Wish...Dream...

Greetings! I'm back with a second project for Topflight Stamps this week! Our theme this week is Stars ! Here's a link to Topflight Stamps' Sun/Moon/Stars category! 

My card was created with Lavinia Stamps' Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp, Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks, Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tide Bleach Pen by Procter and Gamble

Paint Brushes

Pearl Color Set and Starry Color Set Gansai Tambi Watercolors by Kuretake

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

English Lavender Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen by Kuretake

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

White Chalk Pencil by General's

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inksto stamp the Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp onto Bristol Paper. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the image panel and heat set thoroughly.

1. Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp onto a panel of Bristol Paper. 
2. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the image panel and heat set thoroughly.
3. Sponge or brush Blue Lagoon Elements Ink over the stamped image. 
4. Brush or sponge Dark Denim Elements Ink over the rest of the image panel.
5. Brush or sponge Blue Lagoon Elements Ink over the panel to create a smooth blend of blue inks. 
6. Smoosh a Tide Bleach pen* onto your craft mat to create a small puddle.
7. Pick up a some of the bleach with a small paint brush and brush the bleach onto a small area of the moon, wings, and hair of the Moon Fairy stamped image.
8. Dab a paper towel or tissue over the bleached area to pick up the blue ink and/or excess bleach.
9. Repeat Steps 6 - 8 until those areas are mostly white. 
10. Heat set the image panel and thoroughly clean your brush with water.
11. Use shimmery white watercolor paint to paint the moon. Tap the paint brush to splatter the panel witht white/silver drops and splashes.
12. Use shimmery colored watercolor paints to paint Moon Fairy's wings. 
13. Use a lavender watercolor pen to color her hair. 
14. Heat set the image panel.
15. Use a white gel pen to add white dots to the background to make brighter stars. 
16. Use fine tip black pens to deepen the stamped lines that have faded a bit from the bleach.*
17. Use a black marker to deepen the black on her body. Heat set the image.
18. Add highlights to her hands, arms, legs, and back with a white chalk pencil. 
19. Use a cotton bud to soften the chalked highlights.
20. Trim the image panel to 3.25" x 4.75" and edge with the Dark Denim Elements Ink. 
21. Adhere the image panel to a 3.5" x 5" black card.
22. Add the sentiment sticker from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps to finish the card.

Notes:

• Be sure to open a window when using bleach and/or other solvents so you can avoid breathing the fumes.
• I had a bleach pen handy and it worked relatively well. I'm going to put some laundry bleach into a small bottle and try to use that with this technique to see if it yields a different result.
• It's a good idea to dedicate a paint brush to use with bleach to avoid contamination, etc.
• I left the stamp on the platform and was going to re-stamp the image with Nocturne VersaFine Clair, but didn't want to fubar my project. Maybe I'll grow a pair and try that next time.
• I had forgotten how much fun 3.5" x 5" cards are!