This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I have a fun ombré shaker card to share with you today using some beautiful new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes release from last week! You might have seen this project during the live last week (you can catch the replay HERE) and so I thought I would give a rundown of how I created this project. I am going to try to get a video filmed featuring this technique, so be on the lookout for that! I took a poll in my Instagram Stories asking whether videos with no voice over, just occasional subtitles and music, would be of interest, and the answers were overwhelmingly yes! So now I am going to try to get at least one video posted a week with this simpler format. If there are any techniques or projects from past posts that you would like to see on video, please don’t hesitate to let me know! Let’s get started on the details for this project.
For today’s project, I am using the beautiful new Modern Medallions stamp set. The bold pattern was perfect for this ombré stamping technique, and when paired with tone-on-tone ombré blending, it creates such a beautifully vibrant background, perfect for a shaker card! I started by stamping the Modern Medallions background stamp onto a panel of white cardstock with my MISTI using the following Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Watermelon, Blush, Butter, Celery, Tropic. To achieve this smooth ombré, I first tapped my Watermelon ink pad on the top of the stamp, then used the new Simon Says Stamp Microfiber Cloth to tap the edge of the ink line, smoothing it out and creating an area for a smoother fade into the next color. I stamped the first color, cleaned my stamp, then tapped Blush ink onto the next “strip” of the stamp, tapping both the top and bottom of the ink stripe to create that smooth fade from one color into the next. I repeated the process with all of the ink colors until I had this pretty rainbow ombré!
Before moving the stamped panel and stamp from my MISTI, I inked up the Modern Medallions stamp once more, covering the entirety of the image with embossing ink and adding clear embossing powder to the image. The paper shifted ever so slightly when I was doing my stamping, so the clear embossing was just the tiniest bit off from the colorful stamped image. I then used blending brushes to blend the same colors over the top of the stamped image, creating a tone-on-tone ombré overlay. The colors of the stamped image are much more intense than the blended version, creating this fun tone-on-tone backgorund. I trimmed the panel down slightly and created a shaker pocket with some leftover stamp packaging. I filled the shaker with the new Mermaid Tail sequins and mounted it on a full sized A2 panel of black cardstock, creating a crisp black border around the edge of my colorful shaker background.
For the greeting, I kept things simple with a heat embossed sentiment from the new Create stamps and coordinating dies. I heat embossed this uplifting sentiment onto Pitch Black cardstock using white embossing powder, then die cut it with the coordinating dies. I also die cut the Create die, cutting the detail layer from more Pitch Black cardstock and the shadow layer from vellum. I popped up the sentiment pieces on the front of the shaker panel using foam adhesive squares!
Well, that’s all for my project today! I tend to stick to cooler rainbow colors, so it was fun to go outside of my normal comfort zone, and especially to create this shimmery shaker card. I will try to get the video posted for this technique early next week, if you are interested!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
