Monday, March 14, 2016

Shine like a star



Hello friends! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. We had a fun visiting friends and spending time outdoors. It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Use Some Lucky Stars theme. Lots of options for this one. You could, for instance, go with a St Patrick's Day theme. 

Layers of ink - Shine like a star card by Anna-Karin with stamps by Dina Wakley and Ranger Dye Inks.
I like using stars on my projects, they give an optimistic feeling and have an interesting shape. On this card, I used Dina Wakley's star stamps to fill the background with stars, stamped with different colours of Ranger's Dye Inks. The card would also look great if the stars were all stamped in the same colour. The cardstock is Specialty Stamping Paper, which looks works perfectly together with these vibrant dye inks. 

Layers of ink - Shine like a star card by Anna-Karin with stamps by Dina Wakley and Ranger Dye Inks.
There is a border with three stamps in the Grunge Stars set, and I cut the stamps apart, so that I had three separate stars and could stamp three impression before cleaning the stamps. I love the grunge look of this star and the set has a great variety of stars.

Layers of ink - Shine like a star card by Anna-Karin with stamps by Dina Wakley and Ranger Dye Inks.
I also added some Tim Holtz idea-ology Mirrored Stars and star Remnant Rubs to the card, so there are four different kinds of stars here. Fun repetition.

Layers of ink - Shine like a star card by Anna-Karin with stamps by Dina Wakley and Ranger Dye Inks.
Shine was stamped repeatedly on the card, without reinking in between.

Layers of ink - Shine like a star card by Anna-Karin with stamps by Dina Wakley and Ranger Dye Inks.
I didn't want to cover up the colourful stars too much, so the focal point star was stamped on Clearly For Art Modeling Film and cut out. You could also use acetate. The sentiment was done with Label Letters.

I hope you will join us in our Use Your Lucky Stars challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 




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I hope you will have a great week and thank you for visiting today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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15 comments:

  1. LOVE your bright colors and the silver "star" star Anna-Karin. What a fun card this would be to receive!! j.

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  2. Gorgeous card Anna-Karin, the colourful stars and simple design are absolutely fabulous! LOVE it :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  3. Adorable, Anna-Karin! Loving this bright palette!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  4. What an awesome card Anna-Karin! The bright color palette you choose make it perfect for an happy and fun card!
    Hugs dear xx Zoey

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  5. beautiful card Anna-Karin...love your rainbow of colourful stars...hugs kath xxx

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  6. I love the fun color palette you chose!

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  7. Such a pretty card, Anna-Karin! Love the rainbow stars! Fabulous! Hugs, Sandra

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  8. I really like how you have stamped the grungy star with the wonderful colors you chose! Great saying!

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  9. Gorgeous card, love white background and the rainbow stars! Barbara

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  10. What a cool idea for make a background! I love those stars in rainbow of colors. Lovely! Hugs, Marzena

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  11. I love how you used the small grungy stars to create your background. It's so colorful and cheery. Great sentiment too. Cathie <3

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  12. This is such a fun and lovely creation, Anna-Karin. Love those colorful stars. :)

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  13. What a wonderful card, Anna-Karin! I love the rainbow of colours and I love all the little extra details which pull it all together perfectly! :)

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  14. Beautiful, as always, and I loved what you wrote about stars having such an optimistic feeling! I also really liked how you repeated the "shine" sentiment in varying ink strengths.

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