Another Karen Burniston Sneak Peek - Triple Flip

Today's sneak peek at one of the new Karen Burniston dies is another card made with the Triple Flip die.  How fun is this one!!!   My daughter loves anything nautical, so chances are she will wind up with this card.   The images are from a couple of Stampendous and Rubbernecker stamp sets.

Aptly named the Triple Flip because there are three panels on the front of the card . . .

. . . which, when you pull that little arrow/tab, flip over to reveal three more images.

I don't always finish the inside of a card when I initially make it, but this time I did -- carrying the nautical theme in there also.

I must warn you:  this die is very addicting.  I have made a bunch of cards using it.  I'm sure you'll be seeing more of them in the very near future.  These dies will be shipping in mid-July, so you've got some time to think of how you'd like to use them.

Framed Lighthouse

Because CottageCutz isn't having a new release this month, the design team members are pulling out older dies and giving them a fresh look.  Today I have pulled out Lighthouse w/Clouds, Rope Corner, and the Pierced Wide Rectangle Frame set to make my card.

This card is a standard A2 card which folds at the top.  I started by cutting the cardstock and patterned paper for the card base, as follows:

Turquoise - 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"
White - 4" x 5 1/4"
Waves patterned paper - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Next I cut the middle Pierced Wide Rectangle Frame from gray cardstock and a piece of sky patterned paper 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".  I applied two layers of foam tape to the back of the frame and adhered the sky paper to the frame.

I then die cut the Lighthouse and Rope Corner pieces from white cardstock . . .

. . . colored and constructed the images.

All that was left was to place the lighthouse, seagulls, and clouds in the frame, attach the frame to the card, and add the rope and anchor appropriately -- and my card was finished.

CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

CCEE1733 Nautical

Anne continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week, and asked us to use a nautical theme on our cards.  Please don't look too closely to the text behind my nautical images.  I did it on the computer and wound up spelling John Masefield's name wrong.  My apologies to the poet!

Be sure to stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see more nautical cards.

CCEE1618 - Let There Be Light

Maryann starts her month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers with an easy challenge -- Add a Lighthouse to your card.

I decided to try a pop-up card for today's challenge.  While the front does not have a lighthouse, it is very nautical-looking.

The lighthouse is on the inside.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more lighthouses.

Stampin'B's Challenge #42 - Nautical

Joanne (our lover of lighthouses) was the hostess this week for the Stampin'B's DT Challenge Blog. She wanted us to do a nautical card – anything with boats, shells, lighthouses, etc., etc., etc.

I had bought an economy set of stamps from A.C. Moore before they closed their Orlando store – with shells and lighthouses. I especially liked this image, which I stamped with Palette Burnt Umber and colored with Copic and Prismcolor markers. The sentiment is from a set of nautical stamps from Impression Obsession, and I thought it would work well with the shells. After searching through my drawer full of blue paper, I found this Cloud 9 paper with all sorts of nautical sayings on it – it provided me with my color combo.
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Stamps - A.C. Moore, Impression Obsession
Paper - GP White, Close to Cocoa, Cloud 9
Ink - Palette Burnt Umber
Accessories - Nestabilities ovals, Copic and Prismacolor markers, Ribbon