Saturday, September 26, 2020

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

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8 comments:

Joyce said...

Fabulous card, and love that you turned that photo into Christmas. Your stenciled stars are fabulous. Each one looks unique and slightly different, just like actual stars, I imagine.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fun inspired card! Thanks so much for joining us for the month of September~

Barbara Godden said...

I'm seeing lots and lots of stars, great take on the prompt and with te stenciling, Fantastic card.

Kim Heggins said...

Simply magical!!!

JulieP said...

An abundance of beautiful stars! Great start to your holiday cards!

Macimbalo said...

So pretty! Thanks for guesting with us this month, we've loved seeing your gorgeous creation!!!

Bobby said...

The stenciled background is so festive, Lindsey, and the gold die cut stars add a little elegance too. It was great having you as our guest this month.

Nancy said...

Love stenciled backgrounds especially when the tone of color varies like you have done here... makes it look so fabulous! This is a very pretty Christmas card Lindsey!!