Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Merry Monday #203 - Ombre and Glitter

Hello friends.  The challenge over at Merry Monday this week is to use ombre colors and glitter on your Christmas card.  I had just ordered a couple new sets of ink cubes from Altenew, and they package them 4 inks to a set, with the 4 colors being graduated...perfect for the ombre technique!  I used the Green Fields set and used 3 of the shades of green (Evergreen, Forest Glades, & Frayed Leaf) to ink up some white cardstock, and then used a PTI die set called Merry & Bright to cut out 3 trees.  Take a look:


Each tree consists of 4 pieces plus the star, and I mounted them on a MFT's Blueprints #27 stitched and scalloped layer.  The "peace" was die cut from silver glitter paper using a die from PTI's Wonderful Words: Holiday Collection.  This was such a quick and easy card to make, and I really love the CAS look to it!  May have to make a few more of these to bulk up my stash a little!  :0)


Make sure you check out all the beautiful cards from the design team this week, and then play along.  You can find all the details right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!  :0)

14 comments:

Colleen said...

Oh Marcia, I love your ombre trees, so clever doing three of them and each a lighter shade!! Thank you for joining us again at Merry Monday!

Linda said...

Marcia, your ombre trees are so pretty with that lovely glitter sentiment. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

Karen L K said...

Your trees look really great along with the nice sentiment!

Karen L K said...

Your trees look really great along with the nice sentiment!

Bonnie said...

Love the graduated colors of the trees, Marcia! The glitter die cut is so pretty with them! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love your trio of ombre trees, Marcia! Fab "peace" die in that silver glitter too!!

Creating with Susan said...

I love your glitter 'peace' - it works perfectly with the ombré trees - great card!

JosieD said...

Wow--what a great way to use the ombre effect plus I like how the trees are positioned. Nice looking card!

Kristie Goulet said...

So perfect, Marcia! Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

Very creative way to use ombre on your trees! Thanks so much for playing with us this week at Merry Monday!

Betty said...

your ombre trees are so pretty Marcia - we both had the same idea of green trees and silver glitter - good minds! and i'm loving those altenew coordinated litte cube inks too!

Greta said...

So beautiful! I've been thinking those ink sets would be great to have as I love ombre!

Greta said...

So beautiful! I've been thinking those ink sets would be great to have as I love ombre!

Sue said...

I love how you used the ombre effect on the trees. What a great CAS card. Very pretty!