#simplestamping with Sailing Home

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always always needing birthday cards since I send out a ton of birthday cards every month! Here is a #simplestampnig card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

~Enjoy!

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I wanted to create more #simplestamping cards and when I was stamping the envelopes for another card I made, I noticed how pretty it was and thought it would be a great #simplestamping card! I cut down the card front to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece and stamped Anchor from Sailing Home in Soft Suede. I inked up the net from Sea of Textures in Coastal Cabana but only inking around the edges so the center stayed white to add a little highlight to the anchor. The Seaweed is stamped in night of Navy, Pretty Peacock and Soft Suede. The sentiment is stamped with Seaside Notions and Pretty Peacock.

For the #casualtstamper I added a background layer of Pretty Peacock and a strip of Soft Suede embossed with the Corrugated Embossing Folder. A little finishing touch is a bow made from the Braided Linen Trim.

The #avidstamper might like this one a lot because it introduces a new technique (well new to me since I just thought it up - but there have been many who have come before me). I was trying to find something to spruce up the background and I already added an embossing folder layer and I did not want to stamp the seaweed a million times, so I thought it would be cool if I die cut the seaweed from Smooth Sailing Dies but left the pieces in tact. I cut the background in half to make this a little easier, then added 3 strips of Tear & Tape along the backside to hold all of the piece in place, then ran them through my die cut machine. It turned out really cool! The tape did cut in a few places and was a little tricky to get off, but it worked! I added some Silver Glimmer Paper, a bow made from Silver and White Baker's Twine and Silver Sequins. I love it!

Here is a closeup of the "embossed" seaweed and I added a little sparkle with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Corrugated Embossing Folder
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Soft Suede
• Coastal Cabana
• Night of Navy
• Pretty Peacock
• Braided Linen Trim
• Whisper White
• Tear & Tape
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Silver and White Baker's Twine
• Silver Sequins
• Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

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#simplestamping with Seaside Notions

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always always needing birthday cards since I send out a LOT of birthday cards every month! Here is a #simplestampnig card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

~Enjoy!

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I just love, love, love this little seahorse from the Seaside Notions Stamp Set, he is so super cute!!!! I knew he would make a really cute #simplestamping card. The card front is cut down to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece. The seahorse is stamped in Night of Navy and is surrounded with a sea of seaweed from Sea of Textures and Balmy Blue, Seaside Spray and Soft Suede. The sentiment is stamped with Seaside Notions and Balmy Blue and the dots at the top are from Waterfront stamped in Seaside Spray. Isn't he sweet!

For the #casualtstamper I added a background strip of Soft Suede and a bow made from Night of Navy / Sahara Sand Baker's Twine.

I had all intentions of adding a ton of seaweed dies cuts from the Smooth Sailing Dies set, but once I added some Copper Thread and Copper Sequins and grabbed the Copper Glimmer Paper from Joyous Noel, it just did not look right with the Soft Suede strip stamped with the water lines from Lilypad Lake. So I just added some corner accents with the Glimmer Paper and filled in the void on the white background with some dots from Waterfront stamped in Seaside Spray.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Waterfront Stamp Set
• Lilypad Lake Stamp Set
• Soft Suede
• Night of Navy
• Balmy Blue
• Seaside Spray
• Whisper White
• Copper Glimmer Paper Joyous Noel
• Night of Navy / Sahara Sand Baker's Twine
• Copper Sequins

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Up & Away - #simplestamping

This little #simplestamping card reminded me of the yellow brick road from the Wizard of Oz.

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I needed a sentiment that built upon my Oz theme and found this one in the Sea of Textures set. The hearts on the envelope are from Celebrate with Cake. The colors used are So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody. Even as #simplestamping card I think this one is really cute and gives enough of the idea of Oz.

As this card was sitting on my desk & I was trying to decide what other Oz element I had in my stash, my mind kept going to a castle, or ruby slippers, then the characters, of a scarecrow or a lion, but nothing was speaking to me. Then as I was looking for something else, I saw the Up & Away Thinlits balloon set - perfect!!! I wanted to add a little hint of the ruby slippers with some Red Glimmer Paper and tried several different balloons until I pulled out the Copper from the Joyous Noel Glimmer paper pack (now retired) - perfect again! Then just for fun, I Googled the balloon and to my surprise the balloon was a sepia toned and it had a red banner on the front - just like the one I created! Topping this off is some copper & white twine that came with the Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin. Now I just need to find someone who is going on an adventure!

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Up & Away Thinlits
• Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin
• Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper Pack
• So Saffron
• Daffodil Delight
• Mango Melody
• Call Me Clover
• Whisper White

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Very Versailles Collection - #simplestamping

Here is the collection of #simplestamping cards and the #avidstamper results!

~Enjoy!

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Itty Bitty Birthdays
• No Bones About It
• Tropical Dies
• Best Bunny Stamp Set
• Bunny Builder Punch
• Basket Builder Framelits
• Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set
• Hello Cupcake Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Up & Away Thinlits

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Very Versailles Red Rubber Alternatives - #simplestamping

While I was crafting with my friend Tracy, I asked her is she happened to keep the little piece of red rubber that was inside the baroque frame in the Very Versailles stamp set. She asked me what I was going to do with it and I told her #simplestamping or course. You may have seen other ideas where the dot was used for cow spots, but since I don't have the cow set I have to come up with some other fun creations!

For me, #simplestamping is ink, stamps and paper. The one thing I have to have is a single layer even if it is white on white. It just adds so much to the card.

~Enjoy!

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This first card, I was not really sure where I was going with it, I was just adding ink to paper. As I got done it reminded me of rocks. This month's Stampin' Up! #simplestamping challenge was for Birthdays, so I dug out my Itty Bitty Birthdays & found this sentiment. Everytime I ready it, I read it as an age jab not as it is written. So when I saw these brown "rocks" I thought this was cute like you are older than dirt. I eventually used this card base to create a dinosaur card. It also reminded me of coffee beans & I may circle back and make a coffee card out of it. The colors for this card are Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand stamped on Crumb Cake.

I wanted to create one with lots of colors, but this one turned out really bright!!! The shapes can be eggs or jelly beans, so it became more of an Easter card than anything else. I added a strip of removable tape across the bottom to mask off a strip for the sentiment & then just stamped away! Sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. The colors used are Coastal Cabana, Rococo Rose, Pineapple Punch, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather.

Again, no real direction with this card, just wanted to have an ombre color effect. The shapes reminded me of rose petals and I thought that is where the #avidstamper card would end up, but I do not care too much for rose stamps so I did not have a great selection to choose from, so it ended up somewhere completely unexpected! The Sentiment is from the Magnolia Blooms set and the colors are Merry Merlot, Rococo Rose and retired Powder Pink.

As I was doing the ones above, I kept seeing a path. Since I already did the brown ones, I thought that this would be cute in yellow, as a yellow brick road. I needed a sentiment that built upon my Oz theme and found this one in the Sea of Textures set. The hearts on the envelope are from Celebrate with Cake. The colors used are So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody.

One more idea I had to get out of my head, maybe since the 4th of july just passed and it was America's birthday! This flag is created with Pacific Point and Real Red and the sentiment is again from Itty Bitty Birthdays.

The collection

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Itty Bitty Birthdays Stamp Set
• Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Celebrate with Cake Stamp Set
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Early Espresso
• Soft Suede
• Sahara Sand
• Crumb Cake
• Coastal Cabana
• Rococo Rose
• Pineapple Punch
• Granny Apple Green
• Highland Heather
• Merry Merlot
• Powder Pink
• So Saffron
• Daffodil Delight
• Mango Melody
• Pacific Point
• Real Red

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Collection

The navy and peacock envelope liners from the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin really inspired me the most!

~Enjoy!

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Check out the details for each card:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Compass
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Seahorse
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Sailboat
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Medallions
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Butterfly
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Navy Sailboat
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Shaker Sailboat

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Under the Seas Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• In the Woods Dies
• Bouquet Bunch Dies
• Flourish Dies
• Butterfly Beauty Dies
• Scripty 3D Embossing Folder
• Decorative Label Punch
• Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper
• Silver Glimmer Paper

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Seahorse

You cannot find a better marriage between the Seaside Notions Stamp Set and the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin. This one features one of my favorite stamps, the seahorse!

~Enjoy!

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The background uses one of the envelope liners layered over a Whisper White card base. The focal seahorse is stamped with Night of Navy & then I sponged the edges with Balmy Blue and backed on one corner with a little Silver Glimmer Paper. The seaweed is cut with the Under the Seas Dies and Silver Glimmer Paper, Vellum, Seaside Spray and Balmy Blue. The little sand dollar is also cut from Under the Seas Dies and Silver Glimmer Paper. The sentiment is stamped with the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set and Night of Navy and cut with a die from Lakeside Dies. I dipped the rope die into Soft Suede before cutting it with Crumb Cake to bring out the details for the rope. The envelope uses additional elements from the Sea of Textures Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Under the Seas Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Vellum
• Dimensionals
• Seaside Spray
• Balmy Blue
• Night of Navy 
• Soft Suede
• Crumb Cake
• Whisper White

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Shaker Sailboat

This July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin alternative version I CASE-d from Tracy! She made a cute little shaker card from the ship wheel!

~Enjoy!

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I stamped the provided cardstock with Crumb Cake and the compass from the kit and it is layered on a Whisper White card base & topped with a piece of DSP from the envelope liner. The shaker contains some random seed beads I had in my stash. The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy & I tapped the banner from the Smooth Sailing Dies in my Soft Suede ink pad before running it through my embossing machine to give the embossed details a little more drama. I wrapped a full piece of Linen Thread around the card spine & finished it off with a bow with long curly tails. The envelope uses additional elements from the Sea of Textures Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Linen Thread
• Dimensionals
• Night of Navy
• Soft Suede
• Crumb Cake
• Whisper White

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Compass

For this alternate for the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin, I ended up CAES-ing myself as well as a creating it in a few other colors!

~Enjoy!

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For the background, I stamped the lines stamp from the Lily Pad Lake Stamp Set with Night of Navy on Seaside Spray and it is layered on a Whisper White card base & topped with a piece of DSP from the envelope liner. I liked another card so much, I decided to duplicate it with the compass stamp. I stamped the compass on Whisper White and alternated Night of Navy & Seaside Spray inks. The whole thing is then roughed up with a scissor edge. The seaweed is cut with the Smooth Sailing Dies and one of the sprigs uses the Noble Peacock Specialty DSP to give it a little masculine bling as well as Vellum. The sentiment is cut with the retired Decorative Label Punch and edged with some sponged Soft Suede. The envelope and sentiment use additional elements from the Sea of Textures Stamp Set. The  finishing touch is a bow made with the Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine. 

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Lily Pad Lake Stamp Set
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Decorative Label Punch
• Noble Peacock Specialty DSP 
• Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine
• Vellum
• Night of Navy
• Seaside Spray
• Soft Suede
• Whisper White

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Navy Sailboat

This card for the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin is a straight up Copy! So my hat is tipped to Stamp-It Up With Dawn, because I always change something!

~Enjoy!

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The background uses a polka dot Embossing Folder and the DSP is from the envelope liner. The only other addition for the card is I added a little vellum. The envelope uses additional elements from the Sea of Textures and Sailing Home Stamp Sets.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Vellum
• Dimensionals
• Night of Navy

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Sailboat

I really loved the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin. I did CASE a few cards and also come up some alternatives. Here is one of the originals.

~Enjoy!

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The background uses one of the envelope liners, and there is a similar color/pattern in the Woven Heirlooms DSP paper pack. The Sailboat is stamped on Whisper White with Memento Black and the Sailing Home Stamp Set. I then stamped an additional boat & colored the sails with Coastal Cabana and Soft Sky and then fussy cut them and layered them on the background boat with dimensionals. The bottom of the boat is colored with Light Pretty Peacock. I sponged the edges of the focal point with Bermuda Bay and layered it with some retired Myths and Magic Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper as well as the little sand dollar, which is cut from Under the Seas Dies. All other items are cut with the Smooth Sailing Dies. The sentiment is stamped with the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set and Pretty Peacock and cut with a die from Lakeside Dies. The envelope uses additional elements from the Sea of Textures Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Under the Seas Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper
• Woven Heirlooms DSP
• Vellum
• Dimensionals
• Memento Black
• Coastal Cabana 
• Soft Sky
• Pretty Peacock
• Bermuda Bay
• Soft Suede
• Crumb Cake
• Whisper White

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Medallion Layout

This collection from the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin used similar layouts to one I made previously, but is such a nice layout, I decided to replicate it several times!

~Enjoy!

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Check out the details for each card:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Medallions
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Cajun Craze Medallions
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Compass

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Bundle
• Lily Pad Lake Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• In the Woods Dies
• Butterfly Beauty Dies
• Flourish Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper 
• Myths & Magic Paper Pack
• Vellum

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