Amazing Father - Unscripted Sketches #212

Good morning:
What a beautiful day today.  I thought it was supposed to rain all day today, but I guess not.  Toronto really got dumped on yesterday, resulting in swollen rivers and flooded expressways.  One man jumped into the fast moving Humber river after his dog decided to go for a swim and hasn't been seen since.  The dog made it out on his own.  My thoughts are with his family.

I made this card for the challenge with Unscripted Sketches here.  It's a card for Father's Day which is coming up very soon.

 

This A2 card has a base card stock of Early Espresso card stock, layered with a Houndstooth embossed Crumb Cake layer.  The edges of this layer have been sponged with Early Espresso ink.

The focal panel was first stamped with a Beyond Plaid image using Crumb Cake ink.  I stamped the image off one time so the colour would not be so intense.  Then, using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the sentiment, using the stamp-a-ma-jig to center the words properly.  They were stamped directly over the Beyond Plaid image. The edges of this Whisper White panel were also sponged with Early Espresso ink.

Then I stamped a tie from Dapper Dad, in Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock and cut it out, adhering it to the top middle of the image panel.  Four Naturals buttons were faux stitched with card stock and adhered to the top of the panel - two on either side.  This completes the card.

Here's a list of materials/supplies used:

Stamps: Amazing Family, Beyond Plaid, Dapper Dad

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories: Houndstooth folder, Naturals buttons, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by.

Dapper Dad Birthday - Challenge 114 LNS

Challenge 114  with the Late Night Stamper's Group this week is to create a masculine card, something that is very hard to find.  It seems most of us are quite comfortable making floral cards, but when it comes for cards for the guys they're a rare commodity.
I've been waiting to use the Dapper Dad stamp set for some time now, and this challenge is my perfect chance.

I just love how this card turned out.  Because I didn't want to have just one shoe on my card, I stamped the image of the shoe twice using Early Espresso ink - on separate pieces of Whisper White cardstock.  The second one I cut out and put aside until I finished the rest of the card.  I used the Apothecary accent framelit to die cut the first stamped shoe,then used the template to paper pierce around the edges of the die cut. I then adhered the second shoe using dimensionals, adjacent to the first shoe and slightly off set to it.
The sentiment, from Petite Pairs, was stamped on Whisper White, punched out using the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, sponged around the edges with Early Espresso ink, and then adhered below the shoes.
The card base is Early Espresso card stock, layered with Whisper White and then Parker's DSP.  I then scalloped a strip of Early Espresso cardstock and attached it to the DSP at the lower end of the card.  Some Crumb Cake Seam binding was placed above this scalloped strip.
The focal image was attached to the DSP using dimensionals.
The embellishment is a soda pop top that I flattened using the Big Shot.  I then stamped an image from the Collage Curios stamp set on Whisper White, and punched it out using the 1" circle punch.  It was attached to the flattened soda pop top using glue dots.  Then I threaded Early Espresso Baker's twine through a Naturals designer button and tied it into a bow.  It was adhered to the soda pop top with a glue dot.  This unit was attached to the card with glue dots.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Collage Curios, Petite Pairs
Ink: Early Espresso
Papers: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Parker's DSP
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, mat pack & paper piercer, Scallop border punch, 5/8" Crumb Cake seam binding, Large Soda Pop top, 1" circle punch, Naturals designer button, Early Espresso baker's twine, dimensionals, glue dots.

A Sportswatch Birthday - Technostamper #254

What guy wouldn't like a nice shiny sports watch for his birthday?  Or does everyone tell time these days using a cell phone?  I'm going to assume that sports watches are still desireable, so I made a masculine birthday card featuring a sports watch for the Monday Lunchtime Technostamper sketch challenge here

 

First I stamped the houndstooth image from "Beyond Plaid" as a background on a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock uisng Soft Suede ink.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the watch image using Early Espresso ink.  The watch face piece was punched out using the 1" circle punch.  I also cut the wrist bands free.

Using the Big Shot, I flattened a large Silver Pop soda top, and placed the face piece in the flattened top.  This was attached to the middle of the background stamped image using glue dots.  I then adhered the wrist straps to either end of the pop top - and whalla we have a silver sports watch.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Beyond Plaid, Curly Cute

Inks: Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso DSP

Accessories: Tag punch (retired), Silver Soda Pop Top, 1" circle punch, Neutral button, Early Espresso Baker's twine, glue dots.