<section class="container">
  <article class="buttons box">
    <p>Box Shadow Gradient<br><small>( looks alright )</small></p>
    <a class="btn green" href=""><span>Nominate Yourself</span></a>
    <a class="btn orange" href=""><span>Nominate Someone</span></a>
    <a class="btn blue" href=""><span>Buy Tickets Now</span></a>
  </article>
  <article class="buttons border">
    <p>Border Gradient<br><small>( best option )</small></p>
    <a class="btn green" href=""><span>Nominate Yourself</span></a>
    <a class="btn orange" href=""><span>Nominate Someone</span></a>
    <a class="btn blue" href=""><span>Buy Tickets Now</span></a>
  </article>
  <article class="buttons border-image">
    <p>Border Image Gradient<br><small>( no border radius )</small></p>
    <a class="btn green" href=""><span>Nominate Yourself</span></a>
    <a class="btn orange" href=""><span>Nominate Someone</span></a>
    <a class="btn blue" href=""><span>Buy Tickets Now</span></a>
  </article>
</section>

// Variables
$yellow:  #add356;
$teal:    #00dfa6;
$lorange: #ffcb52;
$dorange: #ff451f;
$blue:    #3dade9;
$purple:  #bf2fcb;


/* Mixins */
@mixin box-gradient($from, $to, $weight: 0) {
  $mix-main: mix($from, $to);
  $mix-sub-from: mix($mix-main, $from);
  $mix-sub-to: mix($mix-main, $to);
  
  box-shadow:
  // left - start color
  -1px   0    0 $weight rgba($from, .75),
  // top left - mix of two colors plus start
  -1px  -1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-sub-from, .25),
  // bottom left - mix of two colors plus start
  -1px   1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-sub-from, .25),
  // top mid - mix of two colors
   0    -1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-main, .5),
  // bottom mid - mix of two colors
   0     1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-main, .5),
  // top right - mix of two colors plus end
   1px  -1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-sub-to, .25),
  // bottom right - mix of two colors plus end
   1px   1px  0 $weight rgba($mix-sub-to, .25),
  // right - end color
   1px   0    0 $weight rgba($to, .75);
}

@mixin border-gradient($dir, $from, $to, $width) {
  border-left: $width solid $from;
  border-right: $width solid $to;
  background-image:
    // Needed for both the top and bottom borders
    -webkit-linear-gradient($dir, $from, $to),
    -webkit-linear-gradient($dir, $from, $to);
  background-size: 100% $width;
  background-position: 0 100%, 0 0;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-clip: border-box;
}

@mixin border-image($from, $to, $width) {
  border-image: linear-gradient(left, $from, $to);
  border-image-slice: 1;
  border-image-width: $width;
}

@mixin font-gradient($from, $to, $dir) {
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient($dir, $from, $to);
	-webkit-background-clip: text;
	-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}

.btn {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 1em 0;
  padding: 1em 2em;
  
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 6px;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-align: center;
}
  .green span {
    @include font-gradient($yellow, $teal, left);
  }
  .orange span {
    @include font-gradient($lorange, $dorange, left);
  }
  .blue span {
    @include font-gradient($blue, $purple, left);
  }
  
  .blue {
    padding: .75em;
    font-size: 3em;
    font-weight: 100;
    line-height: 1;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
  }

/* Box-Shadow Technique */
.box {
  .green {
    @include box-gradient($yellow, $teal, 1px);
  }
  .orange {
    @include box-gradient($lorange, $dorange, 1px);
  }
  .blue {
    @include box-gradient($blue, $purple, 1px);
  }
}

/* Gradient & Border Technique */
.border {
  .green {
    @include border-gradient(left, $yellow, $teal, 2px);
  }
  .orange {
    @include border-gradient(left, $lorange, $dorange, 2px);
  }
  .blue {
    @include border-gradient(left, $blue, $purple, 2px);
  }
}

/* Border Image Gradient Technique */
.border-image {
  .green {
    @include border-image($yellow, $teal, 2px);
  }
  .orange {
    @include border-image($lorange, $dorange, 2px);
  }
  .blue {
    @include border-image($blue, $purple, 2px);
  }
}


/* Stage Styles */

body {
	font: normal 1em 'Helvetica Neue', Roboto, 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	background: #1d2025;
  margin-top: 2em;
  
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-around;
}
  .buttons {
    display: flex;
    flex: 1 0 1;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    flex-direction: column;
    padding: 1em;
  }
    p {
      color: white;
      text-align: center;
      text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba($blue,.5);
    }
    .btn {
      align-self: center;
      
      &.blue { align-self: stretch; }
    }

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

html { box-sizing: border-box; }
*,*::before,*::after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}