can refer to this post.  If you want more info on The Coloring Challenge Road Trip click here.

I have been into watercolor lately! So for my project, I chose to use the new Rose Peonies from the Sunshine and Love StampTV Kit.

First, I watercolored my images with Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies.



Then, I stamped a greeting from the Painted Autumn stamp set and cut it out with Double Stitched Ovals dies and layered it on top of one of the Single Stitched Ovals dies. Then, I arranged my bouquet with adhesive and foam squares to add dimension. I created the texture in the background using the large 6 X 6 Gauze Background stamp and stamping it with Moonlit Fog Ink.



Here is an up close shot of my flowers. By embossing them first with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder, it made it easier for me to watercolor and stay inside the lines. It's my favorite way to use watercolors.


There are lots of prizes in this giveaway! Check out Kathy's Blog to enter to win the prizes below and check on the individual blogs along the way to see what others might be doing!


I have a giveaway today as well! I am giving away a $50.00 gift certificate to Gina K. Designs! (Winner will be announced back here at the top of this post on Monday.)

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what you like to color with the most. For me, I think I always go back to colored pencils and gamsol as my favorite, however, watercolor markers have been on my desk a lot lately. How about you?

Ready for more coloring inspiration?

You may have arrived here from the talented Creative Chic

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If any of the links along the way don't work, you can always head back to Kathy's blog for the full list because you won't want to miss anything!

I hope you enjoy today's inspiration and Happy Coloring!
Hugs,
Gina



400 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Gina! I love the sentiment, and yes it is so true. Thank you. Hugs.

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  2. Gorgeous card. I love the flowers with the Gauze background. My favorite coloring method is still Copic Markers, though Prismas run a close second.

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  3. Those flowers are amazing!! I love to color with Tombow markers the most but I also like gel pens and sharpies depending on what I am coloring!

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  4. Very pretty card! I just started watercoloring and Zig Clean Color markers are my favorite. They have fine tips for detail work and I can create shading with water or by using 2 or more colors together.

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  5. A really beautiful card Gina. I love your flowers and your colouring is perfect. I like using my alcohol markers but have started using Zig markers too x x

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  6. Gorgeous coloring... I love your stamps... I struggle with my Zig Clean color markers. I keep trying to use the Bristol smooth paper and just never like the result. I think I will just use watercolor paper from now on. My favorite coloring medium is Copics. But I really want to master watercolor this year. ( okay maybe not master, but improve upon)

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  7. Love your card. It's a tough choice to decide my favourite colouring medium. Love my zigs, love my copies and love my coloured pencils!

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  8. Beautiful stamps! Lovely card. Let's see...Copics, watercolor pencils, or smudging ink pads around. As long as there is color in my world - all is good.

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  9. Gorgeous, beautifully colored card

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  10. Great card. I like using copics and colored pencils.

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  11. Love your card! I think I “need” that gauze background stamp! :) I enjoy using my Zigs and alcohol markers.

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  12. My favorite is alcohol markers, but I am starting to branch out and use my colored pencils more and trying watercolors a bit. Thanks for the inspiration, your card is stunning.

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  13. Love your coloured flowers! So beautiful!

    My favourite colouring tools are Copics, as well as watercolouring- I too like to make use of embossing the line art to make watercolouring easier :)

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  14. Watercolors, and I love the Arteza markers for this, your peonies are stunning Gina!

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  15. I love watercolors and use them as often as I can! your card is lovely!

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  16. I like using colored pencils and alcohol markers. I've not tried watercoloring on my stamp images.
    Patonslake

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  17. Love this pretty card, Gina! My go-to coloring medium is colored pencils, but I do love to watercolor, too.

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  18. Gorgeous card. I love every medium and trying new ones, but my favorite currently is watercolors.

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  19. Perfect card and coloring as Always !! I really love my copics but I’m trying to get better with watercolors these days .... I would really love to try the zig you make them look so easy to use ��

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  20. Beautiful card! The Gauze background stamp really is a must-have! My favorite way to color is with Copics. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  21. Oh my! That is such a generous gift since all of us want ALL of your inks and products!!! Thanks! And loved the Rose Peonies colored up so pretty, and your double stitch ovals with making this fabulous card!! The Gauze background is fab as well to match the colors perfectly! Am loving everything!!! My go to color medium is Copic markers and have been adding to them since years ago. I have 107 and re-inks for most so as to have color at my finger tips!

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  22. Gorgeous gauze background. It is going to the top of my GK wish list. I have all kinds of markers, but love my Prismacolor pencils the most.

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  23. I love colored pencils too!!! And my favorite thing to color is flowers!!

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  24. Gorgeous card! I use mainly watercolor markers.

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  25. What a sophisticated card! Beautiful!
    My favorite thing to color with right now is my Chameleon Pens. Though I steal my son's watercolor pencils on a regular basis...

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  26. Colored pencils for me! They’re easy for traveling, which is what I’m doing now.

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  27. Gorgeous!! I'm still getting the hang of copics (am I behind the times?) Need to spend some time practicing with watercolors and pencils.

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  28. I just started coloring few mo ths back. I have some copics and love them. I am exploring wateecolor markers too.

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  29. I use a lot of colored pencils and alcohol markers for my coloring. :) I love having more than one medium to work with.

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  30. Right now I like colored pencils and learning to shade and add highlights. This is a lovely card.

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  31. I like colored pencils the best. I often reach for markers, but colored pencils are my first coloring medium and they are joyful to color with them.

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  32. Lovely card, I like the framing of the sentiment. My sympathies for your loss.

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  33. These flowers are so beautifully colored.I

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  34. Your flowers and leaves are absolutely gorgeous!!
    I mainly coloring with my Copic Markers with occasionally the colored pencils!!

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  35. Beautiful card and beautiful job of coloring them. I feel most comfortable with colored pencils, but am trying to branch out with alcohol markers and water coloring. I should have time to use all these mediums with the 30 day color challenge.

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  36. Lovely card! I love coloring with watercolor pencils.

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  37. Lovely card. I like using markers to color - direct to paper or watered down first.

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  38. I am totally intimidated by watercolors, so colored pencils are my go to tool.

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  39. I like water color and pencils the most.

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  40. Beautiful card! I have been coloring with my copics and zigs lately. Hard to choose a favorite!

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  41. I love the look of watercolor, so I am practicing everyday during the 30 Day challenge. But I also just received a full set of Polychromos pencils, so I am torn... good thing i’m retired and have lots of crafting time!

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  42. Lovely card,coloring embossed flower has been on my list for long ! I often go for noline watercoloring,it's the only way I know to color images ;)

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  43. Stunning card, Gina. Love the linen background. I use Copic markers the most for coloring and have recently been playing with watercolor pencils. How lucky we are as card artists to have so many coloring tools available.

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  44. I love this card Gina! I love lots of coloring mediums and lately I’d say I’ve been gravitating to watercoloring and use Zig markers quite often.

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  45. Gorgeous card! I am really liking to color with prismas & gamsol for flowers but I do like my zigs to watercolor flowers lately also.

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  46. This is so beautiful. I love the images and the wonderful watercoloring.

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  47. Beautiful! I love the gauze background Stamp, it’s on my wish list!,

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    1. My favorite coloring method is watercolor pencils at the moment, it changes often, lol.

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  48. I love this card! My favorite coloring medium to use is COPICS! Next on my list would have to be Kuratake Watercolors!

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  49. Your card is so pretty. I like colored pencils and Copic markers.

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  50. Your coloring is great, oh so great! I really like the double stitched oval and the gauze background stamp - it really makes those beautiful flowers pop. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us.

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  51. I sort of have a marker addiction, but when it come to coloring I always grab my pencils.

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  52. Such a gorgeous card! I love that stamp set! Thank you Gina, for the great inspiration as always!

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  53. So pretty, Gina! For some reason, I feel like Copics are quicker for me. They may be a completely false impression :) I've enjoyed your Zig coloring lately, so I'm going to try to play with those a little more.

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  54. I tend to color mostly with my copics. But you have been showing so much with watercolor, I just may have to try that.

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  55. Pretty card.... I'm into anything I can add water to to make paint.... So watercolor is my fav, but anything with COLOR will work for me

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  56. My favorite is colored pencils. I watched your video (more times than I can remember) using gamsol with color pencils when it came out and have been hooked since. I like copics too.

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  57. Lovely card-this is also my favorite way to watercolor, but just like you, my first choice is colored pencil, I think because it's what I started out doing.

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  58. These are gorgeous. I prefer Copics, but you are encouraging me to take out my watercolors.

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  59. Your card is gorgeous. The linen background is just perfect for it. I love to color flowers!!

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  60. I always seem to go back to my watercolor pencils. My coloring can't compare to you. You to great work and you are a great inspiration to us all

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  61. I use both Staedtler Karat and Crayola water color pencils, Copics and water coloring. Depends on the day.

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  62. Your card is so pretty! I like watercoloring.

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  63. My favorite are colored pencils, regular or Water-colored pencils. my second favorite is Water Colors in cakes or tubes. But I also like Markers, though the good ones are way to expensive and they all seem to dry out way to fast. I use my inks, for my ink-pads, a lot for coloring also.So I prefer to spend my money rather on stamps and dies And yes your card is fantastic, I love the background and the double stitched dies. Have to invest in those.

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  64. I’m with you - Prismacolor pencils and gambol. Love your card! Thanks fro sharing!

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  65. Beautiful card as always. I would have to use my Arteza markers since that is what I have. Thanks for all your inspiration and instruction. Annette

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  66. Wow, absolutely gorgeous colouring! Your card is beautiful! I like to colour with pencils and Zigs. Thank you for the awesome prize!

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  67. Your card is beautiful. As for a favorite coloring medium I don't think I have one yet. I have been wanting to get the Faber-Castell but they are not in the budget yet. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  68. Love the colors used in your card. My favorite way to color depends on how big the imagae is for fine coloring I like my colored pencils Prismacolors & Gamsol but if it is a large image I'll be using my Zigs!

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  69. I love coloring with my zig's probably the most, but colored pencil's are really growing on me too, even though I only have a cheap set at this time (I am saving money for the better set I have been wanting...hopefully will be able to get it in the next month or two!!!). I don't have copics cause can't afford them, but...am starting to think thats ok cause the water coloring is way more forgiving than copics would be I think. LOL Love your card! :-))

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  70. Such a beautiful card, love the blue flowers and this sentiment is lovely. I love to color with my Zigs (usually quick coloring for me.) Lately, I've been pulling out my Prismacolor pencils because with the gamsol, it's pretty quick coloring too. Thanks for your inspiration and generous giveaway.

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  71. Thank you so much for being part of Kathy's wonderful hop and challenge! Your card (as well as your products) is gorgeous. My current favourite colouring medium has actually been featured in your post today - ZIGs is my new big love, they're just so easy to use, so forgiving, and give great results to even an amateur like me :-)

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  72. I love colouring with watercolour but I want to perform my tecnic with copics !

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  73. Such a beautiful floral creation! I love coloring with my Copics, but just got a new set of watercolors so I think I'll be doing that for a while! Thanks for the inspiration and for your generous giveaway!

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  74. Your card is gorgeous in these colours and I adore the very true statement, I must purchase that set. I love colouring with coloured pencils the most, usually Derwent crayons but I'm just trying out the new Faber Castell rangr. Along with those in at the very start of trying to get to grips with alcohol markers, so far that's interesting ! Thank you for all your inspiration x

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  75. Beautiful card, Gina! I think my favorite coloring medium is alcohol markers, but I've got so much to learn. :)

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  76. Beautiful card. I love using watercolor pencils.
    btw I started learning to make cards by watching stamptv.

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  77. Coloring with heart is my favorite medium. You see, I'm not so great with any of the mediums yet (getting better, but still not there!), so I figure if I color with heart, my card recipients will respond to that and ignore any "missteps" on their cards! Thank you to Gina and all you wonderful paper artists for inspiring me to keep at it and for introducing me to techniques which DO make me look like a pro!

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  78. Your card is lovely. My favorite medium is copic markers. I also love using distress oxide inks for water coloring.

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  79. Beautiful card! My favorite coloring medium is Copic markers.

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  80. I so enjoyed watching you and Run a on Facebook live the other night! You both are so much fun! I tend to lean towards colored pencils too.Have a wonderful day!

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  81. I love your shading and it adds so much dimension. Thanks for your inspiration. I have put the Zig markers on my wish list.

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  82. I meant to say Rina. Smart phones! Gotta love them! LOL!

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  83. Beautiful card. My go to lately has been watercolor, just love the soft look you get with them.

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  84. Enjoy watercolors. Using more liquid watercolors.

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  85. My favorite medium is Prismacolor pencils and gamisol but I recently have been sxperimanting with water coloring!

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  86. As always a beautiful card. I love to color with my copic markers, but also my Prismacolor pencils and gambol.

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  88. Hi, Kathy. This is my first post. I mainly use colored pencils and alcohol markers for coloring. BTW, your work is just lovely!

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  89. Your card is so lovely!! I enjoy coloring with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol as well. I had a chance to try my Zigs for the first time a few days ago. That was fun!!

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  90. Absolutely AMAZING!!! Very pretty coloring!!!!

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  91. I go back and forth between pencils and zig markers and water coloring with distress inks. Haven’t used my copics in a while...

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  92. I have always liked to color. I like colored pencils and markers--even crayons sometimes!

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  93. Beautiful use of watercolor medium on your card! My favorite is still Copics but Prismacolor pencils are also wonderful to work with.

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  94. Love your cards! My favorite medium for coloring is watercoloring with distress ink or Zig markers but I am trying to push myself to reach for my colored pencils more.

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  95. Beautiful card! I love the blue color scheme and that gauze background was a great touch to add texture! Recently I've been coloring with Bic markers and loving it!

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  96. Your card is so lovely! I've been into coloring with Copics latley but I also love watercolors.

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  97. Lovely card. I use markers to color but want to try watercolors.

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  98. Blue is my favourite colour and this is beautiful! Gorgeous watercoloring and a great crisp design. Love it!

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  99. Gorgeous coloring! What colors did you use one the leaves? They're beautiful. My current favorite coloring medium is colored pencils, but I do have zigs, so will probably use them at least a couple times this month.

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  101. Gorgeous card. You inspired me to color some blue flowers.

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  102. Gina, I've learned so many tips & tricks from watching you! Currently I'm enjoying colored pencil with gamsol on dark paper. I received some lovely watercolor paper for Mother's Day so I will be trying that soon.

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  103. Thank you for sharing! I have Copic colored and just recently I started water coloring and love it! I got colored pencils as a gift and have been nervous to try them but I have been watching more and more color pencil videos to get myself inspired

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  104. You are so inspiring with color pencils and camisole but I love to use colic markers to color!

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  105. Beautiful card! Heat embossing and then coloring - that's my favorite way, too!

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  106. Love your card. Love to color with my Tombow's for cards, my coloring book I favor gel pens and pencils.

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  107. Such a pretty color combo! I love using Zigs for coloring but prefer water coloring more as I feel I don't have to be so neat about it!

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  108. Beautiful! I mostly use Copic markers, I haven't tried water markers yet, but deffenitely on the to do list.

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  109. Beautiful flower and card! I love coloring floral images the best using all different kinds of mediums. Thanks for the chance to win an awesome giveaway!

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  110. You always make beautiful cards Gina! I just finished watching the replay of your Facebook Live video with Rina...you two are a hoot together!! Anyway...I'm really not much of a colorist, so I have to say I feel safest using the zig markers with White embossing like your card above!!

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  111. gorgeous card and lovely coloring - I love to color with copic markers:)

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  112. Your card is stunning. My favorite medium for coloring is Copic markers. But I must say as age diminishes my eye sight, stamping has been happening more & more.

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  113. If I'm sitting in my chatroom, I prefer to use watercolors...of any kind. If I'm in the living room watching TV with my hubby, it works better to use colored pencils. I love both mediums though!!

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  114. I still enjoy copic. They give sich beautiful resilts!

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  115. Love your card, but I don’t think there’s anything that you do that I don’t LOVE!

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  116. Beautiful card! I like colouring with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.

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  117. I enjoy coloring with Copics right now, but would love to get better at watercoloring! You are an inspiration and I enjoy your tips and samples. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!

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  118. Your card is beautiful and very elegant ! I feel confortable with my alcohol markers, but I've just got some gamsol and I find working with my color pencils much easier with it....

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  119. I am learning to use Copics. I love the way they look but have yet to master the technique!

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  120. Stunning card, and looks like a fun make too - definitely my favorite!
    I tend to use watercolor markers because they work best for me, but I hope to try out some new things, that's what challenges are for, right? Thanks for the inspiration!

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  121. Right now my favorite coloring technique is my Tombow markers on Bristol paper. I love coloring and I recently bought some gamsol (after seeing your technique), so my next challenge is to work on my colored pencil "skills." Beautiful card, by the way.

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  122. I love coloring with copics. I need to practice more with my zigs to get the hang of them.

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  123. I am a big fan of watercoloring right now. I love it! There is something calming about watching the colors move on the paper.

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  124. Gina, this is just stunning! I love the colors you used and the use of the white embossing really makes your colors pop even more! Right now, I love to color with my Zigs (now that I know how to use them correctly!). LOL Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway and for being so generous!

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  125. I love those flowers and how you colored them Gina! I don't own Copics, so my prefer method is colored pencils, sometimes I do some water coloring too. Thanks for the chance!

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  126. I'm just starting coloring and so far Tombow Dual Brush Pens are my favorite. I'm eager to try the color pencils and gamsol.

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  127. Stunning as always...love the blue!

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  128. I have been using my oxide inks for watercolor lots lately. I don't know if I can commit to this challenge.
    Barb Housner

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  129. Beautiful cards with a gorgeous color palette. I love watercoloring and always reach for my distress inks. Though I have bought some Zigs and alcohol markers recently. So looking forward to working with them too.

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  130. Beautiful card, Gina. I use my Prisma Pencils the most. I haven't done a lot of coloring, but am getting inspired by all of the videos I've watched recently.

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  131. Love your card. I do enjoy using my Zig markers.

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  132. Irene.royster@gmail.comJune 2, 2018 at 1:46 PM

    I'm a huge fan of colored pencils too but I end up reaching for markers more often than not

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  133. I love to colour with pencils and not so long ago I got a pressent from my hubby, Zig Markers. So I am exploring them also, I was excited that you used them for this awesome card. Thank you for the tip of embossing and then use the Zig as watercolour. Also thanks for your part in to the challenge,it’s always such fun to do the 30 Day Coloring Challenge!

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  134. amyndennis@wyoming.comJune 2, 2018 at 1:56 PM

    I love to use Gamsol and pencils but I still enjoy my alcohol markers.

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  135. I am also a colored pencil and gamsol lover. I just feel like I can control the color better than with copic markers. Maybe I need to take a class. Lol

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  136. Those flowers are gorgeous, as is your card. I love the sentiment! I have watercolored for years, and also do colored pencil with gamsol, but am currently obsessed witb learning to use copic markers, so they are at the top of the list at this time. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!

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  138. I love this stunning card. The pretty flowers go great with the gauze background. Lately I do a lot of watercolor.

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  139. I usually use colored pencils and prefer Prismacolors but have several other brands as well. I have all sorts of coloring tools but always go back to the colored pencils. I really like your card. And I have got to order the double stitched dies to add to my stash.

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  140. Love your pretty colouring. I try my hand at different colouring mediums, but I do find that coloured pencils give me the most control.

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  141. I love this card and think it's beautiful. I agree with you that heat-embossing the design helps with watercoloring for some designs. Watercolor is my preferred method of coloring, with colored pencils a close second. It's almost a tie! :)

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  142. I'm also a watercolor marker fan--especially Zigs! I always love your videos!

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  143. Like you Gina, I also love coloured pencils and gamsol. Would love to get some Zig markers and Copics to see how I like those too.

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  144. Like you, colored pencils are my favorite because that’s what I ‘m best at. I haven’t gotten very good at copics and haven’t worked enough with my watercolor options. Thanks.

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  145. I have been using lately the Chameleon Changing Color Tone Pens which are Permanent Alcohol Ink Pen System where one pen blends multiple tones. They are quite fun to use. You can even blend to different colors.

    I love the card you did. You are always quite inspiring.

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  146. Fantastic ! I love the colors you chose -

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  147. I’ve just gotten into Copic coloring and have been enjoying it!

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  148. This is a beautiful card. You have used so less colors, but still, every element stand out so well.

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  149. Gina, your peonies are so beautiful and I love them in blue!!! Lately I've been on a colored pencil kick ever since Yana Smakula started posting Polychromos works of art. I'm using Prismas, but I'm still having fun with them and learning a bunch along the way! I plan on getting a small set of Polys to see the difference, though I'm afraid it will make me want the biggest set they make!!! #FSS

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  150. Love your card Gina and the white stamped outline. I like bic markers, copics and prismacolor pencils.
    Dottie W

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  151. Your card is beautiful!! Thanks for sharing. I currently enjoy using Prisma pencils with gamsol for coloring.

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  152. Beautiful card, Gina. My favourite coloring medium is using Spectrum Noir markers. Thanks for the give away opportunity. :)

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  153. I am just starting to come back to card making. i have been learning to use copics and clean brush water markers.

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  154. Beautiful card! I really like using my copic markers or distress ink markers.

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  155. The rose peonies is a gorgeous stamp. Copics are my favorite coloring tool but pencils are a close second

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  156. Beautiful card Gina! I love the colors you chose. Right now I've been coloring a lot with Daniel Smith watercolors. With practice, it's getting easier for me with more practice ahead. My second choice is my Zig Clean Color markers along with my Arteza markers.

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  157. I enjoy colored pencils and Gamsol. Like how the Gamsol changes the color to different hues.

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  158. My favorite way to color is the same as yours. Colored pencils and Gamsol are my favorite and they remain on my desk at all times. Zig Clean Colored Markers are next in line.

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  159. What a beautiful Stamp Set you used to colour your project!
    My favourite colouring tools are Spectrum Noir Markers. I first saw them on your site and have been hooked ever since.
    Hmmmmmmmm...really loving those Zig Markers though......

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  160. I really like the gauze background stamp. I just discovered Zig Clean Color real brush markers and I love them. They blend so nicely.

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  161. I like to color with copics! I love your flowers! SO DETAILED!

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  162. Love to color embossed images with water color brush markers. Shout out for Arteza brand, they are vibrant, blend well and affordable.

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  163. I love coloring with copic markers and pencils . And I love your card 😍😍😍😍

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  164. Classic Gina card - stunning! Gorgeous water coloring and beautiful layout. I have been having fun playing with a number of coloring mediums but water coloring with ink pads is my go-to method.

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  165. Your card is beautiful! I love the flowers with the Gauze background stamp. Your colors are always wonderful. Thanks for all you share with your wonderful videos. I just started coloring with some alcohol markers but have a lot to learn about using them. thanks again! GlendaJ

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  166. Love your card, it's so pretty! I love to color with colored pencils, copic markers and watercolor markers. I tend to switch them around and try new techniques. I've been watching Rina's video's, she at U of M, correct? What is her major? I graduated from there almost 40 years ago, great school. Hated the snow and now live in AZ. Kathy's challenge is terrific!

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  167. Your flowers are gorgeous! Just getting started card making and have just used markers so far for coloring. I really want to try watercoloring. Thanks for sharing!

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  168. Gorgeous card! I like yo use the pearlized water colors the most. I love the soft tones and shimmer.

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  169. Gorgeous card, Gina! I like to color most often with Copic Markers.

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  170. What a lovely card that could be used for any occasion with a sentiment change! I primarily rely on my inks and stamped images for color. I sometimes use the Zigs. I also love Distress inks and the techniques they can do

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  171. Beautiful card! Love the background. I like watercoloring and striving to be better. Thanks!

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  172. Hi Gina, Boy it is hard to pick a favorite. Lately, I've been challenged the most by watercolor. I've been using my water brush and the tip of my AquaBlend pencils to color my images. So I guess I'm using both watercolor and colored pencils.

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  173. I am trying to learn how to use alcohol markers but am still a beginner. I also use watercolor pencils. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration.

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  174. A lovely card! I think my favorite has to be colored pencils, but I am really trying hard to get better with watercolors and alcohol ink markers.

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  175. What a stunning card!! Blue is my favorite color but there is really not a lot of true blue "flowers." I wish yours were real!!!

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  176. Brautiful card! I normally use watercolour pencils, I'd love to try the watercolour markers though :)

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  177. That gauze background is to die for, it’s perfect for the stamps you chose. I’m ok with watercolors, but sometimes I just like to use my crayons crayons. I get the “feel goods” when I use them.

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  178. Wow, beautiful card! I like the Zig clean color real brush markers. They are versatile and fun. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  179. Gina, such a beautiful card. I love your graceful style in card design. My favorite medium are the Zig clean color real brush markers. They are so easy to do quick but detailed coloring.

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  180. Beautiful card. I found out on my last post on this blog hop that I think my favorite to use for coloring is watercolor pens and pencils. LOL! I am learning how to use them so I use them the most right now. ;)

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  181. Such a pretty card and love that sentiment. My favorite medium for coloring is colored pencils and Gamsol. However, I just took a class on coloring with Copics so hope to get better at that.

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  182. I know its summer but I love coloring Christmas themes

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  183. I am just starting to try my hand at watercoloring and my Sunshine and Love kit just arrived in the mail today, so you know I will be trying this project. I just purchased some Colored Pencils and still need to get some Gamsol as I am amazed by the projects I've seen.

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  184. I am loving watercolors! Whether I am painting with a water based ink or whatever...endless colors bc you can make them!

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  185. Gina, your card is beautiful, I love the blues you used for your flower. I am also loving using my Zigs to color floral images lately. I am in the process of coloring a peony image now with my distress inks for a change. I love all coloring mediums and it varies from day to day with my mood or what I am coloring. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  186. I have to admit to plain old watercolor pencils and a water brush. Not real exciting, but that is what I do best. There are a lot that even though I have them, I really have not tried. i have an almost full set of Spectrum Noir pens, Spectrum Aqua, A ton of color pencils and the Spectrum Noir gamsoil for them, plus stamp pads everywhere, I just love my watercolor pencils.

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  187. Love the challenge of watercoloring and currently use water based ink and of course colored pencils. Love your beautiful card, you make everything look so easy, please keep the inspirations coming!

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  188. Love the background and layout of your card. I am just learning watercolours, they are fascinating.

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  189. Zig clean color brush pens are my go to coloring medium but I love using watercolors too, the New Prima tins are my favorite. Your flowers are simply beautiful.

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  190. I love your card, it's so beautifully coloured.
    My favourite colouring medium is Copics

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  191. Your card is beautiful, Gina. I think I like best to color with watercolor inside embossed lines!

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  192. So pretty. I like the colors of the flowers and the gauze background. I like to color with Copic markers.

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  193. Love my colored pencils because you can use them anywhere.

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  194. I love to colour with watercolour paints, but I also use Zigs and pencil crayons. Lovely card!

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  195. I love pencils but also watercolor. im also playing with alcohol markers. I just love to color. That is a beautiful card. I really love the texture background stamp too. Your cards are always beautiful.

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