Sailing the Ocean Blue

  Just a quick post today to share this card that I made for the CAS-ual Friday challenge which is to make a card with something you would see in or at the ocean.  This was a tough one for me...I don't have many beach or ocean themed stamps but I carried on and got something made.



  Once again I went with the Moving Forward stamp set.  It was really my only choice...I don't see many flowers, dinosaurs or Christmas ornaments at the beach!

 I was inspired by a layout in the catalog that had a nice clean layout which works perfectly for this challenge.  The sailboat was stamped in Lucky Limeade and then I stamped it again in Pool Party and Island Indigo.  I cut out the other pieces and adhered them to the mail boat panel.  A mini silver brad finishes off the details on the boat.

  I was able to use up a few strips of scraps (don't you love to do that!?) to embellish the edge of the boat panel.  First a tiny bit of Chocolate Chip, then a strip of Pool Party run through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim Die and finally some Island Indigo also run through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die.

  Other embellishments are the Itty Bitty button threaded with Island Indigo baker's twine and the "hello" tag stamped with Chocolate Chip.  The top panel of Very Vanilla also has scoring around all four sides to frame the sailboat panel which is hard to see but is a nice detail.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Moving Forward

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Tasteful Trim die, Itty Bitty button, Baker's Twine, mini brad, Simple Scored, dimensionals