Fusion Challenge - Blue Skies and Smooth Sailing

I had a great 2 weeks visiting family in Georgia and now I'm back home in Washington.  It was hot in Atlanta and it's hot here at home too. Kinda unusual for this time of year in Washington but it encourages staying inside and making cards :-)

Here is a card that I made for the Fusion Challenge. I used the colors, the nautical theme and the sketch.

I used a retired set from Stampin'Up called The Open Sea.  I stamped the anchor and then fussy cut it. I need practice at that :-)  Then I die cut a navy circle to layer behind it.  Next up was the background text stamped on the yellow panel. It looks sorta beige but it really was stamped in Soft Stone. Next came the flag which I embossed with a folder called Bubbles.  It seemed appropriate. Last came the sentiment and it's done.

 The yellow panel is popped up on dimensionals.  I also sponged around the yellow panel and the fishtail flag panel.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all are enjoying the summer so far. Now I'm off to decide what I'm going to order from Papertrey this evening :-)


The Fusion Challenge:

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: The Open Sea (SU retired), Bitty Bouquets (sentiment - PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Pool Party, Night of Navy (SU), Lemon Tart (PTI)
Ink: Night of Navy (SU), Soft Stone (PTI)
Other: Circle Nestabilities, Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), Sizzix EF "Bubbles", dimensionals, Corner Chomper

The Open Sea for Father's Day

Here are the cards I made for our dads using The Open Sea stamp set.  They both also are for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge FMS39. 

For the first card I stamped the ship on a piece of textured white card stock in Not Quite Navy and then added the details in Going Gray to the left. This is matted on Not Quite Navy. I cut a 1-1/2" strip from Not Quite Navy pattern pack (ret) and added a piece of Real Red ribbon over that. I tied a piece of white Baker's twine at the top. The ship is popped up on dimensionals.  Then I die cut the letters for dad and glued them on.  Pretty simple but I like the result.

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Stamps: The Open Sea
Paper: Whisper White (regular and textured), Not Quite Navy, Real Red, Not Quite Navy pattern pack
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Going Gray
Accessories: white Baker's twine, 5/8" Real Red grosgrain ribbon
Tools: circle cutter, dimensionals, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (ret)


The second card is basically the same except the card base is Very Vanilla. The ship is also stamped on vanilla although it looks kind of white in the picture. The details behind the ship are stamped in Creamy Caramel.  I used a piece of Not Quite Navy striped ribbon with the red grosgrain and tied a piece of linen thread at the top.

Stamps: The Open Sea

Paper: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Real Red
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Linen thread, 5/8" Real Red grosgrain ribbon

Tools: circle cutter, dimensionals, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (ret)

The Open Sea stamp (SU)

Timeless Type Jr die ( SU)

Not Quite Navy Ink (SU)

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The Open Sea

Well I'm here in Utah and I brought what stamping supplies I could cram into my rolling bag. I got my order from the Summer Mini just before leaving so of course that came with me. I decided to make a card for this week's Clean and Simple challenge.   I must say that I am really frustrated with the color in the photo.  The Not Quite Navy looks more like blue.  Does anyone else have this trouble?  I have a Canon camera.  Do other brands have more true color?  I guess I need to research this. Anyway, here is my card.

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The card is pretty straight forward. I stamped the ship, cut it out, attached it to the NQN circle and then popped that up on a dimensional. The sentiment is also on a dimensional.

Stamps: The Open Sea, Best Dad Ever
Paper: Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DP
Ink: Early Espresso, Not Quite NAvy
Accessories: Scallop Border punch, circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Bakers twine, scissors