Wish You Were Here

Jessica shared a great sketch for this week's Paper Craft Sketch challenge. I pulled out an old favorite set, DoodleFactory Final Frontier from Starving Artistamps, for a fun, space themed take on the sketch.

I made a little outer space scene for the image panel on a piece of navy cardstock. The space ship image was stamped on white cardstock and paper pieced with some shimmery silver paper for a metal-like look. I masked the ship, then stamped the alien image inside it. He's colored with Copic markers. I stamped the space ship image again on a piece of acetate and cut out the dome part of the image. It's set on the stamped image for a glassy look.

For some dimension, I added a layered "moon" in the corner of the panel. The top layer has different sized circle "craters" punched out of it and is attached to the solid bottom layer with foam tape. I spritzed it with some shimmer spray for a sparkly look.

The rest of the card is pretty simple. I used a light blue card base and attached a strip of blue on blue dotted patterned paper to the bottom. The image panel is layered on a green mat, coordinating with the alien's color. A strip of light blue twill ribbon runs along the right side of the image panel. I added a blue button, tied with baker's twine, to anchor it. The sentiment is heat embossed in silver to stand out against the patterned background.

If you play along with this week's sketch, be sure to link it up using the Linky Tools widget found at the end of this post on the Paper Craft Planet blog so everyone can check it out. You can also upload it to the PCP gallery using the keyword sk030511.

Materials Used:
DoodleFactory Final Frontier stamp set (Starving Artistamps); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink,Sparkle Shimmer Spritz (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss, and Crushed Curry cardstock, silver embossing powder (Stampin' Up!); Jet Black ink (StazOn); Little Boy Collection Kit patterned paper (Echo Park); silver shimmer paper (Recollections); circle dies (Spellbinders); circle punches (EK Success); Spring Rain twill, Enchanted Evening button, Enchanted Evening baker's twine (Papertrey Ink); foam tape; acetate