Variations on an Ombre Birthday

Goodness - I feel like having a piece of cake with a big glass of milk after looking at the delicious The Cake Blog Audrie has to inspire us for the Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers!

I was attracted to this ombre Pink Grapefruit cake particularly because I recently purchased the Ombre Sentiments Birthday stamp set from Papertrey Ink and wanted to try them out!

For my first inspired card - I inked my sentiment with Orange Zest and Bright Buttercup Inks and stamped it on a white panel. I layered it to a piece of patterned paper with foam dots and added some Lemonade Blend sequins to it.  I stamped another sentiment using the same two colors of ink on the inside.

Then I went in another direction creating  an ombre panel by rubbing Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Scattered Straw Distress Inks on my craft mat, spritzing with water and then dragging a piece of Arches Watercolor paper through it.

 I dried the panel with my heat tool and then black embossed the sentiment on it (stamping doesn't always come out clearly on watercolor paper because of its rough texture - I tried 3 different black inks before deciding to emboss instead!).  I layered the panel over a strip of patterned paper with foam dots and added Lemonade Sequins.

Here's another variation - such a different look just by making the patterned paper a smaller strip!

and a masculine variation using a piece of rust Coredinations Ranger Distress paper instead of a floral.

So now I have several birthday cards to add to my stash - all from one inspiration!
I'm also linking my first card  to:
Seize the Birthday - Floral

 Twofers Challenge - Birthdays

Happy Weekend everyone -  tonight I have the pleasure of babysitting for these two sweeties - my 5 year old grandnephew James and his almost two year old sister Madelyn.   Tomorrow we'll be celebrating Madelyn's 2nd birthday!  Here they are in their Easter outfits.

Ombre Birthday Stamping
Stamps: Ombre Sentiments Birthday - PTI
Paper: white - PTI, DP Fine and Summy Paper Pack - Kaiser Craft
Ink: Bright Buttercup, Orange Zest - PTI
Accessories: foam dots, Lemonade Blend Sequins - Avery Elle

Ombre Panel cards
Stamps: Ombre Sentiments Birthday - PTI
Paper: white - PTI, DP Fine and Sunny Paper Pack - Kaiser Craft, or rust Coredinations Ranger Distress
Paper Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Ink: Versamark, Ranger Distress Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Strw
Accessories: mini mister, craft mat, black embossing powder, Lemonade Blend Sequins - Avery Elle, or orange enamel dots