Blending Night Skies
Hi readers! Isn’t this gorgeous night sky blending by guest designer Chari Moss of Lawn Fawn so totally gorgeous? I love it! Want to know more about the process to recreate it for yourself? Read on!
Things are blooming and gardens are popping with color so I was inspired to break out my Gleeful Gardens set for today’s card. I thought it would be fun to create a night time garden party for something a little different. I used distress watercolor paper to blend my night time sky starting with victorian velvet at the very bottom, dusty concord, chipped sapphire and black soot at the top. I picked colors for my images that were a little more toned down, maybe how a bright red mushroom might look at night in the star light.
For the snail I tried to make him glow a bit like a glow worm, does anyone remember those toys? Of course no garden party would be complete without strings of garden lights strung above. For these I used Kirarina Wink pens in black and dandelion to hand draw the lights strung across the card. I also added tiny dots of silver with the Silver metallic Kirarina Wink pen for stars.
To keep the same look and texture I used distress inks to color the frame for my sentiment as well. I embossed the frame in gold on distress watercolor paper and blended it with scattered straw in the center then worked my way toward the outer edge with cracked pistachio and peacock feathers. I love how it looks like it is glowing as well. I finished off by adding some wink of stella glitter to the frame and the images, like stardust falling on the little snail and mushrooms below.
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to the fabulous Chari for being our guest today!
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Oh so adorable! What a sweet card! Hugs, Robin
Just too cute!
bellissima
Adorable card.
Thanks for sharing how to create a night sky.
So very cute!
Wonderful night sky! Love the strings of lights!
Beautiful blending and a cute card
What a great background. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tutorial. This is a wonderful card and I am definitely going to have a try at this technique – so cool:)
Great night sky. Love the colors.
Love that great night sky and the coloring tips.
Oh I love love love this! I haven’t quite mastered distress inks, but I am looking forward to trying something similar to this!
Great card and technique! ;-)
such a beautiful bg for this card! super fun! :)
the shading in the background is beautiful. the sky often looks like this as the sun goes down.
Darling card. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice.
cute card :)
This is just Beautiful!! I love the night background!!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
Crafting With Creative M
I think I have to try this technique. The card looks adorable.
Love this card. Thanks for explaining this technique.
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super cute card, love the colors!!
A very nice card.
LOVE Chari’s work! This is such a sweet card. LOVE that background!!! ♥
This is such a cute card. You sure captured “night time” with the colors you chose for the sky and the mushroom. And your little snail does appear to glow as does the sentiment. Great design great job carrying it out. Love your card. TFS
This is cute. Can we get a video of this? I’d like to see those Kirarina wink pens, and, of course, the blending of the night sky, so pretty.
Love your project, especially your combinations of distress inks.
What a beautiful night sky!
Gorgeous coloring in this very lovely card.
Awww how sweet is this!!
Darling card!! I love Lawn Fawn stamps:)
Cute, cute card and the colors in the sky are blended so perfectly. Love distress inks for that reason.
Love Lawn Fawn! Beautiful card! Simona
Such a beautiful night sky! Adorable and sweet card. Thanks for the tutorial.
Beautiful blending, Shari!
love your night sky!
Darling card and gorgeous night sky!!! Thanks for sharing your technique with us Chari :)
Thanks for sharing this cute card–love the night sky and twinkling lights.
Ooh my goodness how pretty!
What a cute card with a cool night sky and adorable spacelings!
Gorgeous night sky. I’ve got to get better with my ink blending. It never looks like this.
Fabulous backgrpumd!! I just love this card and Lawn Fawn Gleeful Gardens stamps set!!
Glow w snail and glow sky cute as can be!
Beautiful card and a wonderful background, love the colors you used and thanks for the technique tips too!
This is really GORGEOUS Chari! I love these cute little ‘scenes’ whether I am making them or looking at them. They are so sweet. I can’t imagine ANYONE getting a card like this and not smiling after opening it. Your card is simply adorable and with Lawn Fawn’s products it will always be a winner! Great job!
Cute card, great backgrond technique
As always, your cards are beautiful. I love using all the Lawn Fawn stamps I have. They are always a success.
Love the sky background.
You never disappoint with your creativity Chari. Thank you! I always enjoy seeing the Lawn Fawn stamps and the endless ways to use them. I appreciate the tips for using the Distress Inks. I really enjoy working with them, too!
wow love the blending