Celestial Surprise - Closed |
Celestial Surprise - Open |
Celestial
Surprise
Stamp Artist - John Murdock |
Supplies:
12" x 12" double sided, heavy Light Blue/Blue paper;
Gray card stock, Metallic Blue Brilliance stamp pad; Royal Blue
Petal Point stamp pad; Stardust Embossing powder; Radiant Pearls,
AI Glitter and glue; Yes glue; Suze Gluez, elastic gift wrap
cord, silver; star button, Nymo thread white.
Instructions: Cut blue paper to size 9 3/16" square.
Measure to center of each edge 4 9/16" and mark. From mark
measure toward center of sheet, 5/16" and mark. Lay straight
edge diagonally from mark to mark and with craft knife cut from
mark out to edge of paper, ending when all cuts are made with
small triangles in the center of each side. With bone folder,
on Blue side, score line diagonally from triangle apex to apex.
Fold, making four triangular leaves. On the Light Blue side stamp
the leaves with Star Power stamp in Royal Blue, leaving about
a 1/4" border unstamped. On Gray card stock, stamp four
Moonrise in Metallic Blue, apply embossing powder and emboss.
(My embossing was not as successful as one would desire. Many
mistakes were made on this project.) Trim stamped images to border.
Stamp CC's Starscape Sphere on card stock, same as Moonrise,
except the image was not embossed. Trim image around the border.
Color all images with Radiant Pearls using Water Brushes, Small
and Large. Glue the Moonrise images on the leaves, leaving a
bit of a border around. Center the Sphere on the square and glue.
Cut out eight triangle shaped pieces of paper from scrap, four
small and four large. Glue large triangle in the corners of the
square and the smaller under the Moonrises. Decorate triangles
and around the Sphere and the apexes of the Moonrises with AI
Glitter.Make a loop from the silver cord, glue ends together,
wrap with Nymo thread, knot and sew star button on, hiding the
wrap and secure with drop of Suze Gluez. Cut a piece of scrap
about 1/2 inch by 2 1/2 inch, fold at about a third of the length,
attach to back of project, insert cord into fold and glue down.
Fold in leaves, stretch cord across and loop over bottom.
Rubber Stamps:
Stamp
Zia: CC's Starscape Sphere, size Z,
Moonrise, size A. Stamp
Camp: Star Power, #S 147 |
|
Golden Sunspire
Stamp Artist - Lee Hellbert-Gordon
|
Supplies:
Yellow and red reinkers
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Acetate
Black Cardstock
Black textured paper
Copper cardstock
Red cardstock
Copper and bone beads
Black wire
1/16" hold punch
Create Acetate Paper with reinkers and Diamond Glaze. Brayer
tissue paper on back and let dry.
Stamp "Sunspire" on front of acetate in graphite black
Brilliance Pad and let dry. |
Attach to
black and copper cardstock and punch 1/16" holes in corners
of copper paper. String beads with wire through holes and attach
to black textured paper and then red cardstock.
Image: "Sunspire" from Acey Deucy |
|
Stamp Moonrise
and Waves twice on white cardstock with gold pigment ink.
Emboss with gold powder.
Color with colored pencils.
Cut out and mount to aqua cardstock, gold cardstock and teal
cardstock.
Images used: Moonrise, Waves By: Stamp
Zia |
Moonrise
Stamp Artist - Lynese Nowak
|
|
Sunward Bound
Stamp Artist - Pam Fraser |
Supplies:
Arlene's Sun by Arlene Rose - Time
to Stamp
The Sky's the Limit - Printworks (#E1399)
Brilliance Graphite Black pigment ink
Acetate sheet
Gildenglitz
Glissen Gloss 2mm Blue Metallic Polyester
Braid Ribbon 2
Radiant Pearls - Cool Water, Desert Clay, Solar
Bronze
White linen cardstock - folded into a card & scrap rectangle
piece
Duo-Embellishing Adhesive or Magic Leaf Glue
Double stick tape
Black Sharpie - fine point
Stamp positioner (optional) |
Steps:
1) Paint blue a scrap rectangle
of white cardstock.
2) Paint bronze the card front. Place random very small dots
of desert clay on the card front and rub in; just want a subtle
hint.
3) Stamp the sun on a square of acetate in black ink. Heat set.
Draw a square around the sun with a black Sharpie.
4) "Color" in the sun from the back by applying glue
only on the sun. Once the glue turns clear, apply the Gildenglitz.
NOTE: I chose certain colors, not just random,Whisk away the
excess.
5) Glue the ribbon around the edges of the square. The ribbon
is applied to the underside.
6) Now apply glue to the remaining sections of the sun. Again
you are working on the backside. Once glue turns clear, apply
the Gildenglitz and whisk awy the excess.
7) After the
Radiant Pearls have set, mount the
blue rectangle and the sun to the card front with double stick
tape.
8) Stamp the saying on the card front in black ink. NOTE: A stamp
positioner will help assure you get the saying just where you
want it. Also, since I was stamping part on a raised surface
and part off, I made sure a split in the words would occur over
where the two surfaces came together. Otherwise, a word wouldn't
have stamped clearly. |
|
Supplies:
1 sheet of white glossy cardstock
1 sheet of holographic paper
1 piece of brown cardstock scrap
1 piece of gold cardstock scrap
1 sheet of dry- embossed gold cardstock
lightning black Brilliance ink pad
magic markers
gold tassels
gold charms
decorative scissors
Zyron machine
paper cutter
Image "Celestial Dreams" by Stamp Oasis |
Moon Dancer
Stamp Artist - Susan Lacroix
|
Directions:
Fold gold embossed cardstock
in half and set aside. On glossy stock, stamp "Celestial
Dreams" in Brilliance ink and let dry. When the image is
dry, color it with the markers, then carefully cut it out. Layer
it onto the holographic paper and then layer that onto the gold
scrap cardstock. running each consecutive layer through a Zyron
machine first makes assembly quick and easy. Now, under the gold
goes the brown layer, each one a little larger than the previous
layer. You can decide for yourself which layers would look best
trimmed with the decorative scissors. Take all of your layers
and add them to your gold embossed cardstock. Finish by trimming
with tassels and charms. |
|
Celestial Lovers
Stamp Artist - Rebecca Chinn |
Supplies:
Sun/Moon stamp -All Night Media
Celestial Wave - StampZia
Stars from Stars and Swirl set-Stampin' Up!
black cardstock
Lyra metallic pens
silver and gold pigment ink
gold embossing powder
clear Ultra
Thick embossing powder (UTEE) |
Steps:
Stamp Sun/Moon (All Night Media)
in gold pigment ink and set aside. Apply pigment inks in direct-to-paper
technique to 2" cardboard square. Apply clear UTEE and melt.
Repeat 2 more times to create a thick layer. Quickly stamp Sun/Moon
in melted UTEE. Let cool, then remove stamp. On black cardstock,
stamp Celestial Wave (StampZia) two times and emboss in gold.
Color using Lyra metallic pencils, then cut out images. On black
cardstock, stamp Stars (Stars and Swirl set from Stampin' Up!)
Mount Sun/Moon square in the center of the black card. Mount
the celestial wave around the Sun/Moon square. Use a deco corner
punch to round the edges of the card. |
|
|
Supplies:
Stamps Used:
Wizard - Enchanted
Ink (Once Upon a Time Plate)
Cloud - 100 Proof Press
Star Panel - Rubber Poet
Star Stream - StampCraft
Embossing Powder: Sapphire by PSE
Ancient Page ink pads
Blow pen
Directions:
Chalk background with blue and red chalk.
Stamp star panel on cardstock with clear embossing ink and emboss
with Sapphire embossing powder. Put aside. Stamp Wizard in Ancient
Page Coal.
|
In The Beginning
Stamp Artist - Lesa Farmer |
| Mask
Wizard and stamp clouds in Ancient Page Cobalt. Color Wizard
with colored pencils. Shade clouds with colored pencils and chalk.
Add white highlights with gel pen. Mask clouds and stamp star
steam in Ancient Page Cobalt. Highlight with gel pen. Layer and
attach star panels with adhesive foam. Use purple blow pen to
add texture/background interest. Mount onto purple background. |
|
Sun Burning Moon
Stamp Artist - Hilde Van Barel |
Supplies:
Sun/Moon stamp - Post Modern Design
Brilliance Graphite Black
Black embossing powder
Dauber Duo yellow/orange
Stipple brush
Kaleidacolor Desert Heat
Cardstock in white, red and yellow
Instructions:
Stamp the Sun/Moon stamp on white cardstock with Brilliance Graphite
Black. Emboss with black EP. Dab some orange Dauber Duo
in the first 'beam', yellow
in the second, orange in the third, and so on. Dab some orange
in the sun face as well. Use a stipple brush and the Kaleidacolor
Desert Heat to add more color and try to smear the colors of
the Daubers so that it all blends nicely. Cut the image out and
glue onto red cardstock trimmed just a little larger. Trim yellow
cardstock just a little larger than the red one and glue the
red one onto the yellow one. Now take a folded card from white
cardstock and glue the whole thing on it. |
|
|
A girl, Star Ballerina, 1375L from Penny Black, was stamped using
Brilliance Graphite Black and embossed.
The image was then colored in with Chalk. This image was then
cut out and layered on four pieces of cardstock. Glow in the
dark plastic stars and falling star were painted with Metallic
Gold Lumiere and glued to one of the cardstock layers.
Fibers were fixed under the falling star. Two charms were added
to the fibers.
|
"Reaching for the Stars"
Stamp Artist - Susan Joa |
|
Hammered Copper Sun
Stamp Artist - Donna Fleischli |
Supplies:
32 gauge copper
Liver of Sulphur
eyelets
black and copper glossy c.s.
embossing powder- copper
Vaseline
For this card I stamped the sun image G2556 by PSX available
through A Country Welcome on copper with Vaseline. Next I antiqued
the copper by dipping it into water to which I added a capful
of Liver of Sulfur for a few seconds. After it dried I trimmed
the piece with deckle edge scissors. Distressed by hammering.
Set aside. |
| Take a black
glossy folded card and layer a piece of copper glossy c.s. On
a smaller size piece of black glossy c.s. I stamped stars LL457
Star Prints, by Hero Arts, with clear embossing ink and applied
copper embossing powder. Heat. Finally I layered the copper piece
onto a slightly larger piece of copper glossy c.s. and used copper
eyelets to attach. Place this in center of card using double
stick tape. |
|
|
Ad Astra & Star Lady - Second
Star On the Right AD Astra NY21D Sheet
Star Web - Stamp Camp
Rod Sterling Quote - Custom made
Midnight Blue & Black Memories ink pads, Imprintz White Pigment
Ink, Vivid Straw.
Watercolor Paint (Pan or tube)
Powdered Pearls & Pearl Ex - Micro White and Brilliance Gold,
Midnight Blue
Chalks (well yellow chalk)
Duplex Blue Cardstock
White cardstock
Watercolor paper (Hot press 140 lb)
Glue Stick
Holographic Gold embossing powder
|
"Astral Inspiration"
Stamp Artist - Valerie Hayden |
Stamp Star Lady on Watercolor
paper in Black Memories ink. Paint in using water color paints
in yellows and golds and others. Paint background in dark blue
using midnight blue powdered pearls mixed in with you watercolor
paint. Add finishing touches to star lady with gold and white
Pearl Ex and powdered pearls mixed into watercolor paint. Tear
away edges around image paint over with watercolor paint to darken.
Set aside. Stamp Star Web in Midnight blue on white cardstock.
Let dry color in web and stars using yellow chalk. Set aside.
Cut out star and color with yellow chalk. Stamp Ad Astra stamp
all over star in Vivid Straw ink. Using Duplex card stock measure
out 8 " on the 11 1/2" side of stock. Cut then measure
four inches in, score and fold ending up with a 4" wide
8" tall card.
Place Star Web on Card at and angle using the curve of the top
web as your guide tilt until that curve ends on (folding) edge
of card. Holding (Star Web) in place flip card over and run a
pencil line done the protruding white card stock.
Trim Star Web using this line and reposition on card and glue
down. Take remaining piece (the part you cut away) of star web
trim on curves and around one star and arrange at top right hand
corner of card. Position Star Lady over the two star Web Pieces
until alignment looks right. Bring in Star and add to composition
sliding partly under star lady. When position is good remove
star lady and glue down star and the star web corner. Glue and
Position Star Lady.
Finally stamp words in bottom right hand corner with White ink
and emboss in Holographic Gold Embossing Powder. |
|
"Starry Night"
Stamp Artist - Mary Garvey |
Supplies:
White Glossy, Black Glossy, light blue (matte) Cardstock
Inks: Vivid (dye based), Document (permanent), VersaMark
Make-up sponges
Bleach, Pearl Ex, Silver Krylon pen, Water
Rubber Stamps:
Stamp Zia
(Star Sphere, "Stars" word), Stamp
Camp (star net)
|
|
Steps:
Smoosh and swirl several dye colors over the white glossy using
sponges. Spritz with water. Stamp the Star Sphere
and word stamp with Document.
Apply bleach to areas on the Star Sphere you want to lighten.
On ¼ sheet of light blue cs, stamp the starry background
stamp with VersaMark & brush on several colors of Pearl Ex
(blues/purples). Cut, edge words and background with Silver
Krylon; then layer as shown on black glossy card.
Technique Used: Zana's AKA Stamp Zia
|
|
|
Supplies:
Sheet of small white labels, silver craft paint, brayer, Ancient
Pages Coal ink, 2 small white dominoes, Black cardstock, stamps
(see below).
Step-by-step instructions:
1. Using a brayer, coat the
sheet of small white labels with silver paint. Allow to dry.
2. Stamp the sun, moon, planet, and earth stamps unto the labels.
3. Stick the labels unto the 4.25” x 7” black card
in the same configuration as they were on the sheet.
|
"Dark Sunshine"
Stamp Artist - Amy Hughes |
|
4. Stamp the angel and globe images
unto the backs of the small dominoes. Use an embossing gun to
heat set the ink. When the dominoes have cooled, glue them unto
the card.
Rubber Stamps:
Moon, earth, and planet stamps are from Sunday
International. Sun, Angel,
and Globe images are Rubber Anarchy stamps.
|
|
|
|
