Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father's Day!

Today's card is an ode to Dad!  I hope my dad get's to relax in the shade with a nice drink today.

This is a super simple card to make, the dies do all the work.  You just cut the rectangle dies out of your card base and adhere your colored image behind that.

I used the A Cut Above stamp set from Stampin' Up! This is from the mini catalog so it is a last chance stamp set available until the end of June.

I colored my image using Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and added a sentiment using the Double oval punch.  I added some Real Red around my oval sentiment using a Stampin' Blends marker and popped it up using dimensionals.

Card Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

Basic White- 4 x 5 1/4" and scrap for punching

plus 4" x 5 1/4" for inside of card

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Father's day card and Copic Storage

I just wanted to share the Father's Day card I made for my Dad over the weekend. It seems monumental that I actually made two cards in one week so I am very proud. Apparently he liked the card because it is prominently displayed on the top of his entertainment center(right above the TV).

Cool Find: I found these cool clear bins called Stack Binz at Harmon Discount for $5 to put my overflow copics in. I was using the plastic containers below from Michaels and the 12 marker plastic cases some of them came in, but they kept getting knocked off the top of my main wooden storage unit that my Dad built for me, so when I saw the bins at Harmon I knew I had to get one.

Before:
This is the medium size Stack Binz and it just fits the size of a copic marker.


Here are my 50+ overflow copics and spica pens tossed into the bin!
After:
Here is a close up of the image from my father's day card.

Copic colors used are below:
Supplies: Copic X-Press It Blending card, PTI Cardstock, DCWV Safari Stack, Raffia, Foam Dots, mini clothes pins, Copics (ciao C7 E08 E42)

Happy Father's Day Grandpa!

I feel like I have been gone from my blog for ages. Haven't gotten to do any crafting lately beyond working on some wedding invitations for a friend. I made this quick card for my grandfather for Father's Day and I thought I would share it with all of you out there in bloggyland!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day Weekend!

Supplies: PTI cardstock, Best Creations paper, X-Press It Blending Card, Post -It Craft Paper Earths, Stampin' Up! Stamps, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Tim Holtz Alterations Vintage Market die, Stampin' Up edge punch, pearls from stash, Copic Markers- E07, G82

Playing Dress Up

When I saw this little digi... I immediately thought of me as a kid playing in my parents' closet and dressing up in my dad's clothes. I was definitely a Daddy's Girl! I thought this would make a perfect father's day card.

The Post It Paper didn't take the Distress Ink as well as I would like... I think I need to try a quicker drying formula for this paper. But it was great to not have to apply any adhesive to those layers. Makes making a quick card...very simple.

I think this Copic combo E70 E71 E74 E77 is my new favorite brown...it reminds me of a cross between Close to Cocoa and Soft Suede...

Recipe: Daddy's Girl digi by Tiddly Inks, SU! Sentiments, Post It Craft Paper in Earthtones, Basic Grey Cappella patterned paper, PTI Stampers Select White Cardstock, Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, Want To Scrap pearls, Copics: R32 R35 E13 E21 E35 E77 E74 E71 E70 BG49 BG45 B01 E41 E42

Father's Day Shirt Cards revised

Using the instructions in my post below, I figured out how to properly fold my shirts. Here are some new quick cards. You will probably notice that these are limited supply cards. This is because I make them after work while I am sitting on my bed watching All My Children.



Recipe: Sentiment from Great Friend Stamp Set, Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry Cardstock, Windsor Knot DSP, Modern Label punch, mini brads, crop-a-dile, chocolate chip stampin' write marker

Recipe: Sentiment from Great Friend Stamp Set, Kiwi Kiss and Crushed Curry Cardstock, Windsor Knot DSP, Modern Label punch, mini brads, crop-a-dile, chocolate chip stampin' write marker

Recipe: Sentiment from Great Friend Stamp Set, Kiwi Kiss Cardstock, Windsor Knot DSP, Modern Label punch, mini brads, crop-a-dile, chocolate chip stampin' write marker

Father's Day Shirt Cards

Oragami isn't exactly my forte but I decided to try the art of paper folding to make these shirt cards for Father's Day. I didn't have the directions so I tried to do it from memory which didn't come out quite well. But, I have now gotten the directions and have made some more shirts. I will post those later this evening.

Recipe: And Many Mower stamp set, Kiwi Kiss, Crushed Curry, Kraft cardstock, Windsor Knot DSP

Recipe: And Many Mower stamp set, Kiwi Kiss, Crushed Curry cardstock, Windsor Knot DSP

Recipe: And Many Mower stamp set, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede cardstock, Windsor Knot and Urban Garden DSP

The shirt uses a 4"x6" piece of DSP. Directions can be found here.

Tri-fold Shutter Cards for Dad...

I absolutely love the Tri-Shutter fold card that was posted on Splitcoast by sheltyx1 in a challenge. This uses a 5-1/2 X 12 " piece of cardstock scored at 2", 4", 8" and 10".

Cuts are made horizontally 1-1/2" from the top and bottom edges from the 2" score line to the 10" score line. The top and bottom rows fold peak, valley, peak, valley. The middle row is folded valley, peak, valley, peak. These sold on Sunday at the tasting party like hotcakes. Now I need to make some more.

Amethystcat made a nice rough sketch on her blog that shows how to cut the DSP panels out of 1 8X8" sheet of paper.

Looks something like this (picture not to scale):

Stamp Sets used are: And Many Mower, All Holidays, Cheers to You, Circle Circus, Oval All

I can't for the life of me remember what DSP I used. Probably some from Windsor Knot and some from To the Nines, Certainly Celery, Kraft, and mostly Timber Brown Stazon, and Sahara Sand ink sponged on to distress... I used Ready to Glitter Making Memories stickers and colored the front protective backing sheet with soft suede stampin write marker for the DAD. (if you remove both the front and the back sheet, the sticker becomes adhesive on both sides). Crushed Curry stampin write marker was used to color in the beer.