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Tuesday 23 October 2018

A Balloon Celebration For Granny

Hi!

Are you enjoying seeing the different colours each week in the Colour Creations Blog Share? I am!


This week we are looking at Granny Apple Green, one of the new greens in our colour range. It's a lovely, bright green that is true to the Granny Apple Green name. It's a softer bright green, if that makes sense to you!

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I had a lot of fun with the colour this week, seeing how many shades I could get from the colour. I've seen this style of card with the ombre balloons around the Internet a bit and I've been wanting to try it. This seemed like the perfect time. I started with the colour full strength at the top, and slowly worked my way down the cardstock each time I stamped it, so that it got lighter as it got closer to the bottom. Here's a hint if you want to try this: if you stamp a balloon half way off the cardstock, don't stamp the second generation balloon completely on the cardstock - you'll end up with a balloon that is part ark and part light. Not a good look! To get around it, I either stamped off on scrap paper or made sure that when I stamped second or third generation I stamped less of the balloon, so that the darker areas were always off the cardstock.

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To give the card a bit more zing to go with the Silver Foil edges, I also stamped some balloons over the top using Frost White Shimmer Paint on my stamp. I've darkened the photo a little so that you can see it better. The 'celebrate' die cut was cut from vellum, and I hid chopped up Mini Dimensionals behind the sequins. I didn't want to go to all that effort with the balloons and then hide them behind a big sentiment!

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Some more balloon-y fun on the inside. Once I got going on the balloons, I really couldn't stop!

As always, you can find the rest of this week's cards over at Catherine's blog. I can't wait to see what fun everyone has had with Granny Apple Green!

Bye for now,

Tina

7 comments:

  1. Tina this is an amazing card, I love your ombre effect! Thanks for hopping along tonight.

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  2. I really love the look of your card Tina, it's so bright and happy. The vellum sentiment looks great and softens the look of the card.

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  3. Love all the balloons Tina, such a fun an happy card!

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  4. I love the ombre look, it is so effective and I love the soft vellum sentiment!

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  5. That is so amazing Tina - totally love it!

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  6. That is just a stunner. Love that balloon technique and the frost white ones are a great finishing touch.

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  7. What a novel idea, I love it Tina. Great card.

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