Father's Day Cards

Father's Day is just around the corner....2 weeks from today!  ;-)  I'm ahead of the game compared to Mother's Day!  I sat down and created a couple FD cards using Close to My Heart's Stamp of the Month for June, Wonderful Friend.    Stop by my website to order this adorable stampset before the end of the month!

Inspired by Tresa Black, these 5x7 cards feature a window where the word DAD hangs and turns when opened.

The first card I did was Cranberry, Outdoor Denim, and White Daisy using Cranberry paper and one of the B&T papers from the You Rock paper set.  Using the argyle pattern from the Stamp of the Month, Wonderful Friend   I made my own B&T paper stamping it MANY times in Outdoor Denim.  To the left I stamped with VersaMark and then used a clear prismatic embossing powder....a little bit of "snap", but not too much, after all, it's for a man!  LOL  On the inside I simply matted the sentiment that came with the stampset and it's good to go!  ;-)

The second card uses Cranberry, Sunflower, Black and White Daisy using Cranberry. Black, and White Daisy paper.  On both the front and inside, I used patterns from the Stamp of the Month, Wonderful Friend and again, made my own B&T paper.  I used the tie and the clear prism powder on this one.  Inside, I used the argyle stamp again, this time in Sunflower, and accented it by using a black marker to follow the center lines (Paul's idea!)   I continued the argyle pattern by cutting out 3 black diamonds and using them as the base mat for my sentiment.  It came out looking a bit Charlie Brown-ish, IMO, but maybe I just stared at it too long.  Good Grief!

Since I will be mailing these, I chose not to embellish them so they'd travel better.  I may change my mind and add a few brads, we'll see!  ;-)

Get the imagination going....Father's Day is still 2 weeks away....giving you plenty of time to still make cards for your loved ones!!

Father's Day Coaster Album

With Mother's Day gone for this year, I start thinking toward Father's Day. I'm still working on cards, but I thought I'd share a coaster album that I did for my dad a few years ago.  It's all CTMH product from about four years back.  The title is made from the now retired "Typewriter Keys" and the paper is the Floral Tapestry collection.   The pictures are all of me as a baby/toddler and my parents.  To my knowledge, he still keeps this on his desk at work and receives many compliments on it.  ;-)

Wearing Dad's boots

 

Newborn me

Mom, Dad, Me

 

Supposed to be napping

 

Me-n-Daddy

who-know's-what-I'm-getting-into!

 

1st Birthday

Random bottle pic

Me, Dad, and Great-Grandma Ralya

I didn't want to make this too bulky, so I chose just a few shots that would lend themselves well to a round cutout.  All the backs of the coasters are covered in Twilight and distressed with ink.  The fronts are double matted with varying embellishments.  They are all punched at the top and put on a binder ring.  Wrap different small lengths of ribbon around the binder ring and it's all done.  Hope you enjoyed it!

Blessings

~Christine

Mother's Day Card

Hello there! Mother's Day was a bit earlier this year than I had thought it would be...oops! I got caught last Saturday night working till about 1 am doing Mother's Day cards for my DM and MIL so I could get them in the mail to arrive in time. I found this lovely Tri-Shutter card that is unique yet easy to learn. I found the best directions were by Bonnie Szwalkiewicz on her Craftiblog. Mine is made with More to Adore from CTMH with a saying that I printed off my computer.

Front view as you open it.

Extended out.

Top view.

In personalizing this, I found an appropriate Mother's Day quote and printed it and the "Happy Mother's Day" on coordinating paper. I distressed the edges with ink before adhering them to the card. Make sure you leave enough room under the quote when you cut it out for signing the card! ;-) I used a couple tabs and layered a bunch of flowers for embellishment, however, you can get as fancy or as simple as you want with this design.

Next blog: Graduation Cards for any level from Preschool to Graduate College! Instructions and tips included!

Look what club can do!

I chose the Graphic Texture design from page 60 of Cherish for the April club page. We used the Veranda collection. After completing it, one of my newbies went home and used her L1 Adore kit to create another one! I am so proud of her!