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Emily Midgett

the daily marker 30 day

Altenew + The Daily Marker Watercolor Therapy Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi there! Today, Altenew and the fabulous Kathy Racoosin are teaming up to bring you the Watercolor Therapy Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Amber Rain Davis and your next stop is Erum Tasneem. If follow Kathy’s Instagram feed, you’ll know that we are in the midst of the 18th (!!!) The Daily Marker coloring challenge! Kathy’s fantastic challenges encourage you to relax a few minutes each day with the coloring medium of your choice. Today’s hop encourages just that: a little therapy with your coloring implements and some Altenew stamps.

With the big kids learning from home and the little ones being… babies, ha… I find myself yearning for some quiet time at my desk while also having the possibility of that time at my desk curtailed most days by how well school goes and how long naptimes last, how much laundry there is to fold and how many dishes there are in the sink. Some days I can only manage to color a bloom or two, like I’ve done with the project in these photos. I stamped the beautiful swag from Courageous You onto some Altenew watercolor paper using Obsidian ink, then used the new Woodless Watercolor Pencils and a damp paintbrush to quickly add color to the image.

My watercoloring philosophy is all about layering to get lots of depth of color. I began with a base layer of Rubellite Woodless Watercolor Pencil, then added some Ultramarine to create even more depth, mixing to create a pretty shade of violet.

Altenew and Kathy from The Daily Marker are giving away over $350 prizes to 17 lucky winners. 

Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below for a chance to win by 11/24/2020. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 11/30/2020.

Special Offer 

We are running a free gift promotion to celebrate this blog hop. Feel free to share the promotion banner/info on your blog hop post or on your social media post using your affiliate links for a chance to make some extra money. You can find promotion banners HERE! 

Receive a FREE brand NEW Butterfly Kisses($4.99 value) with *every order from 11/18/2020 at 12:01 am EST until 11/19/2020 at 11:59 pm EST or while supplies last. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. Shop here -> https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products *Not valid on online class, workshop, print media orders. 

Check out Kathy’s Instagram page (@kathyrac) and blog for all of the details on the coloring challenge. I hope you’ll play along by coloring something and share it on social media using the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. Thanks so much for stopping by. Your next stop is Erum Tasneem.

Thankful wreath 

Hi! Soooo have you been playing along with The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge for this month? This is one of my absolute favorite challenges because, let’s be honest, I love to color, and any excuse to color every single day is totally something I can get behind. Another perk: gives me a reason to play with stamps that are not for an assignment. I get to just play because I wanna. 🙂 Case in point: The Wreath of Roses set from Lil Inker Designs. This set is a new one for me, and I have to say… it might be one of my absolute favorite Lil Inker sets. It’s gorgeous.

To start, I die cut and heat embossed that beautiful floral wreath from Wreath of Roses using Platinum embossing powder onto Arches Cold Press watercolor paper. Next, I watercolored the pretty florals using my Daniel Smith watercolors in shades of Nickel Azo Yellow, Buff Titanium, and Quinacridone Coral. (I decorated our mantel with some fall decor last week, so I’ve had autumnal color schemes on the brain!) Love this color combo! 

After I had finished watercoloring, I wanted a simple layout, so I simply popped up the wreath with dimensional foam tape onto a creamy linen card base and added a die cut platinum shimmer Thanks from Papertrey Ink’s Big Basics line. The final touch was a double twine bow adhered with some Multi Medium Matte.

Well, that’s it for my first project using the spoils of the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge. If you are new to my blog, I will (be attempting to) post daily for the challenge on Instagram, so follow me @eamidgett to see my future projects! Thanks for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!