For this effect I cut a large circle in a post it not and placed the negative where I wanted my Moon to be. Using the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and versamark ink I stamped over the aperture several times and allowed the ink to dry.
Once dry I lightly sponged over the moon area with my lightest purple ink. Almost Amethyst. Then I removed the negative mask and placed the positive mask over the sponged moon to prevent it getting any darker or mucky.
Using sponge brayers and Almost Amethyst ink I sponged over the top two thirds of my card stock until the white card was evenly covered. Using a sponge dauber and Concorde Crush ink pad, I worked the darker purple all around the edges of the card and bringing it in towards the moon, but not all the way, You still want some of the lighter purple showing around the moon and along the horizon.
With a sponge dauber and Memento black ink I filled in the bottom third of the card to create an uneven horizon. I kept adding ink until the card was saturated with black ink. I didn't want it to dry patchy.
I then stamped some foliage along the horizon and in the top corner using the same black ink.
It's important to allow the card to dry out at this stage. Once dry I stuck on the punched out cat and added a sentiment that overlapped the base of the cat to prevent the cat from looking like it had just been plonked on.With a white gel pen I started adding highlights to the edges of the leaves and adding stars to the sky. If the sky is not completely dry the gel pen will not work very well.
The blue car was done in exactly the same way, but I used Marina Mist and Night of Navy ink pads.
