Wednesday, April 22, 2015

You Make My Heart Soar

Hi everyone,
A quick post today to share a card I created for two challenges: CASology Challenge for the cue card Ombre and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for the theme Clean & Simple. 




I started by embossing the feather onto a white panel, then stamped it with three PTI inks - Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist. I added a strip of Hawaiian Shores cardstock on each side, stamped the sentiment and placed a few clear sparkly sequins (from an old SSS card kit) to jazz it up...Done and dusted!

It's difficult to see the embossing  around the feather, so here is a close-up:

 

I hope everyone is having a great week! Thanks so much for stopping by ~ 
 









25 comments:

Tracey McNeely said...

Awesome ombre Barb! Love t hat feather and your gorgeous CAS card!

Joyce said...

Your ombre is just gorgeous. I see that we picked the same color scheme. The feather is absolutely the perfect image to use for this CAS beauty. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

lostinpaper said...

Perfect choice of an 'Ombre Subject' Barb, this feather looks like it is floating on the card and in my fave colour too! Thanks again for your visits to my blog and your kind words, you really made my day.

Irish Cherokee said...

Excellent. Simple and elegant Barb. Loving it.

Hugs and Blessings
Jim

Virginia L. said...

Love the gradient of colors! You chose a perfect stamp to do this design! Love it, Barb! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Clean and Simple” Challenge!

Kylie said...

absolutely stunning, Barb. That feather is beautiful!! Love your ombre colour choice xx

Cindy C. said...

It's gorgeous!!

Darnell said...

Sensational, Barb!! I love that feather and you've used my favorite shades of teal!! Mwah! Hugs, Darnell

Heather said...

A gorgeous CAS card Barb, a lovely design and beuaitfully coloured feather .......a cute sentiment and great sequins!!

hugs
Heather xx
Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Lisa Lara said...

Brilliant CAS Barb.

Kay Miller said...

Such a beautiful card Barb! Love the ombre feather with the embossing! So pretty! I wanted to thank you so much for the comments you left for me on the TE blog and my blog. You pretty much made my whole week! ((Hugs and happy rest of the week! ))

Betty said...

wonderful ombre stamping - really just a fantastic card all the way around!

Anita in France said...

Sigh ... how gorgeous, Barb ... such a beautiful ombré feather ... thanks for the close up, that texture from the embossing is fabulous! Anita :)

Susan said...

So pretty, Barb! I don't think I have a feather stamp, but I do have some feather dies, just don't know "how" to use them! LOL!

Rosemary said...

lovely card, barb... the ombre effect on the feather is beautiful!

Unknown said...

gorgeous inking! for a minute there I thought you bought those new ombre inks by hero arts....this looks fabulous!!

Kelly Latevola said...

This looks amazing! I love the ombre, it looks flawless!!

Dawn T said...

stunning Barb. The colours are amazing.

cm said...

Barb, your feather is ombre-awesome! Such a perfect image for this technique...and you embossed first, then stamped? Oh my...sounds like a series of steps that would have me trying this umpty-teen times before getting it right. So pretty...and the sequins are the perfect accessory...Happy sighhh...
Hugs~c

Cat Craig said...

Beautiful Ombre, Barb!

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Wonderful ombre - such a pretty card!

OH Babs said...

Beautiful CAS ombre feather card.

Lucille K said...

Very pretty feather card, Barb :)

Loll said...

This is so pretty Barb! Love the embossing to give the feather dimension, and love the ombre technique ... such beautiful shades of aqua! xx

Judy1223 said...

Barb, I love the airy feel of your ombre feather and the embossing beneath it...I can see it! Love it! Thanks for joining us this week at CASology!