Saturday, June 15, 2019

Ombre Fern for CAS Mix Up Reminder

Hello crafty friends.

Can you believe it's the 15th of the month?


There's still time to join in at 

Pop on over and see what our talented Design Team and 
this month's fabulous Guest Designer, Bobby have done to inspire you.

I've sponged an Ombre background using Distress inks and
those fun new brushes that Trina gave all of us at the retreat.
They work like a dream! (Or else rubbing Trina's arm to get her
talent to rub off on me really worked!)

I used two shades of green starting with Mowed Lawn at the top
and Twisted Citron at the bottom and blended in toward the center.

I die cut the fern from Neenah cardstock then used what was left
behind as a stencil.  I used a wet baby wipe to dab at the blended
background through the stencil to get a ghosted look.

The frame was in my stash and seemed a good fit.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Scripty Sayings 1 (GKD)
Ink:   Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron (DI), Versafine Onyx Black
Paper:   Neenah
Other:  Delicate Fern Die (MB), Dew Drops (PPP), Deckled Rectangle Die (Spellbinders)


15 comments:

Mac Mable said...

Such pretty blended colours and such a beautiful mixed media CAS card...Love it x

Liz said...

Gorgeous card, Bonnie. Your ombre background is beautiful. xx

Christine Alexander said...

Bonnie, OMG so pretty, I love the soft greens for the backdrop for the ferns :)

I Card Everyone said...

Bonnie your greens are so wonderful... perfection!!
=]

JoAnn said...

Beautifully blended ombre background. The white fern really stands out against it.

Loll said...

Your blended ombre inks background is gorgeous Bonnie. LOVE the bright greens with white ... so fresh! LOVE the way you've used your stencil die-cut to remove some of the ink to create the fern in the background with our white die-cut over top. Clever and beautiful! xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Love the fresh colours and the design, so beautiful.
Faith x

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous ombre background using your new make up brushes from Trina. I was sitting on the other side of Trina and hoping her coloring and sponging talents were rubbing off on me too:-) I love the 2 shades of green for your background and how you used your negative fern for stenciling with a baby wipe. Beautiful card and techniques my dear talented friend! Hugs...Nancy

BożenA said...

Your ombre background is beautiful. I love the ghost that appeared on it, giving a beautiful complement to the fern leaf. Such a beautiful card, Bonnie
Hugs,
BożenA

Papercraft Boutique said...

What a gorgeous and smooth ombre background, Bonnie! I love that you added the subtle ghosted-look fern behind the die-cut one. It gives so much interest and echoing effect to the background. The dew drops are a wonderful finishing touch!
Hideko xx

kiwimeskreations said...

How stunning is this Bonnie - love the colours, and that ghosted leaf in the background is so subtle but adds so much to the card
Blessings
Maxine

Karen Dunbrook said...

so pretty!
xx Karen

Jo said...

Great nuances of green, so smooth and clean. The ghosted leaf behind truly adds to the dimension of this beautiful card. Love the white fern and water drop beads that reflect the green behind. So, so convincing. As usual, you always frame your cards so appropriately. Beautiful xx

Trina P. said...

Gorgeous ombré background, Bonnie. I may have gifted you the brushes, but you worked your magic. Clever use of the negative cutout as a stencil. Adds wonderful dimensions. xx

Pat said...

This is a beautiful ombre look using this pretty die cut fern over the top in white makes it stand out so prettily. I love it Bonnie. x