Simon Says Stamp and Show...Seeing Stars (and two comets!)

This week Simon Says Stamp and Show's Challenge is "Seeing Stars". I racked my brains long and hard before it hit me. Did you know there are two bright comets expected this year? Comet C/2011 L4 should be visible in March, and Comet C/2012 S1 in November. The latter is expected to be one of the brightest comets seen for many years, and should be visible to the naked eye for a couple of months. With that inspiration in mind, I set to work...

"Seeing stars...and a comet"

Two panels of white card are sponged with layers of distress ink. The smaller panel is stamped and decorated with Perfect Pearls. The larger, darker panel splattered with water droplets and dried with a heat tool, obtaining a faux bleach effect to resemble a night sky.

"Closeup"

You can see the droplet effect in the background panel quite well in this closeup photograph.

"Townscape"

A couple of townscape diecuts are made from old cat food boxes. The individual houses are decorated with metallic distress stains, then fixed to the front of the card with glossy accents. Distress markers are used to colour inside the windows, then each of the windows is filled with glossy accents and left to dry.

"Comet"

The "comet" is a gold star button from my stash, with the loop removed from the back to let it stick down flat. It's "tail" is made up from individual beads (from a necklace that broke the first time I wore it - knew those beads would come in handy for something :-)).

The "eye in the sky" could be Patrick Moore looking down and admiring the comets from a different angle this year. R.I.P. Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore CBE, FRS, FRAS (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012)

Ingredients:

Tim Holtz Sizzix On The Edge "Townscape"

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamp set "City Central"

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks "Tumbled Glass", "Stormy Sky", "Faded Jeans", "Chipped Sapphire", "Broken China", "Walnut Stain"

Tim Holtz Rangers Metallic Distress stains "Tarnished Brass", "Brushed Pewter", "Antiqued Bronze"

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers "Chipped Sapphire", "Barn Door", "Mustard Seed"

Perfect Pearls "Blue Patina"

Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

cardstock: white 160gsm, black 300gsm

star, beads

adhesives: PVA, glossy accents, Pinflair dimensional glue

Entered for the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp and Show...Seeing Stars