Friends

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by.  Today I'm hosting at the Card A Day Blog with the theme of Friendship. I needed some inspiration so I'm using the Deconstructed Sketch No. 103 on this card.

 

For the card front I cut the blue wavy paper to 3 3/4" x 4 1/4" and the stripe paper to 1 1/8" x 4 1/4" and layered this onto a piece of gray card stock cut at  3 7/8" x 5 3/8". Out of the green pattern paper I made a banner slightly smaller than my oval 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" and attached it to my card front.  I then wrapped a pieced of embroidery floss around the layers.  The embroidery floss is J&P #71 and I'm not even sure it's made any more.  I stamped the ship and used my Fiskars oval cutter to cut it out at 2" x 2 1/2", I did trim a bit of the waters edged off on each side.  I added a gray button with a double bow at the top.  I stamped "Friends" and added a piece of embroidery floss with the tiny attacher.

 

For the inside I layered the striped paper and a piece of white card stock stamped with the anchor.  I did forget to ink the inside of my card. Oh well next time.

Tomorrow Chris Durnan is continuing the theme at the Card A Day Blog so don't forget to stop back.  Thanks for stopping by. 

1 card for Operation Write Home (OWH)
Challenge Entry: Deconstructed Sketch 103

Recipe:
Cardstock: Recollections - gray and white; Unknown - cream;  DCWV "Summer Dream" Stack - blue wave and striped pattern paper; Unknown - green
Stamps: Stampin' Up - The Open Sea and You're a Gem
Ink: Stampin' Up - Basic Gray; VersaMagic - Midnight Black
Misc.: J&P embroidery floss 71; Fiskars oval template and cutter, x-acto knife; button, adhesive, pop up dots, tiny attacher

Belated Birthday

It's the last day of February and I realized I haven't entered anything into  The Craft's Meow February Sketch Challenge.

 

I found this stamped ship that was left over from another project so I decided to use it on this card.  All of the papers are from my scrap pile.  The "Oh Gosh I just remembered" sentiment is from Unity's Kit of the month.  I used the Sizzix Decorative Label set #4 to cut out the sentiment.  I added a brown Pearl to each side to finish off my card.

I finished the inside with a strip of the paisley pattern paper and a white mat.  I inked all of my edges in burgundy.

 

Thanks for stopping by. 


Recipe:
Recollections - blue card stock base and white card stock for the inside. The rest is from the scrap pile.
Stamp: Unity Kit of the Month December 2012 {everyday fairytale}; Stampin' Up - The Open Sea
Ink: Stazon - Jet Black: Stampin' Up - Bermuda Blue; Inkdinkdo - burgundy
Misc.: adhesive, pearls

OWH VCMP Challenge #4

The Operation Write Home is hosting a Virtual Card Making Party this Labor Day weekend. Here is card for Challenge #4, Triple Time Stamping Technique Challenge hosted by Donna Inks.

 I love the way her card turned out and even though I have that same stamp set I decided to use a different one for my card.

 

 

I stamped the ship in the middle of the smallest paper as I wanted that to be the focal point.  I then stamped the globe and journal a couple of times.  I then finished off with the compass and anchor in the top left corner.  

I stamped the sentiment and punched it out with a circle punch and backed it the circle in the yellow carstock.

Thanks for stopping by.

1 card made for OWH
Disclosure: I am not affiliated with any of the products mentioned.

Recipe:
Cardstock: DCWV - Yellow cardstock; Recollections - White cardstock
Stamps: Stampin' Up - The Open Sea and Hodgepodge Happiness
Ink: Stampin' Up - Early Espresso
Misc: adhesive and circle punch.

Happy Birthday - Creating Pretty Cards 7

I have another card using the sketch from Craft Project Central.    My brother's birthday is in a couple of weeks and I need a card.

I stamped the ship on whisper white cardstock then centered it on the square Designer Frame, embossed it and  cut the center out.  I embossed another frame, cut around it and centered this on my card front.  The ship is on foam dots. Instead of using circles I used the Decorative Label punch to the ledger paper that I stamped with Basic Gray.

I used the light blue DSP after cutting off the trees and Clouds for the inside of my card.  I used the clouds as a border on the top of the card.  The anchor is stamped with basic gray and punched out using the Designer Label Punch.

To make my ribbon match my card I used Very Vanilla Seam Binding and colored it with my Bermuda Bay ink pad, then used a heat gun to dry it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:
Paper:Stampin' Up Whisper White, Early Espresso, Welcome Neighbor DSP
Stamps: Stampin' Up -The Open Sea
Ink: Stampin' Up - Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray
Punches: Stampin' Up Decorative Label, Scallop Border Punch, Designer Label Punch
Ribbon: Very Vanilla Seam Binding
Embossing Folder: Stampin' Up - Designer Frames
Misc: pop up dots, adhesive, heat gun.