You Light Up My Life

I was so excited to see a lava lamp themed set as part of Our Craft Lounge's Valentine's Day release. I've had a fascination with all things lava lamp since I was a little girl. I used to love to sit and watch the lit up lamp my parents had in our house. Today, I have one in my own house, displayed in the living room, that my sister bought me for my birthday years ago. Now that I think about it, it's been years since I actually turned it on. Anyway, I knew I needed to add the set to my collection and as soon as it arrived, I made this quick card using the red, black, and kraft combination from this week's OCL challenge and this week's Paper Craft Planet sketch challenge.

I stamped the lamp on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers, then carefully cut it out. It's attached to a kraft panel with dimensional dots. The set's "you light up my life" sentiment is stamped alongside it. The kraft panel is edged with black strips. I paper pierced the edges of each strip and wrapped a red twill ribbon around the bottom one to help ground the lamp. The panel is attached to a piece of striped paper from Echo Park's Little Boy Collection Kit. I layered the pieces on a red card base, then went back and coated the lava lamp with a little Glossy Accents for a glassy look. I've learned from experience to save that part for last . . .

Materials Used:

from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Lava You stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, Copic markers (R12, R22, R24, R27, B000, B0000), Zva Creative dimensional dots, Alexx Kesh red herringbone twill, Echo Park Little Boy Collection Kit, Ranger Glossy Accents

other: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, and Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!)