White Sails and The Open Sea

Making masculine cards is easy peesy with this great Stampin' Up! set called The Open Sea.This is a CASE of a card by Sharon Field; click HERE to see the original.

To color the white on the ship and compass I used Whisper White craft ink and a Blender Pen or you could use an Aquapainter. The trim around the ship is Baker's Twine that I threaded through holes punched in each corner.
Card stock colors are Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy. Ink is Not Quite Navy, Whisper White craft, Early Expresso and Cherry Cobbler (hard to see but the globe is stamped on the Cherry Cobbler background.

Look! I embossed the world!

I didn't realize what a bad photo this was until I saw it here! Bummer! I think I should have used the black background.
Again I used the new stamp set The Open Sea. The world is embossed with silver EP, on Basic Black with a panel of Basic Gray. The card base is River Rock. Hard to tell in the photo but there is a little torn piece of vellum on the side! Hey another manly card-I'm on a roll!
Just so you know the weather here in KC is fabulous, despite a little rain, and I am sitting on my deck with my laptop enjoying all the sounds of the outside and country music on my new cell phone!

A Little More Nautical

Masculine cards are very hard for me to make. You know how it is. No rhinestones or pearls, no glitter, can't have pink or purple, and the ribbon can't be too frilly-soooo not my style. However, this set makes it easy! And how about that Bakers Twine? Nice substitute for ribbon and not too girly. The card stock colors are Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Not Quite Navy.

Another The Open Sea card!

I used the new stamp set called The Open Sea from the new Summer MIni Catalog. This card started with the Wild Wasabi scallop square piece I had leftover from another project. After I cut it to fit the front or the card; I thought it looked like a ship's journal , so I added the "hinges" made with the Modern Label punch. I added a little Baker's Twine in the corner instead of ribbon (masculine remember?).

Sneak Peek!

These stamps are from a new stamp set called The Open Sea, that will be available May 1 in the new Stampin' Up! Summer MIni catalog. This is such a great masculine set! I (like most female card makers) struggle with masculine cards. You know, no glitter, no pearls, no pink, no rhinestones, no cute little animals, I mean really??
Also available in the new mini is Bakers Twine; much more masculine than ribbon. It comes in Early Expresso, on this card, and Cherry Cobbler. I think I need to emboss this globe in gold though. Embossing is masculine right?