Altenew Live Challenge - Ombre

 I watched Jen's Live Challenge on replay over the weekend and had some fun making an ombre background and some ombre florals.

I started by ink blending the four colours from Lapis Lazuli Crisp Dye inks.  I took a Tim Holtz stencil - Doily and then used the darkest of the colours to add the stenciling.   I trimmed the panel and matted with a die cut from Gina K Master Layout 2.  Love how this leaves a good sized border on the card base.  To make my flowers I used Altenew Zero-Waste 3D Floral cover plate and die cut from white card.  Used the Lapis Lazuli inks and Deep Blue Seas inks to add the blues - in a gradient way.  Also used some greens for the leaves in a gradient as well.    Added a sentiment with the Scripty Sentiment die.  I had some pearlescent Charcoal acrylic ink on a scrap from some over paint on my gelli plate and once it dry was a lovely shimmery colour and was perfect for this sentiment.  Used white for the shadow layer.   This one has lots of dimension so will need to make a box envelope for it. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope your weekend has been as crafty as mine.  

WWC 254 Tristan's Challenge - All About Occasions.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  Tristan is our hostess this week and her challenge is All About Occasions

 My card today is a Thanks one.

My background was made by embossing in white the Hero Arts Flower Background (circa 2009)  An oldie but a goodie.  I then did some ombre blending with my blending brushes and Altenew inks - Sunray, Chamomile, Snapdragon and Marigold.   I then stamped another older Hero Arts flower and white embossed that.  I used the the darker of the inks to blend on the flower.  I fussy cut the flower and mounted it onto a bronze circle.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Sentiment Stripes.   I finished with some brown sequins. 

Come and join the fun.  Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday

Challenge have created.  Then take our challenge and link your creation to the challenge post.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 12.00 noon NZ time ) to link up your project.

As I have used Hero Arts goodies on this one, I am entering it into the Anything Goes Challenge at A Blog Named Hero

Autumn Colours at Sweet Stampin' challenge

Hi all.  It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog.   Our theme this week is Harvest/Autumn colours.  My card uses Autumn colours

I started by using Rose Gold Altenew Embossing Powder with a Hero Arts background stamp called "Leafy Vines" and then I used Marigold, Autumn Blaze, Firebrick and Milk Chocolate Altenew inks to blend an Ombre background.  I used a Hero Arts sentiment from "Messages with a Flourish"  which I embossed onto white card and layered onto some more ink blended card.  I added a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Do come and join us at the Challenge blog with your Autumn or Harvest cards.