Father's Day Card

Since Father's Day is coming up, I thought I better get a card made! I am entering this in the following challenges: StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Gray is the New Black and Die Cuttin' Divas - Masculine or Father's Day.

I started with a piece of gray cardstock and embossed it with an embossing folder. I die cut another piece of gray and stamped the bird images and sentiment with Sandy Beach ink. The sentiment looked a bit light so I stamped it again using Ocean Mist. I tried to slightly offset it to get a shadow effect but I think I was a little crooked. I coloured the birds with coloured pencils.

I stamped the sailboats on a piece of blue cardstock and matted the focal image and background with blue. I die cut the smaller mat out of the piece that I used for the larger mat to save cardstock.

I attached everything to a white card base with a tape runner. I was finishing the inside of the card and accidentally touched the front of the card to the Ocean Mist ink pad. I tried to erase it and it is lighter but you can still see it in the sentiment. Sigh.


Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: By the Sea Stamp set
                            Sandy Beach, Ocean Mist ink
                            Ocean Mist cardstock
Cottage Cutz Stitched Square dies
Lifestyle Crafts GooseBumpz Zig Zag embossing folder
Laurentien coloured pencils
tape runner, white and grey cardstock from my stash