JUGs: Photo Inspiration

It's time for a new Just Us Girls challenge, and it's a photo inspiration! Sadly, it's my last guest post - thanks to everyone at JUGs for letting me play along this month! 

From the photo above, I took inspiration from the stars (and really, it will be interesting to see if any projects DON'T have stars!) and the colours. Here's mine: 

Naturally, since it's a relatively clean and simple photo, I have a more layered design than usual. :D I used a star stencil to make my background, inking each star in pink and red. My first try, I also tried to stamp patterns on some of the stars, but that quickly turned into a fail, so instead I spritzed them with shimmer spray. Next, I die cut the smaller stars, and actually pulled out an old SU punch for the largest one. Shiny foil, so hard to capture in a photograph. I stamped my sentiment and embossed it with sparkle embossing powder; then masked off the "y" so that I could underline it with, yes, more stars. And how could I not replace the dot over the "i" with a teeny star? Finally, I was lucky enough to find a patterned paper with the same pink and red, as well as a matching red cardstock for the card base. 

I hope the photo gives you the inspiration to play along! 

Supplies: Neenah white, Recollections red & Ranger silver foil cardstock, Koh-I-Noor smooth bristol, Lawn Fawn Snow Day Remix patterned paper, Lawn Fawn Ho-Ho-Holidays & Hero Arts Kelly's Fa La La stamps, Versamark, Versafine onyx black & spun sugar & festive berries distress inks, Hero Arts clear sparkle & Ranger detail silver embossing powder, ARTplorations Oh My Stars stencil, Sunny Studio Stamps fishtail banners & Paper Smooches teeny stars dies, Stampin' Up star punch, Tsukineko shimmer spritz