Ombre fun

Hello friends!
Today I have a card to share which I have  made especially for the Sparkle and Shine challenge. Their inspiration picture is so gorgeous that one look at it, and I was very sure that I wanted to create a card based on it :)
Also, the DT inspiration was really awesome out there. You really need to check it out HERE.

Here's a look at my card based on the inspiration picture :

This was clicked in artificial light and the colors seem much lighter here!

To create my card, I first took a 41/4 X 51/2 inch piece of watercolor paper and using Distress ink - Cracked Pistachio I watercolored my layers by masking each layer with washi tape. Once the ombre layer was created, I found it a bit dark so I heavily spritzed the panel with water. This softened the colours and really enhanced the ombre look more.
Using Wendy Vecchi White embossing paste and a Heidi Swapp stencil, I created the embossed bubbles. The cake is from the Winnie and Walter Sugar Rush set. It's actually a two tired cake, but I wanted a three tired one, so I stamped and embossed the cake image twice and fussy cut the top tire from one of the cakes and paper pieced it on the main cake image. The cake and the flowers are watercolored using Cracked Pistachio Distress ink.
Then, I stamped the cake stand which is also a part of the set using Mama Elephant Fresh Mint ink and fussy cut it. I just used part of the image on my card here! The banner and the sentiment is also from a W & W set- The big, the bold and extras. The flowers were punched out using the MS 3 in 1 Hydrangea punch and I have added Platinum Stickles in the centre of the flowers.

Supplies used :
Fabriano White Elle Erre, Brustro Watercolor paper.
Die- Paper Smooches Dots and Dashes.
Stamps- Winnie and Walter Sugar Rush, Winnie and Walter The big, the bold and extras.
Inks- Mama Elephant Fresh Mint, Distress ink Cracked Pistachio, Versafine Onyx black ink, Versamark embossing ink.
Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder, Pretty Pink Posh/ Winnie and Walter Birthday Sequins Mix, Ranger Platinum Stickles, Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil, Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Hydrangea punch, Wendy Vecchi White embossing paste.

Challenges- Sparkle and Shine, PPP Watercolor Blog hop, Virginia's View Ombre challenge.

I hope you like my card. Please do drop me your comments/suggestion. I love to hear from you :)

Have a nice day everyone.