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Inspire.Create.Challenge #50

The weather here on the South Coast NSW is so bleak...freezing, windy and rainy......perfect for card making. It's the 50th challenge on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog and I have decided to play along. I love card challenges as they provide inspiration and ideas for card designs, something that I always get stuck on! This is the card sketch challenge:

As soon as I saw this I knew I wanted to showcase the Sailing Home stamp set and co-ordinating dies. Both my husband and son have a career in the Royal Australian Navy, taking them to different destinations here and abroad, so I love anything nautical themed. 



When I use the stamp set my go to colours are night of navy and early espresso, I just think that they compliment the stamp set beautifully, and night of navy features on the co-ordinating designer series paper. If I am creating a simple design I have trouble keeping it simple and always add texture, dimension or embellishments. (I just can't help it!)

The front panel of the card is embossed with the subtle 3D embossing folder and raised off the card front with stampin' dimensionals. I have used shimmery white card stock for the circle die cut as I water coloured it with a combination of balmy blue and pool party inks. Before adhering the card front to the base I wrapped night of navy and sahara sand baker's twine around the dsp panel and secured it with a bow. How cute are the birds? I have no idea what they ae but I'm calling them seagulls.


I always like to stamp the inside of my cards.


If you would love to play along in the challenge click the banner below for all of the details and while you're check out all of the beautiful entries. 


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