Ombre Blue Dreams - Watercooler Wednesday Challenge no. 34

Well here is a random "off the cuff" post! I was visiting a site last night and saw a Weekly Challenge that I couldn't go past.
I haven't done any challenges for a long time but I have to admit I have a soft spot for a lovely Stampin Up Demonstrator called Jean. And this was her challenge. I felt I just had to join in. Click on the link below to take you to it. You have a couple of days left before the challenge ends.
Weekly Watercooler Wednesday Challenge no. 34
 Jean's Challenge.
Welcome to our new challenge.  This week we feature Jean's Colour Challenge---with a twist.  What does that mean?  Jean has put together a challenge within a challenge.  For this challenge, you get to pick your colour (that's right, I said colour---singular) and then use it in an Ombre Effect. 

I immediately had visions of the colour Blue. I pulled out Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Pacific Point and Night of Navy ink refils. Placed drops of these  in lines across several folded baby wipes and I had an Ombre Blue Custom Made Ink Pad! Voila.

 Using the fern leaf from Butterfly Basics and big ink spots Stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set, I created this card. I stamped my larger piece of whisper white with the Grunge stamp and the Custom Ink pad.

 Using a small piece of 4.5cm x 12cm whisper white, I sponged the colours using ink pads, then
I stamped the fern image in Night of Navy with two of the images floating off onto the larger white piece that had been stamped with the Grunge stamp.

 I added small touches of silver with ribbon, dazzling detail and a few diamantes, though looking at it now I am thinking it might be a tad too much!

(I blame this perhaps overdone "Sparkle" on the fact that it was past midnight when I finished and I am in Christmas Mode at the moment! haha!)

 Inside I placed another fern image that was stamped with the Custom Ink Pad.

And there you have a pretty Ombre Challenge Card.
So much fun and so easy to achieve. I love making Custom Ink Pads - every time you stamp you get a different effect. Why not give it a go yourself?

We are off to the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers this weekend. So I had better get packing! Can't wait to check out all the beautiful gardens and flowers and events. (and take lots of photos so I can share a few with you.) This annual event held in Toowoomba rivals any other flower/garden event we have in Australia, so worth going.

Pop back again soon as I want to share some punch art cards with you. Thanks for stopping by Vx