It's TREND WEEK over at Just Us Girls, and our host, Vicki, has chosen SPONGING as our trend.
Here is my Sample:
I used some Distress Inks, masked off the bottom half of the card base and sponged the top half. Then I stamped the Designs by Ryn Water Droplets stamp over the sponging. I painted the droplets with clean water and then blotted with a paper towel. It lifts some of the ink off so that the drops look more transparent. Pretty cool, huh?? This is a tip that Ryn shared in this VIDEO. A little touch of white with a gel pen on each drop gives them the appearance of shine. Then I scored some lines below the sponging to finish the look.
Here are the Ingredients:
GKD White Heavy Base Weight Card Stock
Distress Inks in-
*Candied Apple
*Abandoned Coral
*Wilted Violet
*Fossilized Amber
Designs by Ryn Water Droplets Stamp
Great Impressions Stamp for Greeting
Stampin' Up and Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches
Please visit the JUST US GIRLS blog to see the wonderful cards that our July Guest Designer, Carol, and the rest of the team have made this week. And remember, if you win Chic of the Week in any of our July challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of September (wow, September already???)!! I hope to see you there.
Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!!
BEAUTIFUL colors, your sponging is wonderful (as good as your coloring--high praise indeed!) Love those raindrops, no one does them like you (well other than the man upstairs lol) Oh and I always forget I have that wonderful sentiment too, isn't it just delightful? LOVE this card, Miss Judy!
ReplyDeleteI adore those raindrops!! I can't bring myself to spend that much for them though :( -- Looks awesome with the bright sponged colors!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sponging and I love how the droplets look on it too. Wonderful colors as well.
ReplyDeleteEvery time i see those water drops it is hard for me to believe that they are not three D.Great sponging and I love that sentiment.
ReplyDeleteI have some of these raindrops on the way, I love how you used them. Can't wait to get mine to play, thanks for the tips. This is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteOh my word Judy, this is stunning!!!! I've added those raindrops to my wish list!!! Beautiful card and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!!! Donna's right, nobody does rain drops like you. What do I like best? beautiful sponged background, realistic raindrops, butterflies, sentiment??? Oh, I know....everything
ReplyDeleteLovely vibrant card Judy! Love the combo of colors you used!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I love the color combo you used for the sponged bg! Second, I thought those water droplets were dimensional! I couldn't figure out how you did that! Very cool technique and lovely card!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! That card is fabulous !!! Those drops are amazing!! Great sponging too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful background! I love how you masked off the bottom and your beautiful blending of colors. Those water drops look so dimensional by lifting off some color and adding the white gel pen. Genius!
ReplyDeleteI can't begin to tell you how intrigued I am with your card and those water droplets! You ROCK!!! Now to go research those droplets!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing job you did on the background just gorgeous! Love the butterflies and the sentiment too! Hugs
ReplyDeleteThe kiddos left early today, but I needed a bit of time to relax before I got back to my viewing of bogs. This background is just the Bomb! So perfect for the water droplets and that great technique to lift off some of the color. They look so real Judy! Love the bordered sentiment and what it says too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous background Judy. Love those rain drops and sweet butterflies. Fabulous colours especially that touch of purple lol
ReplyDeleteThose water droplets are amazing!!!..love it ❤️ Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI'll second, third and fourth the comments prior to mine: GORGEOUS and STUNNING! Your sponged background is lovely and the raindrops...oh my! Impact! WOW! Thrilled to be your GD for this challenge; I love sponging!
ReplyDelete~carol
So excited about learning your technique! Can't wait to try this. Your card is stunning, and love everything, including the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteHey Judy! Thanks a bunch for mentioning my video :) You've done an excellent job with the droplets! Absolutely love that feel good vibrant background too! Many thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI've always thought about getting that stamp, Judy. You'e done a fabulous job with it and the inking is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe I missed this! Love the raindrops! I have that stamp, too (won it) but haven't worked with it enough to get this great look. You've really created a beautiful card with the sponging. Might have to try this one, too!
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