The Open Sea birthday card

This is the other card from my January workshop.  I really wanted to highlight the Adventure Bound paper stack because it is hard to see the patterns in the catalog.

The cardbase is Smoky Slate.  We stamped the splatter from Gorgeous Grunge in Smoky Slate ink then added the DSP.  The sentiment is from the December Paper Pumpkin.  The anchor from the Open Sea was stamped onto white cardstock, and then we stamped the small swoosh from Work of Art over it.  The colors we used are Smoky Slate and Island Indigo (stamped off once).

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Open Sea birthday card

I had this scrap of Soho Subway DSP sitting on my craft table, and I just couldn't waste it!  I stamped Off the Grid in Early Espresso onto it.  The cardbase is Sahara Sand.  I stamped the background in Island Indigo with a few spots of Early Espresso added.  Next I stamped the globe in Island Indigo.  I was too lazy to cut it out by hand, so I used a Circle framelit then sponged the edge with Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners.  I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture, but I added some paper piercing to the upper right corner

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One layer masculine card

I decided to make a one layer card for Ray for Father's Day using The Open Sea.  He loves this set, plus the nautical theme reminds me of my late dad. The cardbase is Crumb Cake.  The colors I used are: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry plus Early Espresso for the sentiment.

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Anniversary sketch card

I created the challenges for the Creative Crew on SCS this month.  One of the challenges was to use a sketch to create an anniversary card.  I didn't realize it at the time, but I actually need an anniversary card this month for my husband!  Ray loves this ship, so I decided to use it for my card.  The card base is Crumb Cake with images from The Open Sea stamped in Crumb Cake and Night of Navy.  The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso.  The DSP is retired Nautical Expedition.  The ship is stamped in Night of Navy, and the ribbon is denim jean ribbon.

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Masculine birthday card

I CASEd this card from one I made at Dawn Olchefske's demo event last summer.  Hmm, maybe it was 2 summers ago!  Wow!  Anyway, I started with the layout and stamp set (The Open Sea) and wanted to use the Print Poetry DSP from the Occasions catalog so that helped me figure out my color combo.  The DSP is Midnight Muse and Sahara Sand, so I thought Cherry Cobbler would be a good 3rd color.

The cardbase is Sahara Sand with a layer of Whisper White on top of it.  The next layer is Cherry Cobbler with the globe stamped all over in Midnight Muse.  I cut the DSP then ripped the edge.  I took Cherry Cobbler bakers twine and folded it in half and then in half again.  Next I tied a knot in the middle and separated out the sections before adhering it to the back of the Cherry Cobbler piece.

Although there are several layers here, the card itself is fairly simple.  Other than stamps, ink and paper, the only accessories used were the bakers twine and 2 punches.

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Double dutch card

This card is a double dutch card.  The tutorial was posted on Splitcoaststampers by my good friend Patty Bombyk.  The top of the card opens up, and the bottom opens like doors.  Patty's card has a 3 1/2" top and 2" doors.  I modified the measurements a bit for my card.  Mine has a 2 1/2" top and 3" doors.  The sentiment inside says "You mean the world to me."

I used the colors from this week's color combo challenge (CC355): Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.  The stamp set is The Open Sea.  I've hardly used this set at all, so I'm glad Stampin' Up is carrying it over!

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Sketch challenge for Father's Day

I wanted to make a Father's Day card for my FIL, Larry.  I knew that I wanted to use The Open Sea and make some waves from cardstock.  I saw a sketch on Dawn Olchefske's blog and decided to use it.  Thanks, Dawn!

The cardbase is Whisper White attached to a piece of Marina Mist cardstock.  The focal piece is Daffodil Delight.  On the left, I stamped some images from The Open Sea.  On the right, I sponged Peach Parfait and Cherry Cobbler to simulate a sunset.  I used the faux suede technique to create the waves.  I stamped the boat in Cherry Cobbler, cut it out and popped it up with dimensionals.  I cut a piece of Jolly Holiday DSP and wrapped baker's twine around it before adhering it to the card.

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More Jolly Holiday DSP!

I brought some Jolly Holiday DSP with me so I can try to use most of it up before it retires at the end of June.  I found a sketch I'd saved on my computer from the last Dare to Get Dirty challenges on SCS, and I used that as inspiration.

The card base is Old Olive.  I cut some DSP to 4 X 5 1/4 and used the scallop corner punch on the corners.  The Cherry Cobbler dotted layer is 3 X 4, and the Old Olive dotted layer is 3 X 1 1/4.  I cut a piece of Very Vanilla to 2/12 X 3 and stamped the script from THe Open Sea in Old Olive.  I added the sentiment from Word Play in Cherry Cobbler as well as the compass from The Open Sea.  I stamped the compass separately on Very Vanilla, cut out the circle and popped it up on a dimensional.

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Confirmation card

Our youngest was confirmed a few weeks ago.  We're finally celebrating, and here's the card I made for her.  I used the color combo from Beate's VSN Pirate Party challenge: aqua, light green and kraft.  My card is Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake.

I thought the compass and globe stamps from the Open Sea stamp set would work well with the sentiment I chose from Word Play.  The card base is Crumb Cake topped with Presto Patterns DSP sponged with Baja Breeze.  The sentiment is stamped in Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz on a 2 X 3 piece of Whisper White.  The globe is stamped multiple times in Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake on a 2 1/2 X 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White, and I ran it through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice embossing folder.  I used the ticket corner punch on all of the layers.  The compass is stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake and punched with the 1 1/4" circle.  I added spinner hands after clipping off the round end.

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