Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Shine Bright

I had taken the OCC Watercolor class but had been very dissatisfied with my attempt at this type of galaxy background back then.  This time I just painted happily away, finding that I preferred to connect sections while still wet rather than waiting for it to dry--smoother transition.  Then after it dried I went back in and added additional layers of colors.  I love that the many layers of watercolor creates distance and perspective.

The Details:  Mainly Peerless watercolors, Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot, PopTone black licorice coverstock, Lil' Inker sentiment (sans lightbulb), Heidi Swapp stencil (for the stars around the sentiment), Versamark, Stampendous Detail White embossing powder, Colorbox white pigment ink (spattered stars), Sakura white gellyroll pen (larger, brighter objects), foam tape, Memory Box die

I'm entering this in The Male Room Seeing StarsAAA Cards #18 Watercolor, Create Something Catchy #7 water colors,  Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes,  Creatilicious #66 Up in the Sky,  Crafter's Cafe #79 Punches & Dies,

16 comments:

  1. Amazing out in space water colouring. Didn't know about the depth thing created by adding layers, thanks for the tip. Also thanks for sharing your creation at AAA Cards.

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  2. love the galaxy Bg.. beautiful card..

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  3. Your galaxy is fabulous! Thank you so much for playing along in the Anything Goes Challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog this week :)

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  4. Lovely card Toni! Love your watercolor galaxy and the dies and punches are fab. Perfect for our Punches and Dies Challenge at The Crafter's Cafe. Thanks for joining us and we hope to see again soon. Hugs, Gale

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  5. Wow! Great job with the technique!
    Thanks for playing at AAA cards!

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  6. Gorgeous use of bright colors! LOVE THIS! Thanks for joining in with AAA!

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  7. Great galaxy, I love all those colours. Thank you for joining us at TMR.

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  8. You're always up on the newest stuff! It's great! Makes a terrific card. Thanks for playing with AAA Cards. Cheers, Victoria

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  9. Wow!! love the galaxy background, Thanks for joining us @CSCC, All the best.

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  10. lovely!your card is amazing! thanks for joining us at CSCC.

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  11. Beautiful card,love backgroud and wonderful colour combo. Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenges. I hope you get to join us again for our next challenge. Agnieszka

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  12. beautiful & bright watercolouring toni, Thanks for joining us at CSCC - Good luck

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  13. amazingly beautiful.thanks for participating at CSCC.best wishes.

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  14. Yeah...It is bright!! What a magic you have created with colors. Thanks for playing along with CSCC. Good luck. :)

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