Miss You

Well that title seems very appropriate considering I've been gone from here for about three weeks or more.  We went camping, then my mom stayed with us while recovering from some minor surgery, then we camped again, then company came, then school started!  In all that time I realize I missed out on so many of your wonderful cards and I'm looking forward to getting back to blog world.

This card is also dedicated to my wonderful husband who flew out today for business.  He is a SciFi fan.  When it comes to movies we joke that if it doesn't come out of a space ship, he hasn't seen it.  I've been saving up for some Paper Smooches stamps and am happy to say I received my order from Simon Says Stamp the other day.  Just enough time to sneak in to this week's Paper Smooches Sparks color challenge:

I got a bit carried away with the contrast on this picture, it looks like it's disappearing into the background.  The second one is more to the natural coloring. 

InLinkz.com

I made the moon by cutting a half circle in white card stock, spraying it with water, scrunching it up, and swiping it through some Black Soot and Old Paper distress inks.  The sentiment was arranged in a curve before stamping to give it that banner look, then I cut the banner and edged it with a black marker.  I attached the banner with a grappling hook which is actually the lamp from the street light in "Promenade".  I masked the rocket ship to put the alien inside.

This card is entered in the following challenge:
Paper Smooches SPARKS: August 20-26 Cool Shades Challenge

Thanks so much for coming over.  I'm so glad to be back!
Have a great day,
Kara Lynne