AAA Birthday challenge #74 - Ombre

Hello again friends and welcome to October. I hope last month was good to you and you're ready to start a brand new month.  I'm here today to share my card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge and this month our theme is 'ombre' which is such a fun challenge and can be achieved in so many different ways.  I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone interprets the theme this month.  Our guest designer this month is the lovely Karen so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

I was originally going to do an ink blended ombre background but changed my mind and decided to make an ombre birthday cake.  I love the finished card so much and it would look awesome in all the colours of the rainbow.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cake:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the cake using a border stamp using light to dark purple ink pads.  I then trimmed it down to 2" x 2 1/2" and splattered it with white gouache.  I used a scalloped border die to create the cake stand and hand cut the base using scissors (it's a very dark purple but for some reason looks navy in my photos!).  I cut a white scalloped panel and using some of the darker purple ink I splattered the background; once dry I layered this onto a pale purple panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4" with double sided tape.  I added the cake and stand with foam squares and then stamped my sentiment with the palest purple ink I had used for the cake.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and then adhered this to my card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with some pearls and heart crystals.  For the inside I cut another white scalloped panel and purple layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  To continue the cake theme I stamped and die cut two candles and added them to the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with one of the darker purple ink pads.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated * 

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs. I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed. I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Have a great day. 

Love and hugs,

 

card supplies:

Uniko Stamps - background builders: classic stamp (for cake layers)

Clearly Besotted - scalloped edges die collection (for cake stand) - retired

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 4 die set (for scalloped rectangle)

Gina K Designs - sketched flowers stamp (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - birthday bash stamp & die set (for candles)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - lovely lavender, medium lilac, wild lilac

Gina K Designs - light orchid ink cube

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - crystal collection hyacinth - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for splatters)

purple card from stash