Round 3 Gallery Idol!

Hello!  Hope your having a terrific day!  :>  I am so excited to be here with my entry for Gallery Idol Round 3!  

The challenge was to make a Feminine and Masculine card with the same product!  I decided to use the new Indie Chic Collection by My Mind's Eye, my LSS just got it in and I love it!  Here are my cards:

I love how the papers work so well for both a feminine and masculine card! I absolutely love the blues, browns and the pop of yellow! I used my favorite technique heat embossing for both! For both cards I used paper strips but with different designs and really like how it turned out!

Your So Special Indie Chic Feminine Card:

I heat embossed the flower trio in white and painted them in with inks!  It's my favorite way to color, it can be as fast as you want it to be or you can take your time and play with it!  You already may know how to do this but in case you don't here is a photo (in the photo the flowers are in brown so you can see better)

I inked up a clear block with some die ink and sprayed the other corner with water/perfect pearl mix and using a small paint brush (because the flowers are smaller) I painted the flowers in!  Easy peasy!  I really like to use water that's mixed with perfect pearls as I find it blends better and has a sheen to it but you can just use water.  For this card I not only used paper strips but I did a two strips of lace!  :>  

Father Indie Chic Masculine Card

I also heat embossed but with chestnut powder onto the pattern paper the train.  I love how heat embossed images just pop on patterned paper! For the sentiment I wanted to just use the word Father actually cut up a clear sentiment "Happy Father's Day".  I can put it together still on a clear block to use the whole sentiment together in one line, or I can just use the Father like I did here, or I even can break up the sentiment on two lines!  The bright yellow twine I think adds a pop to the card!  For the paper strips when I glued them on to help me glue it straight I used my paper trimmer to help me line it up:

I hope I've explained both cards well let me know if you have any questions!

SUPPLIES:

Your so special feminine card:

Stamps:  All Hero Arts: Pattern Hearts and Flowers, Year Round Sentiments

PP:  Indie Chic (Nutmeg) Collection by My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzill Kraft

Ink:  Versamark, Stream Adirondack, Tumbled Glass by Ranger, Dandelion by Memento, Chocolate Chip by Stampin Up

White embossing powder by Hero Arts

Water and Perfect Pearls mist

Mat Stack die by Papertret Ink

Lace by Hero Arts

Pearls by Recollections

Scrapbook Adhesives:  foam dimensionals

Father Indie Chic Masculine card

Stamps:  All Hero Arts:  Past Times, Celebrate Everyday

PP:  Indie Chic (Nutmeg) collection by My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzill Kraft

Twine by the Twinery

Die by Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Chocolate Chip by Stampin Up, Versamark

Chestnut Zing Embossing Powder by American Crafts

Scrapbook Adhesives:  foam dimensionals

I hope that you like my cards and I really hope that you vote for me!  :>  I would love to make to to the next round be one of the top 10!  :>  

 

Thank you for visiting today!!!!!