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Challenging yourself and making mistakes is one of the best ways to improve and learn in your life - not just in colouring, but in you as a person, however, I often see people who are ready to give up on learning new things, or don't even start, when they are worried it will be challenging. When things are difficult, it can feel easy to give up and move on to something else, however we don't see how much that sets us back, knocking both our self confidence and ability to succeed. I wanted to share an article called "The Importance of Challenging Yourself" as they explain why it's important to have and embrace challenges in your life. Take a read:
"Challenging ourselves to always achieve a level greater than what we expect is beneficial to not only our mental health, but also to our personal well being. As we conquer challenges that stand in our way like roadblocks, refusing to allow our passing, we find confidence in our abilities. Confidence is such an important characteristic to finding the path to success. With confidence in your own work, comes the reward of the confidence of others in you. Boosting that confidence is the growing self-esteem, which results from tackling challenges."
"Challenging ourselves to always achieve a level greater than what we expect is beneficial to not only our mental health, but also to our personal well being. As we conquer challenges that stand in our way like roadblocks, refusing to allow our passing, we find confidence in our abilities. Confidence is such an important characteristic to finding the path to success. With confidence in your own work, comes the reward of the confidence of others in you. Boosting that confidence is the growing self-esteem, which results from tackling challenges."
"When we find ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, the worst choice to make is to quit. Giving up on any given task because of the difficulties that fall before you means giving up on yourself. When you give up on yourself, you lose faith in your skills and knowledge, which consequently leads to a lower self-esteem. If you continue to battle through life’s hardships, determine solutions to problems and focus on putting those solutions into effect, you will find satisfaction in your efforts. It is so important to maintain a high level of self-esteem, believe in yourself and continue to challenge yourself in order to build upon your knowledge in all that you do. Next time you are faced with a challenge, face it. Challenge yourself, and prove that you are capable of achieving anything."
I hope this might inspire some of you this week to strive to be challenged and make mistakes, and not just take the easy route...because each and every time you do you will grow not just in your colouring but in you as a person aswell 
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**If you are ready to be gently challenged to take the next step with your colouring, check out our classes at www.kitandclowder.com (you can find our freebies on the homepage). Pictured above is our Tasty Treats Markers Class featuring Di's Digi Stamps. Happy Colouring!
<3 **If you are ready to be gently challenged to take the next step with your colouring, check out our classes at www.kitandclowder.com (you can find our freebies on the homepage). Pictured above is our Tasty Treats Markers Class featuring Di's Digi Stamps. Happy Colouring!
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| *Dragon Colouring Class from our Mini Bundle 3 at www.kitandclowder.com/shop |
Hi everyone! I wanted to chat about the learning process this week - it's something that comes up regularly where people are feeling nervous to get started, or not good enough to keep going when they inevitably make a mistake.
I'm sure we can all agree that we are our own harshest critics. It’s easy to tell ourselves that “it’s not perfect”, or “I’m not good enough”. The biggest thing that can stop you from achieving is not how good you are right this moment, how fast you colour, or how many supplies you have...it’s your inner critic, that inner voice that controls how you speak to yourself about trying new challenges and whether your work is good enough. What we don’t realise is that every time we judge ourselves + compare with others, we are dampening our motivation, making it feel that little bit more challenging and overwhelming than it really is, and turning our dreams into chores. The good news? You have the power to slowly change how you speak to yourself and feel about your work.
If you are in one of our classes, or been sitting on the sidelines, and a bit nervous to jump in, remember that a class is not a test in how good you are, it’s a learning tool to help you to get there. The key to taking that next step, whether it is for colouring or anything else, is just to take any pressure, expectations, or comparisons off. It actually doesn’t matter at all how your colouring turned out today, whether it is “perfect” or not. What matters are the lessons you are taking away every time you try, the mistakes that you *will* make - they mean you *aren’t* a failure because you are putting yourself out there, you are challenging what you know to help yourself become better for tomorrow.
So if you've been afraid to jump in, tell yourself right now that you *can* do this, that each and every time you try you will be one step closer to your goals, but you don’t have to get there all in one day or one lesson. Actually saying the words out loud can help reinforce the power behind them (sounds silly but it truly works). It's not always easy to remember this and it takes dedicated practice, just like your colouring does, so save posts like this and reminders to yourself that you are good enough. Appreciate where you are at right now in your journey and enjoy every practice and step forward, mistakes and all ❤
Happy Colouring this week everyone - if you are looking for something fun to colour, why not grab this free stamp that's available for everyone over in our Kit and Clowder Colouring Facebook Group :)
Alyce x
FREE STAMP! Have you joined our Advent Calendar of Giveaways?
adult coloring Thursday, December 07, 2017
Hi everyone! If you aren't a member of the Kit and Clowder Facebook Community yet, make sure you pop over and check out where all of the fun happens! This month we are doing an Advent Calendar of Giveaways, celebrating a new craft company every day in the lead up to Christmas with freebies, games and prizes, coupons, and more. Every day a new post will go live at 9pm AEST Brisbane, Australia time and you will have 24 hours to claim until the next post.
To view a direct link to each surprise each day, you can find a direct link at the bottom of our homepage.
To view a direct link to each surprise each day, you can find a direct link at the bottom of our homepage.
Today we are giving away a wonderful free stamp to everyone from Whimsy Stamps. Click the picture below to head over to the group and claim!
Merry Christmas Clowdies!
Hi everyone! I've been having a play with the Nuvo Crystal Drops by Tonic Studios today on a fun little project :) They are just like liquid pearls and you can make all different sized embellishments for your projects. I found these super easy to use and they dried nice and round without any little peaks on top!
The background has been watercoloured with an Aquaflow marker by Tonic on some Arches Hot Press Watercolour Paper. The flowers were coloured up with my Copic Markers. If you'd like to learn more about colouring flowers like this, don't forget to check out our Elements of Nature Online Colouring Class - you receive over 20 stamps for free! :)
I hope you've enjoyed my project today - and don't forget... you are awesome! :)
Our December Online Colouring Classes are here! :) You will be learning a whole lot this month... how to colour red carpets, timber, transparent fabrics, folds (both beginners version and advanced), lighting, and more!
The class this month will show you very versatile techniques that can be applied to many images. Everything is broken down easily, step by step via downloadable video and booklet to teach you these new colouring techniques so that even beginners can easily follow along.
SPECIAL OFFERS: Every new + existing members this month will receive the character + background digi stamps FREE! (valued at $10)
Take a peek at our class samples below!
So what is our Monthly Online Colouring Class?
Suitable for all skill levels - even beginners!
Suitable for all skill levels - even beginners!
- A new project colouring class every month - fully downloadable, no time limits and do at your own pace! No "being behind" :)
- No lock in contracts - you can easily choose to keep your subscription for as long as you like
- Colour the full scene or just the character - tailor the class to your needs!
- In depth Video + Print Tutorials taking you through the colouring step by step - great for beginners - advanced
- Two unique classes every month; one for alcohol markers and one for pencils
- Colours already converted for popular marker and pencil brands!
- Colour the full scene or just the character - tailor the class to your needs!
- In depth Video + Print Tutorials taking you through the colouring step by step - great for beginners - advanced
- Two unique classes every month; one for alcohol markers and one for pencils
- Colours already converted for popular marker and pencil brands!
- Receive the character stamps from Stamp Anniething and the Kit and Clowder Background stamps FREE this month as an exclusive for class members!
** Visit www.xe.com for daily exchange rates
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SPECIAL OFFER!
SPECIAL OFFERS!! Receive the Character Digi Stamp from Stamp Anniething's Stampers and the Background digi stamp from Kit and Clowder FREE this month for all new + existing class members! Valued at over $10 of free stamps! *Please note, you will receive the stamps for the class you are enrolled in only.
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Can't wait to see you in the classroom! :)
Hi everyone! I'm popping in to share my card for Live and Love Crafts with you today :) I've used lots of gorgeous Maja Designs papers and some of the yummy new laces :)
The beautiful image is from Jade Dragonne. You can find her images on her Deviantart site here!
I've coloured her up with my Copic Markers and used only 5 markers to do it! It was a lot of fun playing with Sepia tones :) Would you like to learn to colour this image? Ooohhh I might have a freebie coming for our Monthly Class members over at out Online Colouring Class website!
