Nautical - Right as Rain

Spellbinders | Lighthouse Birdhouse

Hello! Embrace the coastal spirit and celebrate the red, white, and blue with a Fourth of July-themed card featuring products from Spellbinders! This lighthouse birdhouse card is perfect to send to anyone who appreciates coastal charm and creative whimsy. Scroll for information on a Flash Sale – save big on Spellbinders past kit clubs, now until June 30.

- Create A2-size background from Sea Glass cardstock. Add strips of tan and Cosmic Sky cardstock to bottom to resemble sand and sea.
- Cut fence with Build a Spring Birdhouse die from Snowdrift cardstock, twice. Add to scene.
- Cut birdhouse with Build a Summer Birdhouse. To customize, fussy-cut the top and doors of the birdhouse in a different color cardstock. Assemble birdhouse and add to scene.
- Cut bird with Sweet Birds on a Branch dies; assemble and add with foam adhesive.
- Stamp I’ve Got You Covered sentiment in navy ink on Snowdrift cardstock and cut with die in the On Cloud Nine set. Cut additional cloud.
- Cut seagulls from gray cardstock with die in the Build a Summer Birdhouse and add to scene.

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Sail Away with Sunny Studio Stamps

Hello! Today, I am thrilled to share with you a whimsical, nautical-themed card combining the Sunny Studio Stamps Birthday Cat stamp set (and coordinating die set) with other products in my stash. The Sunny Studio Stamps Birthday Cat stamp set is packed with cat images that can be used for a variety of occasions, not just birthdays. This card showcases stamping, watercoloring, stenciling, and die-cutting techniques. Send this card to a cat lover, nautical enthusiast, or to brighten someone’s day.

- Stamp Birthday Cat images with VersaFine ink on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper, heat set, and watercolor with mediums of choice. When dry, cut with the coordinating dies.
- Cut sailboat pieces from cardstock and foam (for depth). Glue pieces together. I used a now-retired Paper Smooches die set to create the sailboat.
- Create the background by applying white pigment ink on light-blue cardstock through one of the stencils in the Lawn Fawn Cloud Background set.
- To create the waves, cut Cosmic Sky cardstock with a die in the Ocean Wave Borders set. Trim and add to cloud background. Cut assembly to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and add to white canvas texture cardstock base.
- Adhere sailboat pieces to card.
- Cut sentiment with Journal Letter dies from white cardstock and foam. Glue together and adhere to card front.
- Add cats to the boat.

Lawn Fawn | Sailing with the Car Critters

Hello! Today I am sharing a whimsical, nautical-themed card that uses the Lawn Fawn Car Critters stamp set in a novel way. Strips of cardstock mimic a cruise ship, proudly named the SS CUBBY. Through five die-cut windows, the Car Critters take center stage, offering a twist on their traditional use. This mini slimline card not only showcases the versatility of the Car Critters set but also demonstrates how simple techniques, like using strips of paper, a circle die, and an alpha die set, can yield a unique card.

Stamp Car Critters on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper with VersaFine ink; heat set.
Color bears with watercoloring mediums of choice.
Create card base for a mini-slimline measuring 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches from Snowdrift cardstock.
Create portholes by cutting a Snowdrift cardstock panel, measuring 6 1/2 inches wide, five times with a 3/4 inch circle die.
Adhere the watercolored bears to the back of the porthole section.
Add strips of cardstock to card base to resemble cruise ship along with the porthole section.
Die-cut Journal Letters from Snowdrift cardstock and foam. Adhere foam to the back of the letters. Adhere letters to card front.

I used the Car Critters in a car in this post.

Rubbernecker | Nautical-themed Hello

Hello! Today, in celebration of the fact that it is almost summer, I am sharing a nautical-themed card featuring Rubbernecker dies, stencil, and stamp set.

Stencil Sun Burst in yellow ink on white cardstock.
Cut Light House and keeper’s cottage (in the same set) from white, gray, red, and yellow cardstock.; assemble.
Cut wave from blue cardstock with a die in the Slimline Waves set.
Cut beach from sand-colored cardstock with a die in the Slimline Hills set.
Assemble A2-size card front, adhering the wave and beach to the sun background, leaving room between the two for the lighthouse structure.
Add lighthouse and cottage to the scene.
Stamp sentiment from Mini Simple Sayings on to a cloud cut with the Clouds set.
Embellish with Seagulls cut from light-gray cardstock.

Memory Box – Adventure Awaits

Hello! A more apt title for this post might be “Summer Has Sailed Away”! I created this CAS, nautical-themed card with a Memory Box die set, a Memory Box stamp set, and a Reverse Confetti frame die. I previous used the Marina Sailboats on this card.

I cut the Marina Sailboats from red, white, and navy cardstock. I trimmed pieces to change the color of the hulls.
I applied Distress Oxide inks to a background piece and set it aside.
I cut the frame and stamped the You Anchor Me sentiment using a stamping tool.
I added the Distress Oxide panel to the back of the frame and the sailboats to the scene.

Supplies: Memory Box YOU ANCHOR ME stamp set; Memory Box MARINA SAILBOATS die set; Reverse Confetti Double Stitch Window Cover Panel Confetti Cuts