Setting Sail

I was fortunate last night to attend a workshop given by local Dutch demonstrator Danielle Bennenk and spent a most enjoyable three hours in crafting companionship. Our project was a mini album using the Come Sail Away suite of products - how fortuitous was that? Full instructions and plenty of materials were provided to make and decorate the album, which I finished off at 'home' today.

Here's how my front cover turned out:

And on the inside are three parts for adding photos, ephemera and journalling. On the left a semi-pocket that opens up; in the middle three 'waterfall' flaps; and on the right, a small twist-and-pop surprise that I thought was brilliant.

Embellishments on the inside pages need to be kept reasonably flat, of course, to ensure nothing is damaged by bulky bits and bobs.

Materials used:

• stamps - Sailing Home
• card - whisper white, soft suede, Sahara sand, night of navy, balmy blue, Come Sail Away DSP
• inks - night of navy, soft suede, Sahara sand
• other - Big Shot, circle punches, bakers twine, metallic gold pearl, corner rounder punch, Dimensionals, fine tip glue, Tombow glue, Smooth Sailing dies

I love it and can't wait to furnish it with memories from our holiday here. Thanks so much to Danielle for a great evening - you can visit her blog HERE.

Thanks for sailing by.

Cheers
Kez

Come Sail Away

My offerings today both use elements from the Come Sail Away suite of products. I resisted getting the Memories & More card pack for a while until I began seeing samples on blogs that I really liked. First up a very simple card that uses no stamps whatsoever, instead designer series paper and a trimmed-down card from the M&M pack.

Materials used:

• card - crumb cake, seaside spray, Come Sail Away DSP
• other - Come Sail Away Memories & More card pack, Dimensionals, night of navy marker

Another card from the M&M pack stands as the background on my second card and I have to say that the whisper white/balmy blue combo is stealing my heart. So gorgeous. Anyway, the 'rope' element is also from the pack, while I've added some DSP plus stamps and dies from the suite as well. This is still a very straightforward card to put together though, easily suitable for beginner stampers.

Materials used:

• stamps - Sailing Home
• card - balmy blue, whisper white, Come Sail Away DSP
• other - Come Sail Away Memories & More card pack, Dimensionals, Smooth Sailing Dies, Big Shot

Thanks for sailing by.

Cheers
Kez