Autumn Sky

When the new SU! Catalogue came out I purchased a few sets that I thought were cute and in almost all cases - colourable :)  Here's one of them!  It's called Little Friends, and I think it's adorable, I love the sweet whimsical designs, cute kids and open lines.  I was reading Marianne Walker's blog the other day and she focussed on how she colored up her new blog banner (which is gorgeous) - including the really cool streaky spotted sky - so I was playing around with the sky on this one.  I'm still not sure I achieved the effect I was going for - it's more spotted than streaky, but it was fun to play.  In essence you color up the sky (B21) in more of a streaky motion and then come back with a colorless blender to pull away the color and add more of the dotted feel.  My streaks weren't looking right so that's why it all became dotted.  Then THAT looked a little too dotty - so I just used a swirly motion with my colorless blender to smooth it out a little, and soften the effect.  

I pulled out an old sizzix embossing plate for the burgundy fish-tail pennant hanging down and embossed it in paisley to match the feel of the designer paper (also SU).  

Here's a list of the Copics:  B92, B95, B97 (jeans, flag, balloon), B21 (sky), YG93, YG95 (Grass), R39, R59, R89 (bows, flowers, shirt stripes), E13, E31, E97 (Wagon), YR02, E31, E97 (Bear), Y21, E31(Hair) E50, E00 (Skin).  

Back tomorrow with a sneak peek of something FUN for World Card Making Day!