All Hands on Deck

#stampinup   This week’s color challenge at the Stamp Ink Paper blog brought to mind a nautical theme. I thought about going straight to the “Traveler” set, but that would have been an obvious choice. Then I spied the “Sea Street” set on my stamp shelf and realized it hasn’t gotten as much love as that cute set deserves, so I pulled it off and got ready to add some ink.

I stamped the cute octopus in Bermuda Bay onto a Whisper White panel. Then I stamped him again onto a scrap paper and fussy cut his lower half so that I could use it as a mask. I stamped the school of fish in Bermuda Bay across the panel. I stamped the first image with full strength ink and the images to each side in the next “generation” of the stamp so that each image is lighter than the first.

I thought the sentiment from the “Build a Birthday” set would be great with this design. It’s stamped in Night of Navy ink. Then, since I apparently cannot get enough of the balloons from the “Party Wishes” stamp set, I stamped two balloons in Night of Navy and one in Pool Party and punched them out with the matching balloon punch from the Party Punches set. 

I added the strings with a Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker–I hope it looks like the octopus is holding the strings! For a final touch–because I realized I hadn’t used much Pool Party–I added three Pool Party Candy Dots to the corner of the panel. The Whisper White panel is adhered to a Night of Navy mat, which is adhered to a Bermuda Bay card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Product List

Sea Street Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133988] $17.00	Build A Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set [138646] $16.00	Party Wishes Clear-Mount Bundle [141071] $30.50	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad [131171] $6.50
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [126970] $6.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad [126982] $6.50	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [131197] $7.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100867] $7.00
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Night Of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker [100069] $3.50	Subtles Candy Dots [130933] $6.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
#IMBRINGINGBIRTHDAYSBACK Single Wood-Mount Stamp [143573] $12.00