I'm back in the land of cardmaking today to share my project for this week's "Welcome yo my Galaxy!" challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.
The challenge is to create a galaxy background or to use galaxy elements and well, I've really been wanting to have a go at creating a space background using some of the more recent additions to my Distress Ink collection.
I finally have Black Soot in my collection, which is a real essential for this look!
Here's my project:
Paper: Distress Watercolour paper
Stamps: My Cute Stamps - Spaceships & Robots, Avery Elle - Cake & Candles
Die: MFT
Other: sequins, Distress inks, blending products, 3D foam tape, white embossing powder, white misting spray
I started off by blending Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves in opposite corners of the watercolour base. Then I brought them together with Mermaid Lagoon and Broken China adding in more of the pink and purple tones as necessary and then finally I went to town with Black Soot over most of the colour base. Once dry I sprayed a fine mist of water over as well as sprinkling water for bigger droplets. Then for a final starry look I used some white Mister Huey's spray mist.
The Rocket is from an old My Cute Stamps set that is my one space-related stamp set in my collection. It comes in handy when needed! Mermaid Lawn Fawn and Hippo inks look lovely stamped on the Neenah 80 lb cardstock.
The sentiment is heat embossed on black cardstock then cut with my ever faithful Fishtail Flags die set from My Favorite Things.
And naturally there needed to be some stellar sparkle in the form of sparkly clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
Don't forget to check out the fantastic galaxies from the rest of the design team over on the Daring Cardmakers blog - we hope you can play along!
Happy crafting!
 Avery Elle - Cake & Candles stamps Shop at: SHC | SSS |
 My Cute Stamps - Spaceships & Robots (r) Shop at: SSS |
 MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX dies Shop at: SSS |
 Distress ink pad - Black Soot Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Distress ink pad - Broken China Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Distress ink pad - Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Distress ink pad - Picked Raspberry Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Distress ink pad - Seedless Preserves Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Manatee ink pad Shop at: SHC | SSS | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Mermaid ink pad Shop at: SHC | SSS | SBC |
 Versamark ink pad Shop at: SHC | SSS | AZ |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 PTI - True Black cardstock Shop at: PTI |
 Tim Holtz - 4.25 x 5.5 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Pretty Pink Posh - Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
 Studio Calico - Mister Huey's color mist - Opaque White (r) Shop at: SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 EK Success powder tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
 MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Ranger - Mini round ink blending tools Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
Your galaxy Looks stunning! I don't have the black ink pad yet ... and looking at your card I just know that I have to add it to my collection.
It makes your background so dramatic!
Posted by: Miri | Tuesday, 04 July 2017 at 01:17 PM
Love the drama of this Nat, it turned out beautifully!
Posted by: Angelnorth | Tuesday, 04 July 2017 at 03:34 PM