Happy Father's Day

Hello Friends! Happy Father's Day! I wanted to share the card I made for my girls to give their dad. My husband is not a hunter, but he loves the outdoors and nature. It's kind of a joke that I would make him a card featuring a duck. We've had a terrible time this year with ducks in our swimming pool. They are driving him and our dog crazy!!

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I used my Pond Life stamp set again. I just love it! It has so many great images to make masculine cards. This duck is one of my favorites.

And here is a little peek at the inside...

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That's it for me! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Blessings~


materials~ 
stamp sets: Pond Life,  clouds-Up, Up and Away,  sentiment-Heartfelt Basics(Papertrey Ink)
card stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa(Stampin' Up!)
patterned paper: Men and Boys Collection(Hot Off the Press)
ink: Soft Suede, Old Olive(Stampin' Up!)  Broken China Distress Ink(Ranger)   Autumn Terracotta(Close to My Heart)  Cottage Ivy(Tsukineko)
punches: Modern Label(Stampin' Up!)
dies: Deckled Edge Nestabilities(Spellbinders)
other: brads(GinaK Designs)  Early Espresso embossing powder(Stampin' Up!)  Rustic Jute(Papertrey Ink)

Father's Day Cards

Hello Friends! I've got a quick post to share today. I attended another card workshop with my sweet friend, Caryl, this time we made Father's Day cards.

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I just love this card!  I stamped the watch twice and used a circle punch to cut one of the faces out. Then, I applied some Crystal Effects and added rhinestone to a the twelve mark. It looks very cool in real life; shiny like a real watch. And try as I might to capture it with my camera, I just couldn't do it. The face is adhered to the main watch with Stampin' Dimensionals. I did a little embossing on the Midnight Muse card stock with the Argyle embossing folder. Clean, simple and classy. Caryl is a good designer!

This next card is also super cool! It sold within minutes...

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Pretty neat, huh? The silver you see is aluminum tape. Yep! Purchased from the hardware store, used to tape appliances, I believe. We taped it to card stock and embossed it with a chevron embossing folder. It's so slick and shiny, and it adds GREAT texture. The car is stamped onto watercolor paper with StazOn ink and then colored with a blender pen and ink from the lid of the ink pad. That little 'tool' embellishment is created from several Stampin' Up! punches. SO CUTE! One of the ladies in my women's group saw this one and quickly snapped it up!

I am entering the car card into the TRANSPORT challenge, issued by Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog.

That's all I have for now. Thank you so much for dropping in today!

Blessings~

materials~

Design Team Share Day

Hello Friends! It's time for another DT Share Day @ MelJen's Designs. We are sharing projects created from something that inspires us. There are many reasons I love being on the DT at MelJen's. One of my favorite reasons, is being able to view all of the wonderful creations shared by other artists  when they join our weekly challenges. Last month a color challenge was issued. You can see that post HERE. I enjoyed seeing all of the projects, but Tanya's card, caught my eye! It is a beautiful clean and simple card, featuring Garden Bird House and that is where I drew inspiration.

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I created a Word document with a text box and inserted the image and the greeting. After printing, I colored the image with Copics, masked it off and sponged in the clouds. The design is simple, staying along the same lines that Tanya did. I added tiny twinkles to the flower centers and added a little sparkle with a glitter pen.


That's all for me today. Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings~


materials~
digital stamp:Garden Bird House(MelJen's Designs)
card stock: Neenah Solar White(Simon Says Stamp)
patterned paper: Hello Summer collection(Echo Park)
ink: Broken China Distress Ink(Ranger)
font: Gabrielle
other: Tiny Twinkles(Taylored Expressions)  ribbon(Offray)  Clear Stardust glitter pen(Sakura)