Sneak Peek: Gingham Garden

Hi Everyone.  Happy Wednesday.

Thanks to all of you who left me a comment on yesterday's post.  I really do appreciate your opinions as to which version of the card worked best for you!

I have another sneak peek for you tonight.  I ordered some of Gingham Garden DSP as part of my pre-order and made two cards with it.

As part of the onlinecardclass "his and hers", we have been challenged to make a masculine and a feminine version of  a card with the same theme.   The classroom card was "thinking of you", but I decided to do a "thank you for your support".   I'd seen this image on one of the stamps from the "For the Birds" set and decided I really wanted to use it.  I used a sketch from one of the cards in the classroom for my inspiration.

Of course, once I had stamped the image, I couldn't resist adding a little bling to the feminine version of the card.  So I pulled out my Dazzling Details (clear and red) and put them to good use!

Isn't that paper gorgeous?   I absolutely love it.   I thought it was perfect with the focal image, too.  You might be wondering what that yellow gingham stuff is?  Well, it's washi tape that goes with the Gingham Garden set :-)  I put it over a piece of Island Indigo and think it looks very pretty.  It was much too bright putting over a white banner and the Island Indigo banner on it's own drew too much attention away from the focal image.  I think adding it over the Indigo was the perfect compromise.

I added the clear Dazzling Details over the wings and the tail and the red over the little heart in the mouth of the bird at the top.   Once I had completed the card I asked Lou if he thought I could use this image for a masculine card.   He looked at me and said…. nah… it's too cute!   OK.  Back to the drawing board then!

Now….. on the back of the flowered sheet of DSP is a green sheet…. ah. ha… I used that as the base of my masculine card.   Check out the two sides of the DSP.

I built my masculine card around the Pear Pizzazz color and kept the same layout as the feminine card.   However, Jennifer/Kristina had recommended using text backgrounds and vintage images for masculine cards.   I immediately went to MDS and printed out the hot air balloon from the Adventure Awaits download.   I also printed a text background (that I made into a tag) from another set.   I colored the text with River Rock and Pear Pizzazz in MDS before sizing it and printing it out.  I needed a "thanks for your support" for my masculine card and used MDS to create the sentiment.  Thank goodness for MDS!!!  Once I printed out the text background, I realized that the Very Vanilla was just a little too bright.  I got my sponge and some Crumb Cake ink and fixed that!

Here's my masculine version of the "thanks for your support card".  Same layout, same DSP (just the other side) and the same sentiment.

I'm really having fun on this class.  Looking at a card and trying to determine and masculine and feminine version of the same card really forces me to think.

What do you think of the new DSP?  I really like the fact that there are two totally different patterns on each side of this particular piece and the flower side is just the right scale for a card.  I can't wait to use some of the other pieces.

On a personal note

For something entirely different… it snowed today and we are expecting more snow tonight.  It's also down in the 40s, where it is going to be for the next several days.   ENOUGH!   I officially declare winter over! 🙂

I have a photo to share with you tonight.    Bailey was down in my crafting space with me yesterday and found the catnip mouse.

This cat is one big hairball!   He's also 18 pounds of gorgeousness.  He might be 7 years old, but he's still a kitten at heart.   He's a very loving cat, but not a cuddly cat.   He also has an incredibly loud purr!  Oh, yeah!   He loves catnip!!!

As always, thank you for visiting my little part of the stamping blogsphere.    I'll be back tomorrow with more masculine and feminine cards.

Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipes – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Feminine card:

• Card stock:  Island Indigo, Whisper White
• DSP:  Gingham Garden
• Stamps:  For the Birds
• Inks:  Copic markers
• Accessories:   Yellow Gingham washi tape

Male card:

• Card stock:  Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Early Espresso
• Stamps: Digital version of Adventure Awaits
• Sentiment:  created using MDS
• Inks:  Crumb Cake (used to distress the tag
• Tools:  My Digitial Studio