The Daily Marker 30 Day - All of the Brush Pens

I have been coloring quite a bit and working on my hand lettering. This week I crammed in several projects for the challenge, so I am listing them at once, rather than posting daily. 

Tombow ink blending on Bristol paper with white gel pen accents, and gold metallic marker accents. 

More Tombow on Bristol and some more ink blending. 

This was done with Zig Clean Color Brush Pens on Drawing Paper

Also Zig Clean Color on card stock. Background is Distress Ink. 

Zig Clean Color on shimmer card stock. 

I did several pieces this week, and tried a few different tools. I have to say I loved the Kuretake brush pens right out of the box, fro drawing, coloring, and handlettering.  They proved to be extremely versatile and easy to use, I wish I'd ordered them sooner! Next week I will have a post with a tutorial video showcasing some of the 2016 QuickQuotes PowderPuff Chalking Inks, until then, happy crafting!

Tulle Shaker Mermaid Cards

So I have been working on the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge and I have spent about 5 days on these, but I am so happy with the result. 

All boxed up. 

I started by stamping all of my mermaids and coloring them, and then fussy cut them all.

A school of mermaids. 

Then I did some distress ink backgrounds to resemble water and then sewed tulle around the edge to make shaker pockets.

I sewed circles on to make pockets. 

Then I used my We R Memory Keepers DIY Confetti Punch to make "Bubbles" out of glitter paper and trimmed down the tulle.

Almost done. 

Finally I sewed up the tops and attached them to A2 sized note cards. 

Done. 

I boxed them up with envelopes to complete the set and shipped them to a friend. 

I hope you try some new ways to make shaker cards and you have the chance to send someone happy mail! Happy crafting! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day - Day 5 & 6

So I did these right on either side of the 5th turning into the 6th, so I just put them in one post. First up is a freehand watercolor. 

Petals done with Kuretake Watercolor

Next a distress ink background with Handlettering using Zig Clean Color Markers. 

Hand lettering and Neil Sedaka. 

I am also using the second drawing for the hearts prompt for #sisterswithheartinart this week. Going to try to keep up and I hope you do too, happy crafting!

The Daily Marker 30 Day - Day 4

Cutting it close! I used my new Zig Clean Color Markers for this, they make brush lettering so much easier! 

One of my favorite Jason Mraz songs. 

I'll be doing more with these soon and I'll post a video of some techniques for using them! Happy crafting! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day - Day 3

So I am really trying to keep up with this! I designed this card for one of my friends who does ballet workouts! I came up with the drawing, fussy cut it and then did a watercolor background. 

Making my drawing. 

Marker outline. 

First layers of color. 

Almost done. 

Finished. 

I used foam tape on my fit chick and cut a craft dowel down to make the barre. I have a post for Quick Quotes coming up soon and after that I will be reviewing the Zig Clean Color 48 pack. Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting!