Archive for the ‘Sponging’ Category
It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC896) this week and I chose Running with Sisters & their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration. I loved the flowers & bright orange color.
For my mini slimline card, I die cut the panel & sponged on the apricot & nectar inks for my background, only going about 3/4 of the way up. Then I stamped a bunch of the 3 sizes of daisies onto copy paper and die cut them all to use as masks. I had already decided to bleach the petals but I needed the masks to arrange where to stamp, then mask the ones that needed it.
After stamping the daises w/ Versafine Clair ink (I used this because Memento just doesn’t stand up to the bleach very well), I used a synthetic paint brush to bleach the petals. FYI..the paint bristles need to be synthetic because bleach will totally destroy natural bristles, so go ahead & use a cheap synthetic one. Depending on the ink color, bleach will usually not take the paper back to white. Since I used a red-orange, after bleaching, I got an off white. I also stamped 3 more daisies onto white & die cut them. These 3 are popped up w/ fun foam.
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Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Layered Daisy Bouquet |
Paper: Staples 110# white |
Ink: Versaclair onyx, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #2 & #4 |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Mini Slimline Stitch, Layered Daisy Bouquet dies, Crossover II, Misti, bleach, synthetic paintbrush |
A big congrats to Melissa, the newest Featured Stamper (FS833)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the whale get well theme, but used different images, dies & colors, & since my greeting was bigger, I moved it to the stenciled background.
For my little whale card, after coloring & die cutting him, I added a couple of rounded rectangles under him & a section of die cut blue waves below him. The background was stenciled w/ different colors, then the greeting was split, above and below him.
The white rounded square & whale were popped up a bit.
Here are the Copics I used. I colored the whole set but ended up using just the whale, so the blues & greys were used on him.
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Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Vitamin Sea set |
Paper: Staples 110# white, lt blue |
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #4, set #7, set #8 |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Vitamin Sea set, Stitched Rectangles, Rounded Stitch Squares, Slimline Waves dies, Fish Scale Stencil, Crossover II, Misti, Copic Markers |
For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge, we are headed to the Pinterest Board of Jodi McKee, where I found THIS picture for my inspiration.
My card started w/ a stamp, stencil & die combo. After stamping the outline, I used the multilayer stencil to sponge the greens, blue & purple inks onto the flower. I added a few highlights w/ a white Prismacolor pencil then used the coordinating die to cut it out. For the pinwheel background, I die cut it out of dark purple & light purple, using the darker for the outside frame & the lighter for the inserts. It’s backed w/ a piece of designer paper. The greeting was stamped on the smallest size of the stitched rectangles set.
I used some fun foam to pop up the flower image.
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Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Like a Wildflower |
Paper: Staples 110# white, lt & dk purple, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps: Modern Floral paper pad) |
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #6, set #7, set #10 |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Stitched Rectangles, Like a Wildflower dies & Stencil, Offset Pinwheel dies, Crossover II, Misti |