Happy, Happy, Happy Retirement....overlapping ombre

Here with a quick card for Make it Monday #120 - Overlapping Ombre.  I am still making some retirement cards  for people to give to a special lady that is retiring at our school this week.  I decided to use this weeks technique for today's card.

You will notice that my "Happy" words are NOT overlapping.  I tried hard and have several tags to prove it but I kept just missing the overlap each time with this particular stamp.  When I looked at the tags I made this was actually my favorite so it is the one I used for my card.  On this one I put the lighter ink colors above and below the darkest color to draw the eye to the center of the tag and in turn to the "Happy Retirement" sentiment in black.  I am hoping to try this technique again to see if I can successfully overlap.  I must be "overlap" challenged!!! LOL!

Thanks for taking a look!
:) Jill

Supplies:
Stamps: Say it with Style, Mega Mixed Messages
Cardstock: White, Hawaiian Shores
Paper:  Digital wood paper
Inks:  Martha Stewart in blues and greens - stack; and Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  Cheery Lynn Designs: Italian Flourish Doily Die, and Burlap Impression Plate.  Spray paint, tissue paper (doily is made from spray painted and dried tissue paper that was then die cut). Ribbon - RRR and vintage; button - PTI; hemp twine: MFT