Stencil with Sponging

Hi everyone.  Back with a reminder of the April Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Stenciling.

This is the card I made for my hubby's birthday which was just a few days ago.  I used brushos (just the brown which has other colour pigments in it) to create the backdrop on mixed media paper.  This was my first time playing with this paper --- so fun, and it gives a different look than the brushos on watercolour paper.  Love it!!

I used my die from Cheery Lynn (Pair of Ferns), to die-cut a stencil from a piece of acetate.  I sponged over top with Vintage Photo distress ink, and then again down the center of the fern with a darker brown (Walnut Stain).  I then pressed the darker brown ink onto my craft mat, added a little bit of water, and used a paintbrush to splatter on top. So happy with how this turned out and hubby loved it too! :)

I'm entering this into the ATS&M #139 - CAS Challenge.

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I am sharing another card I made using a stencil with sponging ...

This time I was channeling my friend Deepti.  I love all her cards she's made with this awesome layout and wanted to give it a try.  I sponged over brown card stock with a basket weave stencil that I cut with my Silhouette Cameo.  I sponged the same colour ink as the card stock, so it gives more of a subtle design.

I cut the top piece from white with a stitched border die.  I then added sprigs of greenery, along with some hot pink flowers .  A large hello sentiment is stamped in the same brown ink.

This is a reminder for the current challenge at Mixed Media Card Challenge - April - Flowers with optional element of Basket.

I hope you'll join us and play along!

And I'm going to enter this into Virginia's View #14 - Layers and Dimensions Challenge.

And the challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - April Showers.

Brusho Fern card:
Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  Mixed Media Card stock (Strathmore)
Ink:  Brusho colour crystals (Brown); Distress inks:  Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, paintbrush for splattering, Pair of Ferns die (Cheery Lynn), piece of acetate (Grafix), sponges


Hello Spring card:
Stamps:  The Big, The Bold and the Happy (Winnie & Walter)
Paper:  White (Neehan); Baked Brown Sugar, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz (SU!)
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Melon Mambo (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Basket weave stencil cut with my Silhoutte Cameo, plastic sheet (Grafix), Five Point Flower dies (C.C. Designs), Olive Branch dies (C.C. Designs), Stitched Borders die (Pretty Pink Posh), sponges, white gel pen, blender pen

Challenges:

HLS April CAS Challenge - Stenciling
ATS&M #139 - CAS
Mixed Media Card Challenge - Flowers
Virginia's View #14 - Layers and Dimension
Simon Says - Spring Flowers