Galaxy Card 1

Hello

Today I have a 'galaxy' card for you.  It's actually a nebula not a galaxy hence the quotations.  I've found that using metallic and plain acrylic paints with a sponge is a great way to make space backgrounds.

Materials used:

• White and navy card
• Black, metallic blue, metallic purple, gold, silver, and white acrylic paint
• Sliver shimmer spray
• Nesting circle dies
• Black embossing powder (Ranger)
• Blue, black, purple and green glitter 
• Versamark ink
• 'Dare to dream big' sentiment stamp (Kaisercraft)
• Black gel pen
• Star confetti 

I made the 'galaxy' piece using the paints with sponges to dab on the colour.  Beginning with a layer of black and adding on the colours randomly over the piece.  Once all the colour is down I lightly sprayed the piece with my homemade shimmer spray to give the whole thing a shimmer.  I then watered down the white paint and splattered some 'stars' across not only the piece but everything on my desk too.  I also added a few crosses for bigger stars and the extra dot here and there.

I die cut a circle large enough for my sentiment and created my own 'galaxy' embossing powder by combining the glitter with the black embossing powder in another little container.  I then stamped and embossed the sentiment and added dash lines with a black gel pen.

I adhered the galaxy piece to a navy card base with the sentiment circle on top using foam tape.  For the final touch I added a few small star confetti pieces with multi medium in matte.

That's it for today's card.  See you next week!

Stacey

Sympathy Card

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While this isn't the first sympathy card I've made, it was the first sympathy card I've had to write in and send.  I thought making sympathy cards was hard but I certainly struggled more with what to say inside.  I find it is a delicate balance between 'soft and meaningful' and 'pretty and elegant' when making sympathy cards but writing in them requires significant thought and a careful selection of words.

Materials used:

• Purple card base, purple and white card, brown patterned with flowers paper
• 'With Sympathy' stamp (Rosie's Studio)
• Purple ink
• Distress inks in dusty concord, spun sugar and shaded lilac
• Pink sequins and self adhesive pearls
• Sliver shimmer spray

I began by painting over the flowers on the patterned paper with a small amount of the shimmer spray to give them a subtle shine.  While that was drying I smooshed the distress inks on a block and painted them onto a strip of white card.  After it was dry I stamped the sentiment in a purple pigment ink and created a banner end.

I cut a strip of purple card and also gave it a banner end.  I adhered the patterned paper to the card base then both the strips over the top.  The final touch was adding the sequins with multi medium matte.

There you have it, one sympathy card.

Till next time,
Stacey

Sending sunshine and smiles

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I made this card to send to my Nana.  She likes the colour green and I had this lovely patterned paper in my stash that I have no idea where it came from that I knew she would like.  It happened to be a bit of a cloudy and wet day when I was making it so naturally I chose the sentiment that said 'sending sunshine and smiles'.

Materials used:

• Yellow card base, green and brown patterned papers, pearl shimmer paper
• 'sending sunshine and smiles' stamp (Rosie's Studio)
• Green ink (Archival Library Green)
• Nesting circle dies (Couture Creations)
• Green sequins and self adhesive pearls

I first die cut the pearl and brown patterned papers and stamped the sentiment onto the pearl paper.  I cut the green paper 1cm shorter in length and width than the card base.  I trimmed a strip of the brown paper to a width of 2cm.

I assembled the card by adhering the green paper flat to the base then the brown strip and circle.  The sentiment was adhered with foam tape and the sequins added with multi medium in matte.

I've added this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "All things bright and beautiful".

That's it for today's card.
Till next time.
Stacey