As You See It Nautical Collage

The theme for As You See It Challenge #038 this week is Collage Stamping!  I love collage stamping and was excited to do the challenge.  I settled, after a bit of thought, on a Nautical Theme, and, of course, nautical means Night of Navy, but I hadn't thought to pair it with Calypso Coral until I saw it on a Pinterest colour palette.

Here's where I found my colour scheme:

Navy and Coral

• Nothing is more nautical than The Open Seas Stamp Set, and I put it to good use in the background collage.  I added more images from the retiring set, Hello Sailor using Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray Ink.  I finished with a sprinkle of Calypso Coral using one of the Gorgeous Grunge stamps.
• The Bravo sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts and I have it shadowed with a second flag, die cut with Bitty Banners framelits
• I love the texture from the Burlap Ribbon across the middle and I learned to tie a sailor's knot using linen thread and Island Indigo Baker's Twine.

• Here you get a closer look at the Sailor's Knot I learned to tie. I also love the way you can add Whisper White candy dots to simulate a porthole around the oval matte for the sailing ship. 
• Here's the way you tie a sailor knot:

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My son-in-law will just be finishing up a trip on a sailing vessel for the men's church group to which he belongs. What an adventure he will be able to tell about!

I hope you'll play along this week!  We would love to have lots more entries to comment on during the week!

Don't Forget!!!:

There is so much going on at Stampin' Up! in the next week and a half:

1.  From now until June 4, many of the retiring products will be discounted from 25% to 50%!!  These will go fast, so don't hesitate to give me a quick call or email to secure your order before your items sell out!!  These include retiring products from the Occasions catalogue as well.

2.  Monday, June 2 at 12 noon MDT is when you can begin ordering from the new 2014/15 Annual Catalogue.

3.  Weekly deals, changed every Tuesday!

4.  Keep an eye open for Product Shares from the new catalogue, a great way to be able to purchase more variety of products for less money!!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

The Open Sea [128454]	The Open Sea - Clear-Mount Stamp [123032]	Hello, Sailor [wood] [133275]	Hello, Sailor [clear] [133278]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood-mount Stamp Set [130514]
Gorgeous Grunge Clear-mount Stamp Set [130517]	A Dozen Thoughts Wood-Mount Stamp Set [131056]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set [131059]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100867]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock [122925]
Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983]	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179]
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [126981]	1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon [132140]	Island Indigo Baker's Twine [125575]	Linen Thread [104199]	Stamping Sponges [101610]
Neutrals Candy Dots [130934]	Ovals Collection Framelits Dies [129381]	Bitty Banners Framelits Die [129267]