MackieMade Paper Creations: The Card Concept Challenge #169

Hello my stampy friends!

Welcome to another challenge starting today at the

CARD CONCEPT CHALLENGE.

The nautical theme inspired my Clean & Layered style card.

~Clean lines

~Lots of Layers

~Designer papers, embossing

~Embellishments/accents

~Clean & Fresh looking

~Some colored images

~White space

Here is my card:

The blue background was created by smooshing some Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks onto a square shaped acrylic block. I spritzed it with water, then turned it straight and upside down onto white water color card stock. It needs to sit there for a minute to let the colors absorb into the paper. Don't move it around or it will distort the shape. Then pull it straight up. You will have a cool square of color! Dry it with a heat gun. Next, I placed a stencil on top of the square area and used a baby wipe to bleach out the tiny hearts. Hopefully, you can see them! I thought it needed a few black splatters!

I stamped the boat and used its matching die to cut it out. I white embossed the sentiment onto black paper onto a sentiment strip. I added the boat and the sentiment strip to my card with some foam dots.

I die cut several little, red hearts and glued them straight to the paper.

The final touches were some Wink Of Stella and some sparkly gems!

I hope I have inspired you to join our challenge!

I love seeing all of your beautiful creations!

We want you to have fun with our inspiration!

Here's how you can join us:

~ Choose a design style (or combine styles) and create a card.

~ Please feel free to use any of the styles we have defined or create your own with a combination of styles. The styles are explained HERE.

~ In your blog post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose

~ Display our Inspiration Photo and LINK back to our challenge!!

At the end of the challenge, the Design Team will choose one Main Winner and at least three Honorable Mentions. We will announce the winners here on our challenge blog, as well as our Facebook page and our new Pinterest board.

So come and join us! We'd love for you to try your hand at a brand new style of card making or feel free to work in your comfort zone. It is totally up to you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mackie

Stuff I Used:

Stamp: Float My Boat (Lawn Fawn)

Dies: Float My Boat (Lawn Fawn )

Super Heart Border (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper: Water Color (Tim Holtz)

Cherry Cobbler, Black, Night of Navy (Stampin Up)

Stencil: Drawn Hearts (Simon Says Stamp)

Ink: Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire (Distress Tim Holtz)

Carnation Red, Black (Archival)

Other: Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen