Gallery Idol 2012 ~ Round #3 ~ Feminine/Masculine Cards

Because of the wonderful folks out in blogland, I have been lucky enough to move on to Round 3 of the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest!  To everyone who stopped by the blog last week, voted for me, and left incredibly kind comments, I want to send out a huge THANK YOU!  To my long-time blog buddies (I'm talking to you Jessi, Jeanne, and Jen),  to the folks following my blog (*hi guys!*), to the absolute strangers who put in a vote for me on the PC site, your support is overwhelming and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Now back to Round 3:)  The challenge for this round was to take a common element (e.g., single patterned paper sheet or single stamp) and use it to make one feminine card and one masculine card.  For me, the challenge was to come up with 2 strong ideas.  

Can you spot the common element?  {Yup, the "bubbly" stamp}  The concepts for these cards came in a flash!  I was browsing my stamps, and when I picked up my Daydreamer stamp set, it flashed immediately.  No fuss, no muss:)  So with ideas in mind, I went straight to work on my feminine card.  What could be more feminine than flowers? 

I had so much fun free stamping the background on this card!  I used my favorite pigment inks from Fresh Ink and they are a joy to work with!  Great bold colors and excellent coverage.  To really make the sentiment stand out I used a ribbon behind the vellum sentiment.  I cut small holes in the vellum to pull the ribbon through to the front and tied a bow.  Girlie card done!  On to the masculine card!

I don't mean to generalize, but the men in my life prefer CAS cards with bold graphics.  Lucky for them (and me), that's what I like to do!  To create a realistic looking beer mug, I used vellum to mimic frosted glass.  The amber beer color was created by rubbing yellow and orange ink on the backside of the vellum and placing a deep rich yellow cardstock behind it all.  In person, the mug glows!  

The vellum is placed inside of the reverse cut mug (cut out on the Silhouette).  To get a 3D look on the mug, I cut the vellum insert slightly wider than the opening.  When placed inside the aperture, it creates a curved pop up effect (see below).  The foam of the beer is embossed in white (using my common element stamp) onto vellum.

 

This technique would be so much fun adapted for a frosty soda or milkshake.  Man card done!

Thank you so much for popping in to learn more about my Round 3 entry!  I encourage everyone to visit all the Top 15 contestant blogs (links below) and hope that you cast a vote on the Paper Crafts website here (even if it's not for me:)!  These ladies are amazing and I promise you will find something you LOVE!  

Aga

Jennifer R.

Wida

Jocelyn

Jennifer I.

Anita

Cheiron

Heather

Debbie

Taheerah

Joscie

Amy

Elena

Erin Lee

With that, I leave you with much mahalo and aloha,

jj

Feminine Card

Paper: Cover Smooth White 100 lb 188091 (International Paper), Vellum

Stamps: Daydreamer, Big & Bold Wishes (PTI)

Ink: Pool, Strawberry, Basil, Mango, Fresh Lemonade (Fresh Ink), Bermuda Bay (Stampin Up), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Ribbon: Satin Blue (Recollections)

Masculine Card

Paper: Cover Smooth White 100 lb 188091 (International Paper), Chipboard (Mark's Finest Papers), Vellum

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Spiced Marmalade (Distress Ink), Mustard (American Crafts), Versamark

Accents: Snow Detail Embossing Powder (Ranger)

Stamps: You're the Man (Practicing Creativity)

Tools: Silhouette SD, Tiny Stapler (Tim Holtz)