Love Anchors The Soul

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. Here's a very large card created with the Vintage Ink Collection by Belinda Basson. It's a retro tattoo themed collection with fabulous imagery which I just love. I've used the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set, the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad, and the three-piece Rope Frame Die Set. 

By the way, the Vintage Ink Core Collection, which is comprised of Forever True Clear Stamp Set, Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set is on sale right now, and so is the Rope Frame Die Set!

Here it is!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set

Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

Rope Frame Die Set

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Brown/Mustard Yellow Cardstock from the Chocolate Box Core'dinations Pad

Patterned Vellum: Source Unknown

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Azure StazOn Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Uncharted Mariner, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20 (cheeks)

 Hair: E71, E47, E44

 Nails: R21, R02

 Tattoo: R45, R35, YG45, B29

 Hat/Jersey: E42, E41, E40

 Tie: B97, B37, B34, B32

 Undershirt: B23, B21

 Ship: W2, W1, E81, E77, E74, E71

 Rope: E84, E81, Y28,  Y26

 Anchor and Knife: T7, T5, T4, T3, T2, Y28, Y26, Y23

 Roses: R46, R39, R37, R35, R27, R24

 Leaves: YG67, YG45, YG41

 Thorns and Stems: YG95, YG67, R35

 Sea: B95, B52

 Sunset: Y02, Y00, R81

Flag Die by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-Tack Tape

Sookwang Tape

Tape-runner Type of adhesive

Stipple Brush

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an 5.5" x 8.5" card from black cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Sailor image from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color the image on the cardstock.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
5. Place the center die from the Rope Frame Die Set facedown over the image panel and secure with low-tack tape. Run this combo through your die-cut machine.
6. Place the image panel die-cut onto a STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
7. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the image panel where the sun's rays stop and the roses begin.
8. Brush Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the die-cut.
9. Remove the low-tack tape from the image panel. Replace it horizontally so that it's covering the top part of the image panel.
10. Brush Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
11. Edge the image panel die-cut with a black marker.
12. Use the Solid Rope Frame Die from the Rope Frame Die Set to cut mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. 
13. Use a sanding block to rough up the surface and the edges. 
14. Use the Rope Frame Die to cut another piece of the mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. Be sure to retain all the pieces that pop out of the die.
15. Randomly sponge and edge both yellow die-cuts with Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks to add a touch of grunge to both die-cuts.
16. Use a tape-runner type of adhesive around outside .5" of the solid frame die-cut.
17. Adhere the open rope frame atop the solid rope frame.
18. Place all the bits of inlay on a sticky mat and use a stipple brush to add splats and splotches of Distress ink to them.
19. Inlay all the bits into their counterparts on the combined Rope Frame Die. It's fiddly, but worth it.
20. Heavily edge the entire rope frame die-cut with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
21. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the center of the Rope Frame.
22. Realize that it's not straight. Be bummed out. Shrug it off. 
23. Cut two .5" strips of blue polka dot paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad. Trim them to 6" wide.
24. Adhere them to a piece of cardstock cut to 6" x 8.5".
25. Trim the floral patterned paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to 6" wide. Edge both the top and bottom with a black pen.
26. Adhere the floral patterned paper between the polka dot paper.
27. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the layered patterned paper.
28. Trim the layered paper to 5.5" wide which will cut off part of the rope frame. Alas. Alack. Poor planning on my part. Be more bummed out. Shrug it off again.
29. Use a black marker to edge the 5.5" x 8.5" panel.
30. Adhere it to the reserved black card.
31. Back a piece of vellum with Sookwang or any other strong two-sided tape.
32. Secure the vellum to the base of a stamping platform with tape, magnets, etc.
33. Using a stamping platform and Azure StazOn Ink, stamp the "Love Anchors the Soul" sentiment from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
34. Use a flag die to cut the sentiment.
35. Trim the sentiment flag die-cut a tad.
36. Remove the backing of the tape and adhere the sentiment as shown to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!