The Open Sea

April 22, 2015 Update: This card was a Top Three winner!

Spending much of my childhood living near water on the east coast, my siblings and I were all taught by our father to sail. We would hurry home from church on Sundays so we could enjoy the afternoon on our little sailboat. I cannot imagine the skill required to sail a full-rigged ship! 

This is my submission for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #103.

 

The card is layered with a torn piece of a map that was stamped with grunge splatter, distressed and sponged to look worn. The map is mounted on a piece of cardstock embossed with wood grain. I also inserted a strip of foiled cardstock under the right side of the wood grain panel The porthole was cut from a hexagon die using foiled paper, brads were added then it was distressed with Stazon black ink to look aged. The porthole also has an acetate window sheet and is slightly popped up with the view of the ship in the background.

The ship was stamped on white cardstock. The water was added with a DTP technique touched up with white gel pen to look like foamy waves. The sky was sponged using the edge of a scallop die to create clouds. The birds were hand drawn.

The anchor was stamped on foiled paper and fussy cut then distressed with Stazon black ink. After tying the hemp to the anchor it was popped up with foam tape. The sentiment was heat embossed in silver and the banners were gently curled with a bone folder and popped up with foam tape.

The inside of the card has a piece of white cardstock for a personal note and an anchor stamped on the edge.

Be sure to visit the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog to view the design team's inspiring cards and the other challenge submissions!

Techniques: Stamping, color blending, sponging, distressing, dry embossing, heat embossing, fussy-cutting, die cutting, DTP (direct to paper)

Recipe: Products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: The Open Sea, Gorgeous Grunge, Painted Petals (sentiment)
Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Night of Navy, DCWV foiled cardstock stack (silver)
Other paper: Acetate window sheet, map
Ink: Pacific Point, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Stazon (black), Versamark
Markers: Basic Black, Uniball Signo Gel Pen (white)
Die: Spellbinders hexagon set
Other: True Hemp by Hemptique, Recollections embossing powder (silver), brads from stash, wood grain embossing folder, 3M foam tape
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")