VIP blog hop and shop!

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 Welcome to My Favorite Things' mid month event! The VIP blog hop and shop! This month's set is called "Enjoy the Ride". What a fun set for this time of year.
Along with the patterned paper that is featured in this month's kit I used the open doily scalloped die to add to the circular theme. 

 Here is a peek at the inside of my card. I decided to place the sentiment inside the image.
Now onto the coloring. I took a few photos while I was making this card to show you what I did.

 These are the copic markers I used to color her skin. I took a photo before I blended them.

 Here is the skin blended, my light source was coming from the upper left in the sky.

 Here are the greens for her pants. An odd combo, I know, but it worked well for the patterned paper colors.

 Here is the blended version.

 I paper pieced the top. It is important to remember when paper piecing and coloring within the same image that you add shading to your patterned paper as well. Otherwise you will have a mismatched image.

 Now to get rid of the white background. Using my lightest values of blue....this also makes the whites of her shoes pop too.

Here is a look at what the new VIP kit includes!

Looking for more inspiration? Barbara's Blog is next on the hop! Go and see what beautiful creation she has come up with! Enjoy the hop!