Snowy Northern Lights

Hi everybody.  I decided to do another Northern Lights card but this time a snowy one and I found this Impression Obsession stamp which I have had for ages called Wintery Day which I thought would work well.

I stamped the scene onto a snippet of white card using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and then heat embossed it with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder and then cut the piece down so that there was a white border on the top and two sides, leaving the bottom which obviously is the snow in the foreground.  I then masked it on all four sides making sure to completely mask the foreground snow too.  I then started on the sky.  I had looked at some photos on line and liked this particular sky so decided to make something similar. I started with Adirondack Sunshine Yellow blended just behind the treeline in the centre and then worked my way up using Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, then a bit of Adirondack Faded Jeans and then Chipped Sapphire DI and at the very top some Black Soot DI.  I introduced some of the Chipped Sapphire in between the green here and there and I also tried to feather the blue into the green a little towards the right hand side.  I then got out a 5" x 7" card base and used a Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder called Frosty Ice Border, another I have had for a very long time, and used it directly onto the card and it left just a bit of an impression where it didn't quite cover, so I cut the card back a bit. 

I finished by cutting the bottom portion of the snowy scene back in the foreground, and layered it onto a snippet of black card.  I then realised I had left the foreground snow brilliant white, and as it is supposed to be a night scene I added the masking back on and using the bit of blue/black ink that was left on the brush I darkened the foreground.   I then cut a black sentiment from another snippet and also added the stars and a bit of snow on the branches of the lefthand tree.  

Before I finish I would just like to tell you that our Group of Seven Cardmakers has been rebranded to reflect the fact that we are now a smaller group of designers, and as we missed last month's post it was belatedly added yesterday, and our next post will go up as usual on 28th August so I hope you will go and take a look at the beautiful Northern Lights cards from the team with several videos and other tips for doing this lovely technique and I hope you feel inspired to give it a try.  It will show an earlier card I posted here.  

Thank you for dropping by today and I'll see you again soon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge - No 513 Where we use our snippets of card and paper etc.

We Love Stamping Challenge - Aug. '25 Flowers/Anything Goes.

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Aug. '25 Birds, Bees and Butterflies/Anything Goes.

Allsorts Challenge - No. 830 Something Beginning with 'B'/Anything Goes.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - No. 175 Include a Tree.

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - No. 94 Anything Goes.

I am also joining in with Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. and this is Week 3: 'E' = Embossing.