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No stamping is needed for this card, a great masculine card which would also be perfect for Christmas. My plaid dsp is left over from several years ago, but since we have more plaid paper in our holiday catalog, I figured it would work. Any class attendees who wish to duplicate it can do so with the current plaid (Wrapped in Plaid), just tweaking the colors to coordinate. In fact, you'll notice that in my samples below, I used two different plaids because there wasn't enough to go around to everyone in my class. The deer and pine trees are cut-outs from the Snow Globe Scenes Dies. I'm continuing to use up old embellishments, too, but my regular class attendees don't mind.  Because the dsp is 6" x 6", I have decent sized scraps left over after cutting the background paper into 3-3/4" x 5" pieces, so we simply applied glue to the envelope flap, adhered the dsp and trimmed it to fit. Current Products Used: Garden Green 8-1/2" x 11" c...

There is something about the anchor in the Sailing Home stamp set that really appeals to me. Although my card looks quite different, I took my idea for it from one of the samples on page 144 of the annual catalog. I had some fall dsp (Nature's Poem) that reminded me of a sandy sea bottom and so I used that and chose my colors around it. Products Used: Sailing Home rubber cling stamps (12), 149457, $24.00 Smooth Sailing Dies (12), 149576, $32.00           Sailing Home Bundle (stamps and dies), 151066, $50.25 Cajun Craze 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 119684, $8.75 Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 146988, $8.75 Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 146981, $8.75 Crumb Cake 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 120953, $8.75 Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad, 147085, $7.50 Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad, 147088, $7.50 Very Vanilla Thick Twine, discontinued

We all encounter storms in our lives and the Sailing Home stamp set includes a great sentiment for someone who is going through a rough time. And this works for men while so many of the "thinking of you" type cards are flowery and more for women. I thought this piece of the original Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper looked a little like seaweed, which is why I chose it for the front of this card even though it is discontinued. All the stamping is done in Night of Navy but I used a little Pool Party and a Blender Pen to color the water and even the sky. Products Used: Sailing Home rubber cling stamp set (12), 149457, $24.00 Smooth Sailing Dies (12), 149576, $32.00           Sailing Home Bundle: 151066, $50.25 Night of Navy 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 100867, $8.75 Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 100730, $9.75 Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad, 147110, $7.50 Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50 Blender Pens (3), 10...

This card is one of the first ones I designed with the Sailing Home stamp set. It's another one of those that I didn't like at first but it grew on me. I haven't used the rope die often, but it really impresses me. I also like the banner die with it's 3D look and stitched edges. It's just that I have so many thank you cards and need so many birthday cards. Yet I love the font used on the "Thanks" included in the set. It fits the theme of the stamp set so perfectly. Note: I used Stampin' Dimensionals behind the dry embossed Pacific Point card stock and behind the lighthouse. That meant I needed dimensionals behind the tails of the banner across the lighthouse. Products Used:  Sailing Home rubber cling stamp set (12), 149457, $24.00 Smooth Sailing Dies (12), 149576, $32.00           Sailing Home Bundle (stamps and dies), 151006, $50.25 Crumb Cake 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 120953, $8.75 Pacific Point 8-1/2" x 11" card st...

I just had to combine the Waterfront stamp set with the new Sailing Home set! And I love the way it turned out. I stamped the mountains in the back with both Soft Suede and Shaded Spruce, stamping front mountains and then, without re-inking, stamping the back mountains. Because the Sailing Home stamps are rubber, after stamping the boats in Soft Suede, I used a Blender Pen to remove the ink beneath the boats and then colored the stamps with a Pacific Point Stampin' Write Marker. Products Used: Waterfront photopolymer stamp set (16), 146386, $17.00 Sailing Home rubber cling stamp set (12), 149457, $24.00 Smooth Sailing Dies (12), 149576, $32.00           Sailing Home Bundle:  151066, $50.25 Pacific Point 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 111350, $8.75 Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 100730, $9.75 Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, 147098, $7.50 Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad, 147088, $7.50 Pacific Point Classic Stam...

I am so far behind on my blogging that I'm posting about cards I made for a class a couple months ago.  I love the Sailing Home Stamp set and designed a number of cards with that set. This is just one of them. I had some designer series paper left from last year's color family paper stacks and incorporated a strip of that in this card.  There is something so appealing about light houses. And sea gulls. I love watching those feisty creatures. I had one in my driveway while my granddaughters and I were filling the bird feeder. I left the bin of seed on the driveway and we stood silently to watch him. They are such thieves by nature. So he crept up near the seed bin, then rushed in and took some seed and rushed away. He then acted like he hadn't done a thing. So funny. Products Used: Sailing Home rubber cling stamp set (12), 149457, $24.00 Smooth Sailing Dies (12), 149576, $32.00           Sailing Home Bundle (dies and stamps), 151006, $50.25 Wh...

Although it may be difficult to tell, I took the idea for this card from one of the samples in the annual catalog, page 48. But I added circles as well as fussy-cutting the leaves, although one of my class attendees hates fussy cutting. I actually find it quite relaxing. I used the largest stamp, the scene, as a background stamp, stamping Old Olive on Old Olive, for subtlety. I then used three different size circles from the Stitched Shapes dies, cutting one from watercolor paper, one from Terracotta Tile card stock and one from Vellum card stock. I used inks and Aqua Painters to color the squirrel on his rock. Products Used:  Peaceful Place cling stamp set (6), 151339, $22.00 Old Olive 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 100702, $8.75 Terracotta Tile 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 150884, $8.75 5" x 7" Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (10), 149612, $9.00           [I actually used some older watercolor paper, but the above is what we now...

I have found the Emboss Resist technique to be fun and versatile. For this card, I decided to heat emboss the images from By the Bay in clear embossing powder and then sponge them with Pacific Point. At first I was disappointed; then I remembered that I needed to wipe the excess ink off with a tissue. Voila! The images appeared just as I had envisioned them. After mounting the stamped and embossed piece on Pacific Point card stock, I wrapped it with some twine I had laying around (I'm trying to use up some of my discontinued items).  You could probably use the Silver & Pool Party twine which would go well with the ink and might even bring out the rhinestones I used. Since it still needed something, I finished it off with the rhinestones. Products Used: By the Bay SAB cling stamp set (6), 149739, FREE with $50 purchase Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (40), 100730, $9.75 Pacific Point 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 111350, $8.50 Pacific Point Cl...

For my February stamp class, I chose to make a more simple card using the By the Bay stamp set. I began with a Coastal Cabana card base and randomly stamped the seashell image on the front in Bermuda Bay ink. I then dry embossed a 2" x 5" strip of Bermuda Bay card stock and attached it to the front followed by a 4-1/4" piece of Burlap Ribbon. The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray as were the sea gulls. Once again I used the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens to add color to the stamped image. I punched that out using the Everyday Label Punch and mounted it over the ribbon using Stampin' Dimensionals. Products Used: By the Bay SAB cling stamp set, 149739, Free with $50 purchase Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" x 11" CS (24), 131297, $8.50 Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" x 11" CS (24), 131197, $8.50 Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad, 147096, $7.50 Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad, 149165, $7.50 Watercolor Pencils (13), 141709, $16.00 Blender Pens (3...