Ombre Card

I have not tried a lot of 'Ombre' card challenges in the past. One of the reasons is that I do not have different shades of coloured card stock in my stash and I cannot be bothered getting them just to do an 'Ombre' card! Anyway, when I saw the challenge on Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger this week, I wanted to give it a go. I was thinking of shading in shades of purple.. then maybe try different shades of patterned paper.. it all got too difficult again... until I found I had three perfect shades with my Core'dinations card pack (this comes with 2 of each shade in long 2.5 inch wide strips.  I was going to do this challenge with a normal sized card, but I was asked to make another A4 card for a maternity leave farewell at work. Here is my card, the inside reads 'Best Wishes, XOXO'. I'm also linking this card to Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:
Canson Colorline Card (black and white), Core'Dinations Distress Cardstock, Paper Smooches Reflections and Bloom dies, PTI Bold Wishes, Ranger Archival Jet Black, Pink Paislee lace, American Crafts Brads, Hemp from Hemptique.

Ombre Card

I tend to struggle when there is an 'Ombre' challenge. After watching Nicole's video on Papertrey Ink's 'Make it Monday', I decided to give it a go. I don't have a lot of PTI stamps and after going through the stamp sets I do have, I decided to use the flourish stamp on the Big and Bold Wishes. I also don't have many PTI inks and decided to use my Hero Arts inks instead. Here's my card and I'm also linking it up to The Twinery's Twine Madness challenge and A Blog Named Hero's It's a Man's Man's Man's World challenge!. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm

Stamps - PTI Folk Art and Big Bold Wishes

Ink - Hero Arts Soft Granite, Pool and Navy, Versamark White Chalk Ink

Others - Enamel dots from My Minds Eyes, Midnight Blue Twine from The Twinery

Pattern Play 2

I struggled with the Ombre challenge on Moxie Fab World until I saw a card posted by Jennifer McGuire on the Online Class - Pattern Play on Day 2. This is the card I came up with inspired by Jennifer's technique of embossing on patterned paper. I am submitting this card to:
- Moxie Fab World Card Creations Ombre Challenge
- Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - Elegant Emerald
- A Blog Named Hero - Freestyle Challenge
Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Core'Dinations Card

Paper - Basic Grey Sweet Thread

Stamps - Hero Arts CL661, CG244

Ink - Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Versamark

Die - MFT DieNamics Fishtail STAX

Others - Clear EP, Kaisercraft rhinestones, seam binding, Hemptique Hemp