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Distressed Superstar

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing with you a fun little card I made with the new Starstruck set. The color combo popped out at me from the scraps on my desk - a happy accident, because I never would have put these colors together normally.


I don't know what it is about it, but I recently have fallen in love with Dusty Durango. It's sat unused on my shelf since July and now, all the sudden, everything I make has to use this color! Weird how we got through stages like that, huh?

Anyhow, I was inspired to do a little distressing now that my hands are feeling a bit better. I had to smile because when I showed this card to Mark, he said, "That's totally YOU!" Awww, how sweet that he knows me so well! I started by doing some random stamping with the shooting stars and open stars both in Dusty Durango and Sage Shadow. I added some stitching to the durango panel, then sponged the edges of both panels and used my distressing tool to roughen up the edges.

For a cozy feel, I finally decided to stop hoarding the stitched felt ribbon I got from SU! last holiday season and tied it across the card with some hemp twine. The sentiment is stamped onto a diecut from the SU! Lots of Tags set, and I hand cut a small chocolate mat for it.

My FAVORITE part of the card is the star. Doesn't it look cool? I just love the look! I stamped the billowy star from Starstruck on Old Olive then punched out with the Large SU! star punch, then stamped the small open star inside the image and gave a little coating of Copper Stickles. Then I just hand cut a little chocolate border for the star and popped it up on dimensionals.

Okay, that's all on the stamping front for today. Thanks for stopping by!

What's In It?
Stamps: Starstruck (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Dusty Durango, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Vanilla (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Sage Shadow, Old Olive (SU!)
Accessories: ribbon, twine, air art tool, Lots of Tags die and large star punch (SU!), distressing tool, sponge, sewing machine, copper stickles

11 comments

Jodi Collins said...

This is GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS Julee! YOU are a rockstar!!

Lisa Foster said...

This is AWESOME, Julee! Love this!!!
Hugs,
Lisa

Peg Smith said...

Your work is beautiful! I love the colors and the Star..

Ida said...

Well I'm glad you did because they look fantastic together.

TannyP said...

Beautiful - you never cease to amaze me!!

Allison Rankin said...

Love all that sponging! And how come my sewing machine has an inch of dust on it? Sigh!

Betty Meyskens said...

Your card is fabulous! I just love the green star - it is so eye-catching.

Kelly said...

Wow, this is really pretty! I love it!

WickedPixie said...

This is gorgeous!! I love the color combo!

Christi Flores said...

Gorgeous!!!

Teresa Kline said...

This card is fabo, it is a case for sure...I am waiting on those little die shapes to come in, Cut At Home can sometimes be slow..lol...the colors, the ribbon,...wow!

enjoy *~*