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Quickly back with yet more new projects for you...

Using the (soon to be retiring) Window Wishes bundle... which will have 60% off the Stamps and 20% off the Dies after Wed night at 11pm... while supplies last!

Now an admittance... these were my first buy from the Autumn/Winter catalogue... 

So I quickly made some cards using them and my new Ocean Front stamps... but then I put them away... and then forgot about them when creating my christmas projects!! Doh! So there could be more (christmassy) makes in a week or so!

Click HERE for the full discounted Last Chance List and more background details...

And see you back here come 11pm Wed night!

And some more inspirations for you...

Friday Five Panel Card - Sailing Home & New Horizons...

A simple Five Panel card today ... also known as a Bridge Fold without the Bridge... a card design which first came about totally by accident one day!! Click HERE for a quick tutorial...

A perfect little scenic match... New Horizons papers meets Sailing Home stamps... the latter sadly now being sold out and discontinued... though you can still get the Smooth Sailing dies with £6 discount...

Which leads me to a funny story! I have spent many a happy night fussy cutting these yachts on both card and acetate... as well as lighthouses and anchors... Yup... guess who forgot she had some dies to do the work instead!!! And cough... so sorry class ladies!! Oh well... the set is definitely a keeper for me... so I will remember in future!

And hopefully the next 2 photos will show how the papers were cut... 

This version being specifically sized to suit 6" wide papers... and bear in mind that I die cut and stuck the 2 sets of mountains across first... and then chopped the 5 panels using a guillotine...

Simple for Saturday - Grassy Grove & New Horizons meets Sailing Home...

 

Simple watery scenic perfection... for the sailing fans...

Combining the New Horizons papers... with a Grassy Grove die cut... and finishing off with a Sailing Home yacht... on a Simple Diorama Card 

Made in minutes... and I think this will be a very popular card for many crafters... and recipients... I know...

Card tutorial here...

Simple for Saturday Share

Carrying on the For The Guys card kit alternatives series... co-starring Sailing Home...

A simple standard A6 card (US A2) ...

Using the scraps as templates...

Fun Fold Friday - alternative For The Guys Bridge Fold Card

Quick share of an alternative make using the For The Guys kit... 

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A(nother) bridge fold card.... For The Guys card kit used along with my old faithful stamp set, Sailing Home... but back another day with more details... as I am afraid I really must dash!

Maritime Monday - Sail Away Home Card

Quick share today of a card with a maritime theme... using the Come Sail Away papers , Sailing Home stamps & dies bundle... and the Sail Away Trinkets...

Suitable for anyone... but particularly the guys!

Mini Monday... You are My True North...

Simply stamped and die cut using the Sailing Home stamps and coordinating dies...

Set on a Narrow Notecard... with the matching envelope decorated too...

And finished off with a touch of Light Smoky Slate Stampin Blends colouring on the compass image... Subtles folder embossing of the die cut wheel...

And spot the 3D Foam Adhesive Strips bent around the back of the wheel... perfect glue system for the job!

Just says what you need it to say... when you need it to say it!! Without making a big fuss!

But oops... Narrow Notecards with Envelopes not available to purchase anymore! But you can always make them instead...

And Subtles embossing folder not available to purchase at the moment... awaiting an update from Stampin' Up! as to when they will be back in stock...

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Happy Fathers Day.... Sailing Home

So a few tweaks happened to this Sailing Home Bridge U Fold card along the way...

Yachts on acetate... as described in Saturday's post here...  SO SO much better...

Sandy land mass on horizon and lighthouse... looks so much better than more Old Olive green in the original... and done as my husband is a fair weather sailor... so this Waterfront scene is definitely in sunny Greece, Turkey or Croatia! And not the wonderful but wet Lake District... So it has to be sand...

Happy Fathers Day label from Geared Up Garage... as it was there... though personally this is a bit large for the card for me... but it says what it needed to say! And I did do a bit of colouring with my Smoky Slate and Night of Navy Stampin Blends...

Base panel from embossed Balmy Blue too... speeded up the process in class... and looks nearly as good...

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

My father loves his cars... particularly a convertible!

So it just had to be done... call it Geared Up Garage meets Sailing Home meets Waterfront!

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Click here for how to produce the convertible car version...
Click here for the Bridge U Fold card tutorial...
Click here for the Waterfront Background Scene Tutorial...

And the yachts are stamped onto Window Sheets acetate with Staz On...

And stamped onto white card with Memento, then the sails and hulls coloured using Stampin Blends.... and just the sails and hulls quickly fussy cut

And then stuck onto the acetate version... and then die cut (or fussy cut)

And apologies to you eagle eyed viewers that have spotted my Very Vanilla lighthouse! But I had to finish this card off within minutes... and there just wasn't time for the production of a new lighthouse on white! And I know my Dad wont notice...

Simple Saturday Sailing Home card with Waterfront Background Scene Tutorial

Sharing a DL sized Sailing Home card for the sailors today.... 

And here are the step by steps with photos for how I produced the background scene using the fabulous Waterfront stamp set and a bit of ink...

This is also how I created the background scene on the Sailing Home Bridge U Fold card I shared here... for which I had a lot of people contact me for a tutorial... and for which you can find the card tutorial here...

And to finish that card... you just need to change the background scene to this Waterfront version for which I have shared the step by steps below... although if you haven't got Waterfront you could use the masking version described here...

Photo Tutorial for creating the Waterfront Background scene...

Sponge or brayer Balmy Blue all over...

Add Old Olive grasses (Enjoy Life)
NOTE that this step is not required on the Sailing Home Bridge U Fold card version...

Add Old Olive (Waterfront) mountain.... do not re-ink

Stamp shadow mountain to right and up a bit... then re-ink...

Repeat off to right...

Repeat off to left

Repeat behind/ in gaps with Gray Granite...

Stamp partial (Waterfront) fir trees in Shaded Spruce on horizon ( ie do not ink whole tree... just "short"part of top/fir part)

Without reinking, turn tree stamp over and stamp reflected trees... TIP... moving the stamp slightly up and to the left seemed to work best wrt positioning ... where for "up" I mean... using less of the inked stamp height than you do for the original trees

I forgot both of these tips when stamping this panel "at speed" as just for Tutorial photographic purposes!

Repeat across the width...with trees getting taller as you go... 

Partially ink up the Waterfront single line stamp using Sahara Sand... and stamp along the horizon to form the sandy shore... ie place the straightest edge of the line stamp onto the edge of your ink pad...

And voila... your scene is set...