Sailing Home Shadowbox Card

I have posted this card design on here before but I really love it with this stamp and die set.  So here is how it is made.

Cut two pieces of cardstock (one whisper white and one balmy blue) that measure 6 1/4" wide by 5 1/2" high, each is scored at 1/2", 1", 5 1/4" and 5 3/4"on the 6 1/2" side.  On the whisper white folded the first score, 1/2" into a valley fold and the second score at 1" into a mountain fold, the 5 1/2" score was a valley fold and the 5 3/4" was a mountain fold.  The balmy blue was folded the same way. 

Stamp the whisper white with a water stamp from the stamp set High Tide in balmy blue ink to make the ocean and then stamp the birds (also from the High Tide set) using memento black ink.  Cut the center of the night of navy using one of the stitched rectangles dies.

Begin to make the pieces.  Stamp the lighthouse and both one large and one small ship as well as the sentiment with night of navy ink onto scraps of whisper white cardstock.  Using the Smooth Sailing Dies cut out all those pieces.  Also cut three pieces of seaweed using the die from the set, one in soft seafoam, one in pear pizzazz and one in old olive.

To assemble started by cutting a piece of night of navy cardstock 4 x 5 1/4" which also has the center cut out of it using the stitched rectangle die (a size down from the one used on the balmy blue).  This served several purposes; it gave added stability as well as the opportunity to tuck the light house and seaweed in.   

Add small sailboat to the back of the whisper white cardstock and floated the larger sailboat (attached on a piece of window sheet and stuck in the folds of the card so it floated in the middle).  Stamp the sentiment on a piece of whisper white cardstock and used one of the dies from the Smooth Sailing set to cut it and popped it onto the upper left corner.  For final assembly glue the two outer flaps together (the ones at 1/2" and 5 3/4" (remembering to float that sailboat in there).   To create a place to write your message add the piece of balmy blue that was left over when you used the stitched die to cut out the center of the front of the card (see photo). 

The card folds into itself so it fits in a standard A2 envelope but I would certainly be sure to have it hand canceled if sending through the mail.  This fun fold card could be adapted to many of the sets sold by Stampin’ Up.  I have listed the supplies used to make this card below and the supplies for this card and many others can be found on my website at www.craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by clicking on the shopping cart at the top of this blog.  

As always, Happy Crafting!!!

Supplies Used: 

Cardstock:  Pear Pizzazz (131201), Soft Seafoam (146988), Old Olive (100702), Whisper White (100730), Balmy Blue (146982), and Night of Navy (100867)

Ink:  Memento (132708), Balmy Blue (147105) and Night of Navy (147110)

Stamps:  High Tide (143006) and Sailing Home (149457)

Dies:  Smooth Sailing (149576)

Misc:  Window Sheet (142314) and Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)