Enjoy Your Retirement - Freshly Made Sketches # 430 and Fab Friday #187 An Eclipse Technique

This masculine retirement card, using the Eclipse Technique, was made for the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches #430 and Fab Friday #187

On a 4 4/5 by 5" piece of Very Vanilla card stock, the image of the dock was stamped off  twice to create a faded background on the art piece.

The center of  this art piece was then die cut with  a Stitched Nesting Die.  The art piece, without the die cut was adhered to a Soft Suede card base.  The die cut was reinserted into the die cut space, and adhered with dimensionals.

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On a separate piece of Whisper White, the images of the boat, 2 oars and a little frog were stamped, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then die cut with the Dockside Dies.

The boat was added on the die cut, next to the dock using dimensionals. The oars were added on top of the boat.

A sentiment, from Itty Bitty Greetings, was  punched with the Classic Label Punch and matted with a larger Soft Suede punch.  The little die cut frog is perched on top of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  By the Dock, Itty Bitty Greetings
Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Stampin Blends (Crumb Cake, Early Espresso. Real Red, Garden Green, Balmy Blue)
Papers:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories:  Dockside Dies, Nesting Label Die, Classic Label Punch, Dimensionals

Another By the Dock card

It's always nice to use up die cuts, punchies,etc left over from earlier projects.  Yesterday I decided not to include the row boat and oars I had already coloured and die cut, on a card I made featuring the dock, because I felt by including them would make the card look cluttered.  You'll find the card here

Not wanting to let these die cuts sit in a drawer, I made the card below:

Using a brayer, I lightly added Balmy Blue and a bit of Pacific Point ink to a piece of Whisper White card stock embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.  This folder has unfortunately retired, but I think is perfect for depicting waves on the water.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, the shoreline was stamped twice, coloured and die cut.  Some greenery which included a cattail was also die cut twice.  The cattail only was coloured with a Bronz stampin blend.

Both of these were adhered to the bottom of the embossed front piece, with the die cut greenery in front of and underneath the shore line die cut.

Dimensionals were used to add the boat as well as each of the oars.

Three sea gulls were stamped and die cut and placed randomly in the air.

Hint: I found it easier to use the stamparatus for this as the images are so small.  I die cut the images first, then placed the card stock with the negative images in the stamparatus.  The stamp was matched up with the die cut opening , the die cut was placed in the die cut opening, and the image stamped directly on to the die cut.

To finish the card, a die cut jumping frog with Shimmer Crystal Effects added to it, was added jumping off the boat.

Some Mossy Meadow baker's twine was wrapped around the bottom of the card after which it was matted with a piece of green plaid from the Country Club DSP.  This was added to some Whisper White and this onto the Basic Gray card stock base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: By the Bay
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Light and dark Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Light Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Bronze), Balmy Blue, Pacific Point
Papers:  Whisper White, Country Club DSP, Basic Gray, Garden Green
Accessories: Seaside Embossing Folder (retired), Dockside dies, Brayer, Mossy Meadow baker's twine, Dimensionals, Stamparatus, Shimmer Crystal Effects.

By the Dock of the Bay Birthday

This masculine stamp set came in my order yesterday and I was anxious to 'play' with it.  I have been waiting a long time for masculine art work i.e. something that could be coloured.  I do love colouring as this is an activity I can do even if I am not feeling well

As what is usually happening these days, the card I envisioned in my mind was not the card I finished. Simply stamping is starting to make an impression on me.

I love the 'foggy' look of this card.  It reminds me of walks by the river/lake with the early morning mist rising off the water. This was not an intentional look.  I started brayering the area that would be water and only noticed the foggy effect when I went to ink up the sponge.  Fortunately I knew when to stop.

Balmy Blue ink was used to Brayer the water on a piece of Whisper White card stock, and  the same colour was used to stamp the waves.

The dock and shore were stamped on a separate piece of cardstock and coloured with Stampin' Blends after they were die cut with the coordinating dies. The shore was stamped and die cut twice so that it would extend across the bottom of the card. I also stamped and die cut a cute little frog. Do you see it at the bottom of the image piece?

The dock and frog were added with dimensionals after which I stamped some waves parallel to the dock.  The sea gulls were stamped directly onto the art piece as was the fish sticking its head out of the water.

The boat and a pair of oars were also coloured and die cut but I decided not use them for this card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  By the Dock
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate- both light and dark for the dock; Old Olive for the grass and the frog and Sahara Sand for the shore line).  Balmy Blue and Pacific Point for the water.
Papers:  Whisper White, Soft Suede
Accessories:  Dockside dies, Dimensionals, Brayer