TGIF477 Happy Father's Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! This will be quick...Cassidy has a Nike basketball camp she's attending at a local college and my job is to get her there on time and pick her up!  No problem!  I wanted to share the Father's Day card I made for Wayne this year; it used the sketch from TGIF:

Wayne loves watching any Philly sports, so I made him a baseball-themed card with a retired set called Have a Ball:

I stamped the mitt, bat and ball and fussy-cut them out and mounted them on two stitched star diecuts.  The sentiment is from the retired Best Year, embellished with a Basic Border diecut:

And on the inside, some stars from the Have a Ball set and a sentiment from Unbounded Love:

I think he liked it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Have a Ball (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Basketball (Echo Park)
Ink	Night of Navy, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Border Dies (ret), Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)

KCC714 Nautical Father's Day

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's almost the weekend! I have a very quick card to post before I go off to stamp with my sweet retirement community ladies!  I recently bought this amazing Cast Away embossing folder and had been playing with it along with some Boho Blue cardstock.  After shuffling it around on my desk for weeks, I finally finished it off with some images from Sailing Home.  Here we go:

I stamped and diecut some of the images on some Basic Beige and Misty Moonlight cardstocks, using Misty Moonlight ink and some metallic brads that have been languishing in my stash:

I mounted everything on a Basic White card base and added a Father's Day sentiment from Your Biggest Fan:

I am entering this in the Krafty Chicks challenge of stamps!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret), Your Biggest Fan (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Boho Blue
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

SSC330 Happy Father's Day

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a masculine card today; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps, Let's Go Fishing DSP and a couple of masculine stamp sets.  First, the sketch:

And here we go:

One of my club projects this month uses these papers, so I created this with some of the leftover scraps!  A few layers, a few diecuts and it was done.  I did stamp a fishing lure from Gone Fishing, and the sentiment is from Trusty Tools

I added a little metallic brad just for fun!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Gone Fishing
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Boho Blue, Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie, Let's Go Fishing DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brad (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Die, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP643 Hubby Father's Day Card

Happy Sunday, friends!  Another Sunday means another Paper Players challenge with the talented Ann as our hostess!  It's theme week and here's what she chose:

A timely challenge indeed! Love all those little inspirations!  However,  I took some inspiration from the inspiration photo AND the sketch at Inspired By this week:

So that's what I used for my hubby's Father's Day card:

I used a few new goodies on it, too!  I first embossed a panel of Smoky Slate with the Timber embossing folder; I found that a quick, easy way to add ink to the raised areas is to used a little ink spot, inked with Craft White ink....went on like a charm!  I diecut three panels using Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Very Vanilla and the new Copper Clay with the Stitched Rectangle dies, then ran them through the new Twisted Rope embossing folder in keeping with the nautical theme!

I added a diecut anchor in Brushed Silver cardstock, "anchored" by some twine, and added a sentiment banner using words from Best Family Ever.  On the inside, I stamped the Father's Day sentiment in Night of Navy and then stamped the compass image on top using Versamark ink so it wouldn't detract from it too much.  I really like the effect it made!

John might be disappointed that there's no sailboat on his card, but it does  have a nautical theme!  I hope you'll find some inspiration to create your own masculine card for our challenge this week too!  Check out what the DT created at the Paper Players blog....we can't wait to see what you create as well!

I am also going to enter this over at the As You See It challenge---it's their 300th, and their theme is "Adventure"!  Life certainly can be an adventure, right?!

Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	He's All That, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Very Vanilla, Copper Clay, Brushed Metallic Silver (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Copper Clay, Versamark, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Thick Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder, Twisted Rop Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sea Charms Dies (My Favorite Things)

TMS652 Happy Father's Day

Happy Friday, peeps, Happy GOOD Friday! I have a fun little card using the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch:

I wanted to make a few more cards with the Your Biggest Fan stamp set and matching dies and DSP, so here we go:

I only had a couple scraps of paper left from the Hey Sports Fan collection, so I layered them on a Very Vanilla card base, stamped the pennant in Evening Evergreen, and did some diecuts of Bumblebee to embellish it.  I did a little ticket strip on the edge, and embellished it with some resin stars, and as an afterthought, added some Fan baker's twine:

The last couple of days have been very warm and summer-like, but it IS still April.  Cassidy jumped the gun a little as she was outside playing with her friend Ben by insisting she wear her bathing suit:

Kids!  What can you say?!  I know their pool isn't open yet!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Your Biggest Fan
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Bumblebee, Evening Evergreen, Hey Sports Fan DSP
Ink	Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Fan Baker's Twine, Resin Stars, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sports Event Dies

Tower Father's Day Card

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  I promised I would try to share some directions for this card, and while the photos aren't very good, I do have a bit of a tutorial for you!  Since I already had the cardstock cut, scored and assembled to make the sample, I went ahead and decorated it for Wayne's Father's Day card:

I used lots of retired SU products, did some embossing and fussy-cutting:

Some stamping and diecutting (even though he's technically not my son, he IS my #1 son-in-law!):

And had a fun time doing it!  He loves football (Eagles) and baseball (Phillies) and he is the manager of our church softball team (we are currently in first place!) so I made sure I got some of those elements in there as well!

Now for the tutorial; as I said, the photos are not very good, but hopefully you'll be able to still get the gist of it!  This creates a standard sized card, so the panels to be decorated are not real big, but I think it still makes for an impressive card!  So here we go:

1.  Cut 4 pieces of cardstock 2 5/8" x 5 1/2".  Score each one at 1/2" on the short side and fold and burnish.  You should have a 1/2" "tab" along each left side:

2.  Lay one piece on your work surface with the left tab facing up.  Apply strong adhesive or tape to the back of the tab on the second piece of cardstock.  Adhere the edge of that tab right next to the fold of the piece that is on your work surface:

3.  Do the same thing for the third piece:  apply strong adhesive to the back of the tab and adhere that right along the fold on the second piece of cardstock.  

4.  If you stand it up, it should look like this:

5.  Do the same thing with the last piece of cardstock. 

 6.  It should look like this:

7.  Flip over the entire piece and apply strong adhesive to the remaining tab, which is the tab on the very first piece you laid on your work surface.  Carefully adhere that to the remaining piece of cardstock, again, right next to the fold.  This is where it will turn into a 3D card.  It is helpful to pick it up to maneuver that last tab into place.

8.  Your final piece should look this this:

Be sure to burnish your tabs to make sure your adhesive stays tight....Tear N Tape or Sticky Strip works great!  When you flatten your card, it should measure 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  At this point, you can pop it back out and decorate in whatever way you wish.  It is helpful to create a test one first using some scrap cardstock or paper.  Once you get the basic idea down, they come together quickly!  Have fun, hope it was helpful!  And enjoy your day and be blessed!

After a long day:

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Camouflage, Epic Alphabet, Have a Ball, Misc Paper Pumpkin (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Call me Clover (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Cinnamon Cider, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stars EF, Decorative Dots EF (all ret), Diamond Plate EF (Cuttlebug), Typewriter EF (Tim Holtz), Timeless Type Alphabet Jr Sizzlits Dies (ret)

CAS Father's Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really quick card I created late last night....not my most stellar effort, but guys are not up for lots of layers and frills, so it's all good!  It fulfills a couple of challenges:  TGIF wants the color palette of Bumblebee, Crumb Cake and Night of Navy; Always Fun Challenges want to honor dads; and Less is More wants to see borders:

I don't have my Bumblebee ink pad yet, so I resorted to using some of the papers from Flowers for Every season, Night of Navy ink and cardstock, and a Crumb Cake base:

I stamped a sentiment from A Wish for Everything on a Crumb Cake card base, then ran it through the Pinewood Planks EF.  I diecut two borders from Night of Navy cardstock, using a die from Nature's Thoughts, and also cutting two feathers from Nature's Thoughts in Bumblebee DSP:

I wanted the feathers to go in different directions, so one is embossed and one is debossed, because I cut it from the opposite side of the DSP, then turned it over.  I gave both of them some sponging for definition and added some retired Baker's Twine to "tie" them together.  On the inside, I stamped the remainder of the sentiment (crooked of course) and a feather from Positive Thoughts:

Of course, both our dads are gone, but maybe I'll send this to Wayne....he is a hero in my book!  

Cassidy likes to pick asparagus from my tiny little patch....she's been doing this since she was little....too bad she doesn't like to eat it! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed! 

PP298 for Father's Day

Hi peeps!  It's Sunday...rainy Sunday....and time for another Paper Players challenge; this go-round features Claire as our hostess with a Father's Day challenge:

I combined my card with the Pals Paper Arts color challenge as well, because I LOVE these colors:

So here we go! I've combined two new sets; one is a Stampin' Up set called Labeler Alphabet, and the other is a new-to-me set from Artistic Outpost called Bottle Caps!  See if you get the pun:

Aren't these cute pop tops?  I stamped the entire stamp (it's one big background stamp) in Sahara Sand on a white card base, then stamped the images again in Night of Navy and Mint Macaron, and punched out individual caps and glued them on:

The Labeler Alphabet comes with two sets of fonts...the block style here , and a plain alphabet, as well as lots of symbols.  They're fairly easy to line up, but even if you don't get them perfectly even, I love the effect and I think it works perfectly with these vintage images!  I added a little Mint Macaron baker's twine from a Paper Pumpkin kit:

and I created my inside sentiment the same way, and added a few of the leftover bottle caps on the inside!  John calls his stepdad "Poppa", so this card will be going to him in a couple of weeks!

Be sure to "pop" on over to the PP blog where you can see all the DT's creations, or check them out here, and be sure to share your Father's Day projects with us as well:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

 Friday was rainy and wet, the perfect weather for our local snapping turtle to make its yearly trek from across the road where our neighbor has a pond (we saw it there on Thursday, as a matter of fact), up through our yard and back to the creek that runs behind our house.  We're not quite sure why it does this; seems like the pond or the swamp in front of our property would be a happier home for it. But anyway, we donned our boots and raingear and went out to check it out:

 

We're not sure if it's a male or female, but either way, it wasn't too happy with us!

After my reassurance that if she touched the back of its shell, it wouldn't bite her, Cassidy bravely reached out to touch it!

A few minutes later, it turned around and went back across the swamp, across the road, and back to the pond.  I guess it was just taking a walk in the rain, LOL!

Enjoy your day!