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My husband and I are celebrating our 37th Anniversary...where did the years go?
My DH is totally a star gazer; we have seen the NeoWise 3 times this week. NeoWise is a comet only visible for a short time now and won't been seen again for over 6 thousand years they predict.
I thought he would like a starry night card.
So here's what I did to create my card.
- I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock cut 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, my round acrylic block, Distress Oxide inks, Rays stencil and water mister.
- I took my round acrylic block, rubbed on some Fossilized Amber DOX ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my white card panel. I continued that same process using Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet DOX until the panel was covered with colour.
- I laid the Rays stencil over the inked bkg and rubbed over it with Faded Jeans Archival ink.
- I stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair, then clear heat embossed to help make it pop.
- I rubbed the edges with some Black Soot DOX inks to intensify the border of the panel.
- I splattered the edges with water, then white and black paint using my Posca pens.
- I mounted the panel onto some black cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
- Lastly, I added some black gems.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- REACH FOR THE STARS
Little Red Wagon- SPOTS OR STRIPES
Time Out- PEACEFUL
Craft Rocket- MEN/BOYS
Supplies
Stamps- To the Moon (Hampton Arts)
Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Oxides (colours listed above)
Paper- heavy white ( Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Rays Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); clear eb powder; heat tool;
Posca Pens; inking tool, black gems, round acrylic block, water Mister (Th)
21 comments:
Congratulations on 37 years of marriage! That's a feat not many achieve these days... Your card is fabulous! Curious to your thought process...did you know/realize that those colors would result in something so dynamic or was there some trial/error before this dazzling result?
Happy Anniversary. This card certainly is fitting with star gazzing. I do love your work and just subscribed. Have a good weekend.
WOW! what a wonderful effect, such gorgeous colours, and a great sentiment, just perfect. A wonderful card for your stargazer hubber. I'm sure he knew the significance and was thrilled. 37 years is a good time, many these days won't have the joy of achieving it. I didn't know about the Neowise and now I'll miss it as we have rain! :(
Take care
Faith x
Congratulations on your Anniversary Karen, I hope you had a fabulous day.
Your card is stunning, what a wonderful design and the colours are brilliant. I've never heard of the Neowise, I must ask Hubby as he too is a stargazer, but no doubt our skies would be too cloudy to see it, Kate x
Congrats on your 37th wedding anniversary!
Your card certainly makes a splash with that wonderful colourful background.
Happy Anniversary, Karen! How exciting you could see the comet! We have so many trees around our house that it wasn't possible to see it. Love all the beautiful colors in your background and the sunburst is amazing! Perfect sentiment too!
Congratulations Karen on your 37th Anniversary. Hubby and I celebrated 38 years on the 3rd of this month funnily enough. I adore the look of the starry night sky and the mix of colours is gorgeous, and I love the black and white spatters and the rays radiating from under that wonderful sentiment, just perfect for this card! x
Congrats on your anniversary Karen, we're fast approaching clost to that number too! Your card is amazing! Love the dramatic colours, such a different looking galaxy type card, Cathy x
wow stunning. x
Fantastic starry night card for your hubby! Congrats on your 37th anniversary! The years do go by quickly, don't they??!! Beautiful mix of colours with your lovely stencil. xx
Happy Anniversary to you both! I bet your hubby loved your card, it's awesome! Your galaxy is absolutely amazing especially with the Ray's stencil, and the sentiment is fantastic! Take care and stay safe xxx
Many congratulations Karen on your 37th Wedding Anniversary x. Such a wonderful, colourful and thoughtful card for your star gazing husband.....Thank you for the step by steps, which I always enjoy reading x.
Congrats on 37 years-how wonderful and the perfect card for your starry husband! I adore how you have all these colours and mixed in such an arty and free way and using the stencil like this-superb. Well the sentiment says it all! Thanks for joining Time Out x
Another totally amazing desgin Karen, I love love how you have created all the layers and textures and were still 'able to keep the colour'! (I have a feeling there would be little 'mud' colour if I tried this lol)
Happy Anniversary! What a lovely and fitting card for your husband. The colours are fantastic! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
Congratulations Karen, 37 years is such an amazing milestone. I'm sure your husband will love the card :)
Happy Anniversary!! Love this great card and I am sure your hubby loves it as well :-) Congratulations on 37 years of marriage- hugs and thanks for all of your inspiration!
Belated Anniversary wishes! This is such a stunning card. Love the colors and the textures. Thank you for joining us at Time out challenges. Hugs~ Ishani.
It's a great card! Personally I think it's a neutral card, which means not especially for a boy or man.
Thanks for joining us at Craft Rocket Challenges.
groetjes, Ellen
Simply spectacular! I love all the dimension you created with those layers of colour! Thanks so much for playing along with us at TIME OUT! Jill
Big congrats - Happy Anniversary and I love the card. Thanks for your email! XOX
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