Sail Away….

That’s what I would like to be doing right now…. Sailing away on some cruise ship to somewhere sunny and warm *sigh*  It’s going to be a rainy day here in Halifax and it’s quite nippy out so I am going to have to layer up to go to work today.  I just refuse to pull out my winter coat again *stomp foot*.  Ms. Lauren from Laurenscraft had some time to get crafty together this weekend!  I love our skype crafting sessions.  This time she had me dive into our much loved Pinterest account to find some inspiration to get inky.  I came across an awesome masculine card I wanted to CASE and here is what I came up with….

It was a simple card to put together but holy hannah it was messy!  I am still struggling with getting the ink out from under my fingernails.  I need some rubber finger guards before I attempt this again!  I used white heat embossing for the anchors and boat stamp and then rubbed walnut stain Tim Holtz ink over the images and around the edges.  Then I made a paint brush nice and wet and dipped it into the walnut stain (using a drop or two from the re-inker) and splattered the whole card.

Tony’s brother’s birthday is coming up and he needed a birthday card for him so this is what we will be sending across the pond to England for Geoff 🙂  I am pretty sure Geoff doesn’t have any interest in my crafty blog so I don’t think he will see it 😉  The Stamps I used were:  Sail Away from Stampin’ Up (the Boat… Thanks Kim for lending me this stamp)  I am putting this stamp on my order for the next Stampin’ up order.  And the Anchors are by Just Rite – Anchors Away.  Pop over and see what Ms. Lauren created for our little challenge!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!