It's A Night Sky for Christmas! (VSN#3)

Splitcoaststamper's Virtual Stamp Night sprang onto the scene, leaving me with the exclamation, "How did I miss that VSN was coming up?!!"  I think I first noticed it when they did a call for Hostesses several weeks back, but it completely slipped my mind with unexpected family happenings!  Bottom line, all of a sudden there it was, and I was spurred me to action.  

I have always wanted to fully participate, but I never seem to accomplished more than the Pre-MINI challenges and just a few of those during the main event.  This theme sounds really fun, "Let TV Be Your Guide!"  I really wanted to play!!   So, I am already playing catch up! 

Since LuvLee's MINI3 will be easy for me as I have a kit card I'm going to use, I'm going to undertake that one next!  It will meet the galaxy night sky requirement.   My goal is to complete the last of the three MINIs within the next few days since they have now been posted for slightly over a week!  

With this card completed, I have two down and one to go.  Then, I'll be ready when the main event starts on December  17th.  After the card image below, I will follow with "The Story" of my changes making this card into a bit of an Alternative rendition rather than just like the kit version.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up:  Kit--Christmas Whimsy--papers, stamps, die-cut, and embellishments.  Cardstock--Blueberry Bushel, Red Foil.  Ink--Night of Navy. Glitter--Dazzling Diamonds (retired). Wink of Stella/Clear. Basic Rhinestones. Other: Gelly Roll-White/fine.

THE CONSTRUCTION STORY

To start, I cut the fronts off all of the kits pre-folded card bases.  I wanted to add more color layers, and I also wanted my cards to end up as a 4-3/4 x 6-inches, as I prefer this size to the traditional A2 size of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2-inches.

I cut my new cardbase from Blueberry Bushel and then the added a Red Foil layer which will be underneath the card front itself.  Working with the kit's card front scene, I stamped an array of galaxy stars with Night of Navy ink and added metallic star and snowflake gems scattered about.  To the evergreen trees and using a fine white Gelly Roll pen, I added white lines to depict a sparse layer snow.  To the snow shadows, I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I also added Wink of Stella/Clear to all the red parts in the scene: packages, elf hats, and elf shoes.  I adhered the card front to the Red Foil layer.  Next, I popped up my elves, package, and sled onto the card front and finished by adding clear rhinestones to the elf hats.  I thought all these additions dressed up the fun snow scene quite nicely and added lots of pizzazz to the original kit design!