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This is Reader Appreciation Week at 365 Cards and the challenge on Monday, Day 149 is to try a technique - sponging. I have been wanting to make a card like this for quite some time and now I have! I based this on a card by Just Painting Around on Splitcoast. Her blog is awesome, if you haven't already, take a look at it.

The card is 6"x6". I'm finding the bigger work surface is easier to develop a scene such as this. I used SU! vanilla CS and quite a few ink pads were used in the making of this card.

1. barely banana

2. only orange

3. soft sky

4. river rock

5. mellow moss

6. true thyme

7. vintage photo (ranger)

8. moonlight white (brilliance)

I started with the barely banana and worked down to #8 in that order. Colors were overlapped with each other with the greens working up and around the card. I sponged with cosmetic wedges. The black stamping is embossed with fine detail EP. I wanted the white to show up more but wasn't quite sure how to do it (at what point to do it). I think I need to read some more of Zindorf's tutorials to get the steps right.

OK, need to stop now and put up all my inkpads! As always, have a great day!

SAM