Welcome! It is the first Sunday of the month and time for another Blog Hop from the Creation Station Design Team.
We are an international group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who love to share projects and ideas with you based upon a monthly theme. Our theme this month is Ombre Blending. Be sure and click on the "Next" link at the end of each blog post to get plenty of inspiration for your next project.
Ombre Blending is a great and fun way to create a background. All you need to get started is Basic White card stock (#159276), Blending Brushes (#153611) and/or Small Blending Brushes (#160518), and, of course, ink pads in your choice of colors. Usually, I pick three distinct colors and blend them in relatively straight rows up my piece of card stock, but for my projects today, I blended colors a bit differently:
I used only shades of blue on each of my cards. I blended my inks on the ocean card in uneven rows from light to dark to mimic the moving tides in the ocean. For my space card, I started from two opposite corners and blended from dark to light to the center to form a galaxy.
The ocean card background is blended with Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Starry Sky and Night of Navy. The speckled images were stamped randomly on the background with Night of Navy ink. The background was die cut using the largest Deckled Rectangles die (#159173). This was layered over a piece of Night of Navy card stock and then over the Basic White thick card stock base.
The stamped and die cut images, except the greeting, are from the Beauty of the Deep Bundle (#161237; includes the stamp set, #161233, and the die set, #161236). The tall leafy plant was stamped in Misty Moonlight and colored with Misty Moonlight light and Boho Blue light Stampin' Blends. The lacy coral was stamped in VersaMark on Night of Navy and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss powder. The small wide coral was stamped in Calypso Coral, with the shaded parts colored with the Lemon Lolly dark Stampin' Blends. The branch coral was die cut out of Pecan Pie card stock. The fish was stamped in Starry Sky and colored with Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends.
The greeting is from the Translucent Florals stamp set (#162243, coming in the September to December 2023 Mini Catalog). It was stamped in Night of Navy on Basic White and die cut using a label die in the Gorgeously Made die set (#161202). Six Boho Blue 2023-2025 In Color dots (#161620) complete the card.
The galaxy card was inspired by the galaxy patterned paper in the Stargazing designer series paper pack (#161175). The center of the galaxy is Boho Blue, with Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and Azure Afternoon inks blended to the center from the opposite corners of the card stock. The images from the Reach for the Stars stamp set (#161176) were stamped in Boho Blue and White Craft inks then dotted with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (#141897). The background was splattered with both the Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker and the Wink of Stella glitter brush. I attempted to get some photos showing how beautiful this card is with all of that glitter. They don't do it justice, but here are a couple with a glimpse:
The greeting is from the Reach for the Stars stamp set. It was stamped in Night of Navy on Basic White and die cut using a die from the Tailor Made Tags dies (#155563). A bow of Starry Sky metallic woven ribbon (#159198) completes the card. This card is now off to my 4-year old grandson, who already knows all of the planets. Grandma can't wait until he is patient enough to learn to find favorite constellations in the night sky.
Now let's head over to Rachel Traudt's blog, Naptime is Stamptime, to see her sure to be gorgeous ombre blending projects.
Have a great August!
--Sara Nell
Lovely, I particularly like the galaxy card.
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