Aug 12 2007
Gratitute with Attitude
First of all I’d like to say…good grief, where have I been? It’s been a long time since I posted! It’s been one of those weeks where I didn’t feel much like stamping after work and I had nothing in reserve. The days just ticked on by…another and another and another…still no stamping. I spent most of today wielding a pick axe in the garden (don’t ask!) but after cleaning myself up, cooking a pot roast and doing a passable job of tidying my stamp room I managed to make this card.
This started out as a masculine thank you card. The colors and design were all geared toward a masculine card. Then I noticed the flower that’s part of this All About Gratitude wheel sitting right there on the front of the card — it’s positioned under the blue flower, smaller and Mustard colored, but once I noticed it that’s all I could see — a flower…on a guy card. I stared at it and sighed and fidgeted for a while and thought about starting over, but I finally decided to just turn it into a girl card.
The big “gratitude” word was made by coloring just that word on the wheel with my Bravo Burgundy marker. I had already done that part when it was still a guy card. For various reasons it took several tries to get it to come out right so I had parts of several words rolled out on Very Vanilla. I decided to emphasize the ” ‘tude” by cutting it out separately, giving it a little decoration and mounting it over the original word on dimensionals. I added some ribbon and a flower with a glittered center and I hope that now these colors look sufficiently feminized.
I’ll be making a few more thank you cards in the coming days. Our local Welcome Wagon hostess has asked me to make a few thank you cards which I think she’ll be sending to area merchants. I’m not sure how it all works but I believe they sponsor the Welcome Wagon somehow in exchange for the advertising that finds its way into the goodie baskets. She asked for both feminine and masculine cards but this is not what I had in mind to make… Back to the drawing board! Have a great rest of the weekend!
All supplies are Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise indicated.
Stamps: All About Occasions, All About Gratitude jumbo wheel, Small Sayings (the little heart in the “d”)
Paper: More Mustard, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: More Mustard, Brocade Blue, Bravo Burgundy and Brocade blue markers
Accessories: Ribbon, Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, Art Institute glitter, Scotch Brand dimensional mounting tape
Even if it’s not what you originally planned - I think it’s super cute!
Awesome!
Love this! The flower takes it over the top tho changes the type gal/guy. Those wheels have a way of working into a card don’t they? Being a mom of two grown sons meself, one would think guy things are easier, but maybe this is how we get to show our girly sides. I just love all your creations - you don’t need to worry about any reserves or not having anything for awhile. For me, its truly worth the wait!!!
Leslie, LOVE the design on your card. I just LOVE yellow and how you used the cuttlebug and the hostess sets. Hope your having a great weekend, Jennifer
Great job as usual! Trudy
I think there are plenty of guys out there……including mine, who would love this card and girls too! Love your spotlighted gratitude, color combo and textures. TFS
How funny! I am also one who just can’t see flowers on a guy card! LOL! So I totally understand your dilema!
And you did a wonderful job of turning it into a girl card. I think it looks great. Probably won’t be able to CASE this one, though - I doubt I’ll ever get a Level 3 hostess set (hobby demo here)… sigh…
What a GREAT card! I LOVE IT!!! I enjoy seeing your creations so much. Thank you for sharing….Might just have to CASE it.
Hi Leslie,
I just found you blog from SCS, and I have to tell you how much I love it. You’ve combined two of my very favorite things — stamping and gardening.
I love your stamping style, and will be turning to your projects for inspiration again and again — I’m sure!
Thanks so much for publishing a great blog.
Love this card — so happy and cheerful — love the embossed texture!!! Great for guys or girls!!!
Yes, you recovered this quite nicely! Very fancy work with that wheel, and I really like the “tude” accent. The cuttlebug layer and the sponging add a lot of dimension and interest too. Very stylish card. Linda
Wonderful card as always! Love the tude popped up!
OMGOSH this is DARLING!!!! I love how you did the attitude! Gratitude!! Fabulous!
I’ve had the same thing happen to me…starting with a guys’ card in mind. I guess we just love our flowers too much to exclude them. *wink* Your card turned out very pretty anyhow.
Oh I love the colors you have used, and the embossed BG, and the popped up “-tude” !! Super cool. Leslie!!
A terrific card and I love how you popped some of the sentiment!! Cool idea!
wow that popped up tude is Rockin!!! The color combo is so pretty
Leslie, this is Just Gorgeous. I LOVE the way you did the sentiment. What a funky idea!!!!
Vicki
Very cool card!! Love the embossing and the “tude!!”