On Sunday I was dutifully drinking my coffee and looking up crafty stuff on the interwebs when I found a really beautiful card. Like out-of-this-world beautiful (said card can be found here). I was super blown away and wanted to make it immediately, but I don't have that stamp. I started thinking about how nice it would look as a water scene... maybe a sunsent... ooh! A boat on the ocean with a huge moon! That's it! Feeling rather pleased with myself with this stroke of genius, I plastered a smarmy grin on my face thinking about how impressive my card would be, I kept scrolling through her blog. Hmph. Seems she had the same genius idea that I did. So, with some of the wind blown out of my sails (insert groan at corny joke here if you please), I finished looking and got to work.
As much as I was bummed that this ended up not being entirely my own idea, I was thankful to have seen hers since I wouldn't have thought to do the reflection in this way. The card isn't perfect, and I'll need a few more shots to get it exactly how I want it, but it's still pretty awesome.
For anyone interested, I sponged the background to get it to reflect the colours I wanted; moon was So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, and Hello Honey; sky is Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy; sea is Pool Party and Lost Lagoon. For the squiggles reminiscent of Van Gogh I used the same markers but threw More Mustard into the mix on the moon. Though the whole process didn't take as long as I thought it would, looking back at the card I was inspired by, I could have made my squiggles waaaaay bigger than I did. I might try it again and see which size I like better.
Super excited for my hostess club ladies to see this! I was thinking about surprising them at club with it, but it's too good not to share and I can't possibly hold off on it for another three weeks.
Happy Stamping!
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