Category Archives: Father’s Day

Monstera Leaves for Father’s Day

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Monstera Leaves for Father’s Day

(inside:

This card features a few of the leaves from the “Monstera” 3D die set from Altenew and some handmade metallic paper.

I used “Foundry Bronze” Guilder’s Paste Wax on black card stock to create the metallic panel and added a touch of texture to the background and leaf layers with the Stampin’ Up “Subtle” embossing folder.

The greeting die was unbranded, and my “dots” were punched with my Fiskars “Bubbles Border Punch” (retired?). The black and kraft card stock were by Recollections.

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Golf Scene Father’s Day Card

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Golf Scene Father’s Day Card

(inside: You’re Tee-rific!)

This post is a little late, but…

I found this digital paper of a water colored golf scene and thought it would make a nice Father’s Day card front.

The digital paper was from a file called Golf Clipart Bundle by LunaSkyeFinds that I purchased on Etsy.

To jazz it up a bit, I cut the panel with the Die-Namics “Framed Greetings Cover-up” die (discontinued?) from My Favorite Things, making sure to keep all the cut out pieces along with the frame so the pieces could be re-inserted back into the holes. I cut a few more of the frames from white card stock as well and stacked them with the printed frame piece on top. I then filled in the “holes” with the cut out pieces.

I decided to leave the front as is with no greeting; it’s on the inside…

The pop-up golf ball greeting panel was made with a circle die and a dots embossing folder (debossed side) for the dimples. The greeting was from a die set that included the shadow and words. The pop-up mechanism behind the ball was created with a die from the “Mini Pops Pop-up” set (#2246) from Karen Burniston. The stamp is from the “On the Links” set from Papertrey Ink (retired?). GKD Christmas Pine card stock and ink along with white were also used. I left lots of room for a handwritten message.

By using the layered cover die on the front and the pop-up element on the inside, I was able to make a simple card design a bit more interesting.

Sadly, I made this card for my dad, and while he did see it, he passed away the day before Father’s Day. It was sudden and unexpected, and he will truly be missed.

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Floating Greeting Cards (several samples)

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Floating Greeting Cards (several samples)

I wanted to create a card that has a greeting that appears to be floating. This is achieved by adhering the greeting die cut to an acetate panel which was inspired by this video by Sam Calcott.

I think the “floating” effect is really cool, but the clear panel creates a challenge when trying to include a sentiment on the inside. If you don’t want the inside sentiment to show through the acetate, you could either put it on the back or try to position it behind the card stock strips.

OR…

Here are two additional ways to make the card to include an inside message without it showing through the front…

The first way is to create a “card within the card” as shown in this video by Yana Smakula. A sentiment can be added to the inside as usual, but the middle panel hides it when the card is closed or displayed. She used a plain acetate panel for her card front, but I created my acetate panel with strips – exactly as I did on my first sample (literally – lol!).

Here is a Father’s Day sample made the same way:

Since the greeting die cut was too large to fit completely on the straight acetate panel like on the birthday design, I used a circle die before cutting my strips to make my window larger to accommodate the larger greeting. This one also has the “card within the card” to hide an inside sentiment.

The circle “scrap” I cut out of the above card was used on the final sample below.

The card base is all acetate. A sentiment could be hidden behind the focal circle so a “card within the card” was not needed for this one. Instead, I attached a card stock circle inside on which to add my sentiment.

Recollections Foil Paper (#313049) was use along with black and white card stock. The “Happy Birthday Friendship Script” die is by Memory Box and the Father’s Day die is by Alinacutle.

Obviously, these samples could be decorated more elaborately (and differently from each other – lol!). I was just experimenting with the different variations so I kept the designs simple and used the supplies that were out and handy.

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Father’s Day Tuxedo Card with More Printable Sentiment Strips

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Father’s Day Tuxedo Card with More Printable Sentiment Strips

(inside: Celebrate in style Have a wonderful day)

I am soooo thankful for all the talented card makers out there in blogland who share their creations for inspiration. I had a BUNCH of cards I needed to make with limited time to do it, and my mojo has taken an extended vacation! My card today is a CASE (almost exact!) of this card I had seen and admired a bit ago and saved for just this situation. Thanks Karen!

I used my We R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 Punch Board to create the bowtie. All the other parts of the tuxedo were cut with my trimmer or scissors (no dies or patterns).

I added texture to the jacket by embossing the panel with a scrap of wallpaper (thanks Bonnie!) and my die cutting machine. I was able to get a nice, deep impression by using an embossing mat along with the plates normally used to emboss. The Darice 5×7 Argyle embossing folder was used on the vest.

The card stock (black, white, and kraft) and the adhesive faux pearls were all by Recollections.

In a recent post, I shared a birthday sentiment sheet I created for use with a sentiment strip die by Alina Craft. The greeting on this card was from another sheet (mixed greetings) that I created.

Click HERE for PDF; feel free to download and use if desired. Contact me if you’d like a copy of this PDF. (Someone altered my doc when I included the link here.)

The sentiment on the inside was made with stamps from the “Celebrate with Style” set by Gina K Designs (retired) and from the “Birthday” set from Photoplay.

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A Father Is…

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A Father Is…

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(inside: Happy Father’s Day)

This simple card features the “Father Calligraphy” stamp (G10093) from Paper Inspirations and the background stamp from the “You’ve Got This” set from Stampin’ Up (retired).

For the background, I inked up the stamp with Gina K Designs Powder Blue ink  and “stamped off” the image onto scrap paper.  Then I spritzed the stamp (and remaining ink) with water and stamped the wet ink onto a white card panel.  Once that dried, I stamped the “Father” sentiment with GKD In the Navy ink at full strength.

I used my Tim Holtz distress marker spritzer tool with a Copic Marker (B39) to add some tiny ink spots and then embossed this panel using the “Subtle” 3D embossing folder from Stampin’ Up.  This was added to a GKD In the Navy mat and a white card base.

Happy Father’s Day!

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