Oh My Starry Stars!

Hello Stamplings!

I hope you are dry and warm where you are! Sometimes I like to think of you snuggled on the couch with your laptop in your, um, lap! Or at your desk, or sitting in the car waiting to pick up the kids from school, or at the kitchen counter. Because my posts are bosumulous, I imagine you with a libation and a snack-a-doodle-do.

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(Still raining/cloudy here so my photos aren't as bright as usual.)

I used an unmarked starry stencil for this card and I pounced my white ink pad all over it, pushing the ink through the stars and onto a black base. 

I had a new juicy pad and it was fairly successful. Some stars ended up as dots, but Hammy says to tell you they are baby stars that haven't opened yet. Cool. I used my Lil Inkers Diagonal die as a star and sediment banner. The stitched star cut from glittery red paper is from MFT. Even though there is a glittery star, I'm thinking this design could be sent to any age or gender.

And now to my inspiration. I noticed that Shopping Our Stash has a fun challenge with the brief, "Pyjama Day!" I just had to play along because I treated myself to these black and starry new pjs just before Christmas:

I'm also linking to:

• Double D: Darlene and Diane are celebrating their 7th birthday! Congratulations!
  
• Seize the Birthday: No toppings.
  
• The Male Room: Galaxy and/or Stars.

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As you can imagine, after I did the above pouncing, my stencil was pretty inky so when I picked it up, I immediately laid it on another piece of black card and pressed it down. When I lifted it off, I was left with this negative stencil image:

Being a good resolutionist, I turned it into a Christmas card for my second design:

I added a snowy hill for these old polar bears to play on, but I forgot to add schparkle to the hilltop because my little helper was napping.🐹

These old gals have been patiently residing in my Christmas Bits Binder for a very long time. They look like they are in a bit of shock to be out, don't they? It's my fault. Because they were in the dark for a very long time, I intended to put googly eyes on them to protect them. Of course I forgot, so now they are suffering from snow blindness. I'm told their eyes will gradually adjust to the brightness, but that walking bear is going to bump straight into that sediment and the red ink is gonna leave a stain. Oops.

Challenges

• ABC Christmas: A is for Anything Goes and B is for Bear.
  
• Christmas Kickstart: Stencils and Masks.
  
• Little Red Wagon: Baby It's Cold Outside.
  
• SSS Wednesday: Too Cute.
• Stencil Fun: A/G with stencils; option of Winter.
  

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