Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The Sky's the Limit!


When my buddy & stamping friend was here recently, she brought this sailboat die along with her and I cut several of them in different colors. Of course I had to swap the negatives for a variety of options, and this is just one of those. The background was done with a long unloved SB impressabilities plate and softly water colored with Tumbled Glass distress ink before embossing. It has seashells and starfish and I thought it would work well with this die cut image. The Bermuda Bay cardstock was die-cut with stitched rectangles and the Art Impressions sentiment was matted with red to match the tiny sailboat. 

I'm sharing this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "anything goes. They're featuring Art Impressions products this week.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Carol

13 comments:

Liz said...

Super card, Carol. Love the die cut image and the embossed background is perfect. xx

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

I love all the different tones of blue. The embossed background sure does go perfectly! TFS!

Wendy said...

That die is amazing! Love all the different colors you used to create this scene! So awesome, Carol! TFS and have a great day! :)

aussie aNNie said...

Certainly a fab die and the result is fabulous.xx
.♥
[aNNie]

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

I love how you are giving this sailboat die a good workout. Look at all the shades of blue! Art Impressions is celebrating 30 years, and I have been with them almost that long. They are running a fantastic sale and it coaxed me into there latest release....I fell in love with the newest animal sets! BTW, That is a gorgeous embossing folder!

cotnob said...

A super card Carol, a fabulous die - I've seen a few of this style around, I think I might have to indulge myself!
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

GREAT effect of all the colours in the die, such a wonderful card.
Faith
x

*Vicki* said...

This is really stunning Carol! I love all of the paper piecing of the different colors along with your embossed background! HUGS

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I've seen this die in my travels around blogland and it never fails to make me happy. I love this sunny, happy version. Happy sailing! Calm seas and all that good stuff.

Stampsnob. said...

That die is on my wish list now I want it even more Lovely card.............Lis

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

Amazing colors and the background is fantastic!

Barb said...

A beautiful nautical card and love your colours again. Barbxx

JD/ Jill said...

Neat card! I really like that die and what you have done with it! Very nicely done!