Beautiful Friends ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card was inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #398 and a color challenge for a swap that I was in.

Sponged Serene Silhouettes

Today's cards are a couple of masculine cards I made using the stamp set Serene Silhouettes and also using the sponging and masking techniques.  Have I mentioned before that I love this set and I love sponging? lol I really enjoyed making both of these cards.  This first one was inspired by Jess and you can visit her blog here.  I liked the design and colors of her card and went on to create my own version of it.  Thanks for the inspiration, Jess!  

This second card is similar to one I did a while back for one of my stamp a stacks and a Red Hot Stamper's sketch challenge (check it out here).  Because I really liked that card I decided to give that same idea a try again with my new stamp set.  I actually had the whole card done and thought maybe I could add the sun or moon to this pic, so I punched out a circle and started sponging away again.  Didn't take much to darken things up a little so you could see the "sun".  Then I did the same thing down at the bottom for the reflection.  I still haven't decided if it's the sun or moon yet though. lol 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

1st Card

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant & Island Indigo

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Punch:  Circle (Don't remember what size! lol)

Sponges!

2nd Card

Stamp Set:  Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & River Rock

Punch:  Circle (Don't remember which size for this one either)

Sponges!