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You Are My True North (Sailing Home)

by Kylie
written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today I’m celebrating the anniversary of my first date with my partner. Yay us! haha To mark the occasion I decided to make a card. I thought the Sailing Home stamp set and the coordinating Smooth Sailing dies would be the perfect choice for his card. He loves being outdoors and on the water and the nautical theme really appealed.

The card I am sharing is a kind of hybrid of lots of ideas I’ve seen around the place, including the Annual Catalogue.

I started by creating my card base out of Crumb Cake cardstock. I adhered Adhesive Sheets to another panel of this cardstock and added the rope trim die and cut out a heap of this shape. Using the Adhesive Sheets made it super simple to remove the backing and then stick the piece in position. I used my Blending Brush to add some Crumb Cake ink to another piece of the Crumb Cake cardstock and then die cut the ship’s wheel. I wanted it to have the same tone but be a little darker. I then very lightly rubbed the same Blending Brush over my card base so that it had just a hint of darkness in places.

The next step was to create the focal panel. I die cut a rectangle, using the Stitched Rectangles dies, and then added a light wash of Balmy Blue ink to the background. I stamped, on a separate sheet of Basic White cardstock, the Lighthouse in Gray Granite and the anchor in Basic Gray. After die-cutting these pieces, I positioned them roughly where I thought they might go and stamped the compass (in Crumb Cake) and the sea birds (in Misty Moonlight). I then matted this panel on some Misty Moonlight cardstock.

The next step was to put it all together. I added some twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials pack. I tied it around the panel and through the anchor before knotting it in place. I also tied additional knots along the tail ends for some extra interest. The rest of the pieces were then stuck in place.

The sentiment also comes from the Sailing Home stamp set. I heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder on Misty Moonlight cardstock. It comes as a long strip but I simply snipped apart the sentiment so that it fitted where I wanted it.

Here’s the card…

That’s the card for today. I hope you like it and that you’ll give it a go. If you need any products to create this card, you can find them in my online store here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping, Kylie

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Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set, die set, etc, also comes a part of a bundle or suite, I link to all so that you have choices.  I also link refills and basic supplies like adhesives which correspond with items used to make my projects.  These links take you to my online store.

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Set Sail in the Direction of your Dreams (Sailing Home / CASE the Catalogue)

by Kylie
written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today’s card is not my favourite card ever – let’s just put that out there.  You may be wondering why I am sharing it with you when I really don’t think it is that great?  There’s a couple of reasons why.  Firstly, I want to remind you that not everything you make will be awesome in your eyes.  It might, however, be awesome in the eyes of the recipient.  Secondly, this card was CASEd and the original is AMAZING!  I tried to copy it exactly but didn’t have the same supplies.  Thirdly, this card does actually have a couple of cool features.

Let’s take a closer look.  I used the Sailing Home stamp set and coordinating Smooth Sailing die set.  It’s fun for masculine cards.  This card is smaller than my usual at 10cm x 9.5cm.  When you create the same size all the time, it can be a little challenging when you try other sizes.

The card sample used the awesome Embossing Paste but I didn’t have any.  So, I thought what I could do was sponge through the Pattern Party Decorative Mask with Whisper White ink.  Sounds good in principle.  In reality, the white blended with the sky I had sponged (in Pacific Point) and as a result, I have the appearance of greenish clouds. It’s not a disaster but it isn’t ideal.  It might have been better had I used white embossing powder over the top but at the time this didn’t cross my mind.

You might note I have three boats and two are going one way and one the other, it is really easy to do this.  You will need your silicone mat.  Simple stamp the boat onto the Silicone Craft Sheet and then position your cardstock over the stamped image.  Press firmly and cover the entire area.  Be very careful not to move the paper or it will smudge.  I then held the paper up to the light and positioned the die cut over it from behind so I could die cut in reverse.  So easy, really!

It’s a bit hard to see in the photograph but I used a touch of white ink on some of the crests of water created by the High Seas 3D Embossing folder.  This helps create a little extra interest.

Here’s the Card…

So, what’s next?  I think it would be fun to try this card again but this time – do it in MY style!  That’s what I would love to encourage you to do.  CASE away – that’s fine (and as close to the original as you like), but then switch it up and do it YOUR way!  You CAN do it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping, Kylie

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You Are My True North (Sailing Home / Come Sail Away DSP)

by Kylie
written by Kylie

Hi everyone, as we come to the end of the Buy 3, Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper sale I thought I’d share another card featuring paper included in this sale.  The Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper is great for masculine cards and scrapbook layouts.  I love that it is part of a suite too so everything from coordinating stamps, dies, twine and embellishments are available.  I love how everything matches so well.

The card itself is pretty easy to make.  I simply layered some of the Come Sail Away paper and cardstock.  I used vellum for the circle in the background as I wanted the patterned paper to show through a little bit.

While writing this post I started thinking about how awesome it is that we can be as creative as we like when we make our cards.  We are limited only by our imagination.  Years ago I was teaching kindergarten and I had been away for the day as I was sick.  When I returned to work one of the parents said to me her child had come home the day before all upset because the relief teacher had told her that her elephant couldn’t be purple.  I remember saying, “when else can an elephant be purple if not in kindergarten?”  The truth is we can, as creative people, do whatever we like when we make our cards.  What prompted this thought is that the green plant is obviously not the right scale when compared with the lighthouse.  It does, however, work!  If I had been a stickler for making everything look “real” then I wouldn’t have used the two pieces together.  I think the card looks good!

I really want to encourage you to play and explore.  Do what feels right for you!

Here’s the Card…

 

Don’t forget: the Buy 3, Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper sale ends today (30 September 2019).

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping, Kylie

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Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set also comes a part of a bundle, I link to all.


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Celebrate Today (Sailing Home / Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack)

by Kylie
written by Kylie

Hi everyone, guess what? I’ve finally moved and I’ve finally made some space, and some time, to craft.  It is AWESOME!  What happened when I first sat down to create is that I went completely blank.  Urgh!  All the time I’ve been wanting to create the ideas have been flowing but when I could…nothing.  I felt almost paralysed.  I messaged my friend Melissa who suggested I CASE something to get back into the swing of things!  What a great idea!!  Plus it reminded me of a post I wrote a while ago about things you can do to kick start the mojo.  It has lots of good ideas in it so I’ll share it again now as it might help you too.

You don’t need to look any further than the front of the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue for my inspiration for today’s card.  I love the Come Sail Away Suite and I hadn’t used it before it ended up in a box. Not the best place for it to be.  I loved how the original card designer used the Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack for the base.  It looks like it is layered, and you could certainly replicate this design with patterned paper and a die-cut shape if you wanted to.  The sentiment is actually stickers, also from the Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack.  These packs have so much in them – different sized cards, laser-cut cards and stickers.  They are great for scrapbooking and cardmaking.  I love them!

Here’s the Card…

 

So there you have it, my first card in ages.  It was fun to do and I am so looking forward to creating again.  What are you crafting with these days?  Are there any particular stamps/papers you would like to see me use?

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping, Kylie

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes as a bundle, I will link to this too. I will also link to refills as we often need these.


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