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How To Make An Ombre Card

in Cardmaking on 12/10/21

Happy Friday/Bon Vendredi!

Any big plans this weekend? We are having dinner with friends and Chris’s brother and our sister in law and are trying to play cupid by matching  two people together.  Wish us luck! Chris is also going to be at our local grocery store for the food drive for the people in need for the holidays.  So our weekend is quite full.  I’m almost done decorating and my craft room is having a big makeover.  I can’t wait to give you a tour when it’s completely done.

Day 10 of Kim’s Countdown to Christmas:

For today’s project, I’m sharing with you how to make an Ombre Card.  I promise, this is the last penguin project you will see for a while:)

Step by Step Instructions:

  • Die cut snowflakes from the So Many Snowflakes Dies with Shimmery White Cardstock
  • Glue the snowflakes onto the card base using the Multipurpose Liquid Glue (my favorite glue)
  • With a blending brush, add ink to the top of the card, first with Blushing Bride, then Smoky Slate and lastly So Saffron
  • Embellish your card as you wish

I kept the penguin theme colors that I had done for my gift tags that are posted HERE.  You can use any dies and any colors for this technique.  The blending brush does all the magic.

Adding layers to a card is so much fun to do.  I wanted to see the die cut snowflakes so I added Cardstock Vellum and the Wonderful Snowflake behind the penguin.   I embossed my greeting with white embossing powder.

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Have a great day!

Hugs, Kim xo

156789
Penguin Place Bundle (English) – 156789

Price: $42.25

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Place Aux Pingouins Bundle (French) – 156790

Price: $42.25

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Penguin Builder Punch – 156452

Price: $24.00

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Place Aux Pingouins Photopolymer Stamp Set (French) – 156412

Price: $23.00

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Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) – 156410

Price: $23.00

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So Many Snowflakes Dies – 153560

Price: $49.00

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Layering Circles Dies – 151770

Price: $48.00

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Blending Brushes – 153611

Price: $16.25

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Wonderful Snowflakes – 156340

Price: $8.25

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Pearl Basic Jewels – 144219

Price: $6.75

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Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $13.00

155554
Basics Embossing Powders – 155554

Price: $24.00

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Heat Tool – 129053

Price: $41.00

101910
Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101910

Price: $13.50

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So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147109

Price: $10.25

147100
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147100

Price: $10.25

147113
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147113

Price: $10.25

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Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131202

Price: $12.00

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Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $13.25

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Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101856

Price: $13.50

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Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $5.50

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