Moxie Fab Gradient Challenge

When I first read Cath's new Moxie Fab challenge, Gradient is Radiant, I was honestly stumped. I have always loved gradients in design, but I didn't know how to do it on cards outside of brayering, which I'm not good at. Then, I remembered this blog post of a very talented graphic artist and I knew right away that's what I wanted to do for the challenge.

This first one is a straight copy of what Patricia did. I just filled every cut with a color. The colors I used (if I remember correctly) are Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, Ruby Red, Really Red, GinaK Pumpkin Spice, More Mustard, Summer Sun, So Saffron and Cream. The card base is GinaK's Chocolate Kiss and the sentiment is from my stamp set, Lord of the Seasons. It's perfect for this autumn themed card.


For the second card, I decided to not only use different shades of red, but also add texture and patterns. The colors used are Bravo Burgundy, GinaK Rocket Red (which comes with the striped texture), Ruby Red, Rose Red, Rose Romance, and a printout of GinaK's Rich & Shabby digipaper. The cardbase is Pink Pirouette and the sentiment is from my Elegant Post set. I just love this technique. I will play some more and see what I can come up with. It's a good way to use up those little scraps of paper I've been keeping in my box.

Two more days until Moxie Fab's World Card Making Day Blog Tour begins. Woohoo! I can't wait!