Happy Birthday, Dad!

Today is my Dad's birthday.

As he is keen on astronomy,

having his own telescope, I thought I would 

put some celestial stamps to use.

Here's what I made him.

 I wanted to use my Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Dies,

unfortunately, they are only sized for 3 - 4 images.

There are 8 Moon phases.

So, I had to cut a larger circle & fashion my own

front panel, which while it went okay,

it lacked the gorgeous faux stitching.

 I inked my panel with regular distress inks in;

Tumbled Glass / Broken China /

Chipped Sapphire & Black Soot.

I then used the In The Wild Stencil by Funky Fossils,

to add in the tree line across the bottom.

I stamped & heat embossed all the

constellations from the Upon A Star stamp

set from Lawn Fawn. I added an earth using the

die cut circle left from the window

& partial stamped it with a map stamp.

I have only shown photos of two of the

moon phases, as there are 8 & it would be 

rather too boring.

What you can't see in the photos, is that 

I spritzed the fronts with perfect pearls,

pearl & water for a shimmer.

Below is a quick photo of the inside.

The greeting comes from Creative Stamping issue 28.

While it was meant for Oscar/Red carpet,

 type birthdays, it shows how you can find sentiments

to fit any occasion.