Spaceman - perfect pearls, watercolour pencils, birthday, child to adult story

A little story in a card starting with a child playing at being an astronaut with his toys and a string of stars. Let your dreams take flight!

Inside, a grown-up astronaut planting a flag on a newly explored location with a birthday wish.

My story card features stamps, inks, and a stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps along with Nuvo watercolour pencils and a die from Sizzix.

Putting It Together

I think in stories a lot of times when I am putting something together. Sometimes I let that story develop the project. This time it took me on a journey that brought together 5 different stamp sets and a stencil. 

I started this project wanting to make something with the long-retired Astronaut Andy. He's a young child in a onesie with a helmet and space toys. I thought of the string of stars from the Baby Love kit and how that could look like decorations in his room. The idea blossomed with the addition of a sentiment from Sky's the Limit.

I stamped my junior spaceman on watercolour cardstock with Bubbly Blue and embossed the string of stars with silver.

I coloured the junior spaceman with Nuvo watercolour pencils, added highlights of Posca white paint pen and silver gel pen, and filled in the open stars with gold Aqua Shimmer. I coloured the older spaceman with the same pencil colours and added gold glitter marker.

For the background on the card front, I squished the clear ink through the stencil on to a black cardbase held in place with Press and Seal.

I used Perfect Pearls, perfect pearl, to brush over the sticky clear ink.

To fix the powder, I simply spritzed water into the air then wafted the card through the mist.

I added the junior spaceman to the card with foam mounting tape.

Inside, used Perfect Pearls for the sentiment which looks stunning on black and die-cut "atomic" shapes from pearl cardstock. I added the older astronaut to finish story from the junior spaceman on the front. The white panels also give a place to write a personal message.

Supplies

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Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Stencil Fun

Seize the Birthday: Anything Birthday: optional touch of green

Outlawz Festive Friday: Theme - Birthday

Watercooler Wednesday: Masculine
Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode: Reach for the Stars