One for the Girls and One for the Guys

Just under the wire once again this month, here are my cards for the final two June Viva la Verve sketches. I went feminine on one and masculine on the other.

Here’s week 3’s feminine card using the shoe from Verve’s Express Yourself as the focal image. I had the two coordinating patterned paper scraps on my table and decided to use them as the starting point for my card.

After arranging the scraps on a dark pink panel, I stamped the shoe on a scrap of pink in a dark brown ink and cut it out. I used foam tape to attach the shoe to a cream panel stamped with the “you’ve got style” sentiment. To soften the brightness of the cream panel against the rest of the card I used some distress inks along the panel’s edges. After securing a looped pink satin ribbon to the back of the panel, I set it on the card. I attached a button at the top of the panel to bring in one more dotty element to the design.

Materials Used:
Express Yourself stamp set (Verve Stamps); Memento Rich Cocoa ink (Tsukineko); Melon Mambo Classic ink, Melon Mambo, Gable Green, Dark Chocolate, and Very Vanilla cardstock, scallop edge punch (Stampin’ Up!); Vicki B 6x6 paper pad (BoBunny); Tea Dye distress ink (Ranger); pink satin ribbon (Michaels); pink button (Clear and Simple Stamps); linen thread (The Cat’s Pajamas); foam tape

This is week 4’s masculine birthday card. I used the “big wish” sentiment from the Big Wish set as my focal image, adding a big felt star to match it. The words are stamped in dark blue ink on kraft—love the look of the colored ink against the kraft! The panel is set on a matching blue mat and accented on the sides with red strips with decorative edges.

I set the piece on a dot embossed kraft panel. The panel’s bottom is covered with a fun rustic-looking plaid pattern. A strip of twill runs across the plaid piece, accented with a red button for a pop of color. The panel is set on a dark blue card base for a final masculine touch.

Materials Used:
Big Wish stamp set (Verve Stamps); Enchanted Evening ink, Seeing Stars die, Harvest Gold felt, twine (Papertrey Ink); Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red, and Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Destinations-Flash Cards designer paper (Simple Stories); Labels 1 die (Spellbinders); twill (Wrights); button (Michaels)