Coloring Book fun with Adornit

Good morning everyone - welcome to my stop on our fun Adornit Coloring Book blog hop! You should be arriving here from my dear friend MariLynn's beautiful blog. I love how there are so many beautiful books these days for adults (though I keep needing to hide mine from my son...sheesh...) and this one is no exception. Super thick paper, whimsical images - I love it!

I received the Critter Friends Coloring Book and it has everything in there from tags to card fronts to full-page works of art. I admit, I was a little intimidated and had no idea where to start. So I closed my eyes, grabbed some markers, and just started coloring.

Yes, I'm not done with the chevrons...LOL I just can't seem to put my markers down and stop coloring! I aws going to leave them white, but then I colored one and...well...then I HAD to take a picture before the sun set. LOL

I just love how my owl turned out!

This quote is one of my favorites. I taped it to the outside of the frame simply because trying to photograph through glass is just a headache. This way you get to see all the pretty colors without the glare!

I have a clue word for you as well. My word is:

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All right, now you're off to my dear Paula's blog! Happy hopping and crafting, I'm off to color some more!

Adornit and MPC Art Play Blog Hop

Good morning everyone - welcome to my stop on the Mountain Plains Crafters & Adornit blog hop! You should be arriving here from my dear Pam's blog. If you stumbled in here by accident this chilly October morn, you can see what all the fuss is about on the Adornit page.

I have to tell you, these ArtPlay 12x12 pages are so much fun! If you've never held one before, they're made of super thick watercolor paper and work beautifully with every medium I threw at them. Of course, I made the 'mistake' of bringing them to my weekly scrapbooking group and had to keep stealing them back!! LOL

In the end I created four different projects using Spectrum Noirs, Copics, Distress Markers, and Koi Watercolors. Since there are four artists who designed for this release, I couldn't resist using one from each of their sets. I cannot wait to color some more of these bad boys!

Gift bag with birthday gift tag made from the Be Yourself ArtPlay Paintable

Make a Wish: Koi Watercolors, Glossy Accents, Pearl Liquid Pearls, brown cardstock for a backer, twine, Lawn Fawn treat bag die

Greeting Card using the Take Flight ArtPlay Paintable

SU paper for card base, MME Indie Chic-Saffron for layers, colored with Distress Markers and Wink of Stella

Greeting card/frame-able piece made with the Pray ArtPlay Paintable 

DCWV Vintage Collector card base, blue cardstock, Koi Watercolors, Hero Arts bling, foam tape

Upcycled treat bottle with a Rudolph tag made from the Holly Jolly ArtPlay Paintable

Copic markers, Spectrum Noir markers, Wink of Stella, white UniBall gel pen, Glossy Accents, Simon Says Stamp postage stamp die, twine, kraft paper for backer

I just love how these turned out! As you can see, it's no problem to die cut the pieces or add wet things like watercolors and Glossy Accents to them with no warping. And hey, coloring is therapeutic!

Time for me to send you off to Sheryl's blog, but before you go, what's a hop without prizes, right? Here's your clue from me:

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Crafting!

Adornit and MPC Blog Hop!

Happy Monday everyone! Welcome to my stop on the uber-fun Adornit blog hop! Are you loving what we've cooked up for you? You should have arrived from my dear friend Debra's blog; remember if you get lost to head on back to the Adornit blog for the full list!

I'll be sharing the details all week with you about how I made these lovelies, but here's an overview of what I came up with:

I surprised myself some as I don't usually go the home decor/wall art route, but the wood shapes actually made it easy! (I might have had to take them back off my walls to take the photos...LOL) I also busted out the glue gun (without killing myself this time) and created all of those flowers myself from the Adornit fabric. So. Much. Fun.

Ready to go shopping? Here's the spiffy new links for your browsing pleasure:
Art Play Paintables
Art Play Prints
Wood Shop Shaped Surfaces
Wood Shop Word Plaques
Adornit Fabric

Are you playing along with our little contest? I hope you are, and here's my clue for you!

All right, now I'm sending you off to my dear friend Paula's blog!

Happy Crafting!