Some Nautical Card inspiration is just within reach. We are using some sweet die cuts today to assemble a stunning beach creation that feels like summer.
Today our Associate Designer, Julie, is helping us to enjoy the waves with this die cut nautical card in rich blues and creamy tans. This card features cute little sailboats, a beautiful rope and anchor undersea frame and some lovely sea themed paper. The main color is a neutral sand with ivory and navy boat sails and a beautiful blue wavy pattern paper behind it. It only looks complicated, but it’s actually pretty easy. Follow along as Julie gives us the steps to recreate this stunning card.
- After die cutting the large “5714D Under the Sea Cover Die” frame, trim it around the edges just a bit then attached it to a slightly larger piece of the blue designer paper from the 2208 “Life Upon the Sea paper pad”.
- Helpful Tip: Before you attach the 2 pieces of paper together, line them up & die cut the larger circle out of the blue paper, in the section where the circle will go on top. Then cut the smaller circle out of the sand paper in the same area. When they are attached together, they will cover the missing circles in the top frame piece. It keeps you from having to use 2 pieces of paper.
- All the boat parts were cut using the 5202-06D Boats #1 Die out of ivory & navy & some waves were cut out of the blue and a small section of the sand color.
- After cutting the waves from the “5202-09 Waves Die”, after attaching them to the bottom of the circle, I ran it back thru the die cutting machine w/ the same “5012D Nested Circle Small Stitch Die” circle to trim the excess.
- The greeting is from the “36042 Swim Party Stamp set” and was stamped onto a separate piece of ivory, trimmed closely, & split in half. I attached them to little rectangles of the blue designer paper & added them to the front as shown.
Awesome! The blue and cream tones of this die cut nautical card are truly stunning. Julie did an amazing job creating this summer dream of a card. Be sure to follow us on Instagram for more inspiration, and Pin to Pinterest for future use. Happy Crafting!
