BSS MONDAY IDEA - OMBRE BACKGROUND

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Monday Idea

Today's idea is an Ombre background. Ombre is just

a variation in one or two color families from dark to light.
 

It's popular in clothing right now too.


 

Here is a closeup of the punched border (Martha Stewart-Embroidery punch)

in five shades of yellow. I started with a piece of card stock (yellow)

5x7 inches. I punched the border from the five colors to fit across the piece of

yellow card stock. Starting with the lightest color, I overlapped the pieces and

adhered them.

I love this bright fun birthday scene by Art Gone Wild (AGC1-2594)

Here is the finished card. After I finished adhering the border pieces to the

yellow piece of 5x7 inch card stock, I finished the top with a piece of designer paper

Basic Gray 6x6 paper pad- Cupcake. And a top border (EK Success) in white.

I matted the image with white then green card stock. I glued a green striped ribbon across, over the paper and the borders, and added a ribbon bow. Glittered pink stars are a Sizzix die. I glued the entire piece to a blank 5x7 white card.

I used borders to create my Ombre background, but you can use punched circles, stars, or anything else you can come up with.

Hope you have a chance to try this Ombre background.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Monday.  Until later.......