Kool Kitty Musings

Ahoy with SugarPea Designs Nautical Notions

Morning all!

I'm just popping on to share this rather nautical number!

Stamp: Winnie & Walter - Sentimental Birthday stamps (r)
Dies: SugarPea Designs - Ahoy Word dies (r), SugarPea Designs - Nautical Notions (r), The Stamp Market - 1/2" Quick Strips

I've been a bit drained of creative ideas recently, so after a rather impromptu die and cardstock reorganization session (which I sincerely hope I won't regret) I decided to look back through some past projects and just remake something that took my fancy.

And this is the end result, a birthday take on last year's Father's Day card.

There's something quite therapeutic about making a project you've made before, following your card as a template, and not having to worry about what will work or not.

I started out with the 1/2 inch Quick Strips from the Stamp Market cut from C9 Blueberry and white cardstock.

Then I grabbed the Nautical Notions set from SugarPea Designs and my cardstock scraps from C9, The Stamp Market, and Spellbinders.

Finally, once all the bits and pieces were assembled, I arranged them on the card inside my Misti so I could align the sentiment from Winnie & Walter in the right place before sticking everything down.

And there we go, card complete.

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Winnie & Walter - Sentimental Birthday stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	SugarPea Designs - Ahoy Word dies (r) Shop at: MISC	SugarPea Designs - Nautical Notions dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - 1/2" Quick Strips die Shop at: MISC
Lawn Fawn - Black Licorice ink pad Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Blueberry cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Dove cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)
Concord & 9th - Neutrals Assorted cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC	Hero Arts - Antique Ivory cardstock Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Jackdaw Express - AM440 - White Ivory Bristol Board 335gsm Shop at: AZ (UK)	Spellbinders - ColorWheel - The Full 48 12x12 Cardstock Pack Shop at: MISC | SBC
The Stamp Market - Breeze cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Lakehouse cardstock Shop at: MISC	Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Mini MISTI stamping tool Shop at: MISC | SBC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC	Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC

DCM - January Elemental Inspiration

Goodness me, this first week of January has certainly been an interesting one. It feels like it has flown by, but there have definitely been moments when it felt like Christmas was aaaages ago! :(

Nevertheless, I feel like I am getting back into gear and one thing that has helped me do that in a crafty way this week was working on my card for the new Elemental Inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.

Last weekend I sat down at my desk and really tried hard to make something that wasn't a Christmas card, I could have easily made another one - I was still in the Christmas cardmaking zone.

But no, I wanted to get back to other themes and occasions...

I pulled the products I knew I definitely wanted to use (some birds and pine branches), but that was as far as my creativity was taking me that day, so I looked for a little colour inspiration for the bird stamps I had got out, and in the end my card is inspired by a project I found on Pinterest by Keeway Tsoa.

Stamps: PTI - Brushed Birds, Winnie & Walter - Sending You
Dies: PTI - Brushed Birds, Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Holiday Greens, Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Mini Holiday Greens
Other: Distress inks

So it's a bit of a wintry look, especially with the splatters of pearlescent white watercolour paint, and white pen details on the pine boughs, but I have already sent this out as my first birthday card of the year.

The background is Bristol cardstock blended with Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool ink and Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink.

The branches are cut from watercolour cardstock and coloured with Forest Moss Distress ink. I used two sizes of pine boughs from the Holiday Greens sets below.

The birds are stamped on 80lb Neenah and have 3D foam tape mounted at the top, but are stuck down with glue to the branch.

The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Onyx black over the splatter - I was a little heavy-handed in the Misti, so it's not quite as crisp as I'd have liked, but without the Misti I'd never have got it lined up like that. ;)

Make sure you check out the lovely projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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PTI - Brushed Birds stamps Shop at: MISC | SSS	Winnie & Walter - Sending You stamps Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS	PTI - Brushed Birds dies Shop at: MISC | SSS	Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC
Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Holiday Greens dies Shop at: AZ | SBC	Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Mini Holiday Greens dies Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress ink pad - Forest Moss Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress ink pad - Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Lawn Fawn - Kiddie Pool ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Walnut ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	The Stamp Market - Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Bubble Gum ink pad Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS	Strathmore Bristol cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - 4.25 x 5.5 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: AZ | SSS	Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Uniball Signo White pen Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC
Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ | SBC | SHC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC