You Light Up My Life: Stampin Up, Karen Burniston and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Welcome to this week's inspiration for the latest Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I used a galaxy background to begin my illuminating card.  I topped it off with a embossed sentiment, a detailed die cut and glitter washi tape.

I created the background from scratch starting with specially coated paper for using with heavy inks.  The product I used was Judikins Matte Kote paper, however, it is almost identical to Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Specialty paper.  I did a comparison one day and while the Distress paper worked a tad better with Distress inks, the difference was barely negligible.  The process takes many layers of ink, I usually create several at a time and save some for a later project. 

Here is this week's sketch:

Here are the steps in creating a galaxy background, I used Distress Oxides but regular Distress inks or any similar inks would work, but I am sure you know Distress was made for blending!

1. Cover your card base with your "spacey" colors.  I choose Broken China and Squeezed Lemonade for this one, bright pinks and purples work great as well as greens.
2. Layer Black Soot, Hickory Smoke or both with a blending brush or your applicator of choice
3. Introduce water if you want to active the oxide properties at any point in on any layer
4. Layer and spritz while leaving some of the "spacey" colors exposed
5. After hours of layers, spritzing and drying which can be urged along with a heat gun...finally splatter shimmer ink

Ingredients:

Karen Burniston Camping Charms

Stampin Up Pun Intended sentiment and punch circa 2017

Versamark ink

Judikins Lemon Twinkle embossing powder and Matte Kote paper

Tutti Stitched Nesting Ovals

Distress Oxide inks:  Black Soot, Squeezed Lemonade, Broken China, Hickory Smoke

white shimmer spray ink

 glitter washi tape

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2019/04/challenge-109-anything-goes.html until 5/2x

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2019/04/ch-418-anything-goes.html until 5/4

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/pinspirational-challenge-237.html until 5/6x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by today

Alicia