Far Away and CAS

This week’s code word over at Addicted to CAS is “Far Away.” Hmm, what do I have that I can use for this theme? I thought about something that said “Miss You,” but I don’t have any stamps that say that. I used the bicycle from Timeless Talk for the last ATCAS challenge. Oh! I know! I can use “The Open Sea!”


I really love “The Open Sea” set. I remember it was in an Occasions mini catalog and I was thrilled when it carried over to the annual catalog…and then carried over for a couple more years. I wonder if it will be on the “Retiring List” that comes out on April 21st. I hope it stays around some more….but if it retires, that only means room for MORE NEW STAMPS!!!


I wanted to do something out of the “ordinary” with this set, and last week I had an idea for using a few out-of-the-box colors. But I can’t remember what they were now. (Does that ever happen to you??) Anyway, I decided I’d use Blushing Bride and Early Espresso. Those colors combined with the sailing ship say “vintage” to me–which usually means “more is MORE.” But since this is supposed to be a clean and simple challenge, I had to “embrace the space.” I’m learning to like CAS, but I still feel like the card stock is “naked” if I don’t emboss it or stamp on it.


Here’s my entry for this fortnight’s challenge:

(Stamp Set: The Open Sea; Ink: Early Espresso; Card Stock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride; Early Espresso Core’Dinations Specialty Paper; Accessories: Deco Framelits, Arrows Embossing Folder, Natural Trim)

I matted the imagine on Early Espresso Core’dinations paper that I roughed up with the sanding block. I thought the Arrows Embossing Folder added to the “far away” theme.

For my bow, I wanted to have something a little less frou-frou and a little more nautical, so I looped a piece of the natural trim over the horizontal piece and pulled it through. I frayed the edges a little, because, well I think vintage can be CAS, too.