I sponged my colors instead of watercoloring. held it vertical instead of horizontal and added Santa and his sleigh.
I used a circle mask for the moon, sponging over the area around the mask with Scattered Straw, then Seedless Preserves over the whole card leaving a bit of lighter color at the edge of the mask, then sponged the outside edges with Chipped Sapphire.
I removed the mask and sponged over the moon with Dried Marigold, then layered the moon stencil over the moon and sponged more Dried Marigold over it.
I stamped the trees, from Rubbernecker and Stampers Anonymous, in black along the bottom and Santa in his sleigh flying across the moon.
I sponged a white strip with Scattered Straw and then stamped the sentiment and adhered it to the card.
Thanks for the inspiration today Ashley! Enjoy your week in the FS gallery!
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Stamps: Santa and Reindeer - Free with order from Taylored Expressions, Silhouette Trees #1 - Rubbernecker, Pine trees from Stamptember 2021 set - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82660
Sun, Oct 17, 2021 @ 5:21 PM
This is the coolest Santa against the Moon card I have ever seen, Julia. Wow. Such a magical and cool feeling! LOVE it. Hugz
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Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Sun, Oct 17, 2021 @ 6:17 PM
I love the way you have done the moon and sky…lovely shading!
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79542
Sun, Oct 17, 2021 @ 6:44 PM
What a captivating moon!! These colors just grabbed my eye right away!!
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Julia, this is a great case of Ashley's card. I read every note of your description to see how you created this magnificent moon and silhouette scene. I am in awe of how you created such realistic colors for the moon and the night sky. Gorgeous!
Registered: June 11, 2016 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 511
Mon, Oct 18, 2021 @ 6:57 AM
Oh my gosh this card is amazing!! Your addition of Santa and his reindeer to make it a Christmas card is fantastic!! This one really made me smile!! I may need to case this one