House of Cards August Challenge!

Time for the August challenge from The House of Cards!!!!!  You can use the colors or twine.  Come on over the join in the fun!

As you can tell, I decided to use twine rather the colors with my card!  :)  I wanted to create a nautical new home card for my kid sister who bought a condo and is decorating with a beach theme since that's her happy place.  I think she's going to love this!

I took the Carta Bella Anchors Away stencil and taped it over the top of my Tim Holtz watercolor paper.  I then sprinkled on some Brushos in ultramarine and spritzed with water.  See the blobby section in the middle--a bit heavy with the water but let's call it artsy.  Btw, I immediately took the stencil off and set aside the panel to dry.

I diecut the sailboat out of yellow striped paper and then used a Copic to brighten the yellow to match the frame.  Love that shade!  I used the wavy edge of a rectangle die to create the waves on the bottom panel.  The sentiment is stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black.  I punch a hole in the anchor of the sentiment then ran twine through it.  The anchor you see here is part of a string of ribbon anchors. I knew I'd find a use for those some day!  I also cut a tiny little red flag to fly on the sailboat's mast. So cute!

The Details:  Carta Bella Anchors Away stencil, Clear Wink of Stella, Ultramarine Brushos, Tim Holtz watercolor paper, Versafine, anchor ribbon (pieced), Darice baker's twine, Sweet Stamp Shop Sail Away, Fancy Pants Making Waves 6x6 paper, The Paper Company Primary Yellow cardstock, Copic Y06, Waffle Flower Lacy Layers die

Brushos, Ultra Marine

Carta Bella Anchors Away Stencil

Wink of Stella, Clear

Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper

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