shining stars card sketch challenge

Today’s card uses the Shining Stars product of the month incentive set.

Are you familiar with our Product of the Month incentive? Spend $75 in product and you can get any Product of the Month (POM) that is still available for $5! You can only purchase the Products of the Month one time – (for instance spend $75 this month and you really want the Shining Stars October 2026 POM for $5 – spend another $75 and if the September POM is still available you can get that one for $5 but cannot purchase another October Shining Stars die set because you already got one of those)

This card used the left over watercolor paper from this week’s More Color Monday card using three of the colors from the Stampin’ Up! October Creative Challenge which is a color challenge!

If you missed that post I took a large water painter and brushed the surface of a Fluid 100 watercolor paper with an excess of water. Then I dropped color from three acrylic blocks that I squeezed ink refill bottle drops of ink onto. I allowed the Fluid 100 paper to dry and then die cut the Shining Stars die set from the watercolored paper!

This is also a card sketch challenge #136!

Measurements:
BASE: Hydrangea Hue CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″, 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
Fluid 100 paper: one sheet
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″

Emboss the Basic White layer with the Swirls of Magic embossing folder.

Adhere the embossed layer to the Hydrangea Hue card base.

Cut a scrap of Hydrangea hue to 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and stamp (SNEAK PEAK) with an upcoming GREAT sentiment set called Friend Like You in Hybrid Black ink.

Using the Dark Hydrangea Hue Stampin’ Blends alcohol marker I flicked the brush tip side off the inside of the cap to make a splatter effect over the layer!

Pop up the sentiment layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals and place on the bottom center of the embossed layer.

Take the watercolor paper and die cut lots of stars from the POM Shining Stars die set.

Adhere a medium and small star onto the sentiment piece.

Adhere more die cut stars to the embossed layer above the sentiment piece!

I LOVE coordinating your embellishments and the In Color Dots are awesome for color coordination!

I added five dots to the card to finish it off in total color coordination! These stars are so much fun! Try your hand at this card sketch challenge and see what little things you can add to your card! Now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

PS – Remember that the stamp set is a SNEAK PEAK from the upcoming November Online Exclusives Friend Like You stamp set and will not be available to customers until November but if you want to join my team you can get it in your demonstrator starter kit as a preorder purchase – JUST ONE OF THE GREAT PERKS TO being a Demonstrator and being on my team!