A Beautiful Night

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Happy Camping Season!

My husband and I had owned a travel camper and loved camping in the Spring and Fall in Pennsylvania.  We would start our campfire around dinner time to hang out watching the sun set and marvel at God's beauty.  That was the inspiration for this card and for Altenew's next class 'Seasonal Scene Building'. I wanted to create a framed camping scene, just like we would do for a loved picture to hang on the wall.


To start on the background, I found a light purple cardstock and then ink blended a couple shades of purple ink to create the darkening sky.  I then did the same with the grass but using shades of green ink.  Onto the sky panel, I splattered some white ink to reflect stars and used a silver glitter pen to fill in some spots.

While that panel was drying, I then die cut the camper and the tree from Altenew and glued them together.

I then laid all the pieces together to see how I wanted them to be in the scene.  I trimmed the grass panel to fit onto the sky, glued them together followed by the camper and the tree.  I needed to trim some of the tree since it was a little larger than the card panel.

Since I knew I wanted a frame, I needed to use my creativity to create one as I didn't have any products to give me the effect easily.  First, I cut white cardstock into half-inch strips.  I used a few shades of brown ink to create a wood-grain look onto the strips.  I then cut the corners of each and used a darker brown to give the corners a little darker appearance and to also give it the dimension of a frame.  I put foam tape behind the frame strips and applied them to the panel making sure the corners lined up straight.

Next I needed the sentiment.  I had a great sentiment from Altenew that I felt was appropriate for the message I wanted to relay.  I stamped the sentiment first in black ink, masked over the words 'is full of beauty', then stamped 'Life' in blue ink above the other sentiment so that it is layered on top of each other.  I die cut the sentiment with a small postage die, trimmed the top and glued that onto the panel right below the frame which completed the card.


I didn't add any other embellishments since the card had a lot going on and the small dots from the silver glitter pen added just enough shine.

This card ended up being 6 1/2 inches wide by 5 inches tall so definitely a larger card than the usual A2 size.  This can be used for a card or placed somewhere in your home for some inspiration.

So, do you enjoy camping? Have you framed any of your camping photos from a special trip that you want to remember?  I'd love to hear your thoughts below!

Products Used:

Altenew:

  • Mosaic Diamonds Background Stamp Set (sentiments only)
  • Cute Camper Layering Die Set
  • Chestnut Tree Layering Die Set
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