Umbrella Friend Insp Card - MFP Simple Salutations Anything Goes Ch38

Hello, my blogger friends. This is to let you know that this is my last post as Hostess of Mark's Finest Papers Simple Salutations Challenge. Challenge 38 this wk is Anything Goes. Started hostessing the challenge in July last yr, 2012. Stepping down as hostess to pursue other adventures. Not having the control over the posting time among other things is one of the reasons I decided to step down.

Now on with the card deets.

Used MFP Rain Clouds stamp set. 

Used Spellbinder die for shape card. 

Used Sky Paper for cloud background. 

Used vellum paper punched with a Stampin' Up scallop punch to resemble a cloud for sentiment tag. 

Paper pieced the umbrella using Kraft cardstock as umbrella base, Kraft americana cardstock as dotted layer of umbrella, vellum as top layer of umbrella. 

Added Glossy accents for wet look.

Glossy acccents: added to vellum layer of umbrella for wet look
ink:  Memento - Bahama Blue, Tuxedo Black
paper: cardstock - Kraft, Kraft americana - dotted Sky paper, vellum,
Spellbinder: Nest Classics Scalloped Circles Small
stamp: MFP Rain Clouds
Stampin' Up: punch - scallop

Entering this into the following challenges:

3/29 2 Sisters Ch136 Easter/Spring unlim 3/23
3/29 Kaboodle Doode Ch164 Easter or Early Spring 3E(#1) 3/25
3/29  The Pink Elephant Ch TPE192 Clean & Simple unlim 3/25

3/30 Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch: Quotable unlim 3/25

3/31  DLART Thankful Thurs Mar Linky Party unlim 3/7-31
3/31  Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now! Ch7 Anything Goes unlim 3/1-31

4/1 Fresh Brewed Mar Mth long Prize Ch Paper Piecing/ or Accordian Fold 5E(#5) 3/6

4/2 Pennys Ch120 Anything but square 3E(#1) 3/27

4/6 A Muse Studio Clean Up Your Act CAS Ch 3E(#1) 3/25
4/6 Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 3/24
4/6 Fashionable Stamping Ch44 Paperpiecing 3E(#2) 3/24 
4/6 Gingerloft Kraft paper unlim 3/24