Hey, Crafty Friends!!
I back again with another adorable card for Team Xyron!
Today I'll show you how to create a dimensional star-filled sky using my Xyron Mega Runner!
Supplies Used
Mega Runner (Xyron)
Crossover II (Crafter's Edge)
Beary Christmas Stamp Set (Maker's Movement)
Beary Christmas Die Set (Maker's Movement)
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink (Tsukineko/ Imagine Crafts)
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Blueprint Sketch (Ranger Ink)
140 lb Mixed Media Paper
Cardstock- White, Kraft
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Salty Ocean (Ranger Ink)Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Blueprint Sketch (Ranger Ink)
Life Changing Blender Brushes (Picket Fence Studios)
Starry Sky Sparkletz (Buttons Galore)
Watercolor Pencils (Derwent Academy)Water Soluble Markers (Derwent Academy)
MISTI (My Sweet Petunia)
White Gel Pen (Sakura)
For those of you who have been following me for a while, you know that I love to color. I am by no means a professional colorist. Nor do I pretend to know what I'm doing. If I love the results of my coloring then that's all that really matters to me. And if others like my results, that's just extra, I'll take that as a pat on my back too.
A lot of times when I color I tend to stamp several images at once and color them all. Sometimes I use all the images and sometimes I don't.
I've been coloring a lot of these bears lately. They are just too cute and I became absolutely addicted! And I have made several cards already with this awesome set. But I found that I had an extra bear (that tall guy on the left) leftover that still needed a "home". I didn't want him tossed on the side to get lost or even *GASP* thrown out! So, what else was I to do but to make a new card?
I started with the background. For this project, it became the most important feature. I blended shades of Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch onto a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock using my Life Changing Blender Brushes.
I took a mini water-filled spritzing bottle and unscrewed the cap and flicked on drops of water over the ink shaded areas. Then, I blotted the excess water using a clean and dry paper towel.
The reactive "bleached" out effects of the water are stunning! This technique always gives me so much joy!
But... that was just the beginning of my star-filled sky! For dimension and a whole lot of bling, I wanted to fill that blue sky with literal stars!!
I hate the messy process of wet glue. the sliding around, smeared glue, possibly ruining my ink job and the ever horribly time-consuming/ soul-sucking DRYING TIME. I absolutely loathe waiting for things to dry!!
Thank goodness for my Xyron Mega Runner! I simply uncap, face the application point up, and adhere all the tiny things onto the sticky microdot adhesive strip! So easy-peasy! And the best part... ABSOLUTELY NO DRYING TIME!!
Then, I simply attach the stars onto the blue speckled sky starting from the biggest and trickling down to the smallest stars.
Then I attached the background to an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") card base made from kraft cardstock.
I didn't have any extra houses or trees leftover so I needed to stamp and color a few of those. Then I die cut them with the coordinating dies.
Then I created a little snowy village landscape using the houses and trees. I simply flipped each image over and used my Xyron Mega Runner to apply adhesive and attached them to the card front.
Then I created a sentiment strip and attached it across the bottom of my village with the little bear peeking out holding a gift.
And here is my finished card...
How gorgeous are those stars?!
I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial and create a starry sky of your own!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...
HAPPY CRAFTING!!
~Mitsyana