Harvest Moon with Simple Blends

Welcome friends!  I’m sharing a non-traditional autumn card made with only blue and black inks and my new Simple Blends Circle stencil by Brutus Monroe!  To begin, I placed the frame part of the stencil onto a piece of Bristol Smooth watercolor paper and lightly sponged Faded Jeans distress oxide ink around the edges of the circle cut-out to outline my moon, then added a little Black Soot as well.  Using a cool texture stamp (pictured below) I added the “moon shadows” with the same colors of ink.  I stamped the line of geese with Raven Detail ink.

Next, I placed the circle stencil over the moon to cover it up, and heavily sponged Black Soot and Faded Jeans oxide around it to create a night sky.  It’s barely noticeable but I also lightly sponged a teeny bit of Zest just above the horizon line!  This wonderful tree is made by Stampendous from their Nature set and I heat-embossed it in black right over the panel.  I then added fine spatters of white craft paint to depict stars.

Once my tree was in place, I got really excited for how awesome it looked!!  But it needed to be grounded, so I used a paper mask to create the hillside with Raven Detail ink then stamped the line of geese, also from the Stampendous set.  After cutting the panel with Stitched Rectangle dies, I mounted it to a piece of fun foam to lift it up and then onto an off-white base card.

I LOVE how this card turned out!  I’m not sure if I’ll add a sentiment, but in the meantime, I’ll just enjoy it’s striking simplicity!  Now, I’m off to find yet another way to use my cool new stencil!  See Ya!  ***I added photos below of the texture stamp I used to create the shading on the moon.  I’ve had it for many, many years so am not sure it can still be purchased.  Made by Magenta.

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I’ve created this tutorial to help show you how I created this beautiful card. Be warned! I am super comfortable in the world of stamping. Video Creation and editing? Well, that remains to be seen!
 

 

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