Stars at Night, Sketch Global Design Project Inspiration #418

 I made myself a goal to attempt some Blog Challenges over the course of this Stampin' Up! year.  Today I am participating in the Global Design Project Challenge #418 which is a Sketch Challenge.  Check out the Challenge and play along here http://www.global-design-project.com/

 

I decided to use the Stars at Night Dies and DSP.  My sentiment is from the Brightest Glow stampset that carried over from last year!  I embossed the background with the hatched embossing folder that is part of the basic set in the Online Exclusives, however I auditioned 4 other embossing folders before deciding on this one. The label shape is from Nested Essentials dies. Shop with me!

 To make the star I first used very vanilla but thought it would pop nicely with a hint of gold.  I tried to add the gilded leafing with heat and stick powder as a splattered look but once I added the gold it looked "freckled" instead of nicely splattered.  I tried again using a dobber and Tombow glue to add the leafing only to the middle star and the outermost edge but wasn't thrilled with this attempt either.  My 3rd attempt here shows my winning star.  I used an adhesive sheet adhered to very vanilla and then covered the entire section with gilded leafing. I ran the gilded leaf section through the Star at Night Embossing folder to end up with the result I have now.  (PS, the distressed gold paper would've probably also been ok, but looked a bit muted compared to the gold in the DSP)

I hope you enjoy this simple in color, simple in stamping, but otherwise gorgeous card inspired by this sketch challenge.  Excited to participate for the first time.  

 

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