Even a Small Star...

Hello Quietfire fans!  Today I'm sharing with you this galaxy card

featuring:

Even a Small Star #5808

Modern Gilding Powders: Gothic Black

I cut the main watercolored panel to 3 1/4' x 4 1/2".  I covered an A2 size white top folding

card base with black glitter paper.  Next I heat embossed the sentiment

using the Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powders.

I centered the sentiment in the lightest part of the panel.  In the upper left corner

I lifted off paint using a small liner brush and water.  

I adhered the panel onto the base using very strong double sided tape.  I placed a

star embellishment over this area. 

Watercolor Panel:

I had painted the original panel quite some time ago.  I re-created it for this tutorial.  There

were several things I did on the older panel that I wish I had done on the new panel.  I used hot press 

paper for the older one and cold pressed for the new one.  I like the results using the hot press

paper better.  I also taped down the older one when I painted it.  This makes it so much

easier to paint.  

I first put a layer of water all over my paper (you can see how much it buckled!).  Then I began dropping in paint keeping the edges very dark and making sure to leave the middle light.  I kept

adding layers of paint to this to get it darker and more saturated.

I also splattered on color, but made sure to not to over work the middle area.  I felt the lighter 

area was not centered well, but I was able to work around this by later trimming it down.

The panel has to be completely dry before it's cut to size.  It helps if it's flat as well.

I splattered it with white gouache and stamped my sentiment.  I did not use

anti-static powder - for several reasons.  1) watercolor paper is textured - even hot press -

so the risk of not being able to get all of the powder off was there, and 2) I was

ok with getting stray embossing powder on the panel - it really seemed as if it

was part of the design.

Watercolor used:

Neutral Tint (I rarely use Black - this was my alternative)

French Ultramarine

Quinacridone Magenta

Pthalo Turquoise (this is transparent as opposed to a Cobalt color)

This palette seemed to work well.  You could also add more colors or use

colors that were totally different - like reds or yellows.

Quietfire Products Used:

Even a Small Star #5808

Modern Gilding Powders:  Gothic Black

Other Products Used:

Hot Press Watercolor paper

Watercolor Paint

Start Sequin

Glitter paper

A2 size top folding white card base

Double sided tape

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I appreciate your support!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Quietfire Design, I do receive the products I use from them. All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.