A Boat named Hope

Hello lovely peeps

Did you catch Nick's Craftascope shows on Hochanda on Friday? I loved the demos and thought the samples from everyone looked great on the telly.  How chuffed was I when Nick showed my cowboy card in the first show and then my boat in the second show 😊

I made one of these boats a few years ago and as soon as I saw the dolphin stamps I thought they would go perfectly. The bottom of the boat is formed by a large circle of card folded in half. I taped a stick from the garden onto the front of the card after bashing the end a little bit with the handles of my scissors

To stabilise the card so it would stand up I cut a thin slice from the back of the card

After tying my sails to the card base and the stick with white cotton twine I covered the front of the card with old cardboard packaging, cut with the same circle die as the base.



Now, to decorate the boat. I used the 'Hope' stamp from Nick's dolphin stamp set to make the name plaque. The letters were coloured in with a brown pen onto a snippet of white card, then I covered it all in glossy accents and left to dry. I used some matching mini 'bronze' brads to attach it to the card base.

To give the dolphins a bit of subtle texture I stamped them onto patterned card before colouring in with Copic markers. I used a white gel pen on the eyes.

Although the shells were bought from a craft shop many moons ago, I feel guilty for having them as they should really be on a beach somewhere being broken down by the waves to make more sand.  I can only bring myself to use them for very special projects and in this case I think they really do add something to the card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Simon Says Stamp (Mon) Miniature/Tiny things (shells, anchor)
Incy Wincy Designs - For the men/boys
A Vintage Journey - Celebrate the journey
 The Crafty Addicts #58 Option embellish it

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x