Gallery Idol 2013--Round 5

 

Hi everyone!  I am just thrilled that I made the Top 5 in Paper Crafts Gallery Idol 2013 card contest!  Wow!!!  The last round was full of cards using EXACTLY 10 embellishments!  That was a difficult challenge round!!  Thank you all SOO much for your votes!!!

You can see the Paper Crafts post HERE! 

If you'd like to vote for the FINAL round, you can vote using the link on my side bar!!!

 

 

 

Well everyone.......this is the week where you all vote on the challenge we worked on.  The challenge this round is to make four color-coordinated cards in four different styles!!!  Here we go with my versions of this challenge.....I hope you like them!

 

The first thing I did when preparing for this challenge was to choose a color palette.  This was not easy but I kept going back to one that I used recently that I thought would be perfect.  This however, proved to make designing each of these cards a bit difficult. 

 

The 4 styles I chose to work with are:

Classy and Elegant

Clean and Graphic

Fun and Cute

Freestyle Collage

 

 

CARD #1 uses the Classy & Elegant style.  I wanted to stamp a background that would be eye catching with bits of color and adding some simple elegance with pearls.  The sentiment was heat embossed with white Filigree embossing powder.

 

 

 

CARD #2 uses the Clean and Graphic style.  This is right up my alley and I love this stamp set from Papertrey Ink.....and Maile Belles!  This set screams graphic and I am embracing the "tilted" once again! 

 

 

 

CARD #3 uses the Fun and Cute style.  There really is no explaining this style.  Just see for yourself.  I made a window card for my little scene adding in some texture with the woodgrain impression plate on the front panel. 

 

 

 

CARD #4 uses the Freestyle Collage style.  This style is new to me so this is my first attempt!  I decided on bringing my color coordinating papers into the background and using a wooden tag for the focal point of my collage.  Adding in some flair, Washi tape, enamel dots, colored burlap, twine, and a tiny sentiment flag rounded out my collage.

 

 

 

Here are the chevrons in action......I had a really hard time getting a photo of these that weren't blurry or an optical illusion....ha!

 

 

Check out the close-up of the collage feature I created:

 

 

 

There you have my FOUR color-coordinated cards in four different styles.  This was definitely a challenge this week but I had such a fun time creating these cards!  I hope my versions of the four styles I chose are enough to get your vote.  Thanks soo much!!!!

 

 

{To you. From me. With love.}

Stamps:  Round Repeats, Mini Blooms (PTI)

Paper:  White. Guidelines II  (PTI),  Island Indigo (SU)

Ink:  Orange, Ocean, Grass (AMuse), Versamark

Misc:  Filigree white embossing powder, Pearls, Foam Adhesive, Corner Chomper

 

{Hello My Friend}

Stamps:  Sketched Shapes (PTI)

Paper:  White (PTI), Island Indigo (SU)

Ink:  Orange, Ocean, Grass (AMuse), Versafine Onyx Black

Misc:  Enamel dots (MME)

 

{We Belong Together)

Stamps:  Paired Up (Clearly Besotted)

Paper;  White, Orange Zest (PTI)

Ink:  Grass, Ocean (AMuse), Kraft (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black

Dies:  Circles (Spellbinders)

Misc:  Aqua Blue Twine (Timeless Twine by Bella Creationz), Foam Adhesive

 

{Hey girl, Happy Birthday}

Stamps:  Sign Language (PTI)

Paper:  White, Orange Zest, Simply Chartreuse (PTI), Island Indigo (SU)

Ink:  Orange (AMuse)

Dies:  Cover up die--Pieced Chevrons (Lil' Inker Designs), Cosmic Star Set (Memory Box)

Misc:  Wood Tag (Maya Road), Flair (Bossy Joscie), Enamel Dots (MME), Washi Tape (Freckled Fawn), Memo Pin (Tim Holtz), Girl Wood Veneer (Studio Calico), Colored burlap, Twine