There were five days of Summer School at My Favorite Things. I posted Day 1's lesson here, and today I have cards for Day 2: Rainbow and Day 4: Ombre.
I used a favorite die from last Christmas to create a rainbow wreath. It was fun to transform the die into a summer design.
I die cut the wreath from five colors of card stock: Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Buttercup, New Leaf, and Blueberry Sky. All except Buttercup, which is one of the new Concord & 9th colors, are Papertrey Ink papers. Then I reassembled the wreath on a piece of Neenah card stock.
The sentiment is also from My Favorite Things stamp set "You're Super." Then I die cut the panel with a Hero Arts "Rounded Rectangle Infinity" dies.
Finally I found a piece of patterned paper that repeated the rainbow theme in an old paper pack by Pebbles, "Fun in the Sun." Finally I added five enamel dots to finish the card.
Day 4's subject was creating a card using ombré coloring. It took me awhile to find a product from My Favorite Things that would work, but then I remembered I had their "Big Balloons" stencil.
Getting the ombré effect with ink blending wasn't quite as easy as I expected, but I think it worked out fine in the end. I used the new Concord and 9th inks, Aqua Sky, Buttercup, and Marmalade which are so bright and colorful. The blending brushes didn't work as well as the old ink blenders which applied the ink with a much softer, smoother look.
It is a bit harder to see the yellow ombré effect on the yellow balloon because of the overlapping blue and orange balloons. I used Papertrey Ink's "Birthday Balloons" stamps for the strings. What you can see more clearly in this photo is the embossed edge of the white panel created with the Hero Arts "Rounded Rectangles." It was an accidental happening. I had the die upside down, but when I took it out of the die cutting machine, I rather liked the effect. I pulled out my corner rounder from my scrapbooking days to finish off the panel.
The sentiment is from one of the Simon Says packs of sentiment strips. So easy to cut out and use. Finally I added the panel to a Buttercup card base. I am loving the Concord and 9th inks and papers. So glad I splurged on the assorted pack (2 sheets of each color) when they were introduced. Now to decide which ones I "need" in full packs. Buttercup is definitely on the list. It's almost a perfect shade.
I'm also linking this card up with Seize the Birthday, skipping the optional challenge this time, for Anything Goes.
