You mean the world to me... World's Best Dad...

Love this card format... so simple but oh so clever and very effective... I have been seeing the A6(ish) version quite a lot on the web recently... and I really have to congratulate the originator of this fold... (I think it may be the very talented Frenchie (France Martin) with her Botanicals version here )

So I had to give the card fold a go... but me being me... it had to become a square! So more on the how to do a Square Swing Arm Card another day... as this has very quickly become my go to card....

SU! Products Used
Stamps - Going Global, Guy Greetings
Papers & Card - Going Places paper stack, Mossy Meadow card
Inks - Mossy Meadow, Sahara Sand & dauber. Memento Black

Ties, Tardis & Golf Cards for Fathers Day or Birthday…..

No not all on the one card…!!! At the last class I ran… I gave my ladies a number of options for some of the Men & Boys cards they were making… so one card format but different looks – and to suit different tastes/ages.

So they could choose from the Best Dad Ever Ties, the Punched Golfer and … last but not least, the Tardis….

And see the Faux stitching on the Ties & Golf cards… not Amanda and her marker this time….much much easier!!!! It is part of the In Stitches Stampin Around Wheel  – which I have since mutilated!!! See more details shared here… but I cut off the wheel rubber, mounted on clear mount cling foam , cut off the separate lines of stitches & mounted them on a clear ruler (I have now bought a few cheapy rulers – which I just cut down with a craft knife to about 7 1/2” – perfect!! And they fit in the Clear Mount stamp cases – so perfect for storage too…..) Will admit though… these thin stitches are better inked up with a marker pen rather than an inkpad……..

And last but not least … the Tardis in Space card…. the police box image is from the … now not available…. Feeling Sentimental stamp set which was an exclusive stamp set under the January to March Sale A Bration promotion earlier this year… so sorry for sharing this too late!! And this time I left my wheel alone……

SU! Supplies

Stamps – Best Dad Ever; Distressed Dots; Worlds Greatest; For My Family; Feeling Sentimental; One In A Million

Wheels – In Stitches; Outer Space

Punches – Large Oval; Pennant Builder; 3/8” Circle

Cardstock – Not Quite Navy; Whisper White

Inks – Not Quite Navy;  Lucky Limeade; Basic Grey

Papers – DSP Stack Brights

Football shirt card

Staying on the theme of cards for Men & Boys….. a really simple football shirt card this time.

This card was inspired by a Suit Card swap from Kylie at the last Jems Quarterly Team Training which is pictured below…. it is actually the same shirt collar… just with the double sided paper turned round the other way!!

 

I loved Kylies card… (which I think she knew by all my exclamations at the time!!!)

But.. even so..  I have to admit to adding a few details to Kylies’ wonderful & perfect as it was card…. just a change to the wording and some faux stitching around the pocket & jacket collar… me and my marker pen!! You can’t stop me….  Do wish I had manage to stamp the “Ever” word central on the pocket though!!!

And for those of you wondering how to do the shirt collar….. here is a link to a version of the suit card as shared by the very talented Jackie Topa back in 2008…

 

SU! Supplies

Stamps – Worlds Greatest; For My Family; Great Sport ( Suit card - Best Dad Ever)

Paper – Twitterpated

Cardstock – Basic Grey; Whisper White ( Suit Card – Basic Grey; Certainly Celery)

Punches & Embosslits – 1 1/4” Circle’; Word Window ( Suit Card – Word Window; Modern Label; Sweet Buttons)

Happy Fathers Day to the Worlds Greatest Dad or Father… and a Tip for Builder Wheels!

Following on from the Teen Boy birthday card posted yesterday, here are a couple of cards suitable for Fathers Day or for a Male Birthday for that matter….

This time I have used Not Quite Navy, Lucky Limeade with a hint of Baja Breeze – sadly… all these colours are retiring at the end of June so don’t forget to stock up on card and inks if they are your favourites….. There is also some Basic Grey – but that is not retiring!

The Happy Fathers Day wording is from the Best Dad Ever stamp set ( you know… the one with the 5 ties in a row) – I didn’t realise I had the wording in a long thin format that I needed…. and then suddenly there was a light-bulb moment!!!!

The background script matches the Morning Post Alphabet that I have used for the letters…. using the Travel Journal builder wheel. Though mine doesn’t look like a wheel any more… just a long thin clear mount stamp….

I have to admit that although I love my wheels…. I struggle with the narrow builder wheels when I want to use them on their own…. so necessity being the mother of invention…. I quickly whipped the rubber of the wheel ( and quick is quick… it took about 2 seconds!!) and stuck the rubber on the clear mount foam that SU! stock and cut out my new long thin stamp…. eh voila… The next problem being that the stamp is too long for the longest clear mount block… so more head scratching….. and sorted… I stuck it on my trusty clear acetate 12” ruler… perfect!! Now if anyone knows where to get 8” clear rulers… please do tell… they would be the business   - as I could have each of my new clear mount “wheel stamps” on a ruler each…. ready to go!!

Here is an alternative card for Father….. using the Distressed Dots background stamp ( a new love me thinks!!!)  and Whisper White craft ink  - along with the Father word from the Amazing Family stamp set.  I have used my blender pen to colour in the FATHER wording… just going over the just-stamped image with the blender pen… there was enough ink to give the colour lift  I needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here they are together … I know a Dad and a Father that will be very happy to receive these!!!!

SU! Supplies

Stamps – Worlds Greatest; Best Dad Ever; Morning Post Alphabet, Travel Journal “wheel” ( alternative Distressed Dots, Amazing Family)

Card & Ink – Not Quite Navy, Lucky Limeade, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey ( alternative Whisper White craft ink)

Embellishments – Neutrals Button; Pool Party Bakers Twine