Olas Moon

Welcome back Unity friends!

Time seems to be moving a lot faster; this week snuck up on me! To help me decide on what to feature this week, I asked for suggestions in the FB Unity Show & Tell. I had an idea in mind, but wanted to see what others would be interested in. One of my Unie sisters suggested a theme from my moon collection, that happened to be something I was already thinking about, so I ran with it! 
Another suggestion, was to use Unity background stamps, and that's what we're starting the week with.

For todays cards, I used the beautiful Celestial City background stamp, and an Itty Bitty from Donna Downey called, A Certain Darkness. 

The first card is stamped with Versamark ink on black linen cardstock, then embossed with gold powder. The entire panel was spritzed with homemade shimmer spray (gold eye shadow, glycerin & alcohol). The sentiment is also embossed in gold on vellum paper, framed in gold from a die cut from Gina Marie Designs. I finished it off with a few gemstones (Amazon nail art). 

The second card uses the same stamps on a panel created with lots of ink blending and paint splatters. It's fun to get messy sometimes! The background image was also stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver powder. I die cut a silver frame and embossed the sentiment in silver on a piece of smoky blue vellum. I spritzed with homemade silver shimmer spray and embellished it with punched stars from the same silver paper and tiny holographic stars (I've had them forever and cannot remember where they're from). I used the little triangel cuts from the frame die to make shooting stars.  

I really ejoyed making these cards. I'm not sure which one is my favorite, I love the monochromatic style of the first card, but also love the fun holographic colors on the second card. Which is your favorite? 
If you are familiar with the GIU week, you know what to do next! If youre not familiar, Unity geneorusly gives a gift card to someone that comments on this blog all week long, so be sure to come back each day! See you tomorrow!
<3 Shannon