Good Evening Fellow Stampers -
Hope everyone had a good Monday and start to their week :-) My apologies that this is going out so late. I did not get this card designed yesterday like I would have preferred; in the end, it has worked out to my advantage. I was NOT feeling the "mojo" yesterday -- LOL; yes, I know it was a Mojo Monday challenge design yesterday -- LOL ;-) But today, things seemed more in sync and much like a writer, the "block" seemed to lift this evening after I got home.
Today it's time for the Pals Paper Arts [PPA240] sketch challenge -- and as I thought about this sketch earlier, I was a little frustrated to be honest. There are so many options you can take this with this "3 circle sketch" -- and I hate just being "expected" so to speak. When I looked at what others had already submitted to the challenge, I felt like anything I did had already been done and was just "blah!" -- So as I flipped the pages of my catalog this morning and contemplated my inventory, I suddenly just "had an epiphany" and decided to go with it! And this design just flew together tonight as I reached for different options. I'll also tell you that I started with an ivory and always artichoke color mix; and then when I flipped open the Adventure Bound DSP, everything changed -- LOL . . . I hope you will like it!
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. This design tonight is a little "cleaner" and simpler than I often do. I did not do any embossing on this card -- this card uses all DSP and layers to create depth and dimension. This card base is cut from Whisper White cardstock, 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2" (what I call the vertical card base). The background layer is a beautiful piece of DSP from the new Adventure Bound DSP stack, matted with Basic Gray. The perfect background for my sea-themed card ;-) This layer is wrapped in a triple "spiral" of Whisper White Bakers' Twine before it was adhered to the card base. The 2" x 4 1/2" vertical layer is also a piece from the Adventure Bound DSP stack also matted with Basic Gray. The papers from the DSP are phenomenal. And I just knew when I looked at these two papers that I had found the perfect "foundation" to "anchor" my design ;-)
- A Following Sea. If you research the beautiful toast or blessing given a sailor who is heading off to sea, you will learn that a "following sea" is a sea that doesn't overtake or swamp the boat -- a calm sea. I love this sentiment in the Adventure Awaits stamp set, because it reminds us that an "easy life" does not help us to become better people and "learn" life's lessons, growing us, and bringing us wisdom. The sentiments in this stamp set are nice and big and really have impact! It was easy to make this the focal point of this card - stamped in Island Indigo on Whisper White cardstock, and cut with a circle framelit - and bring in coordinating pieces from the wonderful The Open Sea stamp set to accent. The Anchor and Compass are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Whisper White, and are matted with Basic Gray and Island Indigo cardstock. If you look closely you will see that my "embellishment" on this card are the adorable silver mini brads, strategically placed in just the right places ;-) No pearls on what is truly a masculine card!
I think this card would work well for "encouragement," or "birthday", or even a "congratulations" on your achievement-type situation. I hope you enjoyed this design today and find it versatile for many circumstances. I'd love to hear your thoughts and read your comments :-) As always, if you ever have any questions about any of my designs, I'm only an email away - [email protected].
Until Next Time . . .
The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team!
