• Tag Archives Sponging

  • Greetings from Texas

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC892) this week and I chose Vintagraph.com & their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration. I love vintage postcards and as a Texas native, this one really appealed to me.

    My mini slimline card was made by first die cutting then sponging the ink colors onto the white panel. The words Greetings & from (2 different sets) were stamped in the upper left corner. The stitched letters, longhorn’s horns, the cowboy on horseback & hat were die cut from a thick calendar page. After I arranged the TEXAS where I wanted it, I placed semi-tacky piece of tape over them & lifted them up. Two more of each letter was die cut out of white & arranged to shadow the letters. Then I put glue on the back side, attached it to a piece of cobalt blue & hand trimmed around the the letter group. I used the same blue to cut the ground then attached the longhorn, hat & horse w/ cowboy.


    All of the individual items were popped up a bit.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! 


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Cheer set (Greetings), Fall Gnome set (from)
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, recycled calendar page
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #1, #2 & #4
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps:  Cowgirl & Cowboys, Cowboy Boots & Hat, Saddle & Wagon Wheel, Upper Case Alpha w/ Stitch, Tabbed Mountains, Mini Slimline Stitch dies,  Crossover II, Misti



    This entry was posted in Animals/Pets CAS Rubbernecker Stamps Scenes/Landscapes Southwest Splitcoast Challenges Sponging and tagged

  • Christmas Ranch

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    Congrats to Gerry, the newest Featured Stamper (FS827) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept most of the colors, the southwest theme & layout, but I used different dies and made mine a Christmas card.

    I started my card by masking a large circle for the moon, and another for the sky area then sponged in the colors for the ground. After reversing the mask, I sponged in the sky colors. The arbor and 2 portions of the fence were die cut out of white along w/ the longhorn skull. The wagon wheel and cowboy hat were die cut out of Kraft and sponged w/ brown inks. I used green for the wreath and cactus dies. After arranging and attaching all the dies, I stamped the curved greeting on the right,


    Thanks so much for stopping by! 



     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Wreath w/ Banner
    Paper:  Staples 110# white
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #3, #5, #6, & #7
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps: Wreath w/ Banner set, Stitched Rectangles, Cactus, Cowboy Boots & Hat, Saddle & Wagon Wheel, Christmas Minis dies,  Crossover II, Misti



    This entry was posted in Christmas/Holiday/Winter Masking-Reverse Masking Rubbernecker Stamps Scenes/Landscapes Southwest Splitcoast Challenges Sponging and tagged

  • Cardinal Joy

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    A big congrats to the newest Featured Stamper (FS823), 4littlekittens! She has a fun gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the cardinal as main focus & die cut word in the greeting, but I used dies for the majority of my card, different colors & changed the layout.

    On my cardinal Christmas card, I die cut the cardinal pair, birdhouse, oval ring & the Joy part of the greeting. I stamped the rest of the greeting on a narrow strip. On the cardinals, I used some red and grey inks to sponge some areas and add a little color and depth to the birds. The Joy, cardinals, birdhouse and oval ring are all popped up for dimension.


    Thanks so much for stopping  by! 


     

     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Reason for the Season set (greeting)
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, kraft, red, maroon, pine green,  dp (Rubbernecker Stamps: Festive Farmhouse paper pad)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #4 & set #12
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Winter Cardinals, Oval Stitch Frames, Lg Birdhouse, Greenery #3, Joy w/ Shadow dies, Crossover II, Misti,



    This entry was posted in Birds Christmas/Holiday/Winter Rubbernecker Stamps Splitcoast Challenges Sponging and tagged