Welcome back to my week-long series on Basic Stamping! If you missed Days 1-3, you can see them HERE, HERE, and HERE. I am going back to stamping basics, using few materials and some easy techniques that everyone can do.
Today I’ve got a Spring card, once again using the Sheltering Tree stamp set, but adding some new colors and some sponging to create a sun behind the tree.
I started with a piece of thick Whisper White cardstock, measuring 5-1/8″ x 3-7/8″. I used Soft Suede for the trunk, then used two shades of pink for the blossoms – Powder Pink and Sweet Sugarplum. I offset the two colors just a little and by doing that I’ve created some depth to the tree. The grasses below the tree are stamped with Wild Wasabi. I snuck the sentiment in there using the same color, in hopes that it looks like the grass and is kind of subtle. Did it work?
Now for the sun…
In yesterday’s post, I made an oval mask with a Post-it Note. I’ve done the opposite thing here by punching a one inch circle in the sticky part of the note and placing the hole just to the top left of the tree. Then with Daffodil Delight ink, I sponged in the circle. I used a circular motion with the sponge and gave it a few layers until I was happy with the color.
After removing the mask, I took the sponge and gently swiped it from the sun toward the edges of the paper to give the illusion of sun rays or glow.
I glued the white panel to a slightly larger piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock – 5-1/4″ x 4″ – and put Dimensionals on the back. Then I adhered it to the Sweet Sugarplum base card – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored and folded at 4-1/4″.
To finish the card I added three pink Glitter Dots, and because I couldn’t help myself, I added several small butterflies that I cut from the two shades of pink using a retired framelit die set. Tiny flowers would also look pretty!
I just love the pretty Spring colors in this card. I hope you’ll give the sponging a try! It is super easy!
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Karen
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Karen. Thanks for sharing this card and, the tips and tricks that makes this card "just my style". I appreciate your talent and your ease of explaining step by step how to duplicate this project. Thanks again
Hi Karen! I love this series!! You give such clear and easy to follow directions! Pretty card too!
Thanks for the encouragement, Jeanie! I appreciate your comment!