I took this literally, although I still wonder if I can claim this card is either vintage or shabby chic (I tend to lean toward CAS, personally!).
Anyway, the sentiment I chose was a Stamp Oasis stamp called "The Stars Exist" (1262-L) so I needed to find something that worked with stars. Wouldn't you know, I have several sentiments dealing with stars but only one star stamp and it didn't work with this sentiment! So I tried using a layering stencil ("Stars", THS008) on dark navy cardstock, using Versamark ink and then heat embossing with Silver (Topp Boss) and White (InkNpressions) embossing powders. I layered the navy card on to Hot Off The Press "Paper Pizazz" specialty Silver Metallic paper and then onto a prefolded ivory card. Next, I stamped the sentiment in Archival "Jet Black" onto ivory cardstock and then layered that on more Silver Metallic paper. I centered the sentiment on the card front and...