Today, we are going to integrate a trend in both fashion and scrapbooking industries. OMBRE! Ombre is term used from the French word meaning shaded or shading. It is essentially a variation of shades.
I decided I would try to make an Ombre like background for my page, using my stash of Jillibean Soup papers.
I started by decided on a color scheme-picking colors that would "blend" into each other. I laid out my papers onto my workspace and then lined the papers out going from dark to light. I used yellow and brown papers from a lot of Jillibean Soup lines, both old and new, to create an ombre.
I decided the simplest way to create the effect was to cut strips of each paper and lie them over the top of a cardstock base.
You can see I varied the size of the papers, along with the edge-whether it was straight or with a curved edge. I decided to cut some papers with a wavy edge and in between some, I left a small white gap to ease your eye a little.
From there, I went on to create my page, layering my photo, title and embellishments too! When I chose my embellishments, I stuck to the same/similar color palette of the paper layer that they were going to be placed on.
For example, I used some Chilled Cucumber Soup stamps with yellow ink to embellish part of the yellow area, along with some Jillibean Soup label stickers.
I continued the same process for the rest of the page, pulling out of my stash yellow/golden and brown stickers, pea pod shapes, and sprouts and layered different items on the page.
You can see that there are a few neutrals snuck in a few different places too - white and wooden/kraft buttons match everything!
Here is the final result of my page. I loved how the ombre turned out and I can see doing it again in different ways!
You & Me Layout by Nicole Nowosad
Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock
Patterned Paper: Coconut Lime Soup/Straw Mushrooms; Homemade 6 Bean Soup/Red Beans, Bite Size Bits; Watermelon Gazpacho/Ice Cubes; Irish Farm House Soup/Parsnip; Soup Staples II/Brown Salt, Yellow Salt; Grandma's Lima Bean Soup/Leek Bulb; Neopolitan Bean Bisque/Basil Pesto; Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup/Fresh Baby Spinach
Pea Pod Parts: Dutch Mustard Soup, Sweet & Sour Soup, Homemade 6 Bean Soup, Apple Cheddar Soup
Journaling Sprouts: Dutch Mustard Soup, Kraft Circle
Kraft Tag: Large
Felt Blossoms: Brown
Clear Stamps: Chilled Cucumber Soup/Small Set 1
Die Cut Stickers: Grandma's Lima Bean Soup, Hearty Barley Soup, Country Pumpkin Soup, Dutch Mustard Soup, Homemade 6 Bean Soup, Coconut Lime Soup, Neopolitan Bean Bisque, Christmas Eve Chowder, Macho Nacho Soup
Coordinating Label Stickers: Chilled Cucumber Soup
Cool Beans: Orchard, Vintage, Etched Flowers
Alphabeans: Kut Kraft, Braised Brown, Yam Yellow
I hope that you will give this a try and share your pages with us on Facebook, and linking up with the comment section below! You could be 'soup spotted' :) and your project shared on the blog.
