She's not a SU! demo, but she does such great things with stamps that I forgive her. I've been pinning her cards to my Pinterest like mad. And sponges...you know how I love to sponge. Heather does lots of sponging and masking.
She also does a lot of one-layer cards, something I have a lot of problems doing. But Heather inspired me to try, so here comes the first card I made trying to make a one-layer card. I didn't quite make it because all the masking and sponging I did I messed up the white part, so I ended up cutting off my focal image and mounting it on another card front. Lookie:
Ingredients: Stamps - The Open Sea, Loving Thoughts; Paper - Whisper White; Ink - Island Indigo, Basic Black, Pool Party, Wonderful Wisteria; Other - Drafting tape, sticky note, 1-1/4" circle punch, Simply Scored.
GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I love this, in particular the look of waves I got using layered sponging and torn pieces drafting tape. But the position of the moon kind of bothered me. So I decided to try again.
Ingredients: Stamps - The Open Sea, Loving Thoughts; Paper - Whisper
White; Ink - Island Indigo, Basic Black, Pool Party, Wonderful
Wisteria, Cherry Cobbler; Other - Drafting tape, sticky note, 1-1/4" circle punch, Signo white gel pen, Cherry Cobbler marker, Soft Suede marker, blender pen.
GOJUS! Again! (YILM!) This time, my sponging didn't quite work out as nicely, so I supplemented a bit with a white gel pen. I also added some color and shading to the ship and changed the color of the greeting.
Ta!
Love these, I'm going to try to CASE them too. Thanks Jan.
Posted by: Barb Clouse | August 26, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Those are sooooooooooo awesome! Thanks for posting them, Janine!
Posted by: Trina Caraway | August 26, 2012 at 12:40 AM
wowsers Jan this is gorjus!!!!
Posted by: Delys | August 26, 2012 at 01:30 AM
Both these cards are gorgeous. The depth of color is amazing.
Posted by: KarrenJ | August 26, 2012 at 01:35 AM
oh my goodness, Jan! I love your work, have followed you since I joined Stampin' Up!® 3 1/2 years ago, so I know this is quite a departure for you. These are both stunning, absolutely fabulous. I like the second one better, even the waves - there's nothing "wrong" with the first one, but you did improve it.
Posted by: KatheD | August 26, 2012 at 10:43 AM
These little pieces of art are stunning. You have an amazing talent. TFS
Posted by: Cheryl | August 26, 2012 at 10:59 PM
Absolutely beautiful! I like the effect of the white gel pen on the second card and the color you added. I also created a card tonight using a sailing ship image. I'll get it posted on my blog in the morning.
Sue
www.soggystamper.com
www.mydigitalcraftcorner.com
Posted by: Sue Erickson | August 27, 2012 at 02:09 AM
what stunning cards.... Such a talent... I so loved the cards...thx for sharing
Posted by: MzCookie | August 27, 2012 at 02:32 AM
Both pretty, but I do like the moon to the right better also. Edna
Posted by: Edna Burgess | August 27, 2012 at 10:30 AM
whoa nelly! that is stunning! I'm going to check out her blog now to see what inspired those gorgeous cards. :)
Posted by: Jennifer Scull | August 27, 2012 at 10:54 AM
GOJUS is right! Love it!!!
Posted by: Judy McMullen | August 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I know what you mean....Heather Telford's work is AMAZING....your card is beautiful Jan even if you had to layer it!!! Heather makes it all look so EASY...BUT, it's not!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan in Salem, OR
Posted by: Jan Castle | August 27, 2012 at 03:04 PM
I agree GOJUS!
Posted by: JodyMarcelis | August 27, 2012 at 03:50 PM
Wow - both cards are beeyootifull! Once again, I bow to the Queen! :-)
Posted by: Debbie | August 27, 2012 at 04:38 PM
Love, love, love them both.
Posted by: Kim | August 27, 2012 at 05:15 PM
Both cards are beautiful, but I did especially love the rough seas of the first card. I'm going to have to practice my sponging more.
Posted by: Micheline Lueken | August 27, 2012 at 07:44 PM
Both cards are amazing, Jan. You are so talented , I'm sure you could conquer any method or card style out there. TFS!
Posted by: Stef Perry | August 28, 2012 at 01:11 AM
Love both these cards! I like the moon to the right, but the first card has wonderful seas. ahhh, how to do this with sponging? I am SO going to CASE these! Thanks, Jan - you do marvelous work!
Posted by: Wendy C | August 28, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Fabulous, both look so real...I think i like the one with the sun/moon best!
Posted by: Carol Carriveau | August 29, 2012 at 12:22 AM
Oh, I wish I were as talented as you and Heather. Gorgeous is not a strong enough word. Lovely, stunning, and just so right.
Posted by: Kristine | September 02, 2012 at 03:50 AM
Jan I have been following your blog for some time now. I, too, get inspiration from your blog and was familiar with Heather Telford's sponging. I think you did a wonderful job on this card. I just may have to case it!
Posted by: Katherine Fiander | October 24, 2012 at 09:38 PM