Welcome to a new week at The Paper Players. I loved Stef's sketch challenge last week and judging from the wonderful entries in the gallery, so did you! JayDee is our hostess this week and she has an interesting theme challenge for us - Feminine. Isn't it interesting that so many of us struggle with the idea of producing a 'masculine' card that we give so little thought to what makes a feminine card?
I often think when I finish a card that I'd either give it to a man or a woman - or that it's really only for a woman but without actually setting out to make a feminine card. So this challenge really made me think about what it is in a card that makes it specifically feminine.
A few things came up. Subject matter - well, flowers usually feel more feminine. Colours - soft colours especially pinks. Texture - lace and curvy patterns. Sometimes technique - watercolouring often softens colours and feel in a design. So those are the things I went with for today's card.
I'm still having my little love affair with the Help Me Grow bundle, so that's where I turned today.
I cut one pot and saucer from Barely Blush and one from Crumb Cake. I sponged them with ink and added in a tone-on-tone splatter stamp to give the pots some dimension.
All of the leaves and flowers were cut from Basic White (although I wish I'd used Fluid 100 Watercolor paper) then watercoloured them with Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, Barely Blush and Flirty Flamingo inks and a water painter.
To add some lacy (therefore feminine) texture, I used the Eyelet Blooms die, which is the April Product of the Month. Products of the month can be purchased for $11 with a qualifying order of $150 or more in the given month. Past products of the month can also be purchased, if they have not yet sold out.
The sentiment, from the retiring Sweet Jar set, is stamped in Crumb Cake and cut with a banner from Stylish Shapes. The trio of embellishments are Barely Blush dots.
The team and I would love to see your version of feminine. Visit The Paper Players to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
Jan Clothier - You are here
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