SIP Challenge #65 - Monochromatic!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Of course, as usual, since it's Tuesday, that means I'm back over at Stamp, Ink, Paper with another Design Team Card.  This week we have a Monochromatic Challenge!  

 I'll be very honest.. I really wanted to NOT use blue but I couldn't do it!  lol  I guess I'm just such a fan of the blues.. Maybe it's because I'm from Memphis. LOL  Of course, I'm also very much a fan of Nautical cards!  So there lies the problem.. how to go Nautical without blue??

This card is a combination of Our Daily Bread Fishing Net Background Stamp, Stampin' Up! By the Tide (sadly retired!), and Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish.  I really love the sentiment.. Just Keep Swimming from the Hero Arts set!  I have a friend at work that is going through some tough times so I thought this would be a great card to give to her for some encouragement.  My cardbase is a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of  Mint Macaron scored at 4 1/4", My mat is Island Indigo and I did my stamping on a small scrap piece of Soft Sky.  I first stamped my fish from the By The Tide Stamp Set in Island Indigo and then cut a mask of the fish by stamping it on masking paper and then fussy cutting it.  I placed the mask over my fish and then stamped the fishing net in Tempting Turquoise.  I stamped the seahorse (also from the By The Tide set) in Island Indigo.  I then used my Stampin' Up! sponges to sponge on some Marina Mist and then some Island Indigo leaving the darkest around the edges.  I decided I wanted the seahorse popped up so I stamped him again on a scrap of Mint Macaron with Island Indigo ink and then fussy cut him and glued him over the other stamped image!  My sentiment was stamped in Island Indigo Ink onto Mint Macaron cardstock and backed in an Island Indigo mat.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to Stamp, Ink, Paper and link up a monochromatic card of your own!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #43 Sketch Challenge By The Tide

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Hopefully your week is off to an awesome start and you had a wonderful weekend!  I had a super fun weekend with my daughter and two of our granddaughters!   Two of her friends gave her a wonderful baby shower!  In just about two months I should be waiting patiently for little Blakely Addison Rose to make her appearance into the world! 

The week over at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have an awesome sketch for you!  I hope you'll head over and check out all of the inspiration we have for you and then link up a card of your own!

I know you must be crazy tired of my nautical cards but I have one more for you....lol

I was going through some of my stamps today and ran across an awesome Fishing Net Background Stamp from Our Daily Bread that I had NEVER used!  Well I love this stamp and I was itching to use it.. so I did.  I paired it with a couple of images from the Stampin' Up! By The Tide stamp set.  I also used some of a splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge and then a Gina Marie Fishing Sentiment.  

My card base was an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Bermuda Bay Cardstock that was scored at 5 1/2".  I added a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Early Espresso.  Next on a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock ( I know it's retired.. I'm hoarding it!), I stamped the Fishing Net Background stamp in Soft Suede Ink.  I sponged some Tim Holtz weathered wood distress ink on the edges of the Fishing net image.  I also stamped some of the splatters from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set with Weathered Wood onto the Net background.  I then attached it to the Early Espresso layer with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  Next I stamped the Coral image with Calypso Coral onto a piece of  2 x 3 1/4" piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock.  I also stamped some of the splatters from Gorgeous Grunge ink onto it using more of the Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink.  I sponged the edges of that piece with Weathered Wood as well.  I stamped the fish with Early Espresso once in the center of the cardstock and once on the left side stamping partly off the cardstock.    I attached this panel onto a piece of 2 1/8" x 3 3/8" Early Espresso Cardstock.  These were then attached onto the Fishing Net layer at an angle (like the sketch) with more Tombow multipurpose glue.  I attached a few Pretty Pink Posh dew drops with Alene's adhesive.   I added the Early Espresso strip with foam tape.  The sentiment from the Gina Marie Fishing Stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto Coastal Cabana and added with Foam tape as well.  I threaded some Linen Thread into a metallic button and attached it with glue dots and called this one done! 

Here are the products used:

Stampin' Up! By the Tide Stamp Set

Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set

Our Daily Bread Fishing Net Background Stamp

Gina Marie Fishing Stamp Set (for sentiment)

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Up! Cardstock

Coastal Cabana Stampin' Up! Cardstock (retired)

Early Espresso Stampin' Up!  Cardstock

Early Espresso Stampin' Up! Ink

Soft Suede Stampin' Up! Ink

Calypso Coral Stampin' Up! Ink

Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink

Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina