- Stamps: Essentials by Ellen “Bokeh Dots by Julie” (ESTJ -002-14); Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit August 2017
- Inks: Distress Oxides “Squeezed Lemonade”, “Warm Lipstick”, Wilted Violet”, “Bundled Sage”, and “Black Soot”; Distress Ink “Black Soot”; Distress Marker “Picket Fence”; Hero Arts “Unicorn”; Signo Uniball “white” gel pen; Versamark
- Embossing Powders: Top Boss “white”
- Papers: Ranger Watercolor Paper (ISW39532); pre-folded notecard “purple”
- Adhesives: RedLine 1/8” Embossing Tape
The Ellen Hutson Pin-Sights Challenge for May 2018 was to use the Pantone Floral Fantasy color palette and/or three photographs in that palette for an inspiration for a card using an Essentials by Ellen product. I went with four colors in the palette and the Aurora Borealis photo as my inspiration. I started by making a "galaxy background" blending Distress Oxide Inks, edging with Distress Ink and spritzing with a "Picket Fence" Distress Marker: I stamped three "circles" and a collection of dots from the Essentials by Ellen stamp set "Bokeh Dots" in Hero Arts "Unicorn" Pigment Ink - circles which were meant to represent spiraling galaxies or planets or star clusters or ... Since the circles faded slightly when dried, taking up some of the background color, I doodled on them with a Signo Uniball white gel pen and a Wink of Stella "Silver" brush... I also added a few gel pen dots in the background for more prominent stars. I added a sentiment and some stars from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero set of August 2017, stamping in Versamark and heat embossing in white: I trimmed the card to fit and mounted it on a prefolded purple notecard: Products used in the making of this card were:
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