Boat Card

This was a class that my sister and I taught at a local craft store. There are five cards, but because the computer is almost as old as I am and it is way slower than I am, the tutorial will be one card at a time. So here is the photo of the five cards and the tutorial for the boat card.

All five cards

The boat card

I wanted to make one of the cards to be geared towards a boy, so that in the set there were girl cards, boy cards and gender neutral cards included in the class.

Supplies Needed for boat card:
3-4 shades of blue paper
A small scrap of colorful paper
Brown paper
A2 card base or white card stock
Twine
Scrap of paper for banner
small piece of twine
Stamp/ink for sentiment
adhesive and popdots

I first cut the blue paper that is closest to sky blue to fit the card base, then adhered it with adhesive.
To make the waves use a little bit of trial and error. I just tore the edge of the paper into waves, no pattern. Then layer then so that you can see the contrast of colors. A bit of white might even look good, it would look like the top of a wave. When you adhere the waves to the page, make sure the adhesive is low on the paper so that the boat can be inserted into the waves. The boat was a circle of brown paper that I cut in half. Before adhering it to the waves, make sure to attach the piece of twine to the back of the boat. I knotted a piece of twine to hang off the side of the boat, it would be cute to use an anchor clip art or embellishment instead. The mast was a square piece that I cut on the diagonal to make a triangle. I love the pop of color that it brings to the card and it is a great way to use up left overs from other projects. Use foam pop dots to adhere the mast so that it pops off the card. For balance I cut a little banner to "fly in the wind" in the opposite direction. I stamped Birthday on the banner with the Happy just above it. For a little variation I cut little moons by punching a small yellow circle then using the same circle punch to make the indent of the moon. I also used this same card as a Baby shower invitation, instead of the Happy Birthday I stamped It's a Boy on the banner.

This is a simple card and not to hard to make, hope that you enjoyed seeing how I put it together. Keep watching and I will post the instructions for the other cards soon.

Good day for now
Sisters 3