MFT Card Superstar 2020 – Coloring Virtuoso

Well here is my entry for MFT’s Coloring Virtuoso Card Superstar category. I originally was going to go with a primary color scheme of red, blue and yellow but felt that it was a bit safe. After looking at Pinterest for Distress Ink combinations I came up with Chipped Sapphire, Seedless Preserves, Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen.

Of course I also decided to follow the latest trend in card making of slim line cards which also helps the layout design for my card. It is a 3.5 x 8 inch side folding card.

I got out my color wheel and decided to go with a yellow green to contrast with the red violet of Seedless Preserves. With these colors chosen for the clouds it allowed me to make easy decisions on the little girl’s clothes.

I had grand plans of trying to color my balloons so that they looked like silver foil balloons. This is a technique that I am going to have to practice, practice, practice. I was not happy with my attempt so because I did not want to give up on all of the great work that I had done I ended up restamping the balloons in co-ordinating colors and fussy cutting them out and glueing them over the stamped images.

Supplies used

Copic Express It Card
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock 110lb
MFT Pumped-Up Alphabet Stamp Set
MFT Pumped-Up Numbers Stamp Set
MFT PI Birthday Cutie Stamp Set
MFT SY Scene Builder Stamp Set
MFT Cloud Stencil
MFT Mini Cloud Stencil
Distress Inks – Chipped Sapphire, Seedless Preserves, Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Crushed Olive, Mowed Lawn and Black Soot.
Momento Tuxedo Black Ink
VersaFine Black Ink
Clear Embossing Powder
White gel pen
Wink of Stella Clear
Altenew Artist Markers – WG01, WG03, R823 and R702 (girl’s shirt sleeves and shoes)
Copic Markers – E30, E31 and E34 (skin), R30 and R32 (cheeks), E43, E42 and E41 (vest), E43, E44, E47 and E49 (hair), G12 and G43 (grass), YG91, YG93 and YG95 (bushes and tree)
Fine black pen
Misti
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Tape runner
Wendi Vecchi Make Art Station
Blender brushes
Masking paper