TST #121 Open Sea Father's Day

Welcome again to another Tuesday and time again for a great sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday.

Today I have a Father's Day card for you.

Using the Open Sea DSP I started by majorly distressing the edges and then layered each piece on top of each other and also allowing the DSP to come through the circle to the front layer.

The card was finished off with an anchor embellishment and the Happy Fathers Day from the Plane and Simple stamp set.

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Now it's your turn.  Need more inspiration hop on over to the Try Stampin site and see what the other Great Designers have in store for you.  Don't forget to link up your creation for all of us to see.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Freshly Made Sketch #83 The Open Sea

As I was going through my emails this morning I came across the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches and was taken by the sketch they had there.

To be honest I am definitely in a slump these days.  I want to stamp and play, but I am going through some really hard times with my Dad and his continued decline with dementia.  Seeing that he was in the Navy during the war I always seem to make him nautical themed cards for birthdays and such.  This one is just to say "I Love You Dad" even though you may not think I do.

I started with the Open Sea DSP for the background and using a distressing tool I distressed the edges of the DSP.  Then I stamped onto kraft CS the anchors and the manifest to the strip behind the wheel and boat.  Using bakers twine (since I didn't have any real rope I created the horizontal line behind the images.  I stamped out the ship over the Open Sea DSP and cut it out.  Using dimensionals I made the wheel appear to be of the paper.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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A Card for My Dad

Today I have a card that I CASed from Sandy MacIver.  She had made this card last year and when I saw it I knew that it would be perfect for my Dad for Father's Day. Dad served in the Navy during WWII so I usually try and make his cards a nautical theme.

I was running short on time this year to make his card and stumped so when I saw Sandy's card I knew I had it made.  Thanks for the idea Sandy, I owe you one!

I hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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TST #65 Come Aboard...and one more!

Jen has come up with a rather different sketch for us this week at Try Stampin on Tuesday.  When I first saw this sketch I turned it round and round until I was finally able to get a vision to work with. Not all cards have to be done the way the sketch is presented. I have decided to make it a portrait card rather than a landscape one.

I used the image of the anchor as the dark line down the left side and ran rope along the image of the rope on the DSP. I am not an expert by any means in nautical knots but I am able to tie one knot in particular so I added that one as an accent on the front as well.

A distress tool was used to distress the edges of the manifest.

A small strip of Marina Mist was used to make the bubble strip. In hindsight I would have put the white behind the bubble punch strip to accent the bubbles more. The anchor from The Open Sea was stamped lightly along this piece as well.

Then for a more feminine version I have come up with this card using the same sketch. I chose not to put the extra strip down the one side.

So now it's your turn.  Use the sketch and turn it whichever way you want.  Go ahead give it a try.

I hope you enjoy my versions.

Nancy

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TST#64...Stop the World

Can you believe that it is May 1st!  Where does the time go.

This week on Try Stampin on Tuesday my card is inspired by not only the sketch but by the fact that time is just flying by and I just feel like I want to "stop the world" so I can get off.





I used two Post-It notes to mask out the top and bottom of the card and stamped directly onto the card front, rather than layering the stamped area.  Then with a couple of scrap pieces I ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Diamond Plate embossing folder.  The green one was done again with the inked embossing technique.

Rather than placing the twine around the card front I decided to cut it into strips and just staple it to the front.  The sentiment inside is from Word Play - you mean the world to me! The envelop tab closure on the back was run through the Diamond Plate embossing as well.

Then once I was finished with that card I spotted some ribbon that inspired me to make another card using the same sketch, but with a different outcome altogether. This time I used the same stamp sets for the background and continued it through onto the top piece.  I stamped and cut out the maple leaf from French Foliage and used it as a mask on the front.  I usually keep my cut outs inside my stamp sets for future use, especially if I like the outcome on the first try. Then using Marina Mist and Crumb Cake I sponged around the leaf.  Once all of the sponging was done I removed the leaf.  Again rather than use ribbon or twine I chose three small eyelets and adhered them on the front corner with my Crop-a-dile.

So, do you have a preference?  Which one interests you more?

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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Techostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Go Confidently...

Well I am back from a great 7 week vacation in Florida and ready to take on some new challenges.

I saw this challenge over at Technostamper for their Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge and thought I would give it a try

I used my MDS to print out the cardstock for this card. That is one of the great advantages of using MDS.  Once I had the paper printed out I distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and stamped the remaining images.  After it was all layered I added the string for a little something extra.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 12/3/2012

Go Confidently...

I have chosen this a a masculine card, but I guess it could be used for a female as well.

It is a rather clean and simple style of card. I was quite pleased with the way the knot turned out for the centre square.

For the inside of the card I used the diamond border punch on each of the three colours and layered them.  This covered the ends of the ribbon, but also gave interest to the inside of the card.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Masculine Monday 5/3/2012

Ahoy Mates.  This week on Masculine Monday  The Open Sea is used to create a card that can be used for any masculine occasion.


Starting with a plain cardstock piece measuring 6" x 6", I stamped the cardstock using the anchor and compass to create the background.  Then cut it into three (3)  1 1/8" strips and one strip measuring 1 1/2" for the middle cross piece.  Then the ship was placed over that.


Any sentiment could be used on this card but the emphasis is on the masculinity of it.


Hope you enjoy!


Nancy