How to Make Sponge Printed Rose Cards
Who knew something so simple could look so stunning? Have fun making these beautiful rose stamp cards! It's a cute Mother's Day craft, perfect for kids and beginners to painting.
Yield: 1 sponge stamp card
Cost: $2
Equipment
- Paper plate (or paint palette)
Materials
- Acrylic paint (multiple colours)
- Pastel cardstock (or blank card)
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Make the rose and leaf stamps
- Place a sponge cloth with the longest part facing you. Roll it up until 1/2 inch is left unrolled.
- Then roll the cloth the other way. Try to keep the unrolled edge even, so that your stamp will transfer well.
- Secure the bundle with a rubber band.
- You should now see a rose shape!
- Draw a leaf shape on a regular kitchen sponge with marker or pen.
- Cut out the leaf shape. It doesn't matter if it's perfectly shaped, as long as the top (the part you're going to stamp) is neat.
Step 3: Prepare the paint and card
- Add paint colours to a paper plate or palette. We chose red for the roses, a nice shade of green for the leaves, and pink for the vase.
- For the card, fold a piece of cardstock in half. We used pink paper for this card, but any colour will do!
Step 4: Stamp roses on the card
- Dip the sponge rose into the red paint (or your flower colour of choice). Roll the stamp from side to side to make sure all parts of the rose are covered.
- First, stamp the rose on a scrap piece of paper. This will get rid of excess paint. Generally you'll want to stamp the rose 2 to 3 times (depending how much paint is on it) before adding it to the card.
- Once you feel the excess paint is off the stamp, stamp it down onto the card. We started in the middle of the bouquet here, but you can stamp in other areas too -- just try to plan how many flowers you want to add and leave space for them.
- Repeat, adding more flowers to the front of the card. You can generally get 2 nice transfers on the card before adding more paint to the stamp.
Step 5: Add leaves and a vase
- Next, dip the leaf sponge into the green paint. Again, use the scrap paper to remove the excess paint.
- Press the leaf stamp onto the card, along the edge of the rose bouquet.
- Repeat, adding more leaves to the card.
- Use the pink paint (or another colour) and a paintbrush to add a vase below the rose bundle. Allow to dry.(You can also paint stems for the roses or cut a vase shape from paper and glue it on.)
Step 6: Write a message inside your homemade card
- Write your Mother's Day message or other greeting inside the card.
- Your sponge printed rose card is complete!
- Have fun making colourful DIY rose stamp cards for all the special people in your life!
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Notes
Looking for more homemade cards? Here's a few of our favourites:
Glue Gun Stamped Cards
Pressed Flower Cards
Handprint Sunflower Craft