Create With Stamping Friends Creatively Simple 228

Patterns Theme With Peaceful Dock!

Welcome to Create With Stamping Friends Creatively Simple! Connie and I create simple cards with a theme each week. This is our theme for this month:

I chose a subtle pattern from the Autumn Toile Designer Paper for the theme this month. The stripes add a nice layer to all of my other layers for a simple card:

The Peaceful Dock stamp set also includes coordinating dies that you can purchase, to cut all of the stamped images:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Peaceful Dock
• Inks: Pecan Pie, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Pecan Pie, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso, Gray Granite, Basic White
• Designer Paper: Autumn Toile
• Tools & Accessories: Peaceful Dock Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Nested Essential Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Early Espresso Cardstock 11 x 4-1/4. Score and fold at 5-1/2.
• Layer 2: Gray Granite Cardstock 5-1/4 x 4. Glue to card base.
• Layer 3: Autumn Toile Designer Paper 5-1/4 x 3-1/2. Glue to granite layer.
• Layer 4: Early Espresso Cardstock cut with the 4-3/4″ long Nested Essential Dies. Glue to card front centered.
• Layer 5: Balmy Blue Cardstock cut with the 4-1/4″ long Nested Essential Dies. Glue to espresso layer.
• Boat: Stamp the boat image on Pecan Pie Cardstock with Pecan Pie Ink. Cut with the die. Glue at an angle to card front.
• Hat: Stamp the hat image on Basic White Cardstock with Early Espresso Ink. Cut with the die and glue inside the boat.
• Book: Stamp the book image on Basic White Cardstock with Balmy Blue Ink. Cut with the die and glue inside the boat.
• Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Gray Granite Cardstock with Early Espresso Ink. Cut with the banner shape from Stylish Shapes Dies. Glue to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Make sure you visit Create With Stamping Friends to see what Connie created for our team this week and visit our tutorial page to see our latest collections.