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Good morning and welcome to the Coloring Techniques for Card Making Blog Hop! Today we wanted to
introduce you to a brand new, must-have book that has been written to help shed
some light on some of the hottest trends in coloring techniques in paper
crafting today. And I'm so excited to tell you that I had a small part in this!
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Coloring Techniques for Card Making features three of the most
popular coloring techniques in card making today--water coloring, colored
pencils and using alcohol-based ink markers. Each chapter showcases one
particular technique and includes an introduction that will help you choose
the products that are right for you, and will walk you through the steps to
creating one of our featured projects. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed
materials lists and helpful coloring tips will make it easy for you to achieve
stunning card-making results. As a bonus, enjoy a chapter that focuses on ways
to highlight and accentuate your projects with products such as glitter and gel
pens, shading techniques and methods for creating the look of texture with
color.
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This is one of my cards that is appearing in the magazine in the water color section:
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I had so much fun creating projects for this book. You all KNOW how much I LOVE to color! Don't you just love the way my card was photographed with that beautiful flower! I do! This was one of my favorite projects. I love the warm colors and the sewn, ruffled ribbon. And I always love to color and cut out these flowers!!
We are so pleased that you have joined us for the hop! Be sure to leave a comment at each
blog along the way to be entered for your chance to win a free copy of Coloring Techniques for Card Making.
The designers who are participating in the blog hop are as follows:
Keri Lee
Sereika
Debbie Olson
Jeanne Streiff
Trudy Sjolander
Asela Hopkins
Broni Holcombe
Kathy Menzies
Christine Okken
Dawn Lusk
Laurie Wilson
Sherrie Siemens
Chrissy Le
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Thanks so much for stopping by to share in this wonderful adventure with me! It's the first time I've been published! I'm so proud to have been a part of this! And I'm so grateful to the team who put this together and was gracious enough to include me!
Don't forget to leave comments on each of the blogs to be able to win! Have a great weekend!

- Stamps: Whispy Blooms (Our Craft Lounge), Blooming Expressions (by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper)
- Paper: watercolor paper and soft suede (Stampin' Up!), White Monochromatic Family: Snow (Couture Cardstock), Origins 6x6 paper pad (Basic Grey)
- Ink: Archival jet black (Ranger), reinkers: barely banana, crushed curry, wild wasabi, soft suede (Stampin' Up!)
- Other: water brush (Koi from Sakura), floral vine deep edge border punch (Martha Stewart), grosgrain ribbon, cinnamon Stickles (Ranger), sponge dauber, sewing machine