Wednesday, June 8, 2011

JustRite's You Are My Anchor!

Good morning to you! It is a beautiful sunny morning.......but unfortunately, the temperatures are supposed to climb near 100 today. We have no air conditioning in the class rooms.....so needless to say, it gets a bit uncomfortable with 24 other little bodies in the room!

JustRite's Day Two of new releases is showing off this fun, nautical set, called You are My Anchor! Immediately, I thought it would be great for masculine cards....but if you visit the other designers, some of them have made beautiful feminine cards as well!
For my card I created a boat shaped card using my Gypsy to weld the image together, the Boys Will be Boys cartridge, and my Cricut machine. The boat was cut at 5". I used all the layers functions with some Graphic 45 papers. I used a bit of vintage lace to add a some texture.
For my sentiment, I stamped it in black. The rope and anchor were colored with Copic markers. I cut the sentiment out using two Spellbinder's circle dies. The top layer was hand cut and placed on dimensional foam squares to add depth. I added crackle accents to the anchor to give it a distressed aged look.
I hung the anchor from a bit of Papertrey Twine, tied a bow, and placed a gold pearl in the center. I added tiny gold pearls to the flag as well.

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11 comments:

Allison Rankin said...

Love that shaped card! Great color mix Michele!

Riet said...

So gorgeous Michele.

Hugs Riet.xx

Anonymous said...

What a great card!! I love the way you welded the shapes together to make a shaped card. The crackle technique is great too! TFS. All the best ~ LuLu

Joanna said...

Wow that is cute!

Debby said...

Love the card. I hope school is out for you soon. We have been out for 2 days now. 100 is way too hot for no A/C.....they really should cancel.

Auntie Em said...

What a great idea for a shaped card! I love all the embellishments and techniques you used on it.
Thanks for sharing! :)

Kathy Jones said...

I LOVE THIS card Michele!!! What an awesome boat card and the hanging anchor looks fantastic!!!

Colleen said...

This is truly wonderful!

Amy Johnson said...

Such a cute and creative masculine card!

Denice said...

What an adorable stamp set, and your shaped card is fab! Great card!

1CardCreator said...

Love this Michelle, so clever to turn it into a lifesaver!