Keep Calm and Sail On

It's the 7th of the month so it's time for the coordinating sets for this months club set to be released.

Today The Stamps of Life is releasing the patterns4sailboat and sayings4sailboat.

Here is a card I made using both of these new sets and Sailboat2stamp.

Here's a closer look...don't you just LOVE those polka dots?!?

Other Stamps of life products used:

Sailboat Dies

Goodtimes Collection

Scallop Circle Dies

The gallery is filling up with lots of great inspiration so be sure and check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Higher that the Sky

Happy Monday!

The heat has come to California and I so wish I had a boat to go out on the water to try and beat the heat.  Since I don't...I will just play with my boat stamps to try and get in a cooler frame of mind.

This is Sailboat Jumbo stamp.

I used the Waves Stencil too.

Stampendous:
CRS5089 Sailboat and Template
SSC1236  Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamps
DCS5089 Sailboat Die cut set
DWL waves stencil
DWDEP Regular Embossing Paste
DWDPK Dreamweaver Palette Knife
DWLM2010 Paste Spreader
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
VM001 VersaMark™ Watermark Ink by Tsukineko®
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
DP100 Detail White Embossing Powder

Plus:
My Colors Cardstock by My Minds Eye® (Tropical Splash, Poolside)
TombowUSA ® Recycled Colored Pencils
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Directions:
1. Fold an 11" x 5 1/2" piece of Tropical Splash cardstock in half to create a 5 1/2" square card base
2. Adhere a 5 1/4" panel of Poolside cardstock to the card
3. Stencil the waves stencil on a piece of Tropical splash cardstock with regular embossing paste and allow to dry before adhering to the card
4. Stamp the boat on a piece of white cardstock and color with pencils
5. Die cut the boat out and adhere to the card
6. stamp the waves on a panel of Tropical Splash cardstock with VersaMark ink and emboss with Detail White embossing powder
7. Die cut wave and adhere to card
8. Stamp sentiment on card

Stop by the Stampendous Blog to see more summer inspiration!

I need a vacation...

One of the reasons that I love being on the design team for Stampendous is all the great companies that we get product from!

For this last release we were very lucky to get some beautiful patterned paper from Graphic45!

This paper from Voyage Beneath the Sea line matched perfectly with so many of the fun Summer stamps that Fran created for the April release.

This week the team is sharing some of our projects that we created with Graphic45 paper!

Here is a project that I made using the new Jumbo Sailboat stamp set and the matching die set.

I colored the image with colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

I embossed the waves with  detail white embossing powder.

This card just reminds me that I need a vacation....or even just a day to spend out on the open sea.....feeling the wind in my hair and a glass of wine in my hand!  Perfect!

The sentiment on this card is from the Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamps.

There are more projects to see so hop on over to the Stampendous Blog to see who is sharing today.

Put on your underwater gear and swim through our posts and featured designer’s blog posts this week to comment because we have an ocean of goodies in three (3) prize packages. Each comment is your entry for a chance at one of the prize packages.  See Official Contest Rules for details. Deadline to comment is Sunday night, April 17th .

Three winners will receive a prize package with one of our new matching sea theme stamp and die sets (Seashells, Sailboat and Mermaid Friends), Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamp Set PLUS a sample of papers from the Graphic 45 Papers Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection.

thanks for stopping by!

Kristine