Sun, Moon and Stars

 

 Hello Monday my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Watercolor Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

A big shout out to Cassie Lynch, our guest designer for May! Your makes were amazing, and I always look forward to seeing what you are creating.

This week the challenge is: SUN, MOON AND STARS

I headed to my art journal to create a space page full of planets, stars, the moon, nebulas, Oort clouds... 

I began with a sheet of watercolor paper. Brush on a layer of water, then drop the watercolors onto the wet page. Use a mix of colors and allow them to flow. While the page is wet, splatter on a mix of water with dish soap to get the "cloud" look. It is amazing how it spreads out!

Once dry, I splattered on white acrylic ink and gold gouache for the stars.

I blended a bit of the gold into the clouds...

Meanwhile I used the moon mask and then fussy cut it out, so it's a bit wonky.

Simon's Space Journey dies are perfect for a trip into the universe.

And, this saying from Darkroom Door fits in so well.

I love how my watercolor background turned out for the art journal page. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Space Journey wafer dies

Darkroom Door Shoot For The Moon stamp

Tim Holtz Moon Mask

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Orchid, Pucker

Tim Holtz Milled Lavender Distress Oxide ink

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Dyusions 8x8 Black Art Journal

Daniel Smith Watercolors - Quinacridone Pink, Indanthrone Blue, Quinacridone Purple, Quinacridone Violet

Watercolor brushes

Tim Holtz Splatter brush

Big Shot

Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer

Neenah Solar White cardstock

Canson Watercolor paper

Bearly Precision Art Glue

Heat It tool

Gold Gouache

White Acrylic ink

Dish soap

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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