Happy Birthday!

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Here's a birthday card that I made for a sweet friend that I met through blogland (Colleen) and it's her birthday coming up soon.  So I decided to make her a card  and I know she loves the colors of purple. I paper piece the image (Ayako) on the umbrella and her kimono and all that was left to color was her head and I used Spectrum Noir on her face and copics on her hair... Everyone has their own preference but I really like how the Spectrum Noir blends out evenly especially on the face of the images. I bought 3 sets each set comes with 6  different shades the one for the faces is called ( Pale Hues) and  the other two are reds and yellows..  What is so nice about  Spectrum Noir the inks are already coordinated in the set to match and blend verses copics you have to buy tons of different shades to get the right shade you want to make it look nice.. Don't get me wrong I love copics but experimenting with Spectrum Noir to me they are just as great and yet way way cheaper.  And I've been seeing them being re-introduced back into lot of the blog sites.
Anywho here is the card I made:
Oops on the glare on both photos.

Recipe for my card:
Stamp - Ayako (Sister Stamps)
SpectrumNoir - Face -FS2, FS3, PP1
                   Hair- C5,C7,C9
Papers from: Kaiser craft (Lilac Avenue)
stickles

And here is the photo of the Spectrum Noir (Pale Hues) I'm using for the faces:

LOL- took this photo on my messy work desk-



Enjoy the new week ahead...
Thanks for taking a peek!
hugs~