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Shadows & Shades- Laughing Lola

Have you had a chance to look at the Autumn/Winter Idea Book yet??  What's your favorite product?? 

One of the 6 new My Reflections paper packs, Laughing Lola, is the featured one in my card today!  It also features Shadows & Shades- the technique for the Heart2Heart challenge this week!


How FUN is this paper!  I love the jewel tones :)

I used the new mini stamp set: Heartfelt Birthday Wish, stamped in Black.  Then I took my Gypsy markers and colored the top and bottom of the words in the light shade and middle section with the darker shade.  I did not do this with "perfection", but I let the shades blend together :) 

I also sponged Lagoon Ink onto our Color Ready Seam Ribbon.  I did a fun technique with the yellow'ish paper- I made my own washi tape!  (I'll post a tutorial soon!!) 

So the Shadows & Shades technique is also called Ombre!  Check out this video from CTMH, where they show you how to create the Ombre look using Liquid Glass & Reinker!




Comments

Laughing Lola is my current new fave. I love how you shaded your sentiment. Thanks for joining us at H2H!
Sheila Bennett said…
Great idea to color the letters using markers like that. Will have to keep that in mind. :)
Anonymous said…
I've also been playing with Lola and that cute little stamp set and loving both! Great take on the ombre` challenge, Jen. Thanks for playing along with H2H!

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