Before I get started I would like to says thanks for all the comments and new followers here! It truly means so much to me for all your kindness, and I hope I am giving you a little inspiration.
Over at the
All Things Tim Yahoo Group, the challenge for the ATC monthly swap is "Travel" plus a little bling. I've always wanted to go to Paris...someday...so I knew that the City of Lights would be my travel theme. Then, ever since the Renaissance challenge at
Frilly & Funkie, I've been studying a few of the Master Painters, and rediscovered my love for my very favorite painting ever,
Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. This love grew even greater after a visit home to the mountains, where we star gazed every night. The view of the stars is unparalleled in the mountains....so clear and close. The whole sky is filled with white twinkles, a few planets, moving satellites, and the Milky Way expanding from one side to the other. It was amazing, and we even saw a shooting star that left a trail for about 3 seconds...awesome!!!
So...I thought I would combine these two, Paris and Starry Night, to create a quirky ATC. I have to be honest though, I really wanted these to turn out better than they did. The sky is just not bright enough for me, but I used the Whitewash Stamping Technique from
Tim's
Compendium of Curiosities II, for
Linda's challenge this week, which dulled the sky a lot. Don't get me wrong...I love the technique. I just should have used it to do something else, rather than try to make it fit in with a project that is suppose to be bright. I loved the way the land part turned out though, and I used the same technique for it as well. Live and learn! And, my painting was not so good either. I am no master for sure, but it was fun anyway.
challenge of "Going On Holiday".
