The Open Sea aka my new "Laker Set"

 

Happy April Fool's Day!  Have you fooled anyone today?

Instead of April Foolin', I have been card craftin' instead.  I, excitedly, purchased this new stamp set from Stampin' Up! called, "The Open Sea".  Since our school's theme/mascot is "Lakers", I plan to use this set to create boxed card sets of 4-6 cards to give as gifts.  I also plan on using it to create Father's day cards as well.  As part of a Stampin' Up! Representative Swap, I made my first card today, and I'm anxious to share it.  When I make my first box set, I'll share directions and pictures for how to create it as well.

 

Card Recipe: Made with all Stampin' Up! Materials

 

Ink P. 155:

• Crumb Cake
• Cherry Cobbler
• Midnight Muse

Linen Thread P. 173
Framelits-Oval Collection (Spring Catalog p. 4) 

P. 156 Paper:

• Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack in Color 2012-2014
• Crumb Cake
• Cherry Cobbler
• Midnight Muse

 Stamps:

• The Open Sea p. 104
• Delightful Dozen p. 140

I started by looking at other samples on the board I've created for masculine cards on Pinterest.  I combined some ideas with a pattern I had in mind and an idea.  After deciding what colors I wanted each layer to be, I cut my paper.

 

• Card base: Crumb Cake cut a 8 1/2 X 11 in half at 5 1/2.  Then I scored it at 4 1/4 to make my card.
• First layer: Midnight Muse-two lines before 5 1/2 and two lines before 4 1/4
• Second layer: Crumb Cake-5 1/4 and 4

 

Next I cut three strips for my banners.

 

• Designer Paper-Midnight Muse polka dots 1.5 width-4 length
• Cherry Cobbler 1.5 width-3.5 length
• Designer Paper-Midnight Muse words 1.5 width-5 length

I placed the polka dot banner first at the edge I wanted.  Next, I placed the words banner on the other side where I wanted.  Then I centered the red banner between and on top of the two. On the center banner, I used the compass stamp to add something to the plain red. 

I couldn't decide on my oval for my ship.  I couldn't decide whether to layer it and use the paper piercing.  I also couldn't decide whether to leave the background blank or not.  Here were the choices.   I used a stamped background without the layered oval. 

 

Plan Background



Stamped Background with no oval background



   

  

Oval background stamped

The stamped images behind the ship and on the card base were created by stamping on a paper first and then the card.  This made it appear as a lighter watermark image. I used the 'captain's log' and the globe on the crumb cake top layer as watermarks.

I also inked the edges on the oval with crumb cake.  I cut my anchor by hand, which was easier than it looked.  I punched a small hole in the anchor and oval to tie the anchor to the corner. I placed three strands of linen behind the oval.  I attached the ship and anchor with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Lastly, I used Cherry Cobbler to stamp "Happy Father's Day" in the lower left corner.

If I had to do it again, I would ink the edges of the Crumb Cake layer as well.  Also, I did not cut my banners very even.  I have a great, easy method to cut them, which I did not use because I was playing around and thought I'd recut before I put it together. 

Happy crafting!

Missy Jackson, Stampin' Up Representative