Let Your Dreams Set Sail

7/30/23 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hey everybody! I hope you had a good week and you have something fun planned this weekend! I have an awesome CutCardStock DT inspiration project to share with you today featuring our Pop Tone Lemon Drop and Pop Tone Red Hot cardstock which I paired with our Cougar Smooth 100# White cardstock. The Pop Tone line is one of my favorites because of all the beautiful colors. I created a CAS masculine birthday card using a stamp set and punch that I think I’ve only used once and felt like they needed to come out for another play!

I cut a standard A2 size top-fold card base from Cougar Smooth 100# White cardstock. Using the Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set, I stamped the lake and sailboat shadow on the card base in Catherine Pooler Stone Blue and Cove Blue inks. I die cut a stitched circle for the sun from Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock using the Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies and stamped the lake across the bottom of the circle and fussy cut the border to match up with the lake stamped on the card front.

I ink blended Ranger fossilized amber distress ink around the edges of the circle with a blending brush. Using the same stamp set, I stamped the sailboat elements in Catherine Pooler Rockin’ Red and Twilight inks and punched them with the Stampin’ Up Sailboat Builder punch. I adhered the sun and sailboat, and then stamped the birds and sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I stamped the inside sentiment from the same Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then adhered Pop Tone Red Hot and Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock strips across the top.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: July 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Nautical (playing twist)
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: July #7-2023 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: July 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Life Is A Beach! (playing twist)
4. Classic Design Challenge: July #7 – Anything Goes

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CutCardStock products used:
Cougar Smooth 100# White cardstock
Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock
Pop Tone Red Hot cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Stone Blue, Cove Blue, Rockin’ Red and Twilight inks; Ranger fossilized amber distress ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Stampin’ Up Sailboat Builder Punch, Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, blending brush

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page and for more inspiration! Also, be sure to join our Creating with Card Stock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,