Sponged Sunset

Hi everyone.  Back with a different style of card today.  Haven't done a sponged (or brayered) scene for a long time. :)  Love the bright and vibrant colours of these Distress Inks and they blend so beautifully.

I started by masking off a small circle for my sun.  Then I sponged the sunset colours starting with the lightest shade (yellow --- which eventually was covered with brown), medium orange and then bright orange.  I removed the mask for the sun and sponged more yellow over top.  Then I ripped two pieces of scrap paper and used them for my mountain ranges.  I sponged over the bottom of the panel with medium brown and then added the second mask and just sponged the very bottom with dark brown.  I stamped the tree silhouette and sentiment in black and mounted the panel onto my card front.  Fun and easy card to make! :)

The challenge at Happy Little Stampers for March is Sponging.  Click on the link and check out the challenge, DT cards and the wonderful entries we'have had so far.  And then grab your sponges and play along.  :)

And this is also for the Happy Little Stampers March Sketch Challenge ...

I'm going to enter this into the CAS-ology - Tropical challenge as I think these sunset colours are definitely tropical.

Stamps:  Vignette: Silhouette Trees (STAMPlorations); Be Happy Sentiments (Amy R)

Paper:  White (Neenah)
Ink:  Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  sponges, post-it note for mask, circle punch, torn scrap paper for mountain range masks

Challenges:
HLS March CAS Challenge - Sponging
HLS March Sketch Challenge
CAS-ology #137 - Tropical