Sponged Pleasant Poppies

Here’s a quick and simple artsy way of coloring the Pleasant Poppies Background stamp in a collage manner.  I’ve combined some great stamps to give this look a multi-layered effect – Dictionary, Gorgeous Grunge, Wetlands and Pleasant Poppies. 

Creative Tips –

• I stamped off the Dictionary stamp in Sahara Sand for a really light background effect.  The poppies were stamped in Cajun Craze. 
• To add a little collage effect, I added the Reed stamp from the Wetlands set – stamped off 4-5 times so that it was really light using Crumb Cake.
• The poppies needed to stand out, but I didn’t want to watercolor them.  I used tiny sponges and my reversible tweezers to precisely sponge my flowers and stems.  I used Real Red and Pear Pizazz.
• I lightly sponged Sahara Sand around my 4 1/4” x 2” piece of Whisper White being careful to keep the center white.  I added Crumb Cake and then a tiny sliver of direct to paper – Early Espresso to the edge before mounting it to a 2 1/4” x 4 1/4” Early Espresso.
• For a finishing touch, I wound some linen thread around the bottom and tied a knot.
• Before adhering the panel to my Crumb Cake card base, I stamped the spot splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake in several stamped off shades so that there was just a little splatter on the edges. 
• The greeting is in Early Espresso from the cute Sassy Salutations set that is still 25% off till June 30th – just a few more days!

I hope you like this earthy card.  I love the final result.  It’s just a little panel, cost effective, but quite artsy. 

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Stamp Sets – Pleasant Poppies (129499c, 132061w), Gorgeous Grunge (130517c, 130514w), Dictionary (130351c, 130348w), Wetlands (126697c, 126695w), Sassy Salutations (126707c, 132070w)  Ink – Pear Pizazz (131180), Sahara Sand (126976), Crumb Cake (126975), Early Espresso (126974), Real Red (126949), Cajun Craze (126965)  Paper –Whisper White (100730), Crumb Cake (120953), Early Espresso (119686) Cool Tools – Stampin’ Sponges (101610) Finishing Touch – Linen Thread (104199)