Thank You Set Continued {Sponging}

Good morning Saturday!  For our third card in our Thank You note set, I wanted to share with you how I sponge my images so that I still get a white border around my die cut paper.  Again, this is NOT my idea; just something I have learned in blog-land and thought I would share with my Memory Box readers as we create another fun Memory Box card!  :)  If you missed the second card and ribbon tutorial, see my post here. 

To start, I die cut my paper and then stamp and emboss my image with clear embossing powder.  Once I do that, I put the stamped and die cut piece back into the die itself.  Then I use my sponge to sponge the image.  Yes, ink will get on your metal die; however, you can just take a baby wipe or paper towel and wipe it off when you are done sponging.

 
Once I have finished sponging the entire image, I remove the metal die.  See the nice white border you get?  Almost looks like a second piece of paper. I love it!

 
Here is my third card I have created for my set of cards. I thought I would make this one pink, and I used the Memory Box Gossamer 6x6 paper pack! :)

Papers:  Memory Box currant notecard, Memory Box Gossamer
Stamps:  Memory Box Birds in the Vines E1331, Memory Box Thanks Script A833
Stamp Ink:  Versafine toffee, SU creamy caramel, Ranger clear EP
Embellishments: misc. ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities large labels

So, as we finish our "Thank You" set of cards, I wanted to share with you how my set turned out using the same Memory Box stamp {Birds in the Vines} and the same card layout with different Memory Box notecards and 6x6 papers. Here is how they all turned out together:

 
I will make a few more to make a nice set for someone.  I hope you made a set too and have had fun with the tutorials. See you again in a few days, and thanks for stopping by.  :)