Sparkling Saturdays: Watercolor Constellations

Welcome to another Sparkling Saturday! I am so blessed to be living in a city that has gorgeous scenary and amazing sights. This week the Perseid meteor showers were on full display and they were spectacular. Today's card is one I made for one of my best friend's engagement, inspired by constellations and the scenic date that started it all. 

First, I used a piece of Arches Cold Press watercolor paper to stamp on the Constellation Background stamp from Hero Arts using VersaMark ink. Next, I used Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder to heat set it. After this was done, I pulled out my Gansai Tambi watercolors and used the different blues in the set to paint my sky background. I used my heat gun to dry each layer before added more color on, to give the look of dimension. After all the layers were done, I used my Finetec Metallic watercolors to add sparkle and shimmer into the night sky. The picture doesn't do it justice but you can still see the amazing shimmer these watercolors add. 

For my finishes touches, I backed this with kraft foam and then matted this panel down onto a black piece of cardstock. Next, I embossed a sentiment and foam mounted it onto the panel as well. After adhering this to an A2 white card base, I added some silver jewel stickers and the card was finished. 

Hope you enjoyed!

Happy Crafting. 

Sparkling Saturdays: Make a Wish

Welcome to another Sparkling Saturday! Cupcakes, balloons, and confetti are, to me, some of the key ingredients of a great party. For this celebration card, I wanted to capture all these elements in a fun and whimsical way.

I started out with a piece of white cardstock that was cut a little smaller than an A2 card front. Next, I used the Sentimental Borders stamps from Mama Elephant to stamp on a subtle text background using light grey ink. For my sentiment, I stamped on a greeting from Make a Wish stamp set from Mama Elephant as well. Following this, I used 2 stitched rectangles from Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle sets to emboss the shapes/stitched lines for added dimension.

For my images, I stamped, copic colored, and fussy/die cut out a cupcake, balloon, and a sheep from various Mama Elephant stamp sets (Carnival Cupcakes & Up and Away). I adhered the cupcake and balloon onto the card front and used foam squares to adhere the sheep. Next, I used a circle die cut from MFT to cut out a circle in the middle of my balloon and then attached the shape shaker from Jillibean Soup (comes with adhesive already!) to a pink A2 card base, after filling it with a variety of different colored sequins.

For my finishing touches, I adhered a scattering of sequins to the cared and stuck some sticker gems in the middle of some of them. Finally, I used Stardust Stickles from Ranger to cover the top of my cupcake to give it more of a gloss and sparkle.

Hope you enjoyed! I will be entering this into SSS Monday Challenge: Celebrate.
Happy Crafting.