Yesterday I shared some fun color suggestions for the All My Love Designer Series Paper – a color guide for traditional red-and-pink Valentine’s Day colors (you can see that post here). Today I want to share a sweet card that focuses on the romantic side of Valentine’s Day (or any day you want to celebrate love). The colors, the image, the sentiment – all three help to build a card that overflows with love and romance. Here’s my card:
I’m so excited that my sketch for CAS(E) This Sketch has been selected as challenge #306. Here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card – I hope you’ll play along with this week’s challenge:
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Wonderful Romance. Then sentiment and gorgeous floral image on my card are from the Wonderful Romance stamp set, part of the Wonderful Romance Bundle. You want this stamp set – and if you are getting the set, then you’ll also want to amazing dies that coordinate. Here’s a look at the Wonderful Romance Bundle: This bundle is the headliner for a suite of gorgeous, sweet products. If you’d like to see all of the coordinating products in this suite, click on the image below:
- Sponging the Background. The Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink stripes in the background of my card are applied with Stampin’ Sponges. Here’s a closer look at the front of this card: I used Post-It Notes Tape to build a border for the strip on my card. I applied a light amount of ink, starting with small circles and finishing with solid back-and-forth swipes: Look how clean the line is when I peal back the tape: I positioned new strips of tape to build on the layers for this card front. I find that the edges of the cardstock hold more ink than the middle of the page, so I always cut my paper a little wider than necessary and then trim the edges when I’m done sponging.
- Romantic Color Combination. Although my card does not feature any of the gorgeous papers or vellum from the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper, I pulled inspiration for my colors straight from this pack of papers. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper:How romantic are these colors?! Very Vanilla is a beautiful base for the softest pink and richest green – and together they are gorgeous. If you like this combination of Very Vanilla, Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow, please save this:
Stamp Sets: Wonderful Romance Papers: Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink Inks: Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink Accessories: Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you’ll pop over to the CAS(E) This Sketch site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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Soft yet classy looking card Brian. Great technique and color choices too. Gonna give this a try. Thanks
Thanks, Karen! I’m happy you like it and hope you will give it a try!
I love this set so much and love the sponging you did on your card. I was admiring the coordinating DSP just last night while stamping. The vellum sheet is so pretty!
Thanks, Christina! I love the papers, too! Such gorgeous colors and patterns!
Beautiful, beautiful card! Love the sponging technique; will have to try it soon!
Thanks, Dianne! I would normally reach for DSP, but I had an itch to sponge on this one. 🙂 Always love to hear from you! ♥
Those sponged stripes are insane, BK. Just beautiful with the layered image!
Thanks so much, Mary! I always appreciate your comments! ♥
What a wonderful, creative background for the beautifully stamped image. Wow! Your sponging is awesome, as well as your sketch. Enjoy your day!
Thanks so much, Hilda! I don’t sponge a lot, so this was quite fun for me. Glad you like it!
Such a beautiful job with this sketch and the sentiment is perfect!
Thanks so much, Windy! I’m so happy you are part of our team this week! ♥
This card is a labor of love. Beautiful!
Not even that much labor – I had to make it quickly last night. 🙂 Thanks, Dawn!
This is a beautiful card! Just stunning. And thank you for sharing this technique with us!
Thanks so much, my friend! I had lots of fun with these stripes. ♥
The sentiment on this card is reason enough to purchase this stamp set.
So soft, so romantic………….just a beautiful card all around. Great job Brian.
Thanks so much, Grace! I’m glad you like it – I’ve always loved this color combination and was happy to pair it with this gorgeous image. I, too, love this sentiment! ♥
Love the soft colors. Great design could be for any occasion
Thanks so much, Donna! I’m so happy you like it! Always appreciate your comments! ♥
Great sketch for your group’s challenge. Love the sponging background technique! Lovely looking card today Brian!
Thanks so much, Sharon! I really had fun with this card and look forward to seeing what people make! ♥
I agree with everything everyone said. Well Done. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, Leah! I’m so glad you like it.
Gorgeous…..so elegant…..and yep romantic……
Thanks so much, my friend! I had a short time to make this and couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. ♥
Wow, must give this technique a try! Nice job Brian.
It’s so easy and so fun! Thanks, Katrina!
You used everything I love! Wonderful Romance stamp set, ink colors, masking and sponging. It makes me want to go make a card right now but I’ve already made two today…lol! Thanks for your great instructions too.
Thanks so much, Karen! I’m so happy that you like my card – and I’m happy that it inspires you. No reason to “not make a card” because you’ve made two today…♥
Absolutely stunning sponging and color combination, what a gorgeous background for this beautiful image, those stripes look like velvet ribbons!!
The sentiment on the side stamped vertically looks amazing, love that idea.
Thank you so much for sharing.
XO
Thanks so much, Maria! I really loved making this card – sponging these soft colors made me very happy. So glad you like it!
Simply delightful. The outline image lends itself elegantly to your softly colored background. Thanks for the great sketch!
Thanks so much, Jen! I am so happy you like the card and simple sketch. So fun to see what everyone is making with the layout. Thanks!