I Love You to the Moon and Back

My husband and I recently celebrated our anniversary and this is the card I made for him. This was one of those very rare times where I had an idea in my head and it turned out just the way I hoped! Usually I get stuck somewhere along the way when making a card and have to think about how to finish it. :) 

The focal point is the very realistic moon from Altenew's To the Moon stamp set. I first cut out the moon from white card stock with the matching die cut, and then used Morning Frost, Evening Gray and Weathervane inks to stamp the three layers. The moon is popped up with foam tape. 

To create the starry background I stamped MFT's Paint Splatter Background with Versa Mark ink onto black card stock and then went over it with silver perfect pearls to make them shine. The border was die cut with Ink to Paper's Border Bling: Skinny Diagonal frames die. I actually cut it twice, once from black card stock and once from black fun foam which I adhered underneath to add dimension. The sentiment, which is also from To the Moon, was stamped in Versa Mark and then embossed with silver powder. 

Thanks for reading!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: To the Moon (Altenew), Paint Splatter Background (MFT)

Paper: Basic Black (SU!), Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Morning Frost, Evening Gray (Altenew), Weathervane (PTI), Versa Mark

Dies: To the Moon (Altenew), Border Bling: Skinny Diagonal Frames (Ink to Paper)

Other: Perfect Pearls, silver embossing powder, black fun foam, foam tape

Up, up and away!

My youngest son turned 5 a few weeks ago (a whole hand!) and we celebrated with an airplane themed birthday party. I made this airplane shaker card for him using a retired Papertrey Ink set called Little Hot Rod. 

I started by stenciling a white card stock panel with the Cloud Stencil from My Favorite Things using a blending brush and Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink. I also die cut and stamped the little airplane in Real Red ink because my son's favorite color is red. 

The sentiment is stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. I used my Stamparatus to get it positioned exactly where I wanted it on the cloud panel. 

To create the shaker clouds I used a retired die-namic from My Favorite Things called Cute Cloud Outlines. It has three sizes of clouds, and I used them all. I cut one of each size out of the cloud panel, and then I cut them again from double sided adhesive foam sheets, which were adhered underneath to create the shaker walls. 

I filled each cloud with a mix of blue and clear beads from JoAnn. The blue beads are a very good match for the Tumbled Glass ink! This was a fun one to make and my son was so excited to receive a shaker card of his very own! 

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Little Hot Rod (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Tumbled Glass (Distress Oxide), Real Red (SU!), VersaFine Onyx Black

Dies: Little Hot Rod (PTI), Cute Cloud Outline die namic (MFT)

Other: Cloud Stencil (MFT), double sided foam adhesive, beads, clear acetate, Stamparatus (SU!)