High Tide Hope

I was asked by a co-worker to design a card for her uncle who is undergoing treatment for cancer. I love to design masculine cards because I am a texture lover but was unsure of an appropriate sentiment. Luckily, I thought of the High Tide stamp set and it had several sentiments that would work.

I decided to incorporate several layers into the card and to avoid wasting paper during the design process, I turned to the software for my Silhouette Cameo. It let me quickly draw out my design and I also chose a color scheme of Night of Navy and Soft Suede–perfect for a man.

With my design planned, I started by cutting the pieces for my card:

Soft Suede

• non-standard card base 5 x 6.25"
• mattes, 4.25 x 5.5" and 3.875 x 5.125"

Night of Navy

• mattes 4 x 5.25" and two, 4.75 x 6"

Very Vanilla

• matte 4.5 x 5.75"

On the 3.875 x 5.125" Soft Suede matte I stamped the shore, the two-step lighthouse, the birds and the sentiment using Night of Navy.

Using my now retired Stampin' Distress Tool to distress the edges of the two Soft Suede mattes and then layered them with the smallest of the Night of Navy mattes and adhered them using Fast Fuse.

After embossing the 4.75 x 6" Night of Navy matte using the Seaside Embossing Folder, I wrapped three pieces of the Kraft Rope Trim around the matte and secured at the back using tape. I adhered this layer to the card front using Dimensionals. The other layered mattes were then adhered on top of the embossed matte using doubled Dimensionals.

On the Very Vanilla matte I stamped the shore, filling in the hole with the little piece of shore stamp, some grasses and the shore birds. This matte was adhered to the remaining 4.75 x 6" Night of Navy matte and then adhered inside to finish the card.

I love the texture in this card! Such fun to play with several layers and if you haven't already purchased the High Tide set, you can shop for it here.