Encre, papier, ciseaux: Inkspirations #67

I received my Summer Mini preorder last Friday, just in time for the weekend. I had company coming over for the weekend plus a team meeting to plan on Satuday night, so I had to be patient and wait for Sunday to try out my new stuff. I decided that I would use my free time wisely and get going on the weekly Inkspirations challenge. As soon as I looked at this week's sketch and saw the circle, I thought, "Ooh, sailboat in a porthole!" After getting this idea, the card came together in a flash. If you are struggling to put together masculine cards, you are going to want to get this stamp set (The Open Sea) and matching papers (Nautical Adventures). They are AWESOME! The sentiment reads, "Happy Father's Day" and is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.

The porthole was created using the 1-3/4 in. and 2-1/2 in. circle punches and I added silver brads around before mounting it on the card using Dimensionals cut in half.

To decorate the bottom of the panel, I created a 1-in. square mask and sponged some grey ink and stamped images from the set in the opening and then punched the cardstock with the new stamp punch from the Summer mini. I then layered two buttons (navy button from the Retro Spring Big Designer buttons from the current mini and a Basic Grey corduroy button, which are still available in the Clearance Rack) and held everything in place with twine. I was so excited when I saw that we would be adding this embellishment to our line of product! I've been using a ton of linen thread to tie small embellishments in place, but I love that we now have twine in three different colours (White, White and Cherry Cobbler, White and Early Espresso) as a cool alternative.

Finally, I added the sentiment to a piece of white cardstock and rolled both ends with the tip of my paper piercer to make it look like a scroll. I folded the corner of my patterned paper, stamped part of the map image on the corner of the Cherry Cobbler cardstock and held the paper in place with a mini library clip.

Come join the fun! Here is the LINK to our challenge blog, where you can share a link to your creation, and links to the other DT members' creations:

Brandi
Carrie
Helen
Ilina
Kirsty
Lee-Anne
Makeesha
Marisa
Renée

Stampin' up! Supplies
Stamps: The Open Sea, Voeux mignons (Teeny Tiny Wishes)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Grey
Designer papers: Nautical Adventures
Inks: Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand
Punches: Stamp, 2-1/2 Circle, 1-3/4 Circle
Accessories: White envelope, Retro Spring button, Basic Grey corduroy button,
Cherry twine, Mini library clip, Silver brads