Thursday, February 12, 2015

Birthday Blues

Unlike the title today, birthdays don't seem to get me down, although sometimes I am shocked to find out I'm no longer in my 20s!  Like in that one dream, you know the one, where we're in college, but we never can find that one math class and therefore we can't graduate, and then at some point we yell, but I'm 44 years old now!  Okay, maybe that's just my dream?  Anyhoo, embrace each year of your life, they all matter!  By the way, just in case you were wondering if I have college remorse issues, I did indeed graduate.

Papertrey Ink is hosting their eighth anniversary party and today they introduced sky themed stamps and dies, along with linen cardstock in white and cream!  Today's challenge is to create a blue ombre card:
The image from PTI's Stylish Sentiments: Birthday was heat embossed and then ink blended with PTI Enchanted Evening ink to get an ombre effect around the sentiment, and then down onto the rest of the card.  I used a combination of Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, and Enchanted Evening cardstock and ink to make five different shades of blue for the buttons (Button Stacks II Die).  For example, I don't have Enchanted Evening cardstock, so I blended the ink onto Spring Rain cardstock instead.  Spring Rain ink on Spring Rain cardstock is just a shade darker than the cardstock alone.  Stacked the way they are, it's not so easy to see the variations.  I threaded them with some floss and popped them up on foam adhesive.  The panel was adhered to a True Black card base and I will use a white pen for the inside message, or maybe just add a white insert, we'll see.

Click here for today's PTI Eighth Anniversary challenge
8th-Anniversary-Logo
Thanks for coming over to visit, and I hope you are enjoying this important day of your life!

Kara Lynne

50 comments:

  1. Very cool! I love all your stacked blue buttons.

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  2. Kara your blue ombre design looks wonderful!!

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  3. Oh wow! I love the soft blue coloring and all those wonderful layered buttons! A treat for my eyes!

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  4. Beautiful card in my favorite color!! Love it!

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  5. This is fabulous Kara! Love the effect of all of those layered buttons.

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  6. Wonderful blues! Really sweet design too!! And we're practically neighbors...I live in Racine. Glad to "meet" you! Bev

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  7. This is AMAZING!! What a fabulous idea to layer and use all those wonderful buttons!!

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  8. Oh, such a clever ombre idea, these button flowers are incredible!

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  9. I love, love, love this card! I need to pull out my Button Stocks more often!

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  10. Kara, I adore how you layered those buttons! Beautiful effect with the sentiment too!

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  11. You are funny! KARA this is awesome!!!!!! I love the way those tiny bits look all the shades of blue. What a neat card! You are rocking these challenges.

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  12. ha!! I agree with Marybeth... you are funny!! and I also agree with her regarding your card... it is AWESOME and absolutely BRILLIANT!!! (and now I want to get out my button stack dies and make something!!)

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  13. I love the pretty inking behind your sentiment and those die cut buttons create such fun movement! Terrific card Kara ;)

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  14. Loving all those great button stacks! Such a fun card!

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  15. You work the ombre in a wonderful way! I just love it!
    I made mine today too, just need to find time to post!

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  16. This is just darling! Love all those button stacks in shades of blue.

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  17. WOWZY! Your card impressed me with all the buttons - turning them into an ombre effect! You rock, Kara Lynne!

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  18. This took lots and lots of patience Kara Lynn! Perfect lining up of elements~

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  19. Totally LOVE your card Kara! I always forget about those stacking button dies, but you used them perfectly for this challenge...I'm definitely getting mine out to remind me to use them! I really like how you did the coloring behind your sentiment too...very eye catching! A truly beautiful card!! :0)

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  20. I really like this card. You did a beautiful job! ;-)

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  21. This is one amazing card!!! I'm not a blue Color person and you just totally rocked this challenge. Love love love how you used all of those fabulous button bits, just so much fun and your shading behind the sentiment so beautiful.

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  22. Love those button stacks, which now I really want to get! Beautiful card!

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  23. Oh Kara, you are so creative and this is one beautiful card. I love how many different stacks of colour you made. Great job!
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  24. All your makes for the PTI anniversary special are fantastic, Kara Lynne, but this one is out of bounds amazing! What a lot of work and blending and stacking and just, holy cow, girl!! Happy Valentine's Day! Have a great weekend! Hugs, Darnell

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  25. Wow! I just love these shades of blue and how that sentiment just pops right out at you. Hmm, those button stacks are amazing - they must've taken ages! Well worth it though - this card is stunning. Have a fab weekend. Hugs, Jayne x

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  26. I absolutely love this. Fantastic design, and all those buttons are just --WOW!!

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  27. This is so beautiful! Gorgeous color scheme and love the sentiment and buttons!

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  28. Oh my goodness this is so amazingly awesome!!! I can't even imagine how much time all those buttons took to line up perfectly. Incredible work!

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  29. Super, stinkin' fun, Kara! Love those layered dies! Such a striking look!

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  30. I had that realization the other week about time and age and how I have spent more time in my life together with my husband then not... Fun card, I started a blue card and it didn't get finished...

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  31. Gorgeous card Kara! and that's a lot of work!!

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  32. wonderful Blue Ombre Design and I adore that cut out Buttons I was thinking it was really plastic button...
    GREAT Card and wow you have much commentar lady...
    you are so popular Kara...I am happy if you like to visiting me again...
    hugs, Monika

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  33. The best kind of blues to get! And too funny about your dream, lol! Super cute card :)

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  34. Beautiful card!!! Love the light blue background behind the buttons!!! And the buttons!! So cool with the shades of blue!!!

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  35. This is one amazing creation ! Looks very time consuming, but definitely worth the work! Thanks for joining my blog - I have a little greeting for you - hop on over, if you have time.... Happy Valentine's Day to you!
    http://fun-stamping.blogspot.com/2015/02/happy-valentines-day-and-hello-to-my.html

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  36. The button combinations are gorgeous. Very unique take on the challenge.

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  37. Just getting around to commenting on this pretty blue ombre card, Kara! Love blue and this is indeed a beauty.

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  38. This is gorgeous! I love those buttons!!!

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  39. LOVING those buttons Kara and the wonderful way you have used them here! Genius! Hazel xx

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  40. Awesome card Kara, I love the blues and the way you arranged all the very cool buttons :)

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  41. Oh, what a fabulous card in all that blue color! And, love those buttons...well done!!!

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  42. Oh my this is tunning! Love love love the design and all the shades of blue!

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  43. Wow Kara! What a gorgeous card! Love all the die cut buttons!

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  44. Oh my, that blue is divine and your card is stunning!!

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  45. I adore this.... I may have to do this card for my card class peeps. Looks totally FUN and I LOVE it!!!!!

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