Delicate Pines & Lights of Aurora for AYSI #356

 This has been an amazing year for anyone who wanted to see aurora borealis (or the Northern Lights). Because of the sun's electromagnetic forces being extra active this year, Aurora was seen often and very intensely. Except for me! I haven't really seen it much myself, due to light pollution where I live, and I really, really want to. So I have to make it a priority to get out of the city on a night when it's predicted to be strong and go where I can really see a show!

Anyway, when I saw the sketch for this week's As You See It Challenge, The new Lights of Aurora came to mind right away as a great way to show off those horizontal strips. I was a bit stumped as to what to make the circles in the sketch, but then I saw the Delicate Pines stamp set and it gave me all sorts of options.

Here's the Challenge Banner:

So, I manipulated the sketch by turning the card on it's side and changed from portrait to landscape orientation, but kept the rectangular strips horizontal. I did this because to trim off any more of the pattern from the DSP, would have ruined the effect in my opinion, and that would have meant that the strips would have taken up the whole width of the card front if I had stayed in portrait orientation.

Take another look:

• On a regular cardbase of Pretty Peacock cardstock, I added a 4 1/4" x 3 1/2" piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock that was embossed using the Soft Waves 3D Embossing Folder, to the upper left hand corner, as you see it.
• From the design you see of the Lights of Aurora DSP, cut three 1" x 4" consecutive strips from the design. Glue these in the right order on the Lost Lagoon cardstock, top to bottom, as shown.
• Using the Delicate Pines stamp set, stamp 3 of the small pine stars in Pretty Peacock on some Basic White cardstock. Die cut them with the coordinating die from the Delicate Pines dies.
• Add them to the left of each rectangular strip using a Stampin' Dimensional. Add a Frosted Iridescent Dot to the center, as shown.
• On Basic White cardstock, stamp the sentiment in Lost Lagoon ink. Trim out the sentiment with the Paper Trimmer. Add to the bottom right using dimensionals. Add two more Iridescent dots.

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Product List

Delicate Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [166067]	Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [166074]	Lights Of Aurora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165755]	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Frosted Iridescent Dots [165766]
Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder [164695]	Delicate Pines Dies [166073]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]