Sneak Peek Day 4: Vintage Backgrounds and Masculine Messages

For our last night of peeks, we have a wonderful set of backgrounds by Nina called "Vintage Backgrounds" and a beautiful "Free with Three" set of greetings by Gina called "Masculine Messages", both very versatile and nice basics for your stamp collection. Borders and backgrounds are always great for filling up a lot of space on your card as well as adding a lot of color and detail quickly, one of my favorite ways is to stamp them onto a patterned paper and double up on your colors and patterns! I did this on both cards tonight. Here I used a sheet of Basic Grey, most of their packs come with several "solid" distressed colors in addition to the prints. Sometimes I wish these had a little more "going on", so pull out a big background strip like these polka dots and stamp! :) I did these tone on tone to be more subtle, I wouldn't normally give my husband a card with big polka dots, but in the same shade as the paper they look like bubbles, especially when you pair it with that herringbone background stamp in brown on White, which trimmed and added across the base looks like rope to complete the nautical feel. But in different colors both these stamps would take on a completely different look! My husband is a little old for buttons on his card, so I used one of my star fish from "Gifts from the Sea", all the shells are probably going to become a standard on my masculine cards when I need some "man bling"! I also used Chocolate Brown and Kraft, sponging a little Rich Cocoa ink on the tag before removing the rectangle die.

Next I wanted to make a very feminine card using both sets again to show their vintage side as well as that these messages don't have to be masculine! This card uses three of the new backgrounds: the laces and striped ribbon which I stamped over a Basic Grey Origins pattern, and the hounds tooth which I stamped over the dark olive button with Black Stazon (totally got the button idea from Lynn when she peeked the "Vintage Borders" set a few months back!)

Here you can see it up close, I didn't use any of the "male words", just one of the gender neutral sentiments. The tag for the greeting is the other corner of the same patterned paper , I was happy to use that gorgeous olive flourish from the print again, this time turned sideways.... base and mats are Pure Luxury White and Black Onyx.

Designers Participating in Previews tonight:

• Gina Krupsky - Masculine Messages illustrator
  



• Nina Brackett - Vintage Backgrounds illustrator
  

• Jessica Fick




• Cathy Tidwell




• Erika Martin

• Emily Giovanni




• Kurtis Amundson




• Lee Murphy





• Lynn Mercurio




• Melanie Muenchinger

• Tami Mayberry




• Theresa Momber




• Geri Utterback - our Center Stage Spotlight Designer!

The Release Party is tomorrow night on StampTV. We would LOVE to have you join us for the fun!


There will be challenges, contest questions, chatter, as well as tons of samples from the Design Team members from 7-10 (central time) all leading to the new products being available in GinaK's online store at 10pm.