Sponging Runoff

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I made a discovery lately that I thought I'd share.

You've probably already discovered it yourself.

Sometimes I'm slow to pick up on things!

We were adding sponging to the edges of a leaf flourish die cut at my last class.

I noticed that there was a really pretty pattern on the paper mat after the sponging.

So I decided to put a the die cut on a clean piece of cardstock in order to catch 

that pretty pattern.  It's masking, which isn't new, but it's like a bonus to another technique.

So I took some left over pieces that were sitting on the table, added some little gold

hearts and a stacked die cut to make another valentine.

Here you can see the shine of the gold better...

Challenges:

Tic Tac Toe - Used  middle row (Heart, Free, Stitching)

Addicted to CAS - Hearts

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Wild Wasabi (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), Simple Leaf Flourish (MFT), Heartfelt Die (PB), Heart Punches (SU), Frame Die (?)

Enjoy!

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Poinsettia Joy

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

For this card, I used a purchased mask and sponged some Iced Spruce DOX

inside the mask.  I added just a hint of Picked Raspberry too.  Then I

splattered it with some diluted white gouache paint.  I love how I have nice

crisp edges that I can't seem to get with sticky notes.

I've added some frames and a little die cut, sponged and shaped poinsettia from

my stash.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Non-traditional Colors

Christmas Kickstart - Festive Florals

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Iced Spruce, Picked Raspberry (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah, Smokey Slate, Dazzling Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Marvelous Masks Rectangles (Colorful Life Designs), Layered Poinsettia Die (Splbndr), Small Frame Die (Ali), Fine Frames (Alt), Joy Die (Eliz.Crafts), White gouache paint, Gold Dazzling Details

Masked Snowman

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

Here's another card for the Christmas stash.

I stamped and heat embossed the snowman and masked him to stamp the trees.

After coloring him with markers, I sprinkled some Chunky White Embossing Enamel
over the piece and heat set from the back.
(I have a hard time getting this stuff sprinkled evenly.
I seem to always end up with a glob of it somewhere and
actually scraped some off with my fingernail.)
And you'll notice that the snow hasn't fallen to the snowman's boots yet either.
I guess it's just started snowing!

Merry Monday

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snow Much Fun (retired SU), Lovely as a Tree (SU), Festive Snippets (PB)  

Ink:   Archival Black, SU Markers (Garden Green, Real Red, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie)

Paper:   Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU)

Other:  Chunky White Embossing Enamel (Stampendous), Kars Snowflake EF (retired Cuttlebug)

Sponging with Shimmer for CAS Mix Up

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up!

Our CAS Mix Up Challenge this month is

I used a technique that Jennifer McGuire shared here.

I started by masking a piece of white and sponging some Distress Ink
Then I brushed Perfect Pearls over the top while the ink was still damp.
It makes for a wonderful shimmer!

I've die cut the sold butterfly from vellum and the open butterfly from white.

Here's a close up of the shine.

I used Stamping, Sponging, Masking, Perfect Pearls, Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing, Die Cuts and Vellum.

The Design Team has some awesome inspirations pieces to show you.

And we have another fantastic Guest Designer, Maura,

who won the October Challenge.

Here's some videos if you'd like some ideas.

December - Sponging videos:

Basic Sponging Techniques by Dawn (3:04).
Bokeh by Brenda Keenan (6:32)
Color Layering for Galaxy background by Ilina Crouse (7:40)
Emboss Resist Ink Blending by Laura Bassen (5:48)
Faux Mother of Pearl by Loll Thompson (6:09)
Layered Sponging by Susan Campfield (6:05)
Masking and Sponging by Brenda Keenan (7:42)

The challenge is open until the 24th of December.

Hope to see you in the gallery.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Painted Butterflies (Altenew)

Ink:   Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber (Distress), Whisper White (SU)

Paper: Solar White (Neena (110 lb.), Whisper White, Vellum   

Other:  Perfect Pearls (Metallic Pearl), White EP (SU), Butterfly Thinlits, Bold Butterfly Framelits (SU), Stictched Mats Rectangles Die (LI)

  

Botanical Bloom for CAS Mix Up Reminder

We're halfway through November already!

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up 

I had a Christmas card ready to share today, but was in the mood to do

something a little more feminine and fun.

I used my MISTI to stamp the large flower first, inking it with markers and

adding color with my Aqua Painter.  I find that smearing some ink from

the markers on a piece of laminated card stock and picking the ink up

with the brush gives me more control.

While that was drying, I stamped the flower on a sticky note and 

cut out the larger pieces to use as masks.

Once the masks were in place, I stamped two other sprigs from this fantastic Altenew set

using the same technique.

I put the masks back on the flower heads and threw some splatters on for good measure.

These bright flowers make me smile.

There's lots of masking techniques.  This is my favorite.

There's some video links at the CAS Mix Up challenge site if you're interested.

I'm going to enter this at the Altenew November Challenge too.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Gardens (Altenew), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Soft Suede, Markers (Real Red, Garden Green, Old Olive, Crushed Curry) (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Soft Suede

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Aqua Painter, Post-it Notes (all over sticky)

Autumn Leaf for CAS Mix Up

It's time for a new CAS Mix Up challenge

This month's challenge is

I masked off an area of a piece of cardstock and sponged Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

in the open space.  I went over that with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  I was 

trying for a teal color.  Ended up with green, but that's OK.

I laid a stencil (a gift from Loll) on the sponged area and 

used a baby wipe to remove some of the color.

It left some lovely ghosted leaves.

Then I masked off the sponged area and moved the sticky notes a little bit away from

the sponged area, smacked it with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with gold.

A die cut leaf from some gold foil and an embossed sentiment finish this off.

Here's another version with the leaf cut from a piece I'd colored with Alcohol Ink.

Our Design Team has lots of wonderful inspiration for you!

We've added two more members to our Design Team.
We know they will inspire you.

And our fantastic Guest Designer this month is Linda S.

Hope to see you at
CAS Mix Up

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Lots of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:  Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn (Distress), VersaMark

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Whisper White, Gold Foil (SU), Glossy (TH)

Other:  Sticky Notes, Stencil (gift), Baby Wipe, Gold EP (SU), Stitched Leaf Die (Lawn Fawn),