Sponging

I think sponging must be one of the most relaxing techniques of all. In this one I embossed images in white from Butterfly Basics and Awesomely Artistic and then sponged the middle of the card in pool party and the outside in Lost Lagoon. The sentiment is from Wetlands.

Again the images were embossed in white. The stamp set this time was Border Blooms. The background was then sponged in Pool Party, Soft Suede and Pear Pizzaz. Sentiment was from Sassy Salutations.

My favourite. Cased from tes4inspiration.blogspot.com.au. You mask off the panel and then sponge So Saffron over the panel. Tear some mountain ranges into a piece of scrap card and use this to create a mountain range in Pear Pizzaz and do the same below with Soft Suede. Use Pumpkin Pie at the top. Stamps are from Thoughts and Prayers. Great video on this here. The sentiment was framed using the great new Tags and Labels thinlit dies.

This is called the Northern Light technique. The card was cased from Amanda Mertz. It is so easy. Turn the card and sponge Marina Mist and Perfect Plum in lines. Presto! Tree and Sentiment are from Sheltering Tree.

This lovely card was cased from Dawn Olchefeske. The stamps are from Summer Silhouettes. Great video on how it was done here

Card above was cased from Craftingclare.blogspot.com. Sky was sponged in Soft sky and headland was sponged using a piece of card with a segment torn out to give a shape like the headland. This was also used to sponge the water in Soft Sky. The headland was sponged in So Saffron. Pear Pizzaz was used for the grass and highlights stamped with the small grass detail from Sheltering trees. Tree and sentiment from same set.

A Michelle Zindorf case again.

This was cased from Nicole Wilson. It was embossed in white and then masked. The panel was then sponged in Tempting Turquoise, and Cajun Craze. Leaves were stamped from Kinda Eclectic and the sentiment from Butterfly Basics. The banner was made with the new Triple Punch.

Soft suede was used for this background. Love this stamp from World of Dreams.

I stamped Serene Silhouttes three times in Versamark and then heat embossed in clear on Whisper White cardstock. I then sponged Daffodil Delight in the bottom right corner, Pear Pizzaz diagonally across above the Daffodil and then Always Artichoke in the top left corner. I blended these colours a fair bit where they overlapped. I used Soft Suede at the bottom. Then I stamped more of the stamp randomly over the embossed ones. I did some dots in the top corner but wished I hadn't. Last step was to wipe over with a tissue.

Must stop sponging and do something else!