September Card Sketch Challenge - Megan's Papercraft Treasures

 Hi friends!  I am so excited to be sharing my second Design Team Post for Megan's Papercraft Treasures! 

Each month, Megan posts two sketch challenges - a card and a scrapbook layout.  For September, the sketch is a slimline sketch.  I don't do a ton of slimline cards, but I have to say that I do love them!  

For my card, I went a little bit rogue, and allowed my inner geek to come out.  I recently participated in a virtual retreat with Paper Nest Dolls and made a Filmstrip Shaker Card inspired by Tina Day Goodwin that I just loved, so I wanted to recreate it with a twist.  

Here is the sketch:

Before I cut my card base, I had to do a few calculations, as I knew my card would be thick, and I wanted to be sure it would fit in my envelope, so I started with my envelope size and worked backwards.  My slimline envelopes are 4 1/8" x 9 1/2", so I cut my cardstock to 7 1/2" x 9 1/8", and scored in half.  This gave me a card base of 3 3/4" x 9 1/8".

I die-cut two filmstrips from black card stock, and I added a coat of Glossy Accents to one of the die-cuts and set it aside to let it dry. 

I measured the width and length of the inside of the filmstrip windows and cut a strip of Neenah Solar White card stock 1/4" larger.  Using my Distress Oxide Inks, I created a galaxy background, starting with the lightest color and progressively moving to the darkest colors.  If you have never made a galaxy background, it is surprisingly easy, not to mention a ton of fun! 

To create a galaxy background: 

1.  Use your preferred card stock for ink blending.  I like Neenah Solar White, as it has a very smooth surface and takes the ink beautifully. 

2.  Start with your lightest color (for me, this was yellow) and blend ink randomly onto your panel.  NOTE:  Your ink blending does not have to be particularly careful, as you will be building up multiple layers of ink. 

3.  Move on to your next color (mine was coral) and add some more random blending.  Don't be afraid to blend the color over your other layers in some areas. 

4.  Continue moving through your colors until you have covered most of your panel, if not all.  (The remaining colors that I used were green, lavendar, and aqua.)

5.  Using a darker blue ink, begin blending color around the edges of your panel, and in towards the center.  The goal of this ink coverage is to have patches of color showing through.  Have fun with this step. Add multiple layers of the darker color to create lots of depth. 

6.  Using black ink, blend around the edges of your card stock.  If you need to, again, build up the layers. 

7.  Because I used Distress Oxide Ink, which is water reactive, I splattered water onto my panel with a wet paint brush, let it sit for a moment to allow the ink to react, then pressed (not wiped) a paper towel over it and lifted carefully.

8.  Lastly, I added metallic ink splatters with a paint brush to give the appearance of stars. 

9.  Allow to dry completely. 

While my background was drying, I stamped up these fun Space Explorers from Kindred Stamps and set about coloring them with my Copics.  When I was finished coloring them, I used my Brother Scan 'n Cut to cut them out, as I really dislike fussy cutting, and I am terrible at it. 

Next I began to build my shaker.  I have to admit that I made this part MUCH harder on myself than I needed to.  I only had white foam tape, and I didn't want it to show through, so I cut two strips of black card stock to lay down over the holes of the film strip.  I cut a strip of acetate slightly smaller than the film strip, and using liquid adhesive, I adhered it to the back of my glossy film strip.  

I then added a double layer of foam tape around the entire film strip, and in between each of the windows, making sure that there were no open spaces that my shaker mix could slide through.  

I adhered my extra film strip (not glossy) to the front of my card base to use as a guide for placement.  I then adhered my galaxy background to the base.  I added my shaker mix to the center of each film strip window (because I covered up the lines of my guide, I just guessed on my placement.  I lined up my glossy film strip over the base and laid it down.  Shaker complete! 

I die-cut three banners using The Greetery's Crimped Slimline Dies - large black, small blue and small silver.  I embossed my sentiment in silver on the large black banner and adhered them to my card front with liquid adhesive.  Lastly, I popped my colored images on to the card front using foam tape.  

Products Used:

Recollections 110# Card Stock:  Black

Recollections 65# Card Stock: Silver

Stampin' Up Card Stock:  Pacific Point

Acetate

Film Strip Die (Amazon)

The Greetery Crimped Slimline Dies

Kindred Stamps Space Explorers

Stampin' Up Embossing Powder:  Detail Silver

Altenew Ink Spray:  Antique Silver (Metallic), Iridescent (Shimmery)

Stampin' Up Shimmer Paint:  Frost White

Glossy Accents

Sequins (Amazon)

Foam Tape

Distress Oxide Ink:  Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Abandoned Coral, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot

Alcohol Ink Markers:

Skin:   (Copic) E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Black Hair: (Copic) 100, C8, C6, C4, C2, C0

Brown Hair: (Copic) E11, E13, E15, E18

Blonde Hair: (Copic) YR21, YR23, E15, E18

Pants/Shoes: (Copic) C8, C6 C4, C2

Red Shirt: (Copic) R29, R27, R24

Green Shirt: (Spectum Noir) LG4, LG3, LG2

Blue Shirt:  (Copic) B06, B04, B02

Space Ship:  (Copic) Y17, Y08, Y11, Y00, R29, R27, R24, C6, C4, C2, C0

As always, thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you found something that inspires you to get crafty!  

As always, thank you for spending a few minutes with me!  I hope you found something that inspires you to get crafty!  Please be sure to hop over to the Megan's Papercraft Treasures Facebook Group and join us in the September Sketch Challenge!