Love Serene Silhouettes and Sponging

Happy Saturday everyone.  As some of you know my husband is part of the coaching team where he teaches and this time of the year my Friday Nights are free.  No husband, no responsibilities.  So when I can I spend that time stamping and love it.  Well last night was one of those nights and I would like to share with you a card I made using the Serene Silhouettes from SU and a sponge dauber and ink.  Love doing these scene type cards with a Silhouette stamp.  So here it is.

This is a pretty easy card as I just sponged and stamped.  Used the square thinlits to make a frame and it was all done.  Here is the masterpiece (lol) up close.

I used Island Indigo for the sky part and crushed curry for the bottom.  So, so easy.  

Hope you enjoyed my post today and please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Using Scraps to Create Card #2

Well here I am back for the 4th day, so excited!  And again I am sharing with you a card I made using scraps on my stamping table as I was cleaning up.  I also found the image already to put on that I used for this card.  You will even notice a little water stain on it.  I should not have told you and I don't think you would have known, but that is what happens when you do something and don't use it, then let it sit on your stamping table for a while.  Anyway, just another card using the wonderful Monday Lunchtime sketch this week.  I also have used Sassy Salutations on it since I started the first card.  Love that set.  Anyway here it is.

So what do you think?  I sponged the background and used a circle to cover the white part.  Once done with that, I stamped the image.  Love, love the way it turned out, even with the water spot.

Here is a close up.

I may still try to sponge the little spot again just to darken it a little.

Hope you enjoyed using my scraps post and hopefully I will have more for you later.  Enjoy your Thursday!

Sketch 278 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Well happy Monday Morning.  When you see this, I will be in Virginia visiting my daughter's family.  By now I will have been holding my 6 month old grandson for 3 days and doing a lot of talking with my granddaughter.  I will also be leaving there today to come home.

 

So now on to this weeks sketch from Mary Jo.  I loved this sketch and decided to do some sponging with it.  More details below, but please check out Mary Jo's and the Design Teams sample for "the Monday Lunchtime Sketch" and here is my sample for this weeks sketch.

 

 

So here is what I did to sponge the circle and the scallop on the white. 

 

• I punched out the 2 1/2" circle and centered the piece of paper the circle was punched out in the center of the white paper.
• I sponged within the circle on the edges and out a little with more of the Cajun Craze Ink and less in the center to leave a little white.
• I punched out the 2 3/8" scallop circle and placed the punched out piece in the center of the paper with the punched out circle.  (Hope you know what I am talking about.)
• I then sponged the Chocolate Chip ink into the area surrounding both pieces of paper sponging a few times to get it really dark and look like a border.
• Still leaving the circle template in place, I then stamped my image with the Chocolate Chip in the center of the circles.
• And voila, you see what you get.  I then cut as needed and decorate card as needed.

Here is a side view of this card.

 

 

And then the inside where I used another image from the Serene Silhouettes stamp set along with a scripture.  Then I will be able to write on note on the bottom portion of the card.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! except scripture noted below!

Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes, Embellished Events, ODBD Scripture Collection 6

Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze

Bitter Banner Framelits

Wood Grain embossing folder

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a very blessed week!

 

Also adding to the Word Art Wednesday Blog!

 

LNS Challenge 227 / Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 272--TSSC272

Good Morning Friends.  So excited to be with you today and bringing you another two challenges from our Late Night Stampers and our Monday Lunch Time Sketch!  This week our challenge for Late Night Stampers is to use Lace, So I added some lace and even changed the color by sponging the lace.  I love to do that and this card turned out so well.  And of course as always, Mary Jo's sketch was just perfect to be able to combine the challenges.

 

I was able to use the This and That Epic Day DSP to stamp the image on along with using the This and That Epic Day Washi Tape for the banners which brought this card together perfectly.  Here is a side view of the card!

  

And I just love the inside of the card!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes, Itty bitty Banners, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Epic Day

Punches: 2 1/2 circle, 2 3/8 Scallop Circle

This and That Epic Day Washi Tape

5/8 crochet Trim Sponged to Calypso Coral color

Shimmer Paint Spritzed on card at end

Thanks for looking today and hope you are blessed this week!

Serene Silhouettes card pack

I thought I would share another pack of cards with you that I made for our Gateway Landing Ministry Auction this past Sunday Evening.  It turned out wonderful and a couple of these packs went for $30 which I was very happy about. There were 5 cards in each pack and were put into clear boxes with a ribbon around them. Each of them had a different sentiment on them for all occasions.

Two more of the cards!

The other card in this set had a Thank you on it.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Curvy Verses, Simply Sketched, Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock: Whisper White, Regal Rose

Ink: Regal Rose, Stazon Black, Wild Wasabi

Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon

Acrylic Block for stamping background

Thanks for stopping by!

Set of Cards for Auction

Well we are wet here in Eastern NC as the rain is coming down.  But I am working, so that is OK and it would be OK even if I were not working as we need the rain.  I did want to share with you all today a set of cards I made for a fund raiser at our Gateway Landing Open House we will be having Sunday!  The only problem is I would like to make about 5 packs, so that does mean I will be busy over the rest of this week making cards.  I would like to make one set masculine, so I will see how that works out!  I will be putting these into a clear box and wrapping it with ribbon, but have not got that far as of yet.  Anyway, here is the set of cards!

As you can see, I did a Sympathy, Birthday, Thanks, Get Well, Happily ever after!  I actually used the retired set for the bottom two cards as I just love those "curvy verses" and I think it worked well with these cards.  Actually I may use the sentiments on all the cards.  I'll just have to see.  Anyway, this was pretty easy to do and I love the turn out.

Here is a little different view!

And a close up of the "Happy Birthday" one!

I used markers on the stamp to keep from using the same color all around!  And, I made all 5 of the cards in less than an hour which includes cutting out the paper, punching the border, coloring the image and stamping.  That is less than 12 minutes each.  I thought that was pretty good!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Curvy Verses, Simply Sketched, Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rose Red

Ink: Rose Red

Markers for coloring stamp

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

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Serene Silhouettes

Good Friday Morning all and hope your day has started out beautifully.  I am at work and thought I would take a moment to post this and then back to the grind before someone catches me and fires me.  Anyway this note card (that is what I want to use it as) was inspired by this weeks Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  I loved the sketch and thought it would be perfect for this cute stamp set and I think I was right.  I stamped the image on very vanilla textured card stock and then punched it out with the 1 3/4 round punch which gave a little bit of layer of vanilla.  Then I punched out the scallop layer with the 2 3/8 scallop punch.  Makes it look like three layers, but only two.

Here is the side view!

And the inside where I can put a note!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack

5/8" grosgrain ribbon in very vanilla

2 3/8" Scallop Punch

1 3/4" round punch

Thanks for stopping by and hope your day is filled with joy!