Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Create Along With Us March 2016



 I loved making this card~



 
 (stamps: Papertrey Ink You're a Gem  dies: Papertrey Ink You're a Gem)


 








My jaw dropped when I saw Amy's card.





 I cased the concept~stamping my own "ombre" by inking each word with two versions of the same color, darker and lighter.


I die-cut white gems, placed them over clear acetate, inked and stamped again (lining up over the original stamping best I could).


I removed the acetate, ran each gem through a xyron sticker maker and lined them as close as possible to the original stamped words.





 I used the colors from 


http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2016/03/color-throwdown-384.html


 
  (stamps: Papertrey Ink You're a Gem  dies: Papertrey Ink You're a Gem)






 Thanks for stopping by!







10 comments:

Wanda Cullen said...

Love your version of the ombre look! Beautiful take on the throwdown colors! Thanks for joining us in the CTD challenge!

Greta said...

Very creative! I loved that card by Amy, too!

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Awesome card! Love the focus on the sentiment.

Kathy Mc said...

Amy's card (all of hers do really) caught my eye also, and you did a great job with the ombré technique and lining things up. Sweet card, Marlena!

Sadie said...

Very creative use of the ombre technique!! Turned out great!

Patti said...

Beautiful!! This is such a clever technique!! you really did an outstanding job.

Patti

Vickie Z said...

Love those ombré inked words!! Great use of the challenges!! So glad you joined us at CTD!

Helen F. said...

This is fabulous, Marlena! The sentiment looks great in a rainbow of colors

Kim said...

You did a beautiful job using these challenging colors!! I like your stylish card!!

Kim said...

You did a beautiful job using these challenging colors!! I like your stylish card!!