Stampin' Up! © OH SO OMBRE Designer Series Paper

 Welcome to my blog!  So happy to have you visit, today.  I'm showing cards I made using the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Papers.  This is a package of 6" x 6" DSP, FREE during Sale-a-bration when you make a purchase of $50 (before tax, shipping).

The papers come in 4 colors - Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green and Rococo Rose - and 2 patterns - circles of white, and solid.   

Let me show you some cards using these papers.

Using the Bermuda Bay - 

I used the solid ombre as a layer onto the card base; I used the ombre-circles on the top layer, first embossed, then die cut.  Keep reading for all the details.

Materials:

• Card stock:  Bermuda Bay for the card base, 11" x 4 1/4", fold at 5 1/2"; pieces of Basic White for sentiment, approximately 3"x 7/8", and large enough to stamp the seahorse & two seashells.
• DSP:  Oh So Ombre,  Bermuda Bay as a layer, 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"; and the ombre-circle piece, 4 7/8" x 3 5/8".
• Stamp set:  Seaside Notions (149278).
• Emboss Folder:  Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (154317).
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink Combo 154893).
• Dies:  Layering Circles Dies (151770).
• Sequins:  Whale of a Time Sequins (152461)
• Adhesives:  Mulitpurpose Liquid Glue ((110755), and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

Steps to create the card:

• Glue the solid Oh So Ombre piece onto the card base.
• Emboss the ombre-circles piece with the Painted Texture EF (optional step, but it adds some texture).  Then, using a scalloped circle die, cut out a hole (approx. 2 1/4").  
• Adhere this piece to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Stamp the seahorse and 2 seashells using black Memento ink onto white CS.  Fussy cut (hand cut) these out.  Color with Stampin' Blends in light and dark Petal Pink.
• Stamp the sentiment in black ink onto a strip of white CS; cut a flag at one end.
• Assemble front of card:
• Glue the sentiment piece at the bottom of the circle opening, and slightly to one side.
• Glue the 2 seashells overlapping each other and the sentiment.
• Glue the seahorse to the edge of the circle using Mulitipurpose Glue, and one Dimensional to support the head inside the circle cut-out.
• Add sequins.  The Whale of a Time Sequins pack has some in the shape of shells; use a couple on the sentiment piece.  Add other sequins, graduated in size, to look like bubbles from the seahorse.

There you have your card!

For this second card, I used the Rococo Rose Ombre selection.

The Ombre piece is layered beneath another Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure - Paper Blooms DSP (155222).  This is a package of 12" x 12" papers, in pretty florals, stripes, and other graphics in these colors:  Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Rococo Rose, Seaside Spray, and Soft Sea Foam.  This DSP is also FREE with a $50 purchase (before tax, shipping).

Materials:

• DSP:  Oh So Ombre, Rococo Rose solid, layer 5 1/4"x 4";  Paper Blooms DSP5 1/8" x 3" - die cut on one edge using Curvy Dies.
• Card stock:  Card base, Rococo Rose, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded at 4 1/4"; Basic White to stamp the large Rococo Flower; Blushing Bride piece to die-cut the floral layered piece; Night of Navy piece to die-cut the leaves.
• Stamp set + Dies Bundle:  Pretty Perennials Bundle (156234).
• Other dies:  Curvy Dies (154319)/
• Inks:  Night of Navy, Rococo Rose

Steps to create the card:

• Using the Curvy Dies, cut a curve in the piece of Paper Blooms DSP.
• Stamp the sentiments using Night of Navy Ink onto the Ombre piece, in the bottom left corner, fitting it so that the curved-cut floral DSP doesn't cover it.  (Place the curvy-cut piece onto the layer to be stamped, WITHOUT GLUING, just to get an idea where to stamp the sentiments.)   I stamp this before adhering it to the card base, just in case I mess up on my stamping (I've learned the hard way that this can happen).

• Once the stamping is done, glue the Oh So Ombre layer to the card base.  Then glue the curved-cut floral DSP on top of the ombre layer.
• Create the large floral piece:

• Using Rococo ink, stamp the large flower image onto white CS, and die cut.
• Die cut the floral layering piece out of Blushing Bride CS.
• Die cut the flower center, the solid leaves (2), and the leaves layering pieces (2) out of Night of Navy CS.
• Glue the flower layer onto the large flower; glue the blue flower center;  glue the leaf layers onto the leaves.
• Use Dimensionals to adhere the flower and leaves to the card front.

You now have another pretty card!

For this next card I used the Granny Apple Green Ombre as the background.  Then I stamped leaves in 2 colors of green, "stamping off" some of them to create some lighter, some darker, giving depth to the final effect.

Materials:

• DSP:  Oh So Ombre 4 1/2" x 3 1/2".
• Card stock:  Garden Green base, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded at 4 1/4"; Basic White layer, 4 3/4" x 3 3/4".
• Stamp set:  Very Versailles.
• Inks:  Granny Apple Green, Garden Green.

Steps to create this:

• Glue the Basic White layer to the Garden Green card base.
• Stamp the leaf branch image from Very Versailles stamp set onto the Oh So Ombre DSP, using Granny Apple Green and Garden Green inks.  Stamp some of these branches fully inked, and some that you have "stamped off" once (or twice, for a vey soft look) onto scrap paper.  This gives a variety of light & dark branches of leaves.
• Stamp the sentiment using Garden Green.
• Glue this imaged, ombre piece to the card front.

All done!

Now the final selection in the Oh So Ombre DSP.

I used the Blackberry Bliss selection, and tried experimenting with some techniques.  Could I color with the Stampin' Blends directly onto this Ombre paper?  Would it show up on this darker background?  I'm going to share this experiment with you, and my thought process as I created this card.

The stamp set I used:  Wrapped Bouquet.  It has become one of my very favorites!  There are coordinating dies for the set, too (although not used this time).  The Wrapped Bundle item is 156217.  The sentiment is from the Seaside Notions (the set I used for the seahorse card, earlier in the blog...still with me?)

Steps to create:

• Card base:  Blackberry Bliss card stock, 11" x 4 1/2", fold at 5 1/2".
• Ombre DSP, Blackberry Bliss:  4 1/8" x 3 1/4"
• I stamped the wrapped bouquet image and the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink directly onto the Ombre paper. 
• I colored in the flowers with Stampin' Blends - first with Light Mango Melody (154888), then shaded areas with Light Melon Mambo (153112).  I kept with the lights because I thought they would show up better on the darker background.  
• This card could be finished at this point, just adhere the image piece to the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Let's step it up a bit:

I wanted the flowers to pop a bit brighter.  Hmmm, how to do that?  Answer: I embossed with clear embossing powder.  To do this:  using a Versamarker Pen, "color" over just the flowers, sprinkle Stampin' Up! Clear Emboss Powder (109130), and heat emboss with the Heat Tool (129053). 

Showing the shine from the clear embossing 

Once again, I could stop at this point, but I decided to add a couple more layers to the card:

• I had yet to open & use the Love You Always Foil Sheets (154286), and today was the day!  Beautiful foil sheets in 3 colors:  Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose, and Sahara Sand.  I went with the Rococo for a border to my wrapped bouquet.  Foil dimensions:  4 3/8" x 3 1/2". 
• I also added another layer of the Ombre DSP, the the other selection of Blackberry Bliss with the white circles.  This layer is 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".   

Showing the embossed flowers and additional DSP layers

• Assemble:
• Glue the ombre layer (with the white circles) to the Blackberry Bliss CS base.
• Glue the foil behind the image piece; then glue all to the front of the card.
• Add a rhinestone or other embellishment to continue the sparkle theme. 

Here is the final card:

Those are several cards showing off the Oh So Ombre DSP.  I hope you found some inspiration here today.  Let me know what you think; leave a comment or drop me an email.  Do you have a favorite?

The Sale-a-Bration promotion continues through February 28.  If you'd like to get the DSP used today, it's FREE when your purchase of other SU products totals $50 (before tax, shipping).  Shop my online store HERE.    

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