Hello friends! We have a new challenge for you over at Color Hues and this time I am hosting! I've chosen one of my favorite color combinations for the challenge.
As a reminder, you may use any hue of the two challenge colors, so lighter, darker, whatever tone, as long as it's a yellow and a blue. Neutrals are also welcome (black, white, gray, ivory, brown, kraft and metallics). So sorry, but green is not a neutral lol!
I'm also sharing over at Seize the Birthday for their Anything Goes portion of the challenge.
Okay, let's get to my card!
For a long time I knew precisely what I was going to create for this challenge, but then...Spellbinders released their Just A Cake Birthday Card Kit and I went in a completely different direction. Take a look!
As I am always in need of masculine birthday cards, I chose to use the Birthday Brew die set from the kit, Confetti Drop embossing folder and the Just Add Cake stamps and dies. In addition, I used the Essential Arches and the Color Block Accent Arches, which are not part of the kit.
I love that color block look in yellow and blue! For the beer mug itself, it was die cut from both light blue and vellum. Between those two layers a piece of acetate was added to give the look of glass with the beer behind it.
The watch was easy to put together, once I decided on the colors of metallics to be used. Sandwiched between the face and band of the watch is a die cut circle of gray to make the watch hands visible.
The background arch was cut from white, embossed with the Confetti Drop folder, then a yellow ink pad was swiped across the raised elements so they would be more visible, plus give more contrast between it and the beer "foam". I used partial die cutting to create a top-folding arched shaped card base. The final step, after everything was assembled, was to add a few small clear dew drops for an effervescent look.
Thanks for stopping by! Please take a moment to visit the challenge blog for more inspiration by my incredibly talented teammates and guest designer Greta. The challenge will remain open until Thursday, May 14th at 9:00 am EDT. I hope you'll join us, I'd love to see your card in the gallery!
Stef
