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
10 comments:
This is just as good as your monster card, Stef! Love the way you highlighted the EF and I really like the watch. Is that weird? LOL An awesome card with these colors! Now I am curious what you were going to make.
Love the arched shape! This is all kinds of fun, Stef!
That arch frame is AMAZING, Stef! And the stein of beer looks so lifelike! This is such a fun card and a fabulous pick of colors!
Super masculine card Stef, the colours work so well especially th hi lighted embossing. :)
Happy you linked up with us at Seize the Birthday! You can go ahead and say it, I am not very observant! LOL Or perhaps too busy! That sounds better.
This is just too darn cute Stef! I'm loving all the detail like the color blocked arch, the watch, the mug, the background...all of it! Awesome card my friend and awesome color pairing too...thank you!! Hugs. :0)
I love everything about this card, and it's a masterpiece for a masculine card! Love that colored block arch. Almost everything in this card is "new" to me, and I want it all!
Masculine marvelous to the nth degree - and a most wonderful showcase of yellow and blue. The images, the design, the colour blocked arch...everything just hums together beautifully...I mean, handsomely!
hugs~carol
Such a fun, masculine card, Stef! Certainly worked great with your color combo of yellow and blue! Happy I got to be the guest designer for this challenge!
Stef , thank you so much for choosing such a fun colour combination. I always think that blue and yellow in the spring are a lovely duo! The border around your shaped card is gorgeous and I love how you made a masculine card so much fun. I love that beer mug, and I love that you used your new spellbinders kit. I had it in and out of my shopping cart a few times, but with the U.S. dollar exchange, I just can't do it right now. Fabulous, fabulous masculine design!
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