Sunny Day with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Summer just officially started and I have a fun card to celebrate.  And it's also time  for the Team O challenege at the Tic Tac Toe challenge.

I picked the top row across - beach, stencil and yellow.

This board has so many possibilities it was difficult to choose what to do.  Ultimately I picked this cute image from The Stamps of Life.  She is part of the "Stephie doll" group of stamps.  I love to color images with lots of hair (one reason I enjoy Stamping Bella images) and Stephie here has lots of hair - so fun!

I used (mostly) Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers for her.  These give you three shades in the same marker.  I purchased these because I thought they would be good to take on trips.  They do blend quite nicely.  My only thought is that they have only one type on nib on the pen, and in this case a bullet nib.  Bullet nibs are great for small areas but I do prefer a brush or sketch nib for larger areas.  That said, I still think the convenience of these make them great for travel or if you're looking for a less expensive alternative to Copic markers. Most stamps don't have super large areas to color anyway, so the bullet nib is fine.

I used a stencil and TSOL Blue Jay ink to create my clouds.  I had lots of fun making this card.  Made me want to head to the beach!

Products used:

• Stamps and Dies: StephieDoll2, summer4fun
• Stencil: MFT Mini Clouds
• Markers: Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends Fair Skin, Tan, Gold Brown, Earth Brown, Citrus, Pale Pink, True Blue;   Copics (I did fill in with my Copics.It's hard not to - I have over 200!) B21, Y15, Y18, RV32, RV34

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