The Free 4 All challenge this week is Sensational Silhouettes. Angie (ohmypaper!) asked us to use Silhouettes. I'd been playing with backgrounds recently so I decided to do a cityscape. That meant a night sky.
It was fun watching the background develop as it doesn't happen with the first swipe or spray....lots of blotting with a paper towel for me. I used mostly TH DO 'Black Soot', Hickory Smoke', and 'Faded Jeans'. The combination created the purplish haze. I kept adding water and blotting until I was happy with the random look.
The cityscape buildings have some lights still on...I cut teeny tiny bits of yellow paper to show all those paper artists who are busy creating challenges for SCS.
My moon is a fabulous RubberMoon image. There are actually three sizes (ask me how I know!). This one is the largest image. I stamped her with VersaFine 'Onyx Black' and then embossed with the 'Sea Foam White' ep. I did not emboss her face, but double stamped the lips. I removed color from her face with a mixture of bleach and water and used a water brush. I just love her face.
The sentiment is 'Sprinkle Moondust. Spread Magic.' This was stamped three times across the sky.
For the bottom of my card, I used the rest of a vintage zipper in Chartreuse across the buildings. Even cities need little oasis's of green.
I'd love to hear what you think. Thank you for stopping by.
Date: Thursday, July 4, 2019 GMT Views: 828
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What a cool idea to remove the color from the moon with bleach. It gives the moon some texture and it's not stark white! The embossing around the moon is so pretty. The sky is amazing! Huge wow on the cityscape. I love the dimension you gave it and I love that you added a few lit windows. Every city has some windows lit no matter how late the hour! Beautiful card!
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Fri, Jul 05, 2019 @ 6:13 AM
Your cards always have a wonderful lesson for me. I had a discussion with a friend just last week about when God created the earth why didn't He just completely destroy the darkness. However, I know God is not about destuction but about transformation. He uses the light from the moon and the stars to penetrate the dark so that we are always reminded that with Him there is no darkness at all. Even the smallest ray of light will reflect even in the water particles of the sky.
I love that you used that vintage zipper to bring that message of a little green being an oasis to the concrete coldness of our world.
A masterpiece that teaches us lessons of life. You are so very creative, my friend.
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