A vertical easel card made for the Stamping Inkspirations fun fold Blog Hop using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies by Stampin' Up!

Sailing Ship Vertical Easel Card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Posted on April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we are sharing fun fold cards. I have chosen to use the On The Ocean stamp set to create a vertical easel card.

The colours in this project are:

To recreate the sailing ship card, you will need:

Thick Basic White – 8” by 5⅞” – scored at 2” & 4”
By the Bay dsp – 5 ¾” by 1⅞”- x 2
Balmy Blue – 5¾” by 1”
By the Bay dsp – 5⅝” by ⅞”
Balmy Blue – 3½” by 1¾”
Basic White 3½” by 1¼”
Scrap Basic White, Balmy Blue, Real Red, Early Espresso & Basic Black

Using Balmy Blue ink, I stamped the clouds onto the 2 identical panels of By the Bay dsp. The birds were then added in Night of Navy ink. The 2 panels were then glued to the Thick Basic White card front.

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The remaining panel of dsp was adhered to the Balmy Blue strip using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then mounted onto the inside of the card base on Dimensionals, right up against the edge.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sailing ship vertical easel card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Using the On the Ocean Dies, I die cut the solid wave from the 3½” by 1¾” panel of Balmy Blue and the detailed wave from the 3½” by 1¼” piece of Basic White card. The two were adhered together and trimmed down. As an after thought I stamped the wave image along the bottom using Balmy Blue ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sailing ship vertical easel card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The ship, body, sails and mast, were die cut from Early Espresso card. The separate sails were die cut from Basic Black card and the skull and crossbones from scrap Basic White card. The black sails were glued over the Early Espresso sails and the skull and cross bones added.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sailing ship vertical easel card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The skull and crossbones were stamped in Versamark ink onto scrap Real Red card, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set. It was die cut out using the flag die. This was adhered to the top of the mast.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sailing ship vertical easel card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

I folded off cut strips of dsp in half and glued one half of the strip to the ship and the other side to the card front butted up against the fold. I used three strips on either side.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sailing ship vertical easel card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and Dies for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Ho

I loved playing with this card, such fun.

Please hop along to share the fun fold cards created by my fellow crafters. Next up is the lovely Tricia Butts

Jan Musselman ● Mo Rootes

Tricia Butts ● Judith Patterson ● Susan Webster

Leonie Stuart ● Karen Henderson ● Annette Ball

Anne Krucek ● Vickie Littlewood ● Teri West

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

The Oceanfront, On the Ocean and Seaside Bay stamp sets and Dies by Stampin' Up used to make 3 card Ocean themed cards for February classes

Ocean Classes for February 2023

Posted on February 17, 2023February 10, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing cards I designed for my February Ocean classes using the Seaside Bay, On the Ocean and Oceanfront stamp sets.

Colours used in these projects are:

Card 1 – Sailing Ship Diorama

Pool Party card base 8½” by 4¼”– scored at 4¼”
Basic White – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – die-cut using the Layering Diorama Dies
Crumb Cake – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – die-cut using the Layering Diorama Dies
Basic White – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Old Olive & Basic White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Three card designed for February’s Ocean themed classes using the Oceanfront, On the Ocean and Seaside Bay stamp sets and Dies.

We stamped the ‘sky’ in 2^nd generation Balmy Blue ink onto the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card. The ‘sea image’ was stamped twice using Pool Party ink.

The ship from the On the Ocean stamp set was stamped in Starry Sky ink in the lower left corner, about ½” up from the bottom.

The diorama panels were glued together with liquid adhesive and then mounted onto the stamped panel on Dimensionals. The whole piece was then glued to the Pool Party card front. We tucked pieces of the spiky foliage, die cut from scarp Garden Green card using the On the Ocean Dies, between the layers of the diorama panels..

The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the strip of Basic White card, trimmed down and added to the card front.

Card 2 – Sandpiper and Chick

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾”
Scrap Basic White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Three card designed for February’s Ocean themed classes using the Oceanfront, On the Ocean and Seaside Bay stamp sets and Dies.

We stamped the ‘sky’ in 2^nd generation Balmy Blue ink onto the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card. The ‘sea image’ was stamped using Pool Party ink. The ‘sand’ was added in Crumb Cake ink, stamping three times to build up the layers.

We added grasses in Garden Green ink.

The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set, was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the 5½” by 3¾” piece if Basic White card. We added the trio of chicks to the panel of card using the same ink and die cut them using the Seaside Bay Dies.

The stamped panel was the glued to the Crumb Cake panel and then to the Petal Pink card front.

We used the darker brown tones from the Naturals Collection of Blends and Smoky Slate Blends to add texture to the head and wings of the large bird. Pool Party for the eye and Petal Pink for the shading on the belly/chest of the large bird and the chicks.

The large bird and one of the smaller birds were added to the stamped panel using Dimensionals.

Card 3 – Sandpiper Chicks on a Beach

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Starry Sky card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾”

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Three card designed for February’s Ocean themed classes using the Oceanfront, On the Ocean and Seaside Bay stamp sets and Dies.

We added grasses in Garden Green ink. The stamped panel was the glued to the Starry Sky panel and then added to the Crumb Cake card front on Dimensionals.

The chicks were then added to the card with liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Three card designed for February’s Ocean themed classes using the Oceanfront, On the Ocean and Seaside Bay stamp sets and Dies.

Such pretty cards, these three stamp sets work so well together.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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A sailing ship themed birthday card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the On The Ocean stamp set by Stampin' Up!

On the Ocean for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

Posted on December 25, 2022January 6, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Share it Sunday Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on recently and I am sharing a card made using the On The Ocean stamp set and dies which will be available in the new January – April 2023 Mini Catalogue.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the on the ocean card, you will need:

Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
By the Bay dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Pool Party card – 4¼” by 2⅝”
Basic White card – 4⅛” by 2½”
Basic White – ¼” strip
Scrap Basic White card

I glued the panel of By the Bay dsp to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue I used the same liquid glue to adhere the panel to the Night of Navy card base.