Nautical Expedition - Stampin' Up! style

I played with the images from the Nautical Expedition Designer Paper and the Open Sea Stamp set.. both brand new from the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini catalog.

I have been cutting back on spending due to hubby still being unemployed, so instead of buying the stamp set and DSP I used the digital versions of both of these items and made several Nautical cards.

The background and the ship are printed in My Digital Studio, but i added Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine (#123125), Ribbon (#121884) to the left edge, and sponging around the punched out ship image. You could recreate something very similar with the actual Nautical Expedition DSP (#122343) and the Open Sea stamp set (#122030 or 123032).

ABOVE: I played up the Cherry Cobbler more on this one and added some First Edition DSP to the left edge

BELOW: I played up the orange more on this one with the sponging and Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta ribbon

When I print quick things like this at home, I use my Epson R1900 photo printer.. but most of my MDS Cards are printed through the MDS Stampin' Up! printing service.

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Nautical Expedition download, #124111, $4.95
Open Sea Stamp Set download, #124112, $3.95
Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, #123125, $2.95
2-1/2" Circle Punch, #120906, $16.95
Stampin' Sponges, #101610, $3.50/set of 3
ink for sponging: Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy
1" circle punch , #119868, and a post it note to mask for the sun
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, #119685

Hope you enjoyed this Hybrid card idea!

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