Hello friends!
Today is a special day! Along with my former Hero Arts Hostess friends, I am delighted to take part in my dear friend Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge!
Kathy asked me last Tuesday to help organizing this blog hop....and here we are! You must be coming from the fabulous Lisa Spangler's blog.
Kathy asked me last Tuesday to help organizing this blog hop....and here we are! You must be coming from the fabulous Lisa Spangler's blog.
I am sure you know by now Kathy is a coloring enthusiast and she is encouraging us to spend some time each day for 30 days and do some coloring, even just for 5minutes. It doesn’t matter what you color or what medium you use.
At the end of the hop you will find an awesome GIVEAWAY from Hero Arts. 2 shopping sprees of $25.00 each! Yay. (winners will be randomly picked from the blog comments of the blog hop).
My project for the coloring challenge is "coloring the negative space".
Often times we only color inside the outlines, but for my card, I decided to spend all my time working outside the lines. When you see the following creative process, you'd know what I mean...
1. lay out all the floral leaf images in my MISTI
2. stamp in Versamark and white emboss the images
3. with Spectrum Aqua Markers, I colored the image
4. spray a few spritz of water and let it dry
3. with Spectrum Aqua Markers, I colored the image
4. spray a few spritz of water and let it dry
5-6. continue to color the images with assorted markers and add sprays of water
7. add more colors and let it dry
8. paint/splatter with Lindy's Gang Magicals ( mixture of powder and water)
7. add more colors and let it dry
8. paint/splatter with Lindy's Gang Magicals ( mixture of powder and water)
I hope that you are inspired to color "the negative space". Be sure to take your time and don't be afraid to add COLORS!
Today's blog hop order
Jennifer McGuire
Shari Carroll
Lisa Spangler
Virginia Lu
Linda Brandyberry
Kathy Wade
Arlene McClung
Barb Engler
Linda Wetterlin
Heather Doran
Cheiron Brandon
Sarah Moerman
Emily Leiphart
Kathy Racoosin
Your next stop is my dear friend Linda Brandyberry blog.
I hope that you check out each hoppers projects and make sure you leave comment. BECAUSE Hero Arts is giving away TWO $25 gift cards to Her Arts Store!! Yay! If you are lost in the hop, please head to Kathy's "The Daily Marker" to check out this fun hop. Please use #TheDailyMarker30Day , so Kathy and all players can admire your colorful creations.
I have a VIDEO tutorial (working with MISTI and watercolors) coming up next, be sure stop by and check it out!
Thanks for stopping by!
221 comments:
1 – 200 of 221 Newer› Newest»This is BEAUTIFUL Virginia, I love it!
Wowza Virginia this is sooo awesome!!! Like minds too. I colored the negative space too lol but with a black marker. Loooveeee yours. Thanks soooo much for organizing the hop and making this happen for me. You are awesome, xo
Your card is beautiful. Coloring the outside really makes the flowers and leaves stand out.
Your card is so artsy - I love that! Very pretty.
Lovely and vibrant coloring!
Great card and colours! :)
Gorgeous watercoloring Virginia! TFS
Just beautiful, Virginia!
Very pretty Virginia, you are so brave with techniques!
Love your beautiful card! Great colors!
So pretty!!
Very cool. You are so creative. Hugs from California.
Wow!!!! This card is incredible! I love the colors and texture! So so pretty
Lovely watercolor look.
Wow! That's just so pretty!
So beautiful! You are an inspiration to all! Xo
So beautiful! You are an inspiration to all! Xo
Wow wow wow!!!! And WOW!!!! Love this so much, Virginia! Thanks for organizing the hop. Sending you love and hugs from Texas!
I love your card!! As soon as I'm done hopping I'm going to give this a try. It is just so pretty and you make it sound doable. Thanks!
This made me smile. So pretty! Thank you.
Beautiful cards. I love the color and design.
Fun technique I haven't tried. Thanks! Awesome card. Love the colors!
Awesome card. Love the mix of colors you get with water coloring. Really inspirational:)
Haven't tried this, but I think I will give it a shot, it looks so interesting! <3 Thank you for the idea! :)
Nice use of water colors . Thank you for sharing.
so beautiful, Virginia! I love your coloring of the negative space. this is such an elegant and lovely card. tfs hugs, Kristina
Ahhhh...to water-colour even 1/4 as well as you do would make me ecstatic! Your card is gorgeous, Virginia...and I so appreciate the time you invested in creating the tutorial! Thank you for inspiring us...
Hugs~c
Beautiful card Virginia! Love the colors! Thanks for sharing and the inspiration to step out of the box!
I love your watercoloring. Did you use watercolor paper, or regular cardstock? I'm off to check out the Lindy's Gang Magicals. Thanks for sharing.
That is really neat how the colors pool together. I love how it looks. I will be trying this too.
Beautiful as usual! Love your colors and thanks for the tutorial.
Oh, love your use of color in the NEGATIVE spaces. Your card is beautiful. TFS
What a beautiful, abstract piece of art.
What a fun idea.
Kind of like "thinking outside the box".
I'll be trying this one.
thanks for sharing a wonderful card
and for the detailed instructions.
I think your negative space coloring is nifty! Love how the colors melded for the background....wonderful card!
Great idea Virginia. You could make lots and lots of cards to try different combinations for the background. Thanks for sharing with us.
I loge how artsy this looks, just beautiful!
Love your beautiful cards and technique!
Love the idea of coloring the negative space with such vibrant colors. Thanks.
Beautiful card, love your watercoloring and thanks for the tutorial to see the process.
WOW ! This is so beautiful ! Love the way you used the watercolor ! I have to try it !
Fantastic card. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway
Beautiful card! I just bought some of Lindy's MGicalc & have not had time to try them. You have inspired me!!
Lovely card with all those great colors.
Watercoloring seems to be the thing. Pretty background.
Awwwwww...... LOVE, LOVE it!! Amazing colouring, great technique, wonderful stamps used.... I pinned it!
Thanks for sharing this piece of art! I can't stop to look at it!! :D It make me happy!
Beautiful!
Your card is beautiful! I'm going to try this technique.
Wow, Virginia - just love your colorful negative space!! Thanks for organizing the hop - I enjoyed playing along with my other "sistahs"!!
Beautiful card!
These are great, done with the spirit of a true Texan!
This card is COOL!
Great card. Love all the color you have on there.
Your card is like a masterpiece of painting! Love all the colours mixing together!
Loved your card. Thanks for sharing your process, great results.
What a great tutorial. I have a stamp set that would work great.
OH my this card is so dreamy and rainbowy!! Love!!
this card is gorgeous and bright!
That card is so lovely! Love the stamps, the coloring and the drippiness.
What a beautiful card. Loved how your watercolors pens created such beautiful flowers.
Nice and colorful card. Awesome.
Gorgeous and vibrant. Love it.
Wow, your watercolor backdrop came out gorgeous Virginia. I don't own these watercolor pens but maybe I need to check these out. Gorgeous card. TFS.
Beautiful card, thanks for inspiration!
Absolutely lovely. Loved the technique.
adorable card. thanks for the cool concepts.
A truly lovely, colorful card. Your explanation is excellent, so succinct and easy to comprehend especially with your great photos. Thank you Virginia.
Beautiful color wash. I love how well the florals and background colors combined. Great card as always
Wow.. so beautiful...love it..
Very lovely card! Love the colors.
Love this technique! Going to give it a go this afternoon. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow Virginia, I just LOVE your fabulous card! What a great idea to colour the negative space! I love the pretty colours and soft and dreamy look on your card! Thank you so much for all the work you put in behind the scenes organising the hop - it's been so much fun!
Thanks for showing us a new way to color backgrounds. Very neat technique.
Oh my Gosh !! What a beautiful water colored card. You have some great talent Virginia. :)
Very beautiful! I want to try this technique out. . . .
Wow! Beautiful Card!
Just beautiful! And what a great technique! We all need to remember to keep that in our repertoire!
Wonderful! Love your card, thanks for sharing with us.
Yes, yes, yes, Virginia! This is one beautiful card. This coloring technique has gorgeous results.
Whoo hoo! I just received my new Spectrum Aqua Markers!! Thanks for my first idea for using them!!!!
Such a pretty card, love the loose watercolouring.
Wonderful project!
Just beautiful, I love the watercolor look to cards and I have found a lot of my friends do also. Kathy is a big inspiration to me and I will always be indebted to her. After a tornado wiped us basically off the map and shared all and I do mean all of my craft stuff with whom ever was so lucky to have it land in their yard, Kathy sent me a box of crafting items to get me started again and a chance to relax throughout all the construction and for that I am so blessed.
Gorgeous! I love using the Misti
Yes, you HAVE inspired me to color the negative space! Thanks for the coloring twist. Love your bright colors!
I love this technique and will have to try it. Lovely card. Melanie x
The colors are so beautiful!
This card turned out so pretty. I already have ideas in my head about how I can do it similarly with what I have on hand.
Enjoyed your "coloring outside the lines post! Thanks for the great tutorial!
You know what's so lovely...this card...it's gorgeous. What a wonderful and fun looking technique.
So pretty! I have many Hero Arts products and love that they support Charities.
ok, now I am going to pull out my stamps and play with this technique! Love it!
love this idea Virginia - must give this a try - beautiful card!
the card turned out beautifully! Love the technique...will have to try this one!
Love your card, it is so bright and cheery. Will have to try this. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful. The watercoloring is gorgeous!
Beautiful job. I just love the effect of coloring the background. Makes the embossed images pop that much more!
How beautiful and whimsical! Love it!
Great technique and so colorful! Very pretty!
What a stunning card! You are so right, we spend our time inside the lines that it is fun to concentrate on outside the lines.
OMG I absolutely love your card!!! All of those colors are so, so pretty! Thanks for the detailed photos showing how you did it!
These are beautiful! You are very talented!
I love this idea of painting the negative space. Thanks for teaching it to me.
Really beautiful card!!!
Pretty colors!
When im stuck i sometiles go straight to coloring or mixing colors for my negrtive space and it totally gives me the color i need for my image. You just have furthered inspired me... Thank you
lovely card
You are great. Lovely card.
Oh what a marvellous technique and what a gorgeous result! I really need more of these floral stamps!
Beautiful card Virginia! I must try out that technique of colouring the negative space,looks awesome,thanks for sharing!
AnnB
Such a fun technique, Virginia! Your card looks awesome. Eager to try this method one of these days.
Gorgeous effect!! Love the beautiful colors!!
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Lovely card! I'll have to try colouring the negative spaces too now!
Fabulous cards, I love the colors.
Beautiful. The flowers and the background are just perfect.
Oh this card is so very pretty!!!
Thank you for encouraging us to colour the negative space :o)
Your watercolor card is Beautiful!!! Love it:)
I LOVE your watercolor effect on your card. Thanks for showing the way to do it.
Beautiful card!
Thanks for using Hero Arts in your fabulous cards. :)
I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Love how you focused on the "negative space" coloring! Your card is just gorgeous!
Very artistic! Way to "color outside the lines!" :)
Virginia, new techniques are always interesting to try. TU for the idea!
Beautiful Virginia!
Those splashes of color are just so beautiful! I love this free and easy style.
Great techniques. Beautiful artistic card.
What a beautiful card! It is so inspiring!
What a gorgeous summer
card! All of those bright flowers
remind me of a warm day by the pool!
So pretty!
Cool card! You're right to often we forget about the negative space. Will have to give this a try. Thanks for reminding me!
Beautiful card. Now these markers are on my Wish List.
I love the outline coloring it really is thinking outside of the box or call it the outside the"NORM" (normal). (lol) :)
What a fun technique with a gorgeous effect! Love the artsy look.
Love this card Virgina! Those yummy colours.
What a fun technique! This made a LOVELY card. I can't wait to try it. Thank You.
An awesome card! Love the colors & the artistic look.
Your card is gorgeous - I just love it! Watercolor is my favorite medium and your card is just wonderful - thank you so much!!! XO
This is gorgeous Virginia!! I love seeing all of the techniques you try...and master!!
Fabulous effect! Love this gorgeous card!
Can't wait to try this technique. Thanks Virginia and thanks Hero Arts.
Great idea and approach on your card! I love those flowers and keep thinking I need to get that set. Your card looks really pretty with such nice colors.
This is such a pretty card. Pretty sure that mine will not come out looking anything like yours but I may have to try.
Your card is so beautiful, I love how you watercolored it and the gorgeous colours that you used!
oooooo, now I am intrigued with the aqua pens.
beautiful!
So fun! Love the vibrant colors!
Wow Virginia! I love your colorful background, your card is so artsy! TFS
Oh my! Your card turned out amazing, Virginia! I love how beautiful the water coloring looks! It sure was fun getting together again with some of the hostesses! And without you helping to organize, this would not have happened, so thank you, my friend! ♥
The design is gorgeous! And brave,too! I'm always worried with adding splotches (other than with ink blending) that my color combos or amounts won't work together. This turned out awesome, and ignited a fire in me to try this again!thank you!
Super pretty - love the water coloring.
This is totally stunning, Virginia!
This is beautiful!!!!!
This is amazing! The flowing watercolors make this look like it belongs in a art gallery - beautiful.
Such a beautiful card. I must try your technique. Thank you for sharing and I'm becoming hooked on colouring. Happy day and daily colouring
Gorgeous card! Love all the colors and how they all just melt together so beautifully!
BEAUTIFUL card and a wonderful technique! I will sure have a go at it. I'm doing Kathy's challenge (for the first time) and it's nice with some ideas! ;-)
Gorgeous background. I believe I have some stamps that would work for this idea very well! Thanks for sharing and have a great day! =0)
Wow! Such amazing card! Really beautiful!!!
Your card is beautiful. I love the colors of it and how they moved. Very pretty as always.
BEAUTIFUL card Virginia!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your WONDERFUL negative space colouring, I feel INSPIRED and look forward to giving it a try :)
Your card is so beautiful! Love the watercolor and embossing. THANK YOU for the inspiration.
I lvoe your design is so beautiful!!!
Virginia, absolutely GORGEOUS.
Your card is beautiful, Virginia. I'm inspired to try watercoloring now. I'll admit I've been intimidated by it but I'm excited to give it a whirl. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for taking part this great hop and giveaway.
Love it! Great inspiration!
Love Hero Arts! Really having fun with the color layering stamp sets !
~God bless
Amazeballs! Thanks for showing the stages!
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing a new technique and products! I really like your step by step instructions!
Wow, this is stunning Virginia! Love your beautiful card! It's been fun hopping with you and catching up! xoxo
How gorgeous!
Wonderful work.
Carla from Utah
Oh my, so beautiful!
Very nice!! :)
This is so lovely Virginia!
Lovely and soft colors and such a beauty! Your card is gorgeous!
I love this card with all the color popping out.
Wow! This is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Simple but so effective. Beautiful work, makes a beautiful card!
Yeah! I have this stamp set and I love this card!
Your card is beautiful. I love the watercoloring.
Wonderful! I love how it turned out.
What a cool look! I love the soft watercolor.
This is just beautiful, Virginia! I am always in love with the beautiful color choices you make for your cards! Thanks for sharing!
Very pretty--I will have to try this.
Love the card, you're cards are great. Thank you for the ideas.
What a wonderful idea, Virginia! I love the colours you used and while the card is full of colour, the coloured area makes the perfect "white space" for your sentiment. It’s been a pleasure hopping with you to celebrate Hero Arts and Kathy’s 30 Day Colouring Challenge! Thanks for all the work you put into organizing the hop and making it run smoothly!
What a beautiful card! I really appreciate the step-by-step description of what you did!
Wow! What a cool technique! I must try these!
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Such a gorgeous effect Virginia! I just love this watercolor technique and the vibrant colors :)
Love your card and your watercoloring.
Holy moly--what a gorgeous outcome! I love anything to do with embossing and this technique will go in my store box of ideas. I'm speechless!
Wow! This car.d is beautiful. I love the colors
The watercoloring is so pretty! Bold, but yet quite soft, love it!
I'm debating if I like the red spatters or not. I'll study the card more and get back to you! LOL The card is so colorful! Yellow is my favorite color so if it has yellow in it, I love it! I love stamps with flowers on them and I have plenty of those. Thank you for being a part of this hop and sharing your beautiful card.
What a beautiful card! Love all the colors!
I absolutely love your watercolor magic Virginia. Such beautiful colors, designs and love how they bleed into each other for extra interest!
I don't know why, but the little splatters of color really finish the design. I really have to try that.
LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Need I say more? You are the master of watercoloring and inspire me every day!
an other fun technique, love it :) Hugs Ute
Amazing water coloring Virginia. So bright and vibrant... I can almost feel the movement of the water. Sweet and pretty.
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