Masculine Plaid Cards

A lady requested this quote for her grandpa's birthday. It was a good thing that my local scrapbook store found some very old BasicGrey papers in their storage room. They had one sheet of this so I picked it up along with some others. Good thing I did because it was perfect for this saying....at least I thought so!
I used Freshly Made Sketches 276 as my inspiration.

SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, White)
Patterned Paper: BasicGrey (Little Black Dress Collection – Classy Chic)
Accents/Tools: Cricut, Basic George Cricut Cartridge

In April I made a “DAD” card for my FIL’s birthday.  (which I apparently forgot to post!)

CHALLENGES:
1)December Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Product Category – plaid paper.

I put the dad on the bottom right corner this time so I moved the stars up to the left corner. She loved it!

CHALLENGES:
1) December Inspirational Card Challenge – Color Category.
2) December Scraplift Your Favorites – I ended up “lifting” one of my own cards!

SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: Bazzill (old retired)
Patterned Paper: Authentique (Loyal Collection)
Accents/Tools: Gina Marie Designs (Stitched Stars), burlap twine, Cricut, Xyron X, EK Success 1/16 pop dots

Several Bear cards for Father’s Day

I have a girl at work that calls her dad Papa Bear and she has a standing order for Father’s Day and Birthdays. So when my friend who sales Close to my Heart had the new stamps on her blog I knew the girl at work would want this bear. So even though I don’t like stamping and coloring I bought it. Took me a WHOLE day and lots of different bears to get a few I liked. I ended up making several different cards with the bear so that was good….helped pay for it a little bit! I stamped this one with just black ink and then water colored him in with Tombow markers.

CHALLENGES:
1) June 2017 Card Sketch Challenge – Sketch #4 – Original found here: http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/2017/05/challenge-322.html
2) June 2017 Inspirational Card Challenge – Product – spot and/or Stripes.

SUPPLIES:
Stamp: Jack Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cuts from Close to my Heart
Cardstock: Bazzill (Midnight, Smokey, Hillary)
Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio (Murphy’s Square)
Inks: Tombow Marker #947
Accents/Tools: Sizzix Thinlits Dies (Borders), Xyron X, EK Success 1/16 pop dots

You remember the baby card I made with an adventure theme. Well this is the dad’s Father’s Day card from the new born. I figured I would use the bear and go with the adventure theme again. I stamped this one with versa mark and heat embossed it before coloring it in with Tombo Markers. Did the arms different then the last bear and have a different saying.

CHALLENGES:
1) June 2017 Card Sketch Challenge – Sketch #4 – Original found here: http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/2017/05/challenge-322.html
2) June 2017 Inspirational Card Challenge – Technique – Heat embossing

SUPPLIES:
Stamp: Jack Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cuts from Close to my Heart
Cardstock: Bazzill (Midnight, Smokey, Hillary)
Inks: Tombow Marker #947
Accents/Tools: Sizzix Thinlits Dies (Borders), Xyron X, EK Success 1/16 pop dots

Another lady liked the bear and wanted it holding a heart. The set comes with a stamp heart and die. I used just the die and cut it from the same blue paper to make the card. I also stamped the bear with Versa Mark and heat embossed it before coloring it in with Tombow markers.

CHALLENGES:
1) June 2017 Card Sketch Challenge – Sketch #5 – Original found here: http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/2017/04/exciting-things-happening.html

2) June 2017 Inspirational Card Challenge – Technique – Heat Embossing.

SUPPLIES:
Stamp: Jack Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cuts from Close to my Heart
Cardstock: Bazzill (Midnight, Smokey, Hillary, Yam)
Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio (Murphy’s Square)
Inks: Tombow Marker #947
Accents/Tools: Sizzix Thinlits Dies (Borders), Xyron X, EK Success 1/16 pop dots, enamel dots

 

Soccer Card

I had a request for a soccer themed Father’s Day card. I used the Sketch from the June Inspirational Card Challenge as my inspiration. The soccer ball is an svg file from Miss Kate Cuttables. Original sketch is from MOJO Monday #498.

SUPPLIES:
SVG File: Sports Balls Set @ Miss Kate Cuttables
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, White, Ash)
Accents/Tools: Cuttlebug Honeycomb Embossing folder, Xyron 510,

A farmer, a cool pop and a BBQ griller!

So one of the girls at work needed 3 Father’s Day Cards. This dad she said like cows and was a farmer so I said I can do that! When trying to figure how to make it Father’s Day card my husband came up with the inside sentiment “Milk it for all it’s worth!” I loved the saying and so did the lady at work.

I think I might make this into a birthday card by tying balloons to it’s tail!

CHALLENGES:
1) June Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Favorites Category – I used Freshly Made Sketches #1. I love this sketch and have used it several times over the years.

SUPPLIES:
Digital Image: Cow are You by Deedee’s Digis (no longer in business)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, lava)
Patterned Paper: cow paper found on the internet. The sentiment is on a piece of the cow paper that comes with the digital stamp.
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on a Canon Inkjet Printer

I showed her the paper from Photo Play – This Guy Line – Keep It Handsome and she said this image was perfect. I used this card by Jody Marrow as my inspiration for the design.

CHALLENGES:

1. June Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Favorites Category – I used this card by Jody Marrow as my inspiration.

SUPPLIES:

Patterned Paper: Photo Play – This Guy Line – Keep It Handsome

Cardstock: Bazzill (white, raven,) The Paper Studio (brown)

Accents/Tools: The Paper Studio white brads)

And her other dad likes to grill. I made a card for him about three years ago but this is a completely different image and feel to the card. I found Team Dad by Echo Park at my local scrapbooking store and thought it would be perfect for several cards. I ended up messing up one of the cards so I cut the grill out of it so I could pop dot it on top of the original image.

CHALLENGES:

1. June Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Favorites Category – I used Mojo Monday Sketch #420 for my inspiration.

SUPPLIES:

Patterned Paper: Team Dad by Echo Park

Cardstock: Bazzill

Accents/Tools: EK Success border punch, EK Success 1/16th pop dots

Superdad

A friend had a special request for a co-worker that was trying to adopt his son. The son had called him superdad after a particular day that he was being superdad!! My friend wanted elements from the story in the image. Since I can’t draw stick figures I reached out to Mary Ellen of Dearie Dolls to see if she could/would draw the image up for me. She truly is a Dearie Doll and my angel because she drew this image just for my friends card!! And she nailed it and had everything on there (bear, diapers, baby, bottle on belt)!! When my friend gave it to his co-worker he smiled from ear to ear…and caught himself before crying. This card made his day. Thanks Mary Ellen for making several of us happy and filled with joy!! She has not put this image on her site since it was a special request BUT she stated if you emailed her asking for it she will send it to you… deariedolls@gmail.com. Just note hers does not have a goatee because my husband added it for me! I think this image is perfect for Father’s Day.

CHALLENGES:
1) May Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Theme category – Father’s Day or masculine card

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Superdad @ Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill

Inks: pre-c0lored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: white brads (hobby lobby), Cricut, Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Hobby Inspired Father’s Day Cards

I have made 3 out of 5 sketches for the Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com so I wanted to try to make the last 2 sketches. I used scraps that I had left over from making Father’s Day cards with this paper a couple years ago. The scraps were perfect for this design.

CHALLENGES:

1) May Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Sketch #1 – The sketch was from Cardmaps June 2009

2) Simply Create Too Challenge #62 – Father’s Day or Masculine

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock: Bazzill (Java, (blue discontinued)

Patterned Paper: The Paper Loft (Hooked on Fishing)

Accents/Tools: twine, hole punch, corner punch

 

This 2nd card I made for a guy at church that orders my cards. His grandson is turning 14 and is into playing the xbox so I went with that theme. I then made an extra one and made it a Happy Father’s Day Card.  This card takes time since it is paper pieced so I only made 1 extra and will make this only when requested.

Inside:

Have a fantastic day filled with all the things you enjoy the most. Happy Birthday! (or Happy Father’s Day)

CHALLENGES:

) Sweet Stamps Blog Challenge #171 – No designer paper

SUPPLIES:

Image: Xbox Controller @ Bird’s Cards (FREE)

Cardstock: Bazzill (Black, Bazzill-Blue)

Accents/Tools: circle punches, Xyron X sticker maker, pop dots

To my favorite net man

I made this for a guy at work. He needed a birthday card for his dad. He sent me this photo and told me the sentiment to add so all I had to do is pick out a paper and find a sketch that went with it!

CHALLENGES:

1) Aug Card Challenge @ scrapbook.com – Favorites Category

2) Fetch a Sketch Challenge #56 – Use the sketch provided as inspiration.

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories (Awesome)

Image: found on the internet

Accents/Tools: corner rounder

Grillin and Chillin for Father’s Day

This was a special order card and I’m so glad I did it! I really like it.

I picked up the patterned paper at Micheal’s when it was on sale and so glad I did….it perfectly!

CHALLENGES:

1) 2 Sisters Challenge #148 – Just For Dad

2) 613 Avenue Create Challenge #24 – Someone Special – a male

3) A Gem of a Challenge #84 – Father’s Day Male

SUPPLIES:

Stamp/Image: Grillin & Chillin Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill (Ash, Ravin, White, red)
Patterned Paper: Michael’s
Inks: image colored in photo shop then printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: bottle cap, 1 inch circle punch
Sketch: I {heart} sketches #14

BEWARE……Masculine Overload

With Father’s Day two weeks away I have a post FULL of Testosterone!!

Last month for the card class I teach at church we did 4 feminine cards in honor of Mother’s Day.

So this month I did 4 Masculine cards in honor of Father’s Day.

I used What’s Cooking Digital Image

Stamps: What Cooking Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper:
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on a canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: brads
Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches #125

I used Lifting You Up digital Image

Stamps/Images: Lifting You Up Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazill
Patterned Paper:
Accents/Tools: xyron
Techniques: paper piecing
Sketch: Sept 2009 Card Maps @ pagemaps

I used Smooth Sailing Lost at Sea Digital Image

CHALLENGES:

1) A Gem of a challenge #82 – Summer Time

2) Wags ‘n Whiskers Challenge #105 – Father’s Day

3) Card Crafter’s Circle #77 – Stripe me silly….stripes!

SUPPLIES:

Stamp/Image: Smooth Sailing/Lost at Sea Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper:
Ink: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: brads, cricut, cricut elegant edges cartridge
Sketch: Stella Says Sketch #135 (sss135)

The fourth card I posted this past Monday but I will re-post it for you!

There you have it a WHOLE POST dedicated to Men in our lives!!

Remember is you make a Father’s Day Card come play in the Clearly iStamp Father’s Day Challenge…..ends Friday June 7, 2013.

Father’s Day Heroes

I told my husband, Patrick, that I needed an image for Father’s Day and this is what he came up with!!

Father’s Day Heroes

Isn’t it AWESOME?!! I couldn’t wait to share it with you so I begged Lori to let me have a Father’s Day Challenge and not make me wait till the June 15^th Release.

Okay, I didn’t have to beg real hard because she fell in love with the image too!

So come over to Clearly iStamp Blog and play in the Father’s Day Challenge with me!!

One random winner will get the Featured Stamp: Father’s Day Heroes 

(or if you buy it early so you can play with it 

you can pick one digital stamp of your choice) 

AND a Guest DT spot!

I decided to use the new image (but you don’t have to when entering the challenge) and this is what I came up with:

I found the inside sentiment on the internet and changed it to “Super Hero”.

I thought it was perfect for this image.

CHALLENGES:

1) Clearly iStamp Blog Challenge – Father’s Day.

2) 613 Avenue Create Challenge #20 – Anything Goes w/optional sketch. I thought the sketch was perfect and I love the way it turned out.

3) Squigglefly Challenge #20 (SFC2013) – Man up!

4) Perfect Sentiments Challenge #80 (PSC80) – Anything Goes w/a sentiment on front!!

5) Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge #128 – Circles

6) Alphabet Challenge Blog – H is for Happy….”happy” must be on your creation. Mine is on the inside…Happy Father’s Day!

7) Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #10 – Happy ___________ (fill in the blank). I did Happy Father’s Day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: Father’s Day Heroes @ Clearly Digi Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper:
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Cricut, Basic George Cricut Cartridge
Sketches: 613 Avenue Create #20