I often make cards with my father in mind. Growing up I visited a lot of historic sailing ships around the world with him. This is a birthday card in his honor.

For this pop-up 3D card, I used products from Scrappy Tails’ new Nautical 2023 June Collection.

Base: Stamp on kraft paper the Caribbean Map Stamp. Cut two of the Pop Up Stand from the map. Train the folds on each piece and glue tabs with slot for rubber band together. Add rubber band. (I used a #12 band.)

Wheel: Cut two wheels from embossed woodgrain paper and two wheels from brown cardstock using the large die from the Ship Wheel die set. Using sponge daubers, ink the woodgrain wheels with browns and black. Glue the brown cardstock wheels to the back of the woodgrain wheels. Die cut from gold cardstock the “Seas the day” sentiment letters included in the Ship Wheel set. (I cut a letter placement guild from scrap cardstock. Putting a drop of glue on the back of my hand to drip the letters in before placing them on the wheel.)

Add from gold cardstock the center wheel tuning bearings and screw heads to wheel. (While the set comes with tiny circles to cover the screws on the wheel, I elected to use Nuvo Drops for the screw heads.) Glue top handles of the two wheels together before gluing wheels to base.

Sentiment Banners: Three of the six hot foil banners in the Nautical Banner hot foil plates set were used – “Lets sail-ebrate!” “Happy Birthday” and “Just for You.” (I usually do batch hot foiling with my Spellbinders’ Glimmer Foil System because it takes time to set-up, heat-up and cool-down.)

Envelope: The card folds flat to fit into an A7 envelope that I decorated the back flap with the “Let’s Sail-ebrate!” banner in red foil.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Want to see more of the Scrappy Tails nautical collection? Check out my blog posts:

• Charting A Nautical Birthday
• You Are A Life Saver!
• A Map To The Caribbean
• Ahoy! A Nautical Hello

Materials Used:

Dies & Foiling Plates

• Scrappy Tails – Metal Craft Dies – A7 Ship Wheel
• Scrappy Tails – Metal Craft Dies – A7 Pop Up Stand
• Scrappy Tails – Metal Craft Dies – Nautical Banner CD
• Scrappy Tails – Foiling Plates – Nautical Banner HF

Stamps

• Scrappy Tails – Photopolymer Stamps – Caribbean Map

Papers

• MemoryBoxCo.com – 8.5×11 Embossed Cardstock – Woodgrain
• Kraft Cardstock
• Matte Gold Cardstock
• Brown, White and Cream Cardstock
• A7 ivory Envelope

Foils:

• Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil – Red
• Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil – Polished Brass

Ink

• Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Black Soot

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Foam Squares

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Stamping Platform
• LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamping Cloth
• Sponge Dauber
• Craft Mat
• Scissors
• Spellbinders -Glimmer Hot Foil System
• Spellbinders – Quick Trimmer

Miscellaneous

• #12 Rubber Band
• Nuvo – Crystal Drops – Bright Gold