Ahoy There!

This week’s card was one I needed for a very dear gentleman’s 101^st birthday.  Since he is a retired Naval officer, I decided on a sea theme and dug through my stash to find some appropriate gear for the card.

To make the background, I used Weathered Wood and Salty Ocean for the sky and Salty Ocean, Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire Distress Spray Stains for the sea.  I blended a little ink over the edge of a piece of paper to make the horizon and stamped some wave tops from Inkylicious By The Sea.  After planning to make a square card, I changed tack and decided on a DL card so had to make some beach from the overspray area by blending some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide over the area.  I also added a little Peacock Feathers at the edge of the water.

Once the blended ink was dry, I used Versamark and white embossing powder to stamp the waves at the bottom of the panel.  After stamping, I used markers to add some shading to the waves.

For the top of the panel, I used the anchor and verse from Text{ures} Deep Blue Sea & Sentiments Set.  I was intrigued as to what the poem was and discovered that it’s called Dover Beach and was written by Matthew Arnold, a Victorian poet and critic.  I stamped in black and heat-embossed using clear powder.

After trimming the card down to DL size, I attached the sentiment.  The die I used is from Text{ures} Deep Blue Porthole Die Set and I die-cut it from black mirror card.  Before cutting, I’d used Stick It double-sided adhesive sheet on the back so that it was easy to attach to the card.

After assembling the card, I decided that the anchor needed a little colour so I used my metallic watercolours and also added a few silver splatters.