Thursday, April 19, 2012

Ombre Mother's Day Card [CQC #133]


Love the Ombre trend going on now in fashion, home decor ... even food. Have you seen those incredible Ombre layered cakes all over Pinterest? This morning at a Mom's group meeting they mentioned Ombre hair (dark roots, lighter as you get to the end). So I thought it would be fun to do an Ombre Mother's Day card using the Color Q Challenge colors.

 

For the second mustard stripe I used the same mustard paper as the first stripe, but colored it with a gray Copic marker. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had two similar papers in that color family.


As long as we're being trendy ... how about some chevrons? I did the black stamped image first, and then shifted it up slightly to stamp the orange/rust colors. Also took out the circle from behind the "O"because it was a little much. Maybe later I will swap out M-O-M for D-A-D since the colors seem more masculine. We'll see : )

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
- American Crafts chevron stamp
- Cuttlebug Garage Sale letter dies

8 comments:

  1. Both great cards Kelly. I love how you created the 'ombre' effect on your cards with the different shades of cardstock and the chevrons with Copics.

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  2. Mom will be a happy camper and I like how you stretched beyond the traditional pastel-ish colors of Mothers' Day. Great job!

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  3. Great use of this week colors. I love those cakes on Pinterest. Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

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  4. Fun card for mom, Kelly, lovely CAS card! Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ and sharing your card.

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  5. Love the ombre stripes! And your chevrons are too cool (they look 3D)!

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  6. Very cool idea and fun cards! Thanks for joining us at the colourQ this week! :)

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  7. Excellent design for this card Kelly! Great use of the colors, too! Thank you so much for playing along at colourQ this week!

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