Incorporating Patterned Paper Into The Fair Winds Collection With Emily Leiphart

Hello, crafty friends! This is Emily Leiphart and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog, featuring the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle. This is such a fun coastal and nautical collection, perfect for summertime cards of all occasions.

I wanted to create my cards with a non-traditional color palette and I was inspired by the colors from the Simple Stories Just Beachy 6×8” Paper Pad. Each card features the patterned paper in a different way — the border, a small selection of die cuts, and a centerpiece background.

This first card features the Uncharted Waters Stencil, Guiding Light Dies, Set Sail Dies, and the Fair Winds Sentiments. I love those crashing waves and the layered rocks but the highlight is really the lighthouse!

I cut the lighthouse from Barely Peach (main structure), Light Teal (stripes) and Dark Teal (top and window) from the Meadow Collection Cardstock Pack, Mirror Silver (railing), and Mango cardstock (lightbulb). It was so much fun to build this lighthouse in my choice of colors and the possibilities are endless.

To create the sky, I used three layers of the Uncharted Waters Stencil with pink, orange and yellow inks and blending brushes. I just love the way these colours swirl around in the background, complementing the teals and grays. I finished by creating a frame using the Mirrored Arch Labels in Graphite cardstock with a touch of Mirror Silver cardstock at the bottom.

I made this second card with a pale background as a contrast to the first design. This card features the Set Sail Dies and Fair Winds Sentiments. I cut the background from Barely Peach cardstock and dry embossed it with a retired Sun Burst Stencil but you can use the Sun Rays Embossing Folder as an alternative for a similar effect.

I cut the crashing waves from Dark Teal cardstock, and the sailboat from Graphite, Light Teal, Mirror Silver and Watermelon Pink from the Meadow Collection Cardstock Pack. The sails were cut from a floral piece of Simple Stories Just Beachy 6×8” Paper Pad and the cute sun was die cut from one of the pages. Both elements add so much whimsy to this scene!

I really love the selection of sentiments included in the Fair Winds Sentiments set because they cover so many occasions from Father’s Day and thank you to birthdays, encouragement cards and so much more.

This third card featuring Oh, Buoy! and the Fair Winds Sentiments is definitely my favorite because — seagulls! I started by die-cutting all of the layers for the seagulls using Snowdrift, Fog, Graphite, Onyx and Mango cardstock. I wanted to make so many of them because it was so fun to assemble them. I literally can’t wait to make more! Haha

I die cut the breakwater pillars from Dark Teal cardstock and the ropes from Light Teal cardstock. I just love those tiny ropes which even have fiber details on them! The buoys and life ring were cut from Barely Peach, Watermelon Pink and Persimmon cardstock. I extended the middle pillar by stacking two on top, then using the bottom end of the die to crop it off nicely.

I used the Precision Layering A2 A Dies to cut all of the base panels on all three cards, as well as to cut this piece of striped patterned paper from the Simple Stories Just Beachy 6×8” Paper Pad. The bottom section was a bright yellow that didn’t coordinate so I cut an additional piece of pink woodgrain to match and glued that on top. To finish, I stamped the sentiment in the center of the white palm tree.

I hope you find inspiration from this trio of cards featuring all of these products from the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle! It’s so easy to create multiple cards when working with a specific color palette, just like the Simple Stories Just Beachy 6×8” Paper Pad.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! You can find more inspiration on my blog, Instagram, and YouTube channel.

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Mango cardstock, Juniper cardstock, Midnight Green cardstock, Be Mine ink, Orange Twist ink, Glitz ink, grip mat