Inky Paws

On yesterday’s post (here) I talked about how I make sky using a sponge. Today I’m going to tell you about how I do my sponged grass.

I do it the same way! hehe……

It’s a little different, but not different enough to run you through a bunch of pictures to describe it. I mask my image and then take my sponge with green ink (I used Peeled Paint) and sponge in my grass area. Then I take my blue (I used Broken China) and sponge in the sky. Its OK if there is a little overlap in color. If you are worried about the overlap you can always mask the areas before sponging. I choose not to worry about it.

After I have my sky and grass finished I add little lines with a couple of colors of green markers to mimic little grassy areas. I used Copic YG63 and YG95 on this card.

Here’s my card:

Here are the products that I used:

♦ Stamps: 20-017-CD What’s Moo? - Elzybells Art Stamps

♦ Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Old Olive, Baha Breeze

♦ Ink: Black Soot, Broken China, Peeled Paint - Ranger Distress Inks

♦ Accessories: Sponge, Soft Sky Ribbon, Sewing machine
♦ Copic Markers: Eoo, N1, N3, N5, YG95, YG63, R30

I’ve been asked many times how I do my skies and grasses. Today I’m going to talk about how I do a Sponged Sky.

I used Georgia Pacific White cardstock, a round sponge that was cut in quarters from Stampin’ Up and the Party Pup and Everyday Greetings sets from Elzybells Art Stamps for this tutorial.

1. Stamp your image on both the white cardstock and post it notes for masks. Cut out your masks and cover the areas that require masking.

2. Ink your sponge and then tap off onto scrap paper until there is just a little ink. Sponge using the rounded part of the sponge to eliminate hard lines. Keep adding color a little bit at a time, the more you layer the color the better. Leave some areas light and make some areas darker. I used Taken with Teal ink for this sample, but you can use any color blue, or get wild and add a little purple, pink or orange for a sunset or stormy looking sky.

3. Here is what it will look like when you remove the masks. Save your masks! They can be used again.

4. After cutting my panel to size I sponged a little more ink around the outer edges.

Here are the products I used:

Here is my finished card:

♦ Stamps:20-001-cc Party Pup, 20-006-CD Everyday Greetings - Elzybells Art Stamps
♦ Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive

♦ Ink: Black Soot - Ranger Distress Inks, Taken with Teal

♦ Accessories: Sponge

♦ Copic Markers: BV000, BV01, BV02, E31, E35, BG49, YG95