Set Sail

Today’s card is a challenge to create with an Outdoor Sport. That topic is not one that I have a lot of call to use stamps from that direction anymore. However, Let’s Set Sail came to the rescue. Sailing is definitely an outdoor sport.

This card and the challenge is for the Make My Monday Challenge. You can add your cards to the challenge as well. Click on the link and you will be taken to the site.

Stamps

The Let’s Set Sail stamp set is a fun one that is easy to create quick and easy cards with. The best part is that it is a Punch Bundle. The sailboat was made using the matching Sailboat Builder Punch. There are stamp pieces included in the set which match the punch, but I opted to simply punch them from different cardstock.

For the banner at the top of the card I did use a stamp from the set. The wording is great for a variety of meanings. To help it stand out a bit, I went with a different look for the sentiment. So there is no layering. Instead I went with making the sentiment into a banner. It only required leaving a little extra space on the bottom beneath the sentiment. Then simply cut a little way up in the center and then angle cut from each side. To finish this off, I added a staple for something different.

Paper and Ink

In designing the card the paper was the next step after the stamp set. After looking through all of the current DSP, I landed on the 2022-2024 In Color 6X6 papers. By using a couple of different pieces from those new In Colors they all tied together wonderfully. The base of the card is Starry Sky which fits with sailing. And to match the water I went with the polka dot look piece of Tahitian Tide. To give a faux texture look to the sails I chose the striped pieces of Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet. The background layer of the sailboat is a flowery piece of the Sweet Sorbet also. Sadly the sailboat itself is simply Crumb Cake.

There really is not a lot of stamping on this card as I mentioned earlier. But the water is stamped using Tahitian Tide Ink. The pad is very juicy and as it dried the bubbles gave a bit of texture to the water. It is not something I would want on most occasions but here it works perfectly. The only other ink is the Basic Gray that is used for the seagulls flying in the distance, as well as the sentiment itself. This addition of , not quite black, is a little softer look than black itself would leave.

Measurements

The card base of Starry Sky cardstock is cut to 4 1/4 X 11 and scored at 5 1/2. For me at least DSP requires a layer between it and the card base. So the White layer is 4 X 5 1/4 with the DSP layer being 3 3/4 X 5. The stamped layer is 2 1/2 X 3 with the background layer being 2 3/4 X 3 1/4.

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Jackie