Hi!
It's Wednesday evening, which means it's Colour Creations time! This week we are featuring Gorgeous Grape, which is a colour that sits in the Brights colour family. It's my 'Goldilocks' purple - not too dark and not too light, it's jut right. LOL!! One of my younger sisters' favourite colour is purple, so I try to make her a purple Christmas card each year, so I took this opportunity to make her card, ready for December.
I started by using a Blending Brush on a piece of Expressions In Ink SDSP to create the ombre background. The snowflakes over the top are from the Gingerbread Dies. They looked a little sparse to me, so each snowflake is actually two layers, with the top layer offset from the first. The fuller look is very pretty! I also swished some WinkOf Stella over the top, but unfortunately is was too dull on the day I took toe photos for the glimmer to be seen. You'll just have to imagine how shimmery they are.
When I created the ombre piece for the front of the card, I cut the DSP an inch wider than it needed to be so that I could use the offcuts for the inside of my card. Such a great, time-saving idea. I finished off the inside with another double layer snowflake, this time in Gorgeous Grape.
Thanks again for joining me, but please do jump on over to the lovely Vicki Boucher's blog next. A few of her Gorgeous Grape cards came up in my google search for inspiration for tonight's card, so I'm sure that she's made another stunner this time.
As always for Colour Creations, pop on over to Cathy Proctor's blog if you find a broken link, or if you simply want to see the list of all the ladies participating in tonight's hop.
Bye for now,
Tina
Tina thank you for the fantastic tip to create a border around the edge of the sentiment layer - it looks super cool. I'm sure your sister will absolutely love this stunning "Goldilocks" purple Christmas card.
ReplyDeleteI love the effect of the shading around the greeting piece, and the gold and purple is so elegant
ReplyDeleteThe layered snowflakes are so pretty, and your colour combo is lovely (snap!). My favourite part of the card is the sentiment label - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the Ombre in Gorgeous Grape over the Expressions in Ink DSP and those snow flakes really pop against the shades of purple and gold. Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteA lovely ombre card, Tina, showing off the purple tones beautifully. I love how you've blended the sentiment leaving the white border, so effective.
ReplyDeleteOh so gorgeous Tina. I’m sure your sister will love her Christmas card. I love the the shading you added to the label. I must try out that technique. The gorgeous grape blended background with the gold stripes is delightful with the white snowflakes and the white shimmery ribbon. Beautiful. Xxx
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty Tina. I’m sure your sister will absolutely love this gorgeous card.
ReplyDeleteYour card is very elegant and beautiful blending. Those snowflakes are adorable in both the white and purple and love the greeting panel simply gorgeous.
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