Nina's Southern Accents: Ombré Technique for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

Hey Y'all!

Today on the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop, the theme is Ombre. It is a pretty popular look that has been around for a while. "Ombre" just means the color fades from dark to light. For my project, I chose the Let's Set Sail Bundle and used a Blending Brush to create the background.

I started at the bottom of my Basic White piece and inked it pretty heavily in Tahitain Tide. Then without re-inking my brush, I moved up the piece and allowed the ink to fade and get lighter and lighter. This effect can also be achieved with more than one ink color...start with a dark color and then use lighter inks. I used Smoky Slate and Pale Papaya for my sailboat, and stamped my sentiment onto a cloud created with the Cloud Punch. You can see I added ink to the edges of the cloud by lightly dragging my brush around the edges. I stamped the bird image in Smoky slate and the water image in Tahitian Tide to give more texture. I made my cardbase a little fancier by starting with a top-folding cardbase (4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2) and cutting off one edge at 2-3/4. So simple but it adds so much! I tied some Tahitain Tide Baker's twine around my scene panel and added it to a piece of Basic White I die cut with the Scalloped Contour dies. I added a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Basic White to the inside of the card, and Voila! l

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