More is More

Today was my early morning for stamp room exile and I managed to get two cards finished.  I just realized last night that Father’s Day is this weekend!  Yikes!  I had been a week off in my thinking – I guess vacation will do that to you.  I was hoping the Sketch Challenge on SCS today would inspire a Father’s Day card and sure enough it did!  (Mom – don’t let Dad look!)

This sailboat image is from a retired Stampin’ Up! set.  I never owned the set and I don’t remember it’s name.  I had this in my folder of stamped images from one of the many times my SoCal stampin’ buddies have gotten together and swapped images (hey girls – we need to get together again soon).  I had stamped this image on white glossy cardstock with Stazon ink.  I know because I had two and I tested my Copics on the first only to see the ink smear like crazy.  So I colored this with SU markers – they work great on glossy cardstock and have no problem with Stazon ink.  I used Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa.  Then I simply matted the image on coordinating cardstock according to the sketch layout.  The large Caramel panel was stamped with the retired Cheesecloth background.  The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I liked the *wave* effect it has.  The card was jazzed up with some piercing up the sides and some knotted hemp across the top – wow I hadn’t used hemp in a long time!

Masculine cards are not my forte’, but I’m quite pleased with this one.  I’m wishing now that I had purchased this set…and wondering what the other images were.  I might need to go back and look it up.  I’m pretty sure it was in a Mini a couple of years ago.  The current Winds of Grace has a very similar look and has been on my *list* for awhile now.  If it doesn’t retire maybe I’ll get it.

Speaking of retiring…the Stampin’ Up! Retirement list will be out in just a few more days…are you worried or excited?  I’m just excited that we’ll be that much closer to the new catty!  WooHoo!

And speaking of new and exciting….did you know that the creator of Elzybells has a new blog?  Click here to check it out!  I can hardly wait for her next release!

I need to finish prepping for my SU Class coming up on Friday.  Thanks for stopping by!