so you caught wind of the fact that there's a MAJOR celebration going on at
Designed to Color, right? we are throwing confetti and cutting the cake because we have more than 1000 likes on Facebook, and for a new outfit, that's kind of unheard of! the response has been phenomenal, and we couldn't be more pleased.
Carisa, you have come a LONG way in a very short time, and your
Color Crew is very proud of you! :) i am totally honored (and always humbled) to be a part of this amazing team.
we have a few FANTASTIC giveaways that are going on right now, so you're going to want to PAY ATTENTION! :)
first of all, there's
THIS ONE... follow a few simple steps to get in on the action, and you could win a $20 gift certificate to spend at
Paper Makeup Stamps!
next, we have
THIS ONE... create something for a celebration, and you'll be eligible to win one of three new and utterly adorbs CLING STAMPS from
Stampendous!
then, we have a
THIRD CONTEST... lots of ways to enter this one, and you could win a MYSTERY PRIZE from
Lil' Inker Designs! they have loads of cute clear stamps and matching dies!
FOURTH CONTEST... a super mysterious MYSTERY BOX, courtesy of
Designed to Color! follow the steps to enter, and we promise you will LOVE the goodies that arrive at your doorstep if you're our lucky winner!
and now, we are bringing a
FIFTH CONTEST! this time, i'm challenging you to try a technique i've absolutely fallen in love with, and i think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the results when you try it, too! up for grabs is yet ANOTHER
mystery prize package (i call it a pack of happy!), and here's what you have to do...
pick an image, any detailed image, and grab all of your markers, colored pencils or paints that are from the SAME color family. use those, and nothing BUT those, to color your image, but
you cannot use the greys or browns ('cuz, well, those have been done before, and most of us have rocked that style plenty of times already). choose your greens, purples, reds, pinks, blues, yellows, whatever, and color your image all nice-nice. you might come up with something like this:
or maybe this:
i've busted out my Prismacolor pencils and used only the pinks for
Gwen and the blues for
Mae - nothing else! SO much fun to limit yourself and not much thinking involved - just varying shades that are SO easy to blend and layer!
if you choose to finish a project using your monochrome colored image, great! show us what you've got! but it's not necessary for this contest - this one's all about the coloring. share 'em with us
HERE, and be sure to submit before the deadline (September 26th), and you might win a pack of happy! :)
so there are PLENTY of reasons to celebrate with us, folks! play along, good luck, and happy coloring! (and if you're not a subscriber, you'll want to check out our
FREE PREVIEW of our current issue - there's some GREAT stuff in there... check out Page 9!)
we also have our
September sketch challenge going on, and our
December/January call for submissions, so stop reading my blog, and off you go! ;)
