Hello crafty friends!
Welcome to Day 14 of the challenge! Today’s theme is Magic of Midnight — an invitation to dive into the deep, moody elegance of navy, silver, and soft glowing highlights. This prompt is all about capturing that quiet, twinkling stillness of a winter night… the kind of magic you only notice when everything else fades into hush.
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Daily Challenge
The Magic of Midnight theme encourages you to explore contrast, luminosity, and the drama of the night sky. Here are a few ideas to get those creative sparks going:
- Build a rich navy background and soften it with splattered white ink, shimmer spray, or pale ink blending to mimic stars or snow.
- Use silver embossing or metallic cardstock to introduce that cold-moon glow.
- Play with silhouettes — trees, doves, ornaments, or sentiments that pop strikingly against the dark.
- Try “glow edges” by brushing pale ink lightly around stamped images to create a subtle halo effect.
Today’s Project
For today’s card, I leaned fully into that midnight mood using the Peacebird Stamp Set from Simon Says Stamp. The bold, graphic doves are the perfect contrast piece against a deep navy background, instantly creating a modern and peaceful Christmas feel.
I started with a panel of dark blue cardstock and gave it that starry-night look using tiny splatters of white and pale green ink. Then, I stamped and trimmed the Peacebird silhouettes in crisp white, letting their clean lines stand out beautifully against the darkness. A few soft glow accents around the leaves give the design that little touch of ethereal moonlight.
The sentiment — Blessings and Good Cheer — is heat-embossed in white and layered across the centre, keeping everything cohesive and striking. The whole card has that dramatic, contemporary charm that the Magic of Midnight prompt is all about: calm, minimalist, and quietly magical.
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