#1101 – Sky-High Wishes

PE: Winner at AAA Birthday card challenge!

Hello and welcome! There is just a month and a half left in this year!! Wow!! That went by really quickly! But it’s time again for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, I am your hostess. I’ve chosen for you the Topping ‘Focal One‘. All this means is that for the focal image, use only one stamp and stamp it only once. You are free to color the image or do anything else, but no other images are to be used for the focal. You are free to do anything with the rest of the card as well.

And this is what I created –

I did have a different idea of using a clustered flower stamp, but I thought of doing something else with that idea, so decided to change it at the last moment. And came up with this card instead.

I used the image My Favorite Things Sky-High Friends and the sentiment from The Stamp Market Scripty Sentiments, and stamped both on white cardstock with light grey ink and then colored them using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I then used paper stubs to spread the colors using baby oil. I then cut out a mask for the image, put it on the image and then brushed shades of distress inks to create the sky. I then stamped the last part of the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday using Versafine Onyx black pigment ink.

I trimmed the sides and partially fussy cut the left edge around the sentiment. For the clouds, I used Picket Fence distress paint. I had forgotten I even had this paint!! But it worked surprisingly well, giving a good opacity when concentrated and translucency when diluted with water. It even sat well on the wax of the pencils and baby oil.

For the background, I chose a light blue cardstock and used My Favorite Things City Block background stamp, stamping it in shades of blue to match the sky in the foreground. After adhering the focal panel on this, I felt that the background was lacking a bit. So I used Zig brush marker pens to color the roofs of the buildings in shades of blues. That looked better! 🙂 And that also finished my card.

Joining the following challenges with my card –

Inkspirational challenge #328 – Designer’s Choice – Layer It

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #481 – Make Your Mark

AAA Birthday Card challenge #67 – Favorite Image Lately I’ve been into coloring critter images. And this big stamp with lots of details is one of my favorites!

Step over to the Seize the Birthday blog to checkout how our party guests and our talented DT has put this Topping to use. And don’t forget to join the fun!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂