PE: Honorable Addict at Addicted to Stamps Challenge!
Hello! I made a card last night for the CASology challenge. The theme was ombre, which got me thinking – there are so many techniques and methods that can be applied to get an ombre look on a card – what could make mine different? The answer came in the form of a card from Tasnim here. I love the way she has used small square blocks as the main focal background. And then the black flower vine on it just brings everything together so beautifully. Couldn’t resist CASEing it! 🙂
I made two cards using the same method –
I cut 1 inch squares of watercolor paper and painted on them to get an ombre effect and adhered them on the card base using foam dots. For the first card I used shades of brown, red, orange and yellow. Then used Honey Blossom Sprig from Memory Box and Hello from Memory Box dies.
For the second card, I used ombre shades of blue, green and purple, reducing the watercolor pigment concentrating for each square. I used Flutter Vine from Memory Box and the sentiment is from All Occasion Messages from Hero Arts stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black.
I just love the way these turned out – simple, but so full of color and life!! 🙂
Also submitting this to Addicted To Stamps Challenge #141: Anything Goes
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stunning ombre card. The black vines make for a really dramatic look against the background. Thanks for joining ATSM
Thank you so much Sandie!!
Nice take on ombre !
Thank you Pooja!
Totally dazzling and striking cards.
Love how you’ve used the ombre look and the grids are just inspirational
Thanks for sharing and playing along at ATSM challenge
Thank you so much Sarah!!
These are both beautiful! I love the idea of the squares in the background with the black silhouettes! So glad you joined us at CASology this week!
Thank you so much Ardyth!
Fantastic cards, very artistic. Great choice of colour.
Thank you!
These are gorgeous! Love the design, that first one is especially striking!
Thank you Miriam! Yes, the first one is more striking. But I also love the pastel look of the second one. So, its kinda hard for me to decide which one I like best! 🙂
Hi Ashwini – gorgeous cards yet again – as always from you! Thanks so much for joining ATSM this week!
Thank you so much Cornelia!!
Pretty! I do like the ombre effect on the little tiles and the lovely silhouette flowers for accents. Great work. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week.
Thank you so much Deborah!
OMG Ashwini both of the cards are gorgeous. The die cut is perfect on the small squares.
Thank you so much Barbara!!
These are both really stunning!! I love your colored ombre squares!! Thanks for sharing! 😉
Thanks Vicki!