Sailing Home Birthday Card

Have you ever wished your Significant Other would participate in making a card with you?  I have - and my wish came true!  I signed us up for a swap called "Guys Make the Card - Birthday", so David got to make a card!

He started the process by choosing a stamp set - he picked Sailing Home because he liked the lighthouse.  Then we went on Pinterest and he found a layout that he liked by fellow SU! Demonstrator Carolyn King.

Here's what he did:

1. David made a base of Night of Navy by cutting to 8.5" x 5.5" and scoring on the long side at 4.25" - he burnished the folded score line using a bone folder
2. Next he added a layer of Crumb Cake that measured 5.25" x 4"
3. On top of the crumb cake he added two panels of 1" x 5" Night of Navy layered with .75" x 4.75" lighthouse print from the Come Sail Away DSP
4. Over those panels, he added a horizontal piece of 2" x 4" Night of Navy covered by 1.75" x 4" of the blue and white striped pattern from the Come Sale Away DSP (this is actually on the reverse side of the lighthouse pattern used in step 3)
5. David used the middle-sized Stitched Rectangle die to cut a panel of Whisper White.  On this he stamped the image of the lighthouse and the flying seagulls from Sailing Home in Night of Navy - he was amazed by how easy the Stamparatus made this process!
   
   
   
   
   
6. David double-matted his stamped image on a 3.75" x 2.5" piece of Crumb Cake and 3 7/8" x 2 5/8" piece of Night of Navy.  No lies here, figuring out the dimensions for the mats was the most difficult part of this card
7. He adhered this double-matted panel to the front of the card
   
8. Next, David stamped and cut the Happy Birthday sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings onto a scrap of Balmy Blue and die-cut it using the banner from the Smooth Sailing dies.  This was adhered to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals
   
9. Using  scrap of Whisper White, David stamped the image of the anchor from Sailing Home and die cut it using the Smooth Sailing dies.  He then used the Night of Navy Twine from the Country Club Twine Combo Pack to put through the hole in the top of the anchor
10. David then die cut some seaweed in vellum and the rope in Crumb cake, both dies also from the Smooth Sailing Dies
11. The seaweed was adhered using a small dot of Multipurpose Liquid Glue and placed slightly behind the Happy Birthday banner.  The anchor and rope were both adheres using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

David's Finished Card

I was so excited when David finished this project and told me that he'd do another one if there was a similar "Guys Make the Card" swap in the future!  Didn't he do a fabulous job? #DudesStampToo

Today's Color Combo

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