Wednesday 8 July 2015

AAA Cards 43 Paper Players 252

A bit of experimentation today for this card for AAA Challenge Game 43: Starry Night and Paper Players 252: The Great Outdoors.




I used some peel off stars as a mask. I put them in the formation of the Southern Cross, the constellation I always find first when I'm outdoors at night, and the constellation on the New Zealand flag.

Then I used a circle mask and two colours of ink to create a vortex effect, so it looks like the sky can swallow you up into a world of possibilities. I used Gorgeous Grunge with silver ink to simulate The Milky Way in behind the Southern Cross. Finally, I stamped in some tree tops with Black Stazon so that it looks like you're lying on the ground, looking up at the night sky.



Although it isn't so obvious in the photo, I've backed the front of the card with Night of Navy, which is peeking through the circle die dots.

Update: So delighted that this card was A Cut Above at The Paper Players.
Really delighted that this card won first place at AAA Card Challenges.

Ingredients
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy (backing)
Stamps: SU A Dozen Thoughts and Gorgeous Grunge, unnamed tree stamp found at the Church Fair
Inks: SU Marina Mist, Distress Ink Stormy Sky, Stazon Jet Black, silver
Other: MFT Circle Dot Stitch die, sponges, circle framelits

16 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning! Love, love that vortex effect and the whole thinking behind the scene you created. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA Cards.

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  2. This is an absolutely gorgeous card Jan - and I loved reading your post and explanation of how you constructed your card, so much detail for a CAS card and a stunning effect. Thanks for joining us over at The Paper Players this week!

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    1. Thanks Joanne. This turned out to be a very personal card.

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  3. All the best adjectives have been used already ... so your card is full of so much awesomeness it isn't funny. Your description of how you made the card made me the reader feel like I was laying on the grass in New Zealand looking at the night sky. Thank for the mini trip to the southern hemisphere today!

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  4. Wow, Jan, what a beautiful work of art! LOVE!!

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  5. So cool, I think its a brilliant technique, so have to try it out.

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  6. absolutely stunning card, Jan. It is clean and simple with a huge WOW factor. Great take on the outdoor challenge. Thanks for sharing your beautiful talent with us at The Paper Players this week!

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  7. Wow, what an amazing card, Jan! You really planned this out carefully and the effects are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing with us this week at The Paper Players!

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  8. Such a stunning card!! I MUST try this! Thanks for the inspiration, Jan!
    Hugs,
    Sunshine Sharon

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  9. Very pretty, love the colour! Thanks for playing over at AAA Cards Challenge :) Justine

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  10. Your card is beautiful Jan and I just love your vortex effect.....very clever:) xx

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  11. Oh my gosh I love it so much.im an outdoors type as love star gazing and your description had me pining to go camping right this second! ( sadly I'm on the train into work).the card is beautiful,such stellar ideas (see what I did there?!) Thanks for playing with us at AAA cards.

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    1. Thanks Jenny. It was a pleasure to make it. And yep- I see what you did there! :-)

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