a blunder, a tutoria, a giveaway and winners announced

Hello Friends, How was your week? Do you get any crafty time? Today I have a mini coloring tutorial for you that I created for The Mama Elephant blog. Before we get started I thought I would share the cards I made for their stampede in Feb.

In this post you will find a tutorial on coloring the blue bunny and the supplies for this card.

These two bunnies just warm your heart & supply list in this post. 

Love how hunny bunny fits on these die cuts. See supply list in this post. 

Supplies for this geometric card you will find in this post. 

Supplies listed in this post. 

Mama Elephant is having a spot light on me and I am so excited and honored! I love their stamps, style and the kind, beautiful people behind the scenes.

 To celebrate I am giving away a goodie bag to one you:) 

I thought  you might enjoy seeing my spelling blunder. Often I tend to jump ahead and skip a letter while I am creating. I was determined to fix this card instead of throwing it away. For the background I stamped "Sketchy Letters" in the best white ink I have found.  I colored another Honey Bunny, added a hill and die cut the inside of this die again, stamped and assembled the card. 

1. color the image with some alcohol markers 2. find a rag with lots of texture 3. moisten the rag with the Colorless Blending Solution & press lightly on the image with the rag for a second then lift 4. dry with a heat gun from the back of the paper 5.  I often make the eyes larger & love to add enamel accents for larger eyes. Be sure to practice on some scrap paper before adding the enamel accents to your image. 6. the final result

GIVEAWAY---------------------------------------------------

It's been such a honor to be featured on The Mama Elephant blog.  If you pop on over to give them some love and I will give a full goodie bag away to a random winner.  The winner will be announced on Sunday so please check back. Leave me a comment & let me know that you visited The Mama Elephant Blog. 

Winners announced for two other giveaways:
The winner for Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit as see this post is:#54 Jeannine

and a thanks to Lynda for reminding me to announce the winner (sorry this one slipped through my fingers)
The winner for Online Card Classes as seen in this post is:#15 Susan Joyce.

Congrats to the winners today... Susan Joyce & Jeannine. A super big thank you Kryssi and Angela from Mama Elephant and a big thanks to YOU for your visit today it's ALWAYS so appreciated. Have a lovely weekend! Hugs, Kathy

SUPPLIES USED TO create my card:

SKETCHY LETTERS HONEY BUNNY Simon Says Stamp *s163 LIFE BUBBLE HORIZONTAL 1 Craft DIE *Simon Says Stamp *S162 LIFE BUBBLE HORIZONTAL 2 Craft DIE Colorless BLENDER SOLUTION Brown Blending Kit 100# KHAKI 100# GREEN LEAF 100# BLUE VIOLET 100# SCHOOLHOUSE RED SCHOOLHOUSE RED 110 LB** SMOOTH UNICORN White Black White Opaque White Gel PenInLinkz.com

online card classes giveaway

Hello Friends I am popping in today to announce some great news!

I have a spot to GIVEAWAY to the newest Online Card Classes starting March 10th!! If you haven't taken one of their classes I really encourage you to do so. The price is unbeatable, the content, videos, extra bonus days and teachers can't be beat.

Don't worry.. if you are already signed up you will be credited! It's a simple way to win all you need to do is leave me a comment and tell me if you want more snow! I will announce the random winner this Friday March 7th. 

Here is a description to the class in OCC's words, "Simplify your card creations for maximum “wow”! Join Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, Julie Ebersole and guest artists (including me!) for another round of the ever-popular Clean & Simple Cardmaking class series, Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3, which shines the spotlight on one-layer cards! "

"In Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3 from Online Card Classes, you’ll learn over 20 fabulous ways to create one-layer cards with a clean-and-simple style. Whether your definition of clean-and-simple is a simple technique with big impact or a bit more time-intensive technique with clean results, you’ll find a wide range of new ideas, videos and techniques to spark your creativity.

Head on over to Online Card Classes to sign up for Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3 and discover for yourself the all possibilities in one-layer cards. Class starts March 10, but you can take it anytime – you will have lifetime access."

Good luck!! Thanks for your visit today. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. In case you missed my last post I am giving away Simon Says Stamps popular Paulina Butterfly that is out of stock right now. Check it out here.

giveaway

Hello Friends, How are you today? Sorry for my absence this past week it's been pretty dang busy. I have some super fun cards to share but, hard to find the time to post!!

I wanted to thank you all for leaving comments during the Simon Says Blog Hop:) Winners will be announced on the Simon blog today. I was delighted to see that Penny Nichols is the winner randomly selected from my blog. Woo hoo a big congrats to you Penny.

If you follow me on Instagram (kathy rac) you have seen these butterflies for my pin board.  I am sharing them because I would love for you to start your own pin board.

GIVEAWAY:I have one of Simons "Paulina Butterfly" die cut to give away to one of you. Just leave a comment and I will announce random winner Sunday March 9th. Please check back if you don't have a blog and don't want to leave your email. 

Have a crafty weekend and so grateful for your visit. Hugs, Kathy

P.S. In case you missed this I wanted to mention it again.....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 few months and there will be a big giveaway to celebrate. I am crossing my fingers that if you are a subscriber that the information is transferred seamlessly. Stay tuned :)

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