Nautical

Hi there.

 

Two posts in one day but as its so hot outside I thought I would stay indoors and blog a little.

 

 

My Dads birthday is fast approaching and coming from a background where my Dad, Brother and myself all served in the Royal Navy I had to make a card for him with this in mind.

 

I knew I had to have another play with the Die D-Lies Nautical Set from Spellbinders.

 

I love this set and I have already used it on the same challenge blog before at Freshly Made Sketches but I just loved the layout again.

 

 

 

 

I cut the little boat from the set from kraft card and paper pieced part of the sail in some blue corrugated card.  I then cut the anchor from copper mirror card that I got from my local craft shop.  This mirror card is amazing.  The shine on it is just fantastic.

 

I even tried to make a little sailors knot at the top.  Something I know that my Dad is really good at as he makes these wonderful ships bell ropes using all kinds of decorative knots.

 

Knot tying was something I didn't do as I joined the Royal Navy as a Communicator but I did learn the basics during my training.

 

 

I wrapped a little bit of string around the anchor and finished with a tiny sea shell which I found in my stash.

 

 

The designer papers I have used came from The Works on a recent trip to visit my family in the UK.  I couldn't believe the price.  They paper pad was £1!

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out Spellbinders for details of this lovely die set.