rain or shine...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card that is very appropriate for this time of year in the Pacific Northwest.  I put together this card for the current Paper Players challenge (rain or shine), as well as the March Viva la Verve sketch challenge.  Viva la Verve switched from havign four sketch each month challenge to having two sketches per month and I'm still having trouble participating!!  Hoping that will change with this month.  When I saw the Paper Players challenge I just had to play along and use one of my favorite Verve sets:  Rain or Shine.  Still on a quest to use up my stash of 6x6 paper pads and I made another small dent when I made this card.  I used some sweet papers from the My Mind's Eye Sweetest Thing Tangerine pad.  Absolutely no die cutting on this card which was kinda weird for me.  I don't think I have made a card without die cutting at least the main panel in ages!  I stamped the umbrellas on to the patterned paper using orange and dark pink inks and then trimmed them out.  The umbrellas were stamped again on the sentiment panel using the same inks.  I added some partial embossing to the pink main panel before adding the patterned paper.  The edges were then roughed up with a distressing tool.  I cut the sentiment panel, stamped the sentiment and the umbrellas, roughed up the edges and adhered it to the main panel.  Finished by adding my paper pieced umbrellas. 

Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  white and pink cardstock; My Mind's Eye patterned paper; Stamps: Verve Rain or Shine; Inks: Tuxedo Black, SU! Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo; Embossing folder:  SU! Decorative Dots