rain or shine...

Hey there!  Fall is fast approaching and while we do not have the severe weather that is affecting the east coast our typical Pacific Northwest fall weather has arrived... rain.   So my card today is rather appropriate.  I used the MFT stamp set Rain or Shine along with the matching dies.  The 2018 MFT Design Super Star contest is going on right now and one of the categories is coloring virtuoso.    I'm not sure that I can call myself a coloring virtuoso, but I have been working on improving my coloring skills and to that end decided to enter as a challenge to myself.   MFT design team member and product designer Torico shared a video that showed how to do speedy coloring with Copics and color pencils.   Torico is definitely a coloring virtuoso and so I was able to pick up a few things from her and gave the technique a try.   Overall I think I did a fairly good job, but still have lots to learn when it comes to shadows, etc.   I used the sketch from the current MFT sketch challenge so I will be adding the card there, as well as to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to pop it up.  I popped up lots of things on my card.   After coloring and die cutting everything I inked up the Stitched Mini Scallop rectangle with Lucky Clover and Broken China distress oxide ink.   The sentiment was stamped and die cut with a Slanted Sentiment strip.  Then I layered up all the images as you see on a panel of MFT smooth white cardstock and then added the panel to a light blue cardstock base.   For my color pencil coloring I used my small collection of Polychromos pencils and Prismacolor pencils.  The ink was Memento Tuxedo Black.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  MFT; Stamps and dies:  MFT; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Coloring mediums:  Copic makers, Polychromos and Prisamcolor pencils