Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away...

     Hello!  Have I mentioned that I {love} the new nautical themed stamps from the Summer Mini?!  I can't put them down!  I grew up minutes from the ocean and spent my summers at the family beach house so these sets remind me of my childhood.
     This card was inspired by Christine Miller's card (here) and my constant need for more masculine birthday cards (man, we've got a lot of men in my family!).  I loved her layout but to make this card more of my own I decided to make it a z-fold and change the main image.

     For my main image I stamped the sail boat once on Sahara Sand in Night of Navy ink and once again on Whisper White.  I cut the sails from the WW card stock and adhered them to the Sahara Sand image.  To give the fold a little bit of interest I tore a piece of Sahara Sand and adhered it to the edge of the fold.

Stamps: Sail Away

Ink: Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP

Tools & Accessories: Baker's twine, brads

Bold Z-Fold Card

     Hello! Today's card was inspired by Lyssa Griffin's Morning Cup card over at her blog, Song of My Heart. To make her card more of my own I changed the main image and tweaked the DSP, just a bit.
     The Z-fold is super easy to make and gives your card a unique look.  Simply score at 2 1/8" on the front of a standard size card and fold back.



 

     I used First Edition DSP (my absolute favorite DSP, I was sooo happy to hear that it will be carried over to the 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog!).  To give the DSP a unique look I crumpled the DSP, smoothed it out and then brayered it with Old Olive classic ink.

      Due to the DSP on the right side of the card there's very little space to add more birthday wishes on the inside of the card.  I chose to leave mine that way but you could easily add a second piece of Very Vanilla to the inside-left if you'd like.

Stamps: Bold Blossoms, Bring On the Cake

Ink: StazOn Black, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, First Edition DSP

Tools & Accessories:  Brayer, Stampin' dimensionals