Sailing Home Fun-Fold Card

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This great fun-fold project was inspired by a lovely floral card that I saw, made by Australia's Gail Ellis. This is my take on her double-box card. This is a cool card, because it folds flat, and fits in a regular envelope! 

I really love the Sailing Home stamp set, and it is definitely my go-to for masculine cards! I started with a piece of 3-1/2" x 3-1/4" Basic White Cardstock (I usually use Shimmery White Cardstock for blended and watercolour backgrounds, but thought I'd try Basic White for a change 😊). The lighthouse, from Sailing Home, was stamped in Night of Navy, and then I used a Blender Pen to spread the navy colour across the lighthouse. 

I cut a Post-It Note in the shape of a hill, and covered the lower portion of the cardstock--this would later become the sand. I used Blending Brushes, and added colours to make the sky background. I started with Fresh Freesia at the bottom, then added Balmy Blue, Pool Party, and Pacific Point--overlapping colours, and getting darker toward the top of the card. Next, I added another Post-It Note at the water line, and applied more colour (Pool Party and Pacific Point) to the water with Blending Brushes. The sailboat was also stamped in Night of Navy, blended with a Blender Pen, and then I added some waves to the water with a White Stampin' Chalk Marker. 

I removed both Post-It Notes, and put the "negative" of the first note over the inked sky and water, and sponged some Crumb Cake ink onto the sand. Some texture was added to the sand using Crumb Cake and a stamp from Color & Contour. 

To finish off the card front, I stamped the birds in Night of Navy, added a large Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the lighthouse, and matted it on a 3-5/8" x 3-3/8" piece of Night of Navy cardstock. The Night of Navy sentiment is from Penguin Place, cut with our Messages Die. The Basic White background, left foreground, and right side edge pieces are all embossed with the Wintry 3D embossing folder. 

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Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Wintry 3 D Embossing Folders [155433]	Messages Die [154422]	Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156410]
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	White Stampin' Chalk Marker [132133]	Blender Pens [102845]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]