Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #355! Helen. is hosting this two-week challenge and she chose Nautical for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my Nautical card:

As always, since this is a fun fold, I will be uploading it to the gallery in the Creative Creases Challenge.

Sometimes we all need a little bit, or a lot, of inspiration. When that happens, I turn to Pinterest, as I am sure so many of you do. I found Carole’s Creative Corner and the directions for this double z-fold card and CASe’d (copy and share, everything/edit it using DSP (designer series paper) and the Sailing Home stamp set with the coordinated Sailing Away die set:

Carole used the long retired DSP that accompanied the retired bundle. I used some retired Gone Fishing DSP because I love the colors and patterns.

Measurements:

• The Night of Navy base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches
• Trim another piece of Night of Navy cardstock to 3 by 10 inches, scored at 2-1/2 and 5 inches
• The front DSP measures 2-5/8 by 4-1/8 inches
• Trim a piece of the same DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
• The Crumb Cake DSP measures 4-7/8 by 2-7/8 inches
• Punch a 1-inch circle from the Crumb Cake DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope sea
• You need a piece of white cardstock trimmed to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the inside background
• The two squares of white cardstock for the smaller piece of Night of Navy measure 2-7/8 by 2-7/8 inches
• I did have scraps for the lighthouse, sentiment label, and the ship wheel

Stamping & Assembly:

• I only used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together because the card is already a little bulky and I didn’t want to need extra postage
• Stamp the lighthouse using Night of Navy ink on white cardstock
• Stamp the boat and the birds using Night of Navy on one of the squares of white cardstock
• Stamp the sentiment from the Charming Sentiments stamp set on white cardstock with Night of Navy ink
• Crop the lighthouse, ship’s wheel, and the sentiment label using dies from the Sailing Away die set
• Punch a 2-1/2 inch circle from Night of Navy cardstock
• Adhere your pieces together, starting with the DSP and white cardstock on the base.
• Adhere the pieces to the smaller z-fold piece of Night of Navy cardstock, then adhere to your card base
• I had some Crumb Cake/Navy baker’s twine but it was too thick for what I wanted so I pulled 3 pieces of the twine out and used what was left on the ship’s wheel
• Adhere the baker’s twine using a mini-glue dot
• With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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