Sponge Technique Serene Silhouettes

Using techniques keeps crafting fun and interesting, 

don't you think?  

The Serene Silhouettes stamp set (#132073 - wood, #127324 - clear) was heat embossed 

for an Emboss Resist technique on this card.  

It's good to constantly challenge yourself 

and do something that makes you a bit uncomfortable.  

So, utilizing a Sponging Technique on this card, 

the image was stamped on in Versamark (#102283) 

and then I used Clear Embossing Powder - 

you could use 

White Embossing Powder if you want (#109132), 

the image is stamped on the 2" x 4-1/2""art piece" 

of the card - Shimmery White card stock (#101910) 

was what I grabbed here.  

The 1" Circle Punch (#119868) was used to punch 

a Post-It Note on the sticky side was then 

a mask to create the sun with a sponge in 

Daffodil Delight ink (#125944).  

After that, the punched-out circle was used 

to protect my sun while I did the rest of the coloring.

Stampin' Sponges were used to apply 

the Soft Sky (#131181), 

Coastal Cabana (#131175) 

and then the Bermuda Bay (#131171) inks 

in a circular motion beginning with the 

lightest color and then adding on the colors 

in order of shade, ending with the darkest.  

I wanted the sun to look like it was creating shadows, 

so the darker color was kept on the side of 

the "art piece" away from the sun.  

When you've added the color you want, 

just wipe off the embossed image with a tissue to clean it.  

I did the same thing with the small butterfly 

from the Papillon Potpourri (#132058 - wood, 

#123759 - clear) stamp set. and then punched

it out with the Small Butterfly Punch.

To add distressing, I splattered water on the art piece 

using my Aqua Painter and blotted with a tissue.  

While that dried, I embossed a 

larger piece 3-5/8" x 5"of 

Whisper White card stock (#100730) 

with another image from the 

Serene Silhouettes stamp set - 

you can easily skip this step, though, 

and the card is still just beautiful.

Bermuda Bay (#131197) card stock 

cut in 3-3/4" x 5" for the middle white 

piece mat and 2-1/8" x 4-1/2" mat for 

the art piece framed the card nicely 

and add a great pop of color.  

Snail Adhesive (#104332) and Dimensionals (#104430) 

were used to put the card together on the 

Whisper White base cut at 4-1/4" x 11" and scored at 5-1/2".

The Butterfly was adhered with a 

glue dot (#103683) and Dazzling Details (#124117) 

was added to the flowers on the art piece.

Finally, I used the Bitty Banners Framelits (#129267) 

to die cut a "Happy Birthday" sentiment 

and adhere that to the front of the card 

with a Dimensional behind the "birthday" 

and Snail behind the "happy" 

so it was even on the card.

Whew!  So many steps for a really simple card.  

Layering, folks!  That's the key on this cutie!!

Hope you like it.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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