Happy Release Day!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ahoy There Me Mateys!!

I've been hanging out all WEEK just to say that! Haha Today I'm showcasing the third set Hanna Stamps is releasing later on tonight - 'Ahoy Hanna'. If you look really hard (I'm sorry the background is a little faint!) you may be able to spot the 4 stamps I've used from this set. There are 8 stamps total in the set.

Where is the patterned paper Sandra?? I know that's what some of you are thinking and I don't blame you. But I decided to change my MO for this card so I could use some of the accessories in this set and make my own (be it subtle) patterned paper. Baby steps, right? LOL

I kept the colors very traditional and nautical and went with Very Vanilla cardstock instead of Whisper White. It creates a very vintage feel to the card don't you think? Wanna guess what influenced that decision? That polka dot ribbon! It's sooooo delicious! It was from that 99 cents rack of ribbon at Michaels. And it was on sale for 49 cents! BARGAIN! I faux stitched around the edges of the card to imitate stitching you find on the leather seating on a power boat like Hannas.

My second card today uses the lighthouse and flying seagull images from the set. This scene popped into my head when I saw the lighthouse image and my initial reaction was "I can't paint that!" My art background lent more towards the 'technical' side of art, like graphic design, technical drawing and product design....fine art and painting scared the bee-geezes out of me! So I temporarily pushed this idea out of my head and sketched out other ideas. But as I started running out of time to create my cards, I threw caution to the wind and painted the scene. And you know what? I think it turned out ok! I found this patterned paper in my stash that looked weathered and paired it with some shiny, sparkly ribbon and voila - a card!

Definitely feel like I challenged myself on both these cards today. So I'm challenging you, my lovely readers, to do something that challenges you this week. Create something that is outside the box or use a product that you normally wouldn't reach for. I double dare you! hahaha

Hope to see some of you at the release party tonight! Pop in HERE starting at 9PM EST and say hi. I'll be in my PJ's and sipping on a glass of wine. :D

Supplies:

Card 1

Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Ahoy Hanna', sentiment by Studio G Mini Alphabet set

Inks: Staz On 'Jet Black', Cool Caribbean, Buckaroo Blue, Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen'

Paper: Bazzil cs and Very Vanilla

Access: Ribbon, dimensionals, paper piercer, Zig pen

Card 2
Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Ahoy Hanna', sentiment by PaperTrey Ink

Inks: Staz On 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean, Buckaroo Blue, Morning Marigold, Real Red
Paper: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil cs, PP - DaisyD's 'Robin's Egg Kids Stripe'

Access: Ribbon, circle punches, dimensionals