Father's Day Cards

I wanted to make a few Father's Day cards earlier 

this month, but didn't have too much time, so I turned 

to a paper pad (Recollections: Bold Basics Patterned Paper) 

with a variety of 'masculine' colours and designs 

to complete 2 quick and easy designs.

Father's Day 1

Card Base: Classic Kraft

Sentiment Panel: 

Phrase Play #1 die;  
Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (stars), Wet Paint
 Rustic Cream cardstock;

Recollections: Bold Basics Patterned Paper Pad; 
Tropical Teal ink; foam adhesive panel

Father's Day 2

Card Base: 

Stampers Select White; 

Recollections: Bold Basics Patterned Paper Pad

 Sentiment Panel: 

Get Lost; Wet Paint Alphabet

Pinefeather and Orange Zest inks

Sketched Star die; Spiral Notebook die; 

Orange Zest, Pinefeather and white card stock

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Enjoy Your Day

Here's another card I made for Father's Day. 
* After finishing the tree I decided to add flowers since our apple tree had just finished blooming. (We had a long winter and a late spring!)
* It's my husband's favourite tree, so I knew he would appreciate the thought!! We're hoping for lots of apples this fall!!

* After die cutting the Mighty Oak Cover Plate, I stamped the tree trunk with Dark Chocolate ink and both sides of the leaves with New Leaf ink. 

* I scored the center of the leaves and folded them before applying a thin line 

of glue to each center. This allowed me to give the leaves a dimensional look.

* The flowers (Mini Blooms) were stamped onto the matching die cut and scattered around the tree branches and leaves. 

* A green resin bird (Webster's Pages) was added to the tree. 
* The sentiment is also from Mini Blooms.

PTI Supplies, unless noted
Stamps - Mighty Oak, Mini Blooms
Inks - Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Tea Dye Duo
Paper - Kraft; Caramel (Recollections)
Dies - Mighty Oak Cover Plate; Mini Blooms Die Collection
Other - Webster's Pages Country Birds Whimsies 

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

What Does a Fox Say?

Even though Father's Day was a few weeks ago, I wanted to share a card I made for my husband (from my son). Wild About Love (Close To My Heart) stamp set was sitting out on my desk from a previous card making session. The 'fox' images from this set made me think of the song: What Does a Fox Say? so I decided to use this phrase as a sentiment.

Masculine cards are often a challenge to make, but 

wood grain stamps and texture can be a great starting point.

Background Basics: Woodgrain was stamped onto caramel coloured cardstock with Creamy Caramel ink (Stampin'Up), then textured with Woodgrain Impression Plate. To create the look of wooden planks, I cut 1/2" strips from the prepared panel, inked the edges with Dark Chocolate, then re-assembled the strips onto the base. (You can see additional pictures and instructions for this technique from a previous blog post/card I made here.)

I layered several Spiral Notebook die cuts over the background and then added the fox (fussy cut) image on foam dots.  

One Spiral Notebook page was cut from New Leaf Gingham paper. The small tag (Coffee Cozy Details die) was cut from Canyon Clay Bitty Dot paper and attached with stitching. A red heart was also added to the tag. 

I stamped the sentiment using DJ Whimsy Alphabet with Dark Chocolate ink. 

The grass and flowers (Garden Variety) were stamped at the bottom of the sentiment panel. 

The sun (Heart-2-Heart #6) and a butterfly (Sweet Spring) were also stamped and coloured.






PTI Supplies, unless noted
Dies - Spiral Notebook Die, Coffee Cozy Die
Stamps - Background Basics: Woodgrain, Garden Variety, Sweet Spring, Heart-2-Heart #6; 
DJ Whimsy Alphabet (All Night Media); Wild About Love (Close To My Heart)
Inks - Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Vintage Tea Dye Duo; Creamy  Caramel (SU)
Papers - Caramel (Recollections); Confetti White (SU); New Leaf Gingham Patterned Paper; Canyon Clay Bitty Dots Patterned Paper
Other - Woodgrain Impression Plate; copic markers

I repeated some elements from the front of the card on the inside panels. 

Sentiments: Fillable Frames #4 ; Bubble Talk

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C. 

Father's Day Cycling

My husband is an avid cyclist - he 's been taking advantage of some warm and sunny days to take long rides (50+ km) so I thought a bicycle would be appropriate for his Father's Day card. I used a bicycle as the focal point and then "built" the rest of the design with a variety of other details.

* Bicycle (Everyday Button Bits) was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; 

     coloured with an orange marker and a silver metallic pen.

* Masked bicycle; stamped  the "road" with lines from School Time; 

     coloured the road with copic markers.

* "Grass" (Lovely Layers) stamped with Simply Chartreuse and Soft Moss inks 

      Polka Dot Basics stamped with Simply Chartreuse below the road. 

* Sentiment (Close To My Heart - Say It In Style) was stamped with black ink.

* Sunshine (Up, Up & Away)  stamped with Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise 

* Card Front - Linen Impression Plate used to create subtle texture.

* Trendy Tree Tops Dies 
     Tree trunk  - Dark Chocolate card stock & Wood grain Impression Plate;
     Tree top - Green patterned paper from a Recollections paper pad was used.
     Die cuts were glued in place; orange butterfly (SU - Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die)

* Bicycle Wheels - 3/4" circles were made with a circle punch using 

     True Black card stock. The centers of the circles were punched 

     out with a 1/2" circle punch. (This created two doughnut shapes)

* The spokes were created by stamping an image from Funky Florals 

     with Smokey Shadow ink (stamped off to create a grey effect), 

     then a 5/8" circle punch was used.  This circle was mounted behind 

     the tires. These two wheels were added to the bicycle. Small black 

     rhinestones were added to the centers of the spokes.

* The inside was finished with a sentiment from Simply You.

* Sentiment - Play the day away! (Close To My Heart) 

     Soft Moss, Limeade Ice and Simply Chartreuse inks

Card Details  (PTI, unless noted)
Stamps - Everyday Button Bits, Up, Up & Away, Polka Dot Basics, School Time, 
Lovely Layers, Simply You;   Close To My Heart: Say It In Style, June Word Puzzle
Inks - Simply Chartreuse, Soft Moss, Limeade Ice, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise; 
Memento Tuxedo Black;   Close To My Heart: Orange
Papers - Stamper's Select White, True Black; green patterned paper (Recollections)
Dies - Trendy Tree Top;  Stampin 'Up: Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die;  
Other - Linen Impression Plate, Woodgrain Impression Plate;  Sakura Silver Metallic pen; 
copic markers;  EK Success Circle Punches: 3/4", 5/8", 1/2";  Kaisercraft Black Rhinestones

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C

It's a Jungle: MIM #69

Nichole Heady from Papertrey Ink challenged us to create a card or paper crafting project using one of the inspiration picture and co-ordinating card sketches from this week's Make It Monday video. You can view  MIM #69 video  here. 

I find card sketches very difficult to do, and initially couldn't figure out a way to make a card using the sketches provided.  So many of them seem to incorporate flowers or floral embellishments .... not really what I wanted on a "masculine card"!!

This card is going to be for Father's Day and since I hadn't used  It's a Jungle for a while I decided to try the giraffe stamp and die.  Once I found a double sided paper (Echo Park: hello SUMMER!), everything seemed to fall into place. I used the sketch from the video and colours inspired by the paper.

I wanted the giraffe to look like he was 'eating' leaves, so I used Turning a New Leaf  and played around with the placement of the stamps and giraffe die.

The yellow chevron pattern complemented the colour of the giraffe and works for the front. When folded back, the polka dot pattern frames the giraffe image. I decided to use the various colours from this side of the paper and stamped  three different sizes of polka dots (Polka Dot Basics) around the leaves, as though they were little berries or flowers. Harvest Gold ink was used to sponge all of the edges of the patterned paper.

The sentiments (It's a Jungle) were stamped and cut into 3 strips and then attached with foam dimensionals. A green button, tied with scrapper's floss finishes the front.

When I was stamping the leaves on the card front, some of the images overlapped onto the back, so I decided to keep on stamping to create a decorative back (and it helped cover a few smudges too!!)

"Happy Father's Day" (CTMH: Say It In Style) and sentiments from Movers & Shakers Sentiments were stamped on the inside of the card.  The leaves and polka dots from the front of the card were repeated here as well.  (This was done after I saw a few more ink smudges .....  I seem to be a very messy stamper today!!)

Card Details: PTI unless noted)

Stamps - It's a Jungle, Turning a New Leaf,  Polka Dot Basics, Mover's & Shakers Sentiments; 

Close To My Heart: Say It In Style

Inks - Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Canyon Clay, Smokey Shadow; SU: Pool Party

Papers - Stamper's Select White; Echo Park: hello SUMMER

Dies - It's a Jungle

Other - SU Fresh Favorites I button;  Karen Foster: Scrapper's Floss; foam dimensionals

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C..