Welcome to another Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! Deb chose “keys” for the theme for #275. I hope you will pop over to the C4G blog to see what the rest of the design team created as well!
Here’s my card:
I’ll admit, this theme had me stumped for a bit. I do not have anything with a key as a stamp or embellishment. Therefore, I did what any good crafter does when stumped: go to Pinterest! I saw a number of nautical themed cards with keys as embellishments and thought I could do something with that. Thankfully, Michaels had small keys in the jewelry section, so I grabbed them. I used products from the Sailing Home line of Stampin’ Up! products.
Measurements:
After I bought the keys, the rest of the card fell into place quite rapidly.
- The Night of Navy base measures 8-1/2 inches by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
- I used a Crumb Cake mat trimmed to 5-3/8 inches by 4-1/8 inches.
- The Sailing Home DSP (designer series paper) measures 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches. While I was trimming that, I also trimmed a piece to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I adhered it to the flap immediately so I wouldn’t misplace it while I was working on the card.
- Next, I used scraps of white cardstock to stamp both the anchor and the sentiment.
- I already had the nautical steering wheel cropped using the Smooth Sailing dies, from which I also cropped the anchor. Once again, I used the stitched rectangle dies to crop out the sentiment.
- The white cardstock for the inside of the card measures 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches, as always.
Thoughts and Assembly:
- The DSP appears to almost be distressed, but I thought I could add to it to make it stand out against the Crumb Cake mat. Therefore, I used the brush end of my Early Espresso marker and outlined the piece of DSP. As you can see, I wasn’t too careful and the corners have a bit more distressing than the rest of the DSP. However, since the print on the DSP uses Early Espresso, everything blends in for one cohesive look.
- While I had my marker out, I also used it to distress the white cardstock for the inside panel.
- That’s just one of the great things about using Stampin’ Up! products: all the color products match perfectly creating a seamless end product.
- I really wanted the embellishments to be clean and un-distressed since the keys are shiny. So, I didn’t distress anything else on the front of the card.
- After dry-fitting all the pieces on the DSP, I used multipurpose glue to adhere the steering wheel. Then, I used dimensionals under the anchor and sentiment.
- The bakers’ twine also comes from the Sailing Home products. I wrapped it around the DSP three times and tied it in a knot on the front. While the keys may look like they are attached to the twine, I actually used glue dots to keep them in place.
- In order to compensate for the bulk of the twine, I popped the DSP up on dimensionals before adhering it to the Crumb Cake cardstock.
I Thought I was Done, but I was Wrong.
- After I adhered the front of the card to the Night of Navy base, I thought I had finished the card. However, something just kept bugging me. After a few hours, it dawned on me – I’d used an even number of items on the front of the card. The steering wheel, anchor, twine, two keys, and the sentiment. I grabbed my last steering wheel sailing trinket and used a glue dot to attach it.
- I didn’t stamp anything on the inside of the card because I wanted to be able to use it as an all occasion thank you card.
- With the addition of the steering wheel trinket, I could call this card/envelope/seal coordinated set complete.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
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Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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