With the end of year approaching, it is a good theme to kick start the making of the biggest haul of cards of the year. But before I get to that, I decided my starry make would be about a star much closer to home.
I made my base card with half a sheet of black cardstock folded in two. The background is brayered with a multi colour inkpad (Kaleidacolour), is in fact the left over from another inky session... Well I didn't want to waste all this ink and, as it turns out, it is quite usable.
I stamped the Jofy Mini 06 with Memento black ink on the background and when dry I lifted the colour with a water brush from the stars.
I added some shine with iridescent medium (Winsor & Newton) but if you have a Wink of Stella glitter pen or similar would be ideal. And whilst I had the medium at hand I also splattered some, because as any crafter knows, you can't have too much shine...
I added white highlights on the "bubbles" with the Graphmaster Acrylic Paint Marker.
A black and a white "Lucky" die cuts (Sizzix Thinlits - Handwritten Celebrate by Tim Holtz) and a handwritten sentiment with the white marker pen finishes the card.
When the iridescent medium catches the light, the shine is suddenly revealed:
Come and join us with your Starry makes at Country View Challenges, you could win a £20 voucher.
Thanks for coming by,
I am entering the SSS Monday Challenge and Paper Artsy challenges.
Indeed you can't have too much shine Christine, a beautifully graduated background that really pops against the black base card.
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Lovely starry card, Christine! Great colours and interesting background! xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Love the design. The spooky laugh is still making me smile.
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A great star card Christine - I love your gorgeous background. Jennie x
ReplyDeleteLove the brayered background and the Jofy stars sit just perfectly. Like the iridescence too. Xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous ! Love those colours !
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Fantastic colours against the black.
ReplyDeleteLove Chrissie xx
Great starry card...super sentiment too xx
ReplyDeleteI love your card Christine, gorgeous background! xx
ReplyDeleteA fabulous card Christine, lovely colours too. Carol x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The brayered background is really cool - I have to remember to use mine more often ... Love the stars and how you lifted the ink with water. The shimmer and shine is awesome! (I saw it better when I clicked on the photo). Can't have too much shine, especially on a star-shine card like this ;) xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Christine! The brayered background really popps! And of course there must be some shine =)
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Christine your card is gorgeous! Love that background. Hugs Debsxx
ReplyDeletebeautiful card Christine...that gorgeous brayered background sets off your stars perfectly...thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge...hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning Chris, I love it,
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Great background. I love the blended colors and the splashes. The Jofy Mini is awesome! Thank you for playing along with us at SSS Monday Challenge. Macarena.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely adore this - its brilliant! Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteMoi aussi j'adore !!!!
ReplyDeleteElle est sublime cette carte.
Et puis, j'apprends toujours des choses avec toi, je ne savais pas que la Memento n'était pas une encore permanente ! Et je ne savais pas non plus qu'il existait des medium iridescents... Quoique, je me demande si je n'en ai pas quelque part que je n'ai jamais utilisé, maintenant que j'y repense !! Oups, je vais vite chercher...
Bravo Christine, c'est top ! (et hop, sur un de mes boards.. :-)
Bises
Really loved this card of yours, simple but really stunning - I must admit that it gave me inspiration to make my own journal page, I hope you don't mind? Rachel x
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, nearly missed this and I so love it. Happy crafting, Angela x
ReplyDeleteLove this! Those stars shine beautifully and I love how you have made the sentiment! Chrisx
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