When you wish upon a star…

The card I’m sharing today features Rainy Mae from Some Odd Girl.

I needed a special card for a friend who is having a milestone birthday and wasn’t overly sure what I wanted to do.  Had a look around some challenges and saw at Hanna and Friends the theme was to be inspired by a song.  Thinking about birthday wishes made me think about wishing upon stars and that got the song Wish Upon a Star from Disney’s Pinocchio (I’m a sucker for classic Disney movies) stuck in my head.  So then I had to do a starry card but not just any card, a light up starry card.  So here’s what it looks like lit up, not a great photo but you can see the lights.

To make up the starry night sky I first used a stencil and embossing ink to mark out my stars.  I then embossed these with white embossing powder.  I also added in the sentiment from a Tim Holtz’s set, the perfect one to go with my starry wishes theme.  I used Distress Ink in various colours to then ink up my background and finally spritzed with some Perfect Pearls for the perfect shimmery starry sky.  With all my embossing I am entering my card in the current challenge at The Cat’s Pajamas.

Then I went on a hunt for the perfect image to match and it was quite a hunt.  I finally found the Some Odd Girl Mae, she had the right expression, was looking up and with her upturned hand just seemed like she was waiting to catch a falling star.  To add to the perfection she has a hairdo much like the recipient so it was a match made in starry heaven!

Although I haven’t actually added a birthday sentiment or indeed the milestone year this is for a special birthday (shhh, it’s 50) so I am also entering my card in the birthday challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E35, E37, 0

Mouth E04, R00, R02

Hair E35, E50, YR24, YR31

Outfit G24, G40, G43, G94, G99, N6, N8, 110

Pearls T1, T2, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencils ~ 88573 Stardust

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists ~ Perfect Pearl

Spica Pen ~ Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Embossing, Salty Ocean & Tumbled Glass

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Black Soot

Papers

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ Licorice

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Arctic

Papertrey Ink Cardstock ~ Stamper’s Select White

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ Rainy Mae

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS132 Words for Thought

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #315 ~ BIRTHDAY

Hanna and Friends #256 ~ Song inspiration

The Cat’s Pajamas Tuesday #322 ~ Embossing

Thanks for stopping by!