Hello All!
Today I'm filling in for DT member Felicita over on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog!
Through the month of July the planets in our solar system were the
closest and brightest they have been or will be for many years and hubby
& I had been keeping a watch each evening. It's been
fascinating! Being able to see the brightness & red color of Mars
even when it was positioned close to an almost full moon was amazing.
So that is what was my inspiration for today's creation.
Product used are as follows:
Memory Box 'Beloved Stars' #99056 (Out of Stock)
Once
I decided I wanted to use Moon & Stars as my theme, I had to create
my night sky and here's how that came about. First I sponged on my
various distress inks onto my card stock going lightest color to darkest
using large sponge daubers. Being sure to leave some 'light' in the
center.
After
applying the blue colors, I wanted to add that 'night sky' darkness and
used the Oxide Black Soot ink and a small finger dauber for that
process. I didn't want to get too much black so used the small dauber
vs the larger ones. After applying the black, I went over the outside
edge with the large sponge dauber used for my darkest blue shade (Faded
Jeans) to smooth things out.
Next
I wanted to add some background stars so mixed up some white paint with
water and applied with a painters brush in a 'stippling' motion ...
very lightly. The paint I used has a pearl finish so it has a sheen
depending on how you look at the card.
Now it's time to gather all my pieces and start assembly.
I
die cut 3 of the larges stars in the Memory Box set and before gluing
them together, I snipped the 'bow' from the beloved stars die cut and
glued it between star #1 and #2.
Obviously
the moon was die cut from a piece of yellow card stock and the extra
stars from the die cut were also positioned here and there around the
main star.
I've
used my Tim Holtz positioning platform for the stamping on the star.
Would have been easier had I thought to do that FIRST before I had my
card all assembled but I'm still happy with the end result.
I hope you've enjoyed what I've shared today!
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