Just One More...

...simply sponged card, that is! Or, maybe not... I'm really getting addicted to these easy, but "wow!" one-layer cards! They take so little time and just a half sheet of cardstock for such a cool outcome!

I went back to my favorite background colors, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive - and then I stamped the Easter Blossoms silhouette girl (and the saying) in Early Espresso. Oh, and the big detail work... I used the white gel pen on the eggs to bring them back to white! They are pretty cool in person though - the white sorta pops!

Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

Simplicity with Sponging!

Here's another quick card I made with a masked and sponged background. I was really inspired to make some more cards like this after seeing some of the cards made by Heather T. The technique brings me back to when I first started stamping, but for some reason it feels fresh and new again too! Who knows?? But I like it!

I used the tree from the Thoughts & Prayers set (love that set!) and the thank you is from the Just Believe set. The sponging is done in So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie and a little Regal Rose. The stamping is done in Early Espresso.

I know I still love to make cards with lots of texture, layers, bling and all that jazz, but it's so cool to know that you can make a beautiful card with just a half sheet of cardstock, a couple stamps, some sponges and a few colors of ink!


Happy Monday,


Julie

What's Old is New Again!

Alex, my son, needed a way-overdue Thank You card for his uncle. So I'd been on a search for a good masculine card. Even though the set Lovely as a Tree has been around for forever, I still think it makes some of the best "everybody" kind of cards (masculine and feminine, holiday...). - And I still really like it! So I was searching on Splitcoast - and I think I found THE most awesome card ever made with this set! So what did I do? CASE it, of course!!

The original was made by Heather T, and she has some of the most awesome no layer cards I've ever seen. I love to add lots of layers and accessories and smooch and all that stuff, but a good simple, stunning single layer card is just cool too!

Anyway, her card was made with a couple retired colors, so I did change the colors I used. Mine is made with Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive (for the masked and sponged middle). Then I stamped the focal trees and the saying in Early Espresso.

Here you can see that the trees in the background are also stamped in the masked area with Pear and Olive before the mask was taken off.

Kind of funny, but I'm super excited about this card! It's a technique that I've done lots of times, but it's cool to sometimes go back to an old technique and "do it up" again!!

Thanks for stopping by,


Julie