Ahoy There

This is a card I've made for my sister-in-law's husband for his birthday.  They both used to sail together and took part in local regattas.  I took inspiration from Debby's post, as like her, I've seen lots of lovely cards made using the Stampin' up set The Open Sea and decided to try and create a similar styled card with stamps and dies I already have.  There are a mixture of stamp companies used in this one and some of the stamps have had there first use.

The main image is from a PSX stamp and, like the other stamps used, it was inked with Versafine Majestic Blue ink.  The frames and mounts for the image were cut using circle nestabilities and grand nestabilities.  Round silver brads were added to the navy frame to create a porthole effect and this is my second attempt.  After cutting out the frame I used the grid lines on a Scor-pal cutting mat to mark out even spacings for the brads.

The Navy Swirl background card is from a Kanban kit I recently bought from Create and Craft and it reminded me of waves.  The red and white card were stamped with the Hero Arts stamp Vintage Map.  Red stitching was added to the white card to make an extra frame and the edges were distressed and inked to give the effect of an old map.

The strip of circles were also cut using nestabilities dies.  The anchor embellishments were made using a Quickutz die, the stamped knots were stamped using Anita's stamps and the sentiment was  from the Stampin' up stamp set Sincere Salutations.

Other embellishments used were Stampin' up's Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon, small red dots punched using a ring binder punch and a reef knot using parcel string.

An unused topper was used to decorate the inside of the card and the edge of the insert was masked off and stamped with the Vintage Map stamp.

This card had a few false starts and a few pieces went in the bin but I'm happy with the end result.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges

Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Let's Hear It For The Boys

My time to Craft Challenge 183 - Make It Wet

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 81 - It's All About Circles (Top Tip - after cutting a circular frame you can use the grid lines on the Scor-pal cutting mat to find even spacings for embellishments.)

The Artistic Stamper July Challenge - Circles

Cupcake Craftroom July Challenge - Layers

I Brake for Challenges, July - Red, White and Blue

Creative Mondays Challenge 11 -  For Men

Made Especially For you Challenge - Use Three Colours (Red, White and Blue)
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 24 - The Sea
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - No Rules 
Raise the Bar Challenge 108 - Red, White and Blue
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs July Challenge - Red, White and Blue

Thanks for reading

Liz xx