Perennial Birthday meets Sailing Home & Waterfront

Hello, so happy you've popped by.

Happy Birthday Gareth

I've used a nautical theme for this card,  because I'm really enjoying these new dies and cling stamps. They are so much better than our older one's.

To recreate this card follow the guide below:
® = retired, (sab) = Sale-A-Bration, (H) = Hostess, (nsu) = not stampin’ up, (ss) = Stamp set, (DSP) = designer series paper, (CS) = Card Stock

All measurements are in centimetres

Card Stock: Night of Navy: 21 x 14.5scored at 10.5 (card base)
Soft Suede: 3 pieces 10 x 14 (first layer), 12.5 x 1 (rope), 4 x 3 (Knot)
Whisper White: 8.5 x 6 9 (lighthouse)
Whisper White Thick: 9.5 x 12 (second layer)
Very Vanilla: 7 x 3 (sentiment)
DSP: Come Sail Away  9.5 x 5.5 (top), 9.5 x 8.5 (bottom)
Embossing Folders: Subtle
Dies: Smooth Sailing
Stamp Sets: Perennial Birthday, Sailing Home, Waterfront
Clear Blocks: E
Accessories: ® Candy Dots, Clear block E, Wink of Stella Clear

Ink up the Clear block with Balmy Blue ink, lightly spray with water and then stamp down onto the larger piece of Whisper White Thick (cs) and leave to dry (for quicker drying use a Heat Tool).
Stamp the Lighthouse on the smaller piece of Whisper White (cs) in Night of Navy.
Die cut the Lighthouse, along with the Rope and Knot using the two smaller pieces of  Soft Suede (cs).
Adhere the larger piece of DSP to the bottom of the first layer (soft suede) leaving an equal space on all three sides using liquid glue
Rotate round and do the same with the smaller piece of DSP (overlapping the bottom piece slightly).
Adhere the Rope across the join between the two pieces of DSP and trim down. (I used narrow tear & tape).
Adhere this layer to the base card using liquid glue.
Go back to the stamped Whisper White Thick (cs) and add some Birds across the top. then stamp the Sand in Crumb Cake towards the bottom.
Again tear all the sides off to give it a distressed look.
Add some Clear Wink of Stella to the sand.
Adhere the Lighthouse and Rope to this layer using dimensional pads.
Now attach to the base card using dimensional pads.
Stamp the Sentiment on the Very Vanilla (cs) using Night of Navy.
Now tear all the sides off to give it a distressed look, then lightly sponge all over using Crumb Cake.
Slightly bend the sentiment and add a Candy Dot to the top left corner.
Adhere to the card using dimensional pads.

Thanks for dropping by, will be back again soon with more cards!
Annette X