Hello, my friends! I love my son-in-law so much that I made him another Father’s Day card. It is called a Little Angel Father’s Day Card because it features the Whimsy Stamps Little Angel Father digital image.
Happy Father’s Day to the fathers who make a difference in a child’s life and are supportive, a pillar of strength, and help to ensure an end result of a well-adjusted child. My special son-in-law is one of those fathers. He exudes love for his daughter and is a great role model. His time with his daughter is of utmost importance to him, and he ensures he has time with her on a daily basis. He does not role cast her; he introduces her to tools, fishing, and other “male” activities. His daughter is 3 years old, and she LOVES her daddy! I am very proud to call him my son-in-law (SIL) and I think he is an exemplary and great father.
This is one of the cards I made for him for Father’s Day. It’s On The Fly Father’s Day Card that features the old Stampin’ Up! On The Fly stamp set. He is an avid fisherman! The card is a Step Ladder Center Cut card, and I posted a tutorial on making this style of card in my last post.
Hello, my friends! Now that my Splitcoaststampers.com Dirty Dozen responsibilities are over for the month of April, I made a card to post to my site. It features Whimsy Stamps Gone Fishing Stamp. This card is a birthday card for my grandson who loves fishing and he turned 18 last week. What a milestone for him.
Psalm 34:18-19
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.”
Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper for this week is Susy Kegal (aka Boss). The object of being a featured stamper is for others to case your work. Susy has a fantastic gallery from which to pick a card to case. After spending time viewing a lot of Susy’s gorgeous gallery, I kept coming back to this Boots Scootin’ card, so I had to case it. The boots on Susy’s and my cards are the only similar element. When I saw her card, I was reminded of the Stampin’ Up! (SU) Out West stamp set that is retired and contains a pair of boots. Thus, I used the SU Out West stamp set for my card.
Ephesians 2:4-7
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”
Did you know that Monday was the National Bow Tie Day? I did not know until it was brought to my attention by a Clean and Simple Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com. The hostess challenged us to create cards with bows, and it was up to us to interpret the challenge. Well, I created this Shirt and Bow Tie Card and submitted it to the challenge.
This card is a masculine card and could be given for Father’s Day, New Year’s Day, Birthdays, and many other occasions. The card is quite simple to make. I simply used a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of white card stock, measured and marked at the 1″ mark down from the top of the paper, and cut toward the center on both ends, leaving about an inch uncut.
I folded the cut portions to form a collar for the shirt. I added the bow tie, buttons, and suspenders (i.e., ribbon) down both sides. I attached this to a Houndstooth embossed card base. How simple!!
| Paper: Neenah Solar White, SU Basic Black, & Real Red CS |
| Accessories: ODBD Medium Bow Die, SU Houndstooth EF, SU Ribbon, SU Buttons, SU Red & White Twine, Adhesive |
Today I have a card share for you, and it features the ODBD Steampunk Gears Dies. This card is not my typical artwork, and making it was out of my comfort zone. However, I wanted to make it for a Splitcoaststampers.com Dare To Get Dirty Challenge. Unfortunately, I cannot share the details of the Dare To Get Dirty Challenge per Splitcoaststampers.com. If you are a Club Member, you already know the details. If you are not, you can join Splitcoaststampers as a Club Member so you can participate in the challenges.
To create the card, I die cut the gears using the ODBD Steampunk Gears Dies. I covered the gears with VersaMark® Watermark Ink and embossed them with Copper, Green, Black, Pewter, and Yellow embossing powder. Then I attach two or more gears together with adhesive.
I sponged several Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks (e.g., blues, greens, yellow, brown, orange, etc.) onto a piece of Neenah Solar White Card Stock. I stamped over the sponged on ink some text and designs. Then I began adding the gears to the panel. On three sets of gears, I added one or two layers of foam tape. In addition to the foam tape, I attached the gear sets to the card stock with black brads.
After adding the gears, I added a sentiment. I attached it with two gears and black brads.
I cut a piece of copper foil and added it to the back of the above panel.
To finish the card, I cut an A2 piece of black card stock and added the above to the card base.
Considering I was out of my comfort zone making this card, please share how you think I did. Thanking you in advance for your comments.
John 14:13 & 14
Jesus said, “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.