Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #357! Dawn is hosting this two-week challenge and she chose Wheels 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!

At first, I thought I didn’t have anything for the theme. I decided on a card with ship wheels, Then I realized I did have DSP for a wheels theme, but by then I had settled on the ship wheels and decided to use a fun fold.

Here’s my ship wheels card:

If you look carefully at the first picture, you can just barely see the inside panels of the flaps, to which I added a piece of Basic Gray cardstock for a handwritten message.

Measurements:

• The Night of Navy base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 1-5/8 & 3-1/4 from each of the long ends
• There are 4 pieces of Basic Beige card stock measuring 1-1/2 by 5-3/8 inches
• Trim another piece of Basic Beige to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
  • I stamped the sentiment and cropped it from the center of this Basic Beige piece of cardstock since no one will see the ugly underneath the pattern #2 DSP
• Trim 2 pieces of DSP (designer series paper) pattern #1 to 1-3/8 by 5-1/4 inches
• Trim one piece of DSP pattern #2 to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
• You also need a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
• Punch a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker

Stamping, Cropping, & Assembly:

• I used the retired Smooth Sailing stamp set and coordinating die set
• I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces together because the card is already bulky and would need extra postage
• The only place I used mini-dimensionals was on the backs of the two wheels with bakers’ twine
  • I needed to cut the mini-dimensionals into three pieces each.
• Crop 6 ship wheels from Night of Navy cardstock
• Add baker’s twine to two of the little holes in the center of two ship wheels
  • HINT: The only way I could’ve accomplished was to use a floss threader. To do this, slide a length of baker’s twine through the threader loop and very, very gently pull the threader and baker’s twine through the hole. Once you get the baker’s twine through the hole, you can tie a knot on one end of the twine.
  • Here’s the threader I used, which I purchased on Amazon:
  • WLLHYF 100 Pcs Floss Threaders Multifunctional Deep Clean Floss for Braces, Bridges, and Implants Dental Threader (Blue)
• Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy ink on Basic Gray cardstock and crop the sentiment
• Adhere the DSP pattern #1 to two pieces of the Basic Gray cardstock
• Adhere the cardstock and DSP combo to the front outside flaps of the card
• Adhere the remaining two pieces of Basic Gray cardstock to the inside flaps
• Adhere the DSP pattern #2 to the 4 by 5-1/4 inch piece of Basic Gray cardstock
• Stamp the lighthouse on Basic Gray cardstock using Night of Navy ink, then crop it out
• Stamp the trio of birds randomly on the DSP pattern #2
  • HINT: I needed to cover a tiny spot of Night of Navy ink, so I added a third partial trio of birds
• Adhere the sentiment to the DSP pattern #2 making sure that it is covered by the flaps when closed
• Add the wheels to the front flaps, three on each side
  • HINT: I added the bakers’ twine wheels to the bottom of the front flaps, but I would do it in the middle for a more secure bow
• With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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