Friday 9 August 2013

All At Sea

I've had this lovely Kanban stamp set for ages, but every time I made a card with it, it ended up in the bin!  This is the first one that has made it to finished status!
 The colouring, as always, has been done with my trusty Promarkers, then I simply die cut circles to create the porthole, adding screw brads for realism.
The anchor paper is from my Papermania, Ahoy There pack, and the anchor and bird embellishments were made with stamps from the same stamp set as the main image, again coloured with Promarkers.  To finish off, I added some looped garden twine to represent rope.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Creative Moments - Sea
The Male Room - #1 - Anything Goes
Oldie But a Goodie - Male Cards - I used and old stamp set
Sweet Stampin' - Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside
Craft Your Passion - #174 - All at Sea
Brown Sugar - #54 - Anything Goes
Sister Act - #19 - Anything Goes
Heck of a Challenge - Summer Holidays

19 comments:

  1. Great stamping Wendy, love the scene you have created and embellished. xx Flora

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  2. Tis is great Wendy, a lovely make and Image
    Hugs Kelly

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  3. Well done Wendy, you've finally made it, I know this is one of your fav stamps. Well, this is just marvellous, so well coloured and the twine is such a wonderful idea and pulls altogether, just love it, Kate x

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  4. Fantastic Wendy.I love the image, fabulous colouring and the screw brads are terrific..fabulous card.

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  5. I too have this stamp wendy and have never used it - thanks for the inspiration - your card looks fabulous xx

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  6. Perfect for this theme - and a great card! You did super on this image - all the elements came together and I love it! Thank you for sharing your project in the “All at Sea” challenge!
    ~ginny
    Design Team - Craft Your Passion
    RubberMAD at GettyCollection.com

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  7. well this one is brilliant Wendy.
    pam

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  8. Perfect card for a gentleman, love the colours and the rope is the perfect element, thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar this week

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  9. Great card! Thanks for sharing at Sister Act Card Challenge.

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  10. This is such a cool card. The image and all the elements creates a awesome ocean theme.

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  11. Fabulous scene brilliant card Ginny x

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  12. so stunning wendy.fab papers and design and i love the stamp ;D

    xx coops xx

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  13. I'm glad you chose to share it with us at The Male Room and not put it in the bin, it's lovely.

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  14. A beautiful card. I love your colouring in of the image.

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  15. I'm so glad this one didn't end up in the bin too - it's gorgeous! Thanks for joining us in The Male Room this week - Jacqueline xx

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  16. Your card is amazing! Beautiful image and embellishements. Thanks for joining us at CYP.

    Kat
    Craft Your Passion DT

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  17. Amazing art! Thanks for sharing at Brown Sugar Challenge!

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  18. What an amazing card. Love all the details and the colours. Thanks for joining us at Creative Moments
    Claire x

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