Hello and welcome! My brother Mike still lives in the Chicago area, where I'm from. He had a special birthday Monday and I thought I would share the card I made for him here.
The card base is Basic Gray with a layered frame of Early Espresso. I love sponging and making the sand, lake and mountains is so much fun. Just use a post it note as your mask and sponge away. Layering colors of Lost Lagoon and a little bit of Island Indigo for the lake and mountains, and you've got yourself a beautiful, serene lake scene. Clouds are easily made punching a post it note with a scallop punch and sponging around it in various colors. I used Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango first, then laid down the scallop post it note, then sponged Soft Sky around it. I think this gives the clouds the sun setting (or rising) look. A few marks of the white gel pen, give the lake the ripples it needs. The image in front is stamped in Memento Black ink and I used the Serene Silhouettes stamp set.
I hope you like my card today. Please feel free to leave me a comment. I love reading them and look forward to your opinion.
If you don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to send you a brand new catalog. Just click on the link for my online store, in the upper right corner of this blog. Stamping is so much fun! I hope you have a great week.
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Bobbi, this is a beautiful, lovely scene, what a fabulous way to make mountains!! I need to try that. Also, your clouds look awesome with the colors of a fabulous sunset.
ReplyDeleteI have that SU set, it's one of my favorite sets for masculine cards.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Maria. I am really having fun using sponges and other tools to create scenes. I love the mystery of seeing what I get when I release the mask, or torn post it note. I never know until I lift it off, what it will be like. I like that part. :-)
DeleteBobbi, this is gorgeous! Love the sponging and the gorgeous scene is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am really loving the art of making "scenes" in some of my cards. I am working on shading now. These are a lot of fun to make. :-) Glad you like it.
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