Summer Holidays for C4G #376, The Creative Crafters, & Creative Creases

Jul 14, 2025 | Cardz 4 Guyz, Creative Crafters | 1 comment

Welcome to my one card, three challenges post. It’s not often that I can work three different challenges into one card, but I’m pretty stinking pleased that I was able to combine two of the challenges for which I am a design team member. Our host for the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #376, Julie, chose Summer Holidays for the theme. As always, the theme for The Creative Crafters challenge # 90, is Anything Goes. Combining Summer Holidays and Anything Goes with the Creative Creases Challenge theme which is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold, I brought all three challenges together into one card.

Here’s my card:

This bundle includes the stamp set, the hybrid embossing folder, and a die set. Take a look at this trio:

I probably should’ve added a couple of die cut clouds, but will do that next timeI’ve already posted one Sunrise Sailing card as a guest designer for the current Creative Creases challenge, and you can see that card here. If you love fun folds as much as I do, then the Creative Creases challenge is for you.

Measurements:

• The Real Red base measures 11 by 4-1/4, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches to create the easel making sure to burnish both score lines
• After embossing the Night of Navy cardstock, trim it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
• Trim two pieces of white cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
• You will need white cardstock pieces for the boat and sentiment, for which I used scraps
• Use a Night of Navy scrap for the circle border (from the Coneflower Celebrations die set)
  • It is so much easier if you adhere the Night of Navy strip to a trimmed to size adhesive sheet before cropping
  • Remember you will need to run the cardstock/adhesive sheet combination back and forth at least twice to accommodate the extra bulk

Stamping:

• Stamp the sailboat using Momento Tuxedo Black ink
• Stamp the Night of Navy sail sections
• I used the Read Red and Gray Granite blends combos to color the boat
• Stamp the sentiment in Real Red
• Crop the boat using the Sunrise Sailing die
• Crop the sentiment using a banner die from Stylish Shapes and outline it using a Real Red marker
• Stamp the sentiment for the inside in Real Red
• Using Night of Navy ink, stamp the waves on the bottom of the inside

Using Daubers:

• I wanted the waves to resemble whitecaps but struggled with creating this look
  • First, I dropped some white craft ink onto an acrylic block so I could easily use a dauber
  • Next, I used the dauber to lightly drag white ink across the embossed waves from the left to the right
  • Since the cardstock absorbs the white craft ink, I tried adding 5 or 6 layers and still couldn’t get the look I wanted
  • Switching gears, I very, very lightly added pearlized enamel effects to the tops of some of the waves
  • After letting that dry overnight, I tried with the dauber and white craft ink again
• I used the white craft ink and dauber for the cloud embossed sections as well
• Finally, I used a black marker to trace over the embossed birds
• As I am typing this, I had an idea that might work to better achieve the look I wanted and will update this post if it works

Putting the Card Together:

• Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together
• Adhere the Night of Navy embossed cardstock to one of the white cardstock pieces
• Then adhere the white cardstock the the bottom flap of the card base only
  • If you adhere the whole white cardstock to the Real Red base, you won’t get an easel
• Since the embossing folder has the same boat shape embossed, I just adhered the boat directly to the Night of Navy cardstock
• Add dimensionals to the underside of the sentiment banner and adhere to the Night of Navy cardstock
• Adhere the inside piece of white cardstock to the inside of the base
• I usually place my easel stop about an inch down from the fold of the card, so that’s where I adhered the circle stop
• With that, I’d finished this Sunrise Sailing card

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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Product detail

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DETAILS
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