Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts: Ombre

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Monday, January 18, 2016

Happy Birthday, Ate Ning & More Ombre Horizontal Panel Birthday Cards

The card I created in my previous post inspired me to create more cards using the same technique but with different colors. I forgot that my sister's favorite color is violet so the first card I made is not suited to be given to her on her birthday on the 26th. She's turning -ty-6. This was a joke we learned from our uncle when he tells us how old he is.

I only used one ink for this card, which is the Hero Arts Grape Juice. I just adjusted the pressure while blending the ink. The Strathmore Bristol paper made the blending easy without the need of using different shades of inks to get an ombre effect. I also spritz this card with WPlus9 Shimmer spray and allowed to dry before embossing the background stamp. I hope my sister likes it.

I used Doodlebug sequins for this card and topped it with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Flowers Sequins.

For this card, I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans) for the ombre panel. I used My Favorite Things Diagonal Stripes Background stamp.

A touch of Little Things from Lucy's Cards Nautical Sparkle Sparkly Shaker Selection completes the card.

Which one of the cards did you like? Thanks for visiting my blog. Have a brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am submitting this creation to:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-ombre/

Monday, January 11, 2016

Ombre Horizontal Panel Birthday Card

After seeing MFT's Sketch Challenge, the first thing that came to my mind is to stamp a background stamp onto an ombre patterned paper. I love an ombre patterned paper from Crate Paper Love Notes but the 6x6 pad came only with one sheet of this paper. So, I decided to recreate the paper by blending inks.

Using Strathmore Bristol paper, I blended 5 colors of Tim Holtz Distress inks. Once I was happy with how the colors are blended, I allowed it to dry before heat embossing. I could have dried it with a heat gun but I wasn't in a hurry doing this project.

After running an anti-static tool onto the ombre panel, I stamped the MFT Roses All Over Background onto the panel using Versamark ink. I stamped this by having the rubber stamp flat on the table. I placed the ombre panel on top of it. I then place a typing paper over the panel then carefully ran my fingers onto this stamping sandwich to transfer the impression to the paper without moving the ombre panel. I carefully lifted the ombre panel off the background stamped. I poured WOW! Embossing Powder Metallic Gold Rich Pale, then heat set it.

For the card base, I cut a 11" x 4 1/4" Kraft colored card stock and scored it at 5 1/2" to create a top folding card. I stamped the Roses All Over Background onto the front using MFT Kraft dye ink. I also stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Kraft card stock using Versamark ink. I masked the rest of the sentiment since I only want a one line sentiment. I poured American Crafts Zing! embossing powder then heat set it.

To create the horizontal panels, I wanted the widths of the panels varied from a thick one to a thin one. I trimmed the ombre panel into 5 using this concept and trimming in between the horizontal panels. I adhered the panels on the card base taking off the 4th from the top panel and replaced this with the sentiment strip. I adhered the sentiment strip and the 2nd from the top strip with foam tape to add more variation to the design. To finish up the card, I randomly adhered different shaped sequins from Little Things from Lucy's Cards. I love this!

I plan to create other versions of this card using this design. But the deadline of the MFT Sketch Challenge is in a few hours so I'll submit this card. I'll post the other cards in my blog once it is done.

Thanks for viewing my blog. Have a brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.

Supplies:
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen), MFT Hybrid Dye Ink (Kraft), Versamark
Stamp: MFT Roses All Over Background, MFT You've Got Mail
Embellishment: Little Things from Lucy's Cards Grapefruit
Powder: WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale Regular, American Crafts Zing! Grapefruit

I am submitting this creation to:

http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/01/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-262.html

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-ombre/

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Balloon Shaped Birthday Card

This is an excess stamped watercolor card when I was doing my watercolor cards series. I was going to use it for a new card but the card didn't work out, and I've already cut this watercolor panel into a circle. Since the challenged for Mama Elephant for this month is shaped card, I decided to make it into a balloon. I made several versions of this card, so this is a remake with different upgrades.
http://ienjoywhatido.blogspot.com/2014/03/card-lifted-shaped-balloon-card.html
http://ienjoywhatido.blogspot.com/2014/03/another-happy-birthday-balloon-card.html

I first inked the watercolor panel with Tim Holtz Distress ink (Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick) with the plan to create an ombre colored panel. I stamped the stars using white pigment ink around the sentiment, occasionally double stamping the image. I had to press the stars with my finger to even out the ink and remove the harsh edges. I ink the sides of the panel.

To create the shaped card, I cut 2 more circles using white cardstock, and also created the tip of the balloon using a triangle shaped scrap of patterned paper. I used a decorative edge scissor to cut the end of the balloon. I inked this as well. I made two of these, one for the front panel and the other for the back panel.

I adhered a circle cardstock to the front inked panel. This will hide the balloon tip. This will also hold and hide the end of the twine which I taped to the back of the watercolor panel. I wrapped the twine onto the balloon tip, applying liquid glue to keep it in place. I stacked 3 die cut ribbons. I applied Wink of Stella in clear on this ribbons for added glimmer. I adhered this to the balloon tip and adhered a gem to it.

For the back, I scored the second white circle cardstock, about a fourth from the top. I applied adhesive to this area then adhered it to the back of the cardfront. I applied a small dot of glue to the tip of the triangle and lined it up with the triangle on the front of the card. You may add fourth circle cardstock to hide the triangle on the back panel.