Monday, June 11, 2012

Gallery Idol Round 3

I wanted to thank everyone for all the visits, comments, and votes for my Paper Crafts Magazine's Gallery Idol Round 2 card! It means so much to me! I was beyond excited to move on to the Top 15 round. Thank you!!

When I found out about making it through to the third round, I was out of state for work. It was hard to focus during my all-day meeting (which was particularly bad since I was leading the meeting!). I made it home Friday night and got to work right away. The theme for Round 3 is to make one masculine card and one feminine card, and Holly instructed us to use the same stamp or paper.

I used the digital panda stamp from the Hero Arts' Adorable Creatures set:

heroarts_2peas_AdorableCreatures_panda


Isn't it too cute? Here are the masculine and feminine cards I created using this stamp:

You're Super & You're Sweet



Yep, it's the same stamp. The first step was recoloring the grey body white. After that, I went through about 186 steps to make each card. I'll save you the nitty gritty details, but we'll just say there was some definite trial-and-error.

First, I worked on the feminine card...I wanted it to look more like a teddy bear. I enlarged the stamp to create the shaped card, and while I used Photoshop, you could also enlarge a stamp using a copier.


Since the pink houndstooth paper is digital, I was able to use a trick to save a cutting step. I recolored the background and the body in a slightly darker color, which provided enough contrast for me to see the paws/ears/eyes for fussy cutting. This way, I didn't have to make patterns and cut the papers twice. I went around the edges of the paws and ears with a marker.

I made the little hair bow using a bow tie tutorial on Heidi Van Laar's blog. I also made the pinwheel by stamping the pinwheel image twice--once in yellow and once in Versamark on the pink paper. I fussy cut both and coated them with glitter. The handle is a 1/16" dowel that I painted and added glitter. The pinwheel is functional and does turn (it doesn't spin, but it does turn). Here's a close-up:



Girl-Panda-Close-Up


Next up is the masculine card. I thought about surf, space, and western themes, but decided to make a superhero hybrid card:



I started with a white base, colored the background blue, and added a digital half-tone overlay from the Super collection to get the cool background (I used "soft light" instead of "overlay"). I added my own sentiment.

For the skyline, I used the Hero Arts Silly Scape stamp and stamped it twice in black. Then, I went back and selected all of the non-window areas one-by-one to recolor them dark grey (I wanted just a little contrast from the outline). Talk about carpal tunnel! I fussy cut the skyline and intentionally didn't ink the white edges (it added a little more contrast). Here's a close-up:


Boy-Panda-City


Lastly, I focused on the panda. Other than recoloring his body white, I simply printed him out and fussy cut him. I made little Underoos and a red satin cape for him. My husband helped me figure out the cape (complete with a 10 minute explanation on the physics of wind), so the cape ended up wavy to look like movement. I heat set the edges of the satin (yes, after the first cape, I realized this was a very important step!). Here's a close-up:


Boy-Panda-Close-Up


I skipped several steps, but if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. I did a lot of trial-and-error, so I'm not sure what I did was the most efficient, but I'd be happy to answer any questions.

There's a vote for the Top 10. If you like my card, I would be thrilled if you would vote for me! You can click on the link at the top of the sidebar to vote or go HERE and vote (I'm #5). Thank you!!

Thanks for your support, and have a great day!


Supplies
You're Sweet Panda Card
Cardstock: (Sweet Tooth) Stamp School
Patterned Paper: (yellow gingham) Pink Petticoat, UK; (pink houndstooth from Quilting Bee papers) Robyn Meierotto at Design House Digitals
Specialty Paper: (premium matte photo paper) Office Max
Digital Stamps: (panda from Adorable Creatures) Hero Arts
Clear Stamps: (pinwheel from Life of the Party) Hero Arts
Inks: Versamark; (Canary) Versacolor
Accessories: (Hibiscus Burst button) PTI; (brad from This and That Graceful) Echo Park
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Other: wooden dowel

You're Super Panda Card
Cardstock: (Sweet Tooth) Stamp School; (red, yellow) Bazzill
Specialty Paper: (premium matte photo paper) Office Max
Digital Stamps: (panda from Adorable Creatures; skyline from Silly Scape) Hero Arts at Two Peas in a Bucket
Digital Overlay: (half-tone from Super collection) Splendid Fiins at Jessica Sprague
Other: red satin fabric


33 comments:

  1. These are SO CUTE! LOVE the houndstooth panda and that great scene you created for the boy card. So much fun, so clever. Just love!

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  2. So adorable...Love what you have designed...so fun and creative...Good luck

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  3. There you go again taking it to a new level! I love your hybrid techniques!

    It's been a thrill playing along with you Jocelyn!

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  4. Seriously? How super cute are these? Love them!

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  5. Super cute, Jocelyn! Love the girl panda--so sweet!

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  6. your boy version is the most adorable thing ever! and amazing how you enlarged the digi stamp to make a shaped card - I'm computer un-savvy, and in complete awe :)

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  7. So cute! I absolutely love what you did! Great idea!

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  8. soooo incredibly cute...FAB job♥

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  9. THIS is so awesome. and how did I not figure out that you're a hybrider too?! I love love love your card. xoxo and your name too ;)

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  10. The physics of wind...weirdly important and made me laugh! Best of luck in this round!

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  11. These are SUPA cute Jocelyn! Good LUCK!

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  12. Yowzer! WHat a lot of work these must have taken to end up with two sweet, effortless-looking cards! The "girl" card is remarkably cute -- love the gingham and houndstooth. The pinwheel is awesome! And Super-Panda in his Underoos? The best! Amazing background layer. Best of luck, Jocelyn!

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  13. you make me want to hybrid. hehe...why does that sound naughty?

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  14. Jocelyn, WOW!! I just LOVE what you did here--your girl/boy versions of that panda are ultra cute! And they both look really complicated, too. But the final results are PERFECT!! You are so clever and creative. I love your approach to this Gallery Idol challenge. Wishing you the best of luck!!!!

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  15. SOOOOO amazing! I LOVE the way you used the digital stamp--clever! I would never have thought of using it for both little girl/boy creations! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Good luck!

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  16. You already know how brilliant I think these are. Great work and best of luck to you in the next round! You won't need the luck though because you are so talented! Didn't realize about all the colouring for the skyline... it looks amazing but ugh... hugs!

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  17. I totally love 'Super Panda' Jocelyn!! I totally lol'd at your husband's lecture - I'd have said the same thing!! Love the cute feminine bear card too! Sounds like there is a ton of additional effort involved that I will just never know about as I don't do anything digital, but I can tell you I know these are awesome!!

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  18. Not many people could take a panda image and turn it into a cool masculine and feminine card ... way to go Jocelyn! Love both of them, they're so quirky.

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  19. You know hubbies can't help unless they are "teaching" - at least mine is that way as well ;)
    I can't even decide which I like best - the girl panda is so deliciously out-of-the-box, and I love the pinwheel! The super panda...the city, the cape, the UNDEROOS! OK, he might have an edge. It's the underoos :) So awesome!

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  20. Really CUTE and FUN cards Jocelyn!!! They sure would put a smile on any kids face. :)

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  21. These are so cute, and perfect for the challenge! Congratulations.

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  22. This is just the cutest and I LOVE this, so very creative, wishing you best of luck into the next round!
    Lisa

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  23. Wow, this is so exciting! I'M thrilled each time you advance to the next round.... I can't imagine how it makes YOU feel :)
    These cards are yet another example of you pushing the boundaries and taking cardmaking to a new level!! They're amazing.
    Good luck.

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  24. cutest panda. love the soft colored girl panda and super hero boy panda.

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  25. I love the background of your superhero card, and the pinwheel in your girl card! It's fun being in the competition with you!

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  26. Super cute Jocelyn.... Love it.... will vote for you... hugs...xoxo

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  27. These are adorable!!! Super Panda...what a great idea! I love the bright blue background. Then the shaped card is of course perfect. So sweet. I think these are winners, best of luck!

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  28. I'm a bit late to the whole gallery idol thing, but CONGRATS!!

    And I love these adorable cards. :)

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  29. Oh my I had no idea how you did this! Way cute idea Jocelyn! Wonderful being in this competition with you!

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  30. I so adored your pandas!!! You rocked the gallery idol, I'm so proud of you! Hugs.

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  31. These are the cutest! I love them to death, especially the super hero panda and his red satin cape. Heehee! I want to squeeze him but then the card would get crumpled. LOL

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  32. Hi Jocelyn, just came by on your blog, and I love your creations!! Your panda cards so cute!!!! I love them :):)

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  33. I love these Pandas!!! Fabulous, fun cards. I'm a big fan :-)

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