Stars - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #486

 For the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #486 I used the Rainbow Glimmer paper as a background for some layered silver foil stars. And because there is a lot of glitter on this card it was really hard to get a quality picture.

I started out by die cutting 3 different sizes of stars using silver foil as I knew I wanted to use them on this card. Quite by accident one fell upon some Rainbow Glitter paper I was using for another project.   The rest is history! 

The Rainbow Glitter paper was matted with Whisper White card stock and then mounted on a Night of Navy card stock base.  Towards the bottom half is added a 1" strip of Night of Navy card stock embossed with the Dainty Diamond Embossing Folder. and matted with Dazzling Diamond glitter paper.

Eight stars in total were die cut - 2 for each star- a solid stitched star, and a more intricate patterned star. The two same size stars were adhered together and then added on the card front as shown. A rhinestone was added to the center of each star.

The sentiment, from Itty Bitty Greetings, stamped in Night of Navy ink, was punched with the Classic Label Punch and matted with Silver foil. It was added to the card front along the center strip.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Itty Bitty Greetings

Inks:  Night of Navy

Papers:  Night of Navy, Whisper White, Rainbow Glitter, Dazzling Diamond Glitter, Silver Foil

Accessories:  So Many Stars Dies, Dainty Diamond Embossing Folder, Rhinestones, Classic Label Punch,

A Bright Christmas Star a tutorial

Ever wonder what to do with the Mercury Glass Acetate Paper in the Holiday catalogue?

For this card, I die cut a fairly large star using a Stitched Star die using this Mercury Glass window sheet-like paper, and adhered it over a sponged background.

The card is partially cased from a card made by Sarah Fleming 

Stamps :  So Many Stars, Making Christmas Bright

Inks:

• Sky:  Sponged with Shaded Spruce and Daffodil Delight on Whisper White card stock
• Small Stars & edges: stamped  and edges sponged with Shaded Spruce ink,
• Sentiment :  Real Red
• Embossing:  Versa Mark  

Papers:

• Real Red       5 1/2 by 4 1/4"  Card base
• Shaded Spruce  4 by 5 1/4" first layer
• Whisper White 3 3/4 by 5" Art piece
• Whisper White 2" circle for sentiment
• Whisper White to die cut star swirl and smaller stars

Accessories:  Stitched Star dies, dimensionals, glitter white embossing powder, 2" circle punch.

Putting card together:

1. Fold  Real Red base at 4 1/4" and burnish fold
2. Adhere 3 by 5 1/4" Shaded Spruce layer to card base  - set aside
3. On Whisper White layer, emboss stars with glitter white embossing powder.
4. Then sponge Daffodil Delight in upper right corner of the art piece and Shaded Spruce ink on the rest. Blend the two colours together a little bit. With a clean dry paper towel, wipe off the ink over the embossed stars.
5. Die cut the star swirl and small stars using Whisper White and adhere to art piece
6. Die card medium star with Mercury Glass Acetate paper and add to art piece using mini dimensionals.
7. Stamp sentiment on a separate piece of Whisper White and punch with a 2" circle punch.  Stamp some small stars over the sentiment with Real Red ink. Add punched circle to art piece with dimensionals partially covering die cut star and swirl
8. Add completed art piece to card front.
9. Finish inside.

When you wish upon a Star

I must admit the "So Many Stars" stamp set with its coordinating dies intimidated me somewhat.  You would think that having been a demo for almost 12 years that nothing would intimidate me.  Well, you would be wrong.

After procrastinating, I finally took the plunge and worked with the wonderful product ---and I was actually enjoying myself.

Here's the card I finally came up with.  And, as usual, it is not a simple card.

It was difficult to take a good picture of this card because there was so much glitter going on the camera was dazzled.  The background on the actual card is much more colourful!

I made a galaxy background to show off this spectacular star - sponging Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry, Gorgeous Grape, and Night of Navy on a 5 by 7" piece of watercolour paper.

Above is a close up of one part of the star and the colourful background is much more evident.  The large star is comprised of 4 layers of thick Whisper White card stock adhered together to give is a 3D look.  Some smaller die cut stars were adhered in the middle.  Other die cuts adhered between the star points give the appearance of a second star behind the large one.

I used Champagne foil rather than silver foil, mainly because I ran out of the silver foil, but I quite like the cross between the silver and gold.  The sentiment, with its wonderful font, was embossed with gold embossing powder , the gold working very well with the Champagne foil elsewhere.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  So Many Stars
Inks:  Versa Mark, Background:  Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry, Gorgeous Grape, Midnight Blue, and Basic Black
Papers:  Blackberry Bliss base, Champagne Foil, Watercolour paper, Whisper White
Accessories:  Stitched Stars dies, Gold embossing powder

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away.......

Now that the stress of getting ready for a craft show is over, I have time to 'play' with some of the stamps/dies that have been sitting on my shelf feeling very neglected..

One of them is "So Many Stars" with its coordinating dies "Stitched Star"

I must admit I found all those stars rather daunting, until I saw a picture of a card with the galaxy background.  So, I searched for a tutorial, and found one that was very helpful here

Here's a picture of my card with the galaxy background technique, made using sponging and Stampin' Up inks.

This is a larger card than one I usually make - 5 by 7".  When I finished sponging the background I could not bear to cut it up .  Next time I will make the watercolor paper the right size for an A2 card.

On watercolour paper, I sponged the following colours:  Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry, Gorgeous Grape, Night of Navy and Basic black.

After I finished with the sponging I sprinkled water over the surface followed by application of white acrylic paint using a tooth pick.

Then I die cut some stars and the string of stars and added them to the galaxy.  The sentiment "Joy" was embossed directly onto the background using the new white glitter embossing powder.

This background was matted with Whisper White and adhered to a Basic Black card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  So Many Stars
Inks:  Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry, Gorgeous Grape, Night of Navy, Basic Black, Versa mark
Papers:  Watercolour, Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Foil
Accessories  Stitched Star dies, White acrylic paint