Beautiful Birthday 2

As promised here is another "look" for the Beautiful Birthday set.  I did a lot of sponging on this card to make a kind of stormy sky with Eucalyptus ink. The greenery stamp was inked first entirely with Grass ink then I sponged on a little Mushroom and Nutmeg pouncing those two colors here and there.  Then I finished with a little Nutmeg ink sponged along the bottom.  Any one who knows me knows that sponging is one of my all-time favorite techniques.   

All products are Amuse Studio unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Beautiful Birthday, You're Too Kind 

Ink: Eucalyptus, Grass, Mushroom, Nutmeg

Paper: Vanilla 
Dies: nada

Schtuff: Sponges

  

Speckled Eggs

This card is another "Halloccasions" card, I used the moon from the Harvest Moon stamp set to make the speckles unique on each egg.  Also did some masking and sponging too.   

Stamps: Harvest Moon, You're Too Kind, Essential Sentiments 

Ink: Latte, Cocoa, Memento Cocoa

Paper: Cocoa, Sugar, Shell, Pistachio, Amethyst, Lemon Whip, Sky
Dies: You're Too Kind

Schtuff: Sponge, Shimmer Chalks 

  

You're Too Kind

There are several different sentiments in the "You're Too Kind" stamp set and the bird image is just beautiful too (I used that on the inside).  For the card below I coupled the "you're too kind" sentiment with the "Making a Difference" flowers & leaves images (that set has some great sentiments too...also used on the inside). This card could easily become a get well or sympathy card just by changing the sentiment. Oh and I think it's neat how the Seattle Baker's Cording kind of picks up the amethyst color too what do you think?...

Stamps: You're Too Kind, Making a Difference

Ink: Amethyst, Blackberry, Stazon Black

Paper: Blackberry, Amethyst, Sugar 

Dies: Labels 1

Schtuff: Seattle Baker's Cording

  

Sunny Side of Life

Stamping with Versamark and adding shimmer chalks on top with a sponge dauber gives such a soft, pretty effect. And it's an easy way to add multiple colors to an image (works best with a solid images).  I stamped the sun with our Lemon Whip ink; Amuse chalk inks are a perfect compliment to the softness of the Shimmer pastel/chalks.

Stamps: Sunny Side of Life, You're Too Kind, Lots of Dots

Ink: Lemon Whip, Versamark, Stazon

Paper: Sugar, Onyx

Dies: Butterfly Trio

Schtuff: Simmer Chalks, Sponge Daubers, Pearl