MFT RELEASE DAY - APRIL 2018

We have certainly been spoilt this month with the huge Birdie Brown release!

Here is my latest colouring of one of Torico's wonderful images:

I challenged myself to try using my pencils on something other than kraft, which I confess is my favourite surface for pencil drawing.  The main difference with using After Midnight was that I had to stamp the image with Sweet Tooth Pigment ink instead of my usual Cement Grey Hybrid.

Then, with images of umbrellas, ducklings, raincoats and puddles on my iPad for reference I coloured the little girl with Caran D'Ache Supracolor Soft.  These pencils are the water soluble version of the Pablo's that I usually use but the leads are softer.  This means they produce a small amount of dust when colouring, so a good dusting brush is imperative.  If you try and wipe it away with your hand you'll undoubtedly smudge your work.

My brush is not an artist brush, it's found in DIY stores!  The soft bristles are glued in, so no annoying hairs fall out when used.  It's large, flat surface clears my work area of pencil dust in a couple of sweeps.  I used to use a make up brush as a student.........not any more!

As I wanted Torico's adorable image and my colouring to be the focal point, I kept the card somewhat plain and simple.  I used the A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax, probably my favourite go to die set and a corresponding plain die, mounting them on a tent fold A2 card, which I trimmed to fit.

I am sure you're itching to go shopping at MFTStamps.com so I'll just remind you that if you leave a comment on my blog you may be the lucky winner of a $100 MFT Gift voucher.......just think of all the crafting goodies you could buy with that!

Happy Colouring

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MFT APRIL RELEASE - COUNTDOWN DAY 4

Here is my card for Day 4 of MFT's April Release Countdown.

The central image was stamped on to Kraft card with Hybrid Cement Gray ink - and coloured with a combination of Caran D'Ache Supracolor Soft pencils and Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons.

I loved using the crayons, they really made colouring the puddle a pleasure.

The Supracolor Soft pencils come in the exact same colours as the Pablo's I normally use, however, these are water soluble and a tad softer, making blending a breeze.

Once coloured, I cut the image out with a die from the A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax 2, mounting it on to two layers of blue cardstock cut using A2 Rectangle Stax 1 & 2.  The cardbase itself is an A2 tent folding card made from MFT Smooth White.

I will be back on Monday with another creation from April's new release.

Happy Colouring

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