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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Wonderful! I have to try that night sky. :)
Love that little snail and all things Lawn Fawn!
Very pretty!
beautifully done night sky! Will have to try this. I love Lawn Fawn.
awesome blending job!
Wow! Really loving the night sky!! Super cute!!
I love the way the sky is done.
Gorgeous! So velvety looking! And I love the groung too! What color(s) did you use for that? Totally lovely with the string of lights!
Beautiful glowing effect!!
Love!!!! This is so fun & cute!!!
gorgeous card. Love the colors. The mushrooms and snail are really cute. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Love the idea of an evening garden party! Your strung lights and blended frame are so cool! :)
Awesome job!!! Love the background and “Glo Worm” lookalike!!
What beautiful blending!
Wow! Very realistic night sky! I love the new Lawn Fawn stam set!
Chari you do amazing job all the time with the Distress Ink. It’s inspiring to watch how you blend the colors/ink together. I hope one day I’ll start working with the inks. I’m really new to stamping this is why I say one day! Happy Stamping! Thank you for all the amazing tips and creative cards.
Beautiful night sky!
I just love that snail! My 20 year old had a glow- worm! What a great idea! But the night sky is the best!!! Just gorgeous! Makes you wish your own secret garden looked as pretty!
Love it! Just returned from visiting real glow worms in New Zealand.
Omg. Take my money!!
gorgeous
Very pretty!
Oh so blended!!! Beautiful colors and they are blended beautifully and so perfect it makes me want to get my hands dirty and practice!!!
So cute, i love it !!
What a perfectly blended night sky! The sponging on the sentiment is beautiful, too. Such a sweet card!
This card just showcases everything I love about lawn fawn :)
I follow it already, what a nice background.
This is awesome! Great card
Perhaps an idea for a monday/wednesday challenge?
:)
Gorgeous card Chari! Such a sweet scene and YES, I do remember glow worms!!
Beautiful card. Love how you did the night sky!!
Really pretty! i love your garden lights!
Love this card. Awesome.
I love Chari’s card! I’ll have to try these colours for blending.
Super cute!!…love the colors and the blending!
I love the blending of colors in your card, Chari! I got to try that Kirarina pens!
Fabulous night sky!!!
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Gorgeous blends
It’s awesome!!!
What a magical little card. So sweet!
Oh, wow you’re so talented. Great coloring. Thanks for sharing your process. Michelle t
Super card!
beautiful card
Gorgeous background inking! Love this card:)
It really does look like a night sky and I love that little glow worm!
Awesome card! Love the colors!
This is a beautiful card! I wish I could recreate it! Thanks
What a beautiful card. Love that night sky and the lights.
What a sweet card! I follow the blog by email.
Fun card and I’m
loving those little
lights!
Carla from Utah
This night time scene is so cute!