Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog! I am thrilled to be chosen as one of the final 20s for Paper Crafts Magazine 2012 Gallery Idol Contest. I got to chat with the other girls on Facebook over the weekend and am feeling so blessed and grateful. All the girls are so warm, sweet, fun and supportive. I am so glad that I worked very hard for this (19 cards submitted, most of which are new).
This week is Round 2 for public voting (instructions at the end of this post). The theme is You Color My World – Use of Rainbow Colors. And here is my card:
The idea came to me when I was reaching for my glasses: Rainbow is what I see when looking at you – you color my world. I made the cardbase a polaroid by cutting a big square window in the middle on a regular A2 cardbase.
The rainbow is made with a set of nesting circle rings. I colored them each seperately and adhere to a thin piece of printer paper. The coloring dose not need to be perfect -
- Because when you adhere the glasses to the front, it will be flawless :) Cut around the edges. Again, you do not need to be perfect, just cut enough so that it will not show beyond the glasses. I went along the edges with a black marker to avoid any white lines shown.
I liked the shape of this pair of glasses and this one. They are waived of all rights according to the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. So I modified the files to cut it out with my Silhouette. You can download the patterns for both the glasses and the rainbow (sized for using as shown when print/cut at 100% scale) in both PDF and .studio formats:
Download .studio Cut File Here
1. There are many glasses shapes available in the Silhouette online store and other online resources (like the two linked above or this one). I went with a more masculine look but you could totally use a girly girl pair and add jewels or flowers to bling it up. Just have fun with it. :)
2. I find cutting circles by hand (even with a template) is the hardest of all shapes. A set of nesting circle ring dies (like this one) can be a great alternative but you will need to test the combination (resize the glasses pattern if necessary to cover at least 5 circle rings for a rainbow effect.)
If you create something using these patterns (or other freebies I shared) please feel free to post a photo to my Facebook Wall and join my giveaway here. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my patterns in use! :)
Click HERE to visit our Gallery Idol contest page (just in case you are voting for me: my card is 17 of 20 or click here or click on the link in my sidebar :). Voting is as easy as 1-2-3!
1. You’ll need to register with the contest tool to vote, so first go to the “Registration” tab.
2. Once you’ve registered, then click on the “View Entries” tab.
3. Once you select your favorite entry, click on the “Vote” tab. (Make sure you’re really sure because you’re only allowed one vote per voting round!) Find the “Save Vote” button below the card photo and click – done!
If you voted in last year’s competition, you may use the same username and password. (If you forgot, you can have the information e-mailed to you.)
Voting for Round 2 will end Thursday June 7th at noon (MDT). The Final 15 will be announced on Friday.
Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
Good luck girl!
Amazing and super fun and creative. LOVE this, Nina! Off to register. :)
Your card is fabulous! I love it!!!
Just a bit of sweet CAS-graphic goodness!!! Love it! Thanks for the tips too!
So glad that we get to ride this crazy ride together, my long lost sister;)
So cute and simple… Thanks for sharing…
So fabulous I can hardly stand it!
I love this card! I had kind of kicked around a similar idea, but I like your so much better! Great card!
Love it Nina. Something fresh and new. I’ll vote for you!
Sandi Doemel
Thanks for the download. I LOVE your super-cute and trendy card! Best of luck in the contest.
okay, LOVE it.
I love the fun, retro look of your card!
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awesome card. good luck.
NINA, i love your card. so fabulous in so many ways!
Such a creative design!
Such a cool card. Love the glasses.
Very cool!
This is such a fun and colorful card. Good Luck!
What a cute and fun card, Nina! Wonderful design! Best of luck:)
Love your retro glasses Nina!
Nina this is AMAZING! I love the rainbow in the sunglasses!
What a fabulous and trendy chic card-love it!!!
So fun, Nina! Good luck in this round!
This is so much fun!
Wonderful work Nina! Love it.
Very clever idea and quite "in", too! Good luck, Nina!
Neat design!! So cheerful too!
Awesome card!
NINA!!! This is so cute and awesome!!!
Super creative card, and love how you shared your process with us. Love it!
Totally awesome card! And thanks for showing us how you did it!
This is crazy awesome! I love it! No doubt in my mind your moving forward!
Love this!! It’s so fun!!!
YOU are a genius! I love this design and thanks for sharing how you made it! And the polaroid design?? Just perfect! So glad to be in the Top 20 with you!
Fun card! Congrats and good luck!
Yeah! Love it, Nina. Your card just makes me smile–it’s perfect! I’m so glad to be in the Top 20 with you! :)
So cute!!
I just love this Nina – it is signature ‘you’, and you’ve executed it flawlessly! Thanks so much for the sweet comment you left on my blog. I’m so glad to be in the Top 20 and on the same DT as you – you really push me to better my craft!
very creative!
This was one of my faves from the Top20. It’s clean, so well executed, and a great interpretation of the theme. I’m glad I found your blog, and I’ll be sure to follow your creations! :)
Beyond fabulous! Love the rainbow behind the glasses, madly. :-)