Thursday, March 4, 2021

Northern Lights

Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Double D Challenges, and Just Us Girls. I have never seen the Northern Lights and hope to one day experience them for myself. Until then, I will dreamily admire them in pictures and videos. So, here is my card for today, enjoy! 

This night scene is magical, dreamy, and unbelievably true, based on science! I love it!! The book covers challenge is an interesting one. I would choose the lower left cover because clearly there has to be a poem for this starlit night scene. Also, the dreamy quality and colors of the upper right cover resonates with this card as well. 

Layering color was key to create this card. I used Twisted Citron, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, and Peacock Feathers DI to create the Aurora. I tried to be careful not to blend them too much and keeping the colors clear. The trees were stamped twice by using Versamark black ink. This is an intense black and perfect for the starry scene.

What a fantastic and fitting sentiment. Especially now when our lives revolve around video calling, social media, and yes, blogging.

Challenges Entered:

Just Us Girls: #573- Photo Week

Double D Challenges: Book Covers Challenge



Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.


All the best,

5 comments:

Cathy said...

Your northern lights inky effect looks amazing! Fabulous card, Cathy x

Barbara said...

Glad that you got in two challenges with this card. Thanks for linking up with us at Double D Challenge, Book Cover.
Barbara DT

Darlene said...

Oh Shawna this is AWESOME! What a GREAT job of creating that night sky and the darkness of the trees in the foreground really gives it that deep night feel. FABULOUS card ... love it! See that sky for ourselves is also on mine & hubby's bucket lists.
Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Book Covers’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Nancy said...

Shawna! This turned out so well! Such a great job with what I thought was a difficult challenge this week. You made it look quite easy! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!

Diane said...

Stunning card, you did a fabulous job of creating the Northern lights, I have a friend living in Alaska and after 4 years of living there she just saw them yesterday and posted a picture on FB of them, you have captured their beauty well! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}

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