I'm rediscovering my love of a stamp set that came out with last year's preorder, the "Painter's Palette" set! I love the frame on the easel and that almost anything can go inside it. The card I'm featuring today was not intended to showcase this set, but rather was for a technique class on different inking methods. We used natural sponges to sponge our background! Here's the card:
I'm still exploring the new In Colors so chose three of them to sponge with, Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide and Lemon Lime Twist. I also grabbed the coordinating ribbons (one of the best things about Stampin'Up! is our product coordination across color lines!) and attached a little flare of them. Here's a closer look at the process:
To sponge, I held a sponge between my thumb and first finger, inked it up directly from the ink pad and blotted it on the card. You would get a completely different look if you rubbed it or swirled it. I just blotted, re-inked and blotted some more. It was fun and as you can see, I used a different sponge for all three colors. Best news, the ink washes out of these sponges and after drying, they are ready to use again!
I was pretty happy with the final result on what began as a sponging experiment. I hope you are able to try this technique too. You can find sponges like this in any craft aisle at a big box store.
Thanks for stopping by! One more day until June 1st and the big new Annual Catalog reveal! You have a little more than 24 hours to still order from the Occasions catalog so don't let that deadline slip by if there's still something you wanted!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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