A Good Dad .....

A day to celebrate fathers is coming soon in June, but Father's Day is every day. The new stamp set "A Good Man" is a different type of masculine set, depicting a father being a father.

In this card, the child on the father's shoulder is obviously delighted and you can almost hear shouts of glee.

The image of the child on his father's shoulder is coloured with watercolour pencils and the colours blended with a blender pen.  The sky was washed with an aqua painter. It was die cut with the Stitched Rectangle Die and adhered at an angle on a Rich Razzelberry frame which was also adhered to the card front at an angle.

The wonderful sentiment, matted with Rich Razzelberry card stock is added to the right front.

The card base is Rich Razzelberry layered with Whisper White embossed with the new Button Button Embossing Folder.  To the left is a small strip of Whisper White randomly stamped with hearts and the phrase "You're the Best:  The hearts are only partially coloured in so they are not too noticeable.  Three hearts are stamped, coloured and fussy cut and used as embellishments on the upper right of the card front.

This stamp set is available for order June 3

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  A Good Man

Inks:  Black Memento, Rich Razzelberry, Water colour Pencils

Papers:  Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Dies, Button Button Embossing Folder, Blender Pen, Dimensionals

Country Livin' Father's Day

Today is Father's Day, and I wanted to wish all you Fathers out there, and the fathers of the ladies who follow my blog a wonderful Father's Day.  I made this card especially for you.

The image was stamped with Black Memento onto Whisper White cardstock and coloured with a blender pen and ink pads.  After colouring the truck, a mask was made, and the Work of Art stamp pieces were used to create the sky and a bit of the grass.
Oval framelits were used to die cut the image, and the edges sponged with Early Espresso ink.

Dimensionals were used to adhere the oval to the card top, which comprised of embossed Sahara sand cardstock and a banner made from Go Wild DSP.  The base is Early Espresso cardstock.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Country Livin', Work of Art, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Black Memento, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Blushing Bride
Papers: Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Go Wild DSP, Whisper White
Accessories: Large dots embossing folder, Wink of Stella glimmer brush, Oval framelits, Word Window punch, Blender pen, dimensionals.

A Father's Day Card from 2013

I am at a 2 day craft show at Buckhorn, Ontario right in the heart of cottage country.  This is a long weekend in Canada - Victoria day (in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday) and most people take this opportunity to open their cottage, or go camping.  I don't know about the camping bit because its been very cool (yes we've had some nice warm days, but not many), but the cottage yes.  Traffic to Buckhorn was very heavy today.
It was actually a very beautiful drive.  The leaves are almost fully on the trees, and the Trilliums are blooming in the woods.  Along the streams, the Marsh Marigolds are thriving  providing that nice splash of yellow that we all crave after a severe winter.

The stamp set below is from "Wetlands" and the image is die cut using the Windows Framelits

Check the link here for a list of supplies used.

It's nice to go down memory land once in a while.

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Bow Tie Father's Day Card

As I have been doing all week, I am making cards depicting stamps and/or products that are retiring by June 2.

Today's card it is not the stamp, nor is it the main image, but extras that are usually put on a card.

The base card is Early Espresso, layered with Marina Mist embossed with the Argyle embossing folder.  Some Whisper White cardstock is layered on top of that, the bottom of which is punched with the scallop edge punch.  A piece of 1/8" Basic Black taffeta ribbon is adhered just over the scalloped edge.

The bow ties are made using the bow builder punch.  Three patterns of the Adventure Bounds DSP stack were used.  In the middle of each bow a gold basic metal button, which had been threaded with a tiny sliver of Early Espresso cardstock, was adhered with a glue dot.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, punched with the Word Window punch and matted with the Modern Word Label punch.

Have you figured out what is retiring?  The argyle embossing folder, the Scallop border punch, the 1/8" Basic Black taffeta ribbon, the Modern word label punch, and the Adventure Bounds DSP stack.

Supplies used:

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Father's Day Double Side Step Card

It took me a while to figure this card fold out, but the tutorial by Dana and Sabrina was very helpful.  I decided to make this double side step card into a Father's Day card, and use one of the stamp sets "Walk in the Wild" that is retiring.

The basic cardstock is Soft Suede which I cut and scored as directed in the tutorial.
The images were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock, matted with Basic Black.  The edges of all Very Vanilla cardstock were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

On the left panel, the image of the goose from "Wetlands" was stamped with Memento ink, and then masked the goose to stamp the sea grass in Old Olive behind it.  At the bottom I stamped the multi circle edge stamp in soft Suede.  I coloured the goose with blendabilities.
At the upper left corner, the sun, from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped with Hello Honey.
Then with a sponge, I lightly sponged the sky with Marina Mist ink.

The first think I did on the right panel to use a stamp from "Work of Art" in Soft Suede ink in two places.  Above that another stamp from the same stamp set was stamped in Marina Mist ink.  Then the sandpipers from "Wetlands" was stamped in Early Espresso ink.  I also stamped the same edge stamp on the bottom of this panel.
Using a sponge, the sky was first coloured with Marina Mist ink, and then Blushing Bride.

The Moose, from "Walk in the Wild" was stamped with Memento ink on Very Vanilla on the middle panel.  The leaf from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped using Pear Pizzaz twice on the upper left, after which the sky was lightly sponged with Marina Mist.  The image and grass were coloured with blendabilities.
A butterfly from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped in Marina Mist ink and punched with the Itty Butterfly punch, attached to the panel with a glue dot and rhinestones adhered to its middle.  I drew two antennae using a fine black pen.

Both sentiments are  from "Best Dad Ever".

The embellishment is a clay button made using SU clay and the button clay mold.  I coloured it with a Soft Suede marker and adhered a bow made with Early Espresso baker's twine.

Supplies Used:

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Another Moon Lake Father's Day card

I just love this stamp set, and now that I'm actually making some cards with it, I can't seem to stop.  However, I need to as I have class to prepare for this week.

This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest, and cased some elements but put my own twist on things.

The base card is Soft Suede card stock, layered with Very Vanilla upon which the background stamp "Hardwood" was stamped with Soft Suede ink.

The corners were rounded on the bottom of a rectangle of Soft Suede.  The top was punched with the spiral punch.  After the edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink, a piece of Baker's twine was wrapped around the top and the ends inserted into a Bronze button and tied in a knot on the top.  A glue dot under the button holds it in place.  This piece was placed at an angle on the hardwood background using dimensionals.

The image was stamped on a rectangular piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and all the corners rounded and the edges sponged.  The image was initially coloured using markers, and then highlighed with the actual markers after stamping.  This art piece was adhered to the lower Soft Suede rectangle parallel to the bottom of the card.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny wishes, punched with the Word Window punch, and matted with Soft Suede modern label punch.

Supplies Used:

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Double Fold Moon Lake Father's Day Card

This card is different, in that it really is two cards in one.
The stamp set used is Moon Lake, the image of the bird on the branch.

The Old Olive is 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 scored at 4 1/4 to form an A2 card.  In the front I die cut an oval using the Oval framelits, and then texturized it using the Decorative Dots folder.  Some Baker's Twine was wrapped around it and tied in a knot.

The Whisper White piece is 5 1/4 by 8 scored at 4".  As you can see from the second picture, the image was stamped on a piece of Whisper White, die cut using the Ovals framelits, and an Oval frame in Old Olive was adhered around it.  This was adhered to the front of the Whisper White piece, so that when the card was closed the image showed through the oval cut out.

The image was coloured using markers and an Aqua painter, and the sky was coloured using a finger dauber and Soft Sky ink.

An easy card to make and leaves lots of room for writing.

Supplies used:

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The Open Sea Father's Day Card - a CASE

This card was cased from one I saw on  Patty Bennett in her video in which she describes the watercolour wash salt tchnique. 
After seeing the video, I  made a number of watercolour backgrounds, and one was similar to hers, so I cased Patty's card also using the Open Sea  stamp set and the cool fun fold she used.

This is what the watercoloured strip looked like before stamping

Start with a 4 1/4 by 11" piece of Marina Mist cardstock and score at 5 1/2.  Fold the front cover back on itself.

On the front of the folded portion, adhere a stamped and distressed image of the "log". Sponge the edges with Basic Black ink. Stamp the image of the world map in Stazon ink and with a dauber fill in certain areas with Marina Mist ink.  Punch this out with a 2" circle punch, sponge with Marina Mist, and mat with Marina Mist cardstock.  Attach only half of this to the front half overlapping the other image.

On the inside, I adhered a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the colour washed piece stamped  with the ship was adhered to the bottom of this. My strip wasn't quite long enough to go from end to end, but I like it the way it is.  The sentimentwas stamped above this strip is from "A Dozen Thoughts" a retired stamp set.

Supplied used:

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Look up to Father - Technostamper #314

Due to my hand injury and subsequent surgery I have not participated in challenges for a while.  Now that my hand is feeling somewhat better I am back in the craft room and creating.
This card is for the challenge with Technostamper here

The basic card is comprised of a Soft Suede cardstock, layered with Whisper White cardstock stamped with the Woodgrain stamp using Soft Suede ink.

The tree stamp was coloured with SU markers (three different shades of green - light, medium, and dark) and Soft Suede. It was stamped on a panel of Whisper White card stock, the bottom edges of which were rounded with a corner rounder punch.  The sentiment was also highlighted with a soft suede marker and stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White.  All edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

I used the paper piercer template and a paper piercer to prick holes around the tree.

Stamps: Woodgrain, Look Up to Father

Inks: Soft Suede, SU markers (Lucky Limeade, Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede)

Papers: Soft Suede, Whisper White

Accessories: 3/8" soft suede taffeta ribbon, Paper piercing template and paper piercer, dimensionals

Happy Father's Day - Technostamper #267

It's not a nice day out there today - overcast and raining - but I hear its going to clear for the afternoon.  Yesterday I was at an outdoor wedding and it was absolutely a beautifully perfect day - except for the mosquitoes.
I hope you all have some plans for that special male in your life.

This card, a Father's Day Card, is for the Technostamper challenge #267 here  I used the masking technique,
 the Wetlands stamp set and the windows framellits.

I started by creating a mask for my Canada Goose, then I inked up my stamp with SU markers and stamped it onto Whisper White card stock.  Then with the mask in place, I stamped the image of the wild grass twice around and over the Goose.  I quite like the way it turned out.
Using the windows framelit, I die cut the image, pricked the edges using a template, and then sponged them using Early Espresso ink.  It was then layered with a larger die cut of Pear Pizzazz , the edges of which were also pricked and sponged.  The two layers were adhered together using dimensionals.

The basic card is Pear Pizzaz, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  I also ran a piece of Gingham Garden DSP through the Big Shot using the folder, and cut out 6 Honeycomb pieces.  All the edges were sponged with Early Espresso and adhered to the embossed surface above and below the image.
Then I cut a strip of Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, embossed it with the Lines folder, and sanded the surface.  I placed it horizontally at about the middle of the card.
The focal image unit was attached to the card at its midpoint.
The sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.

Hope you all had a happy Father's Day

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.

The Open Sea Father's Day - Try Stampin' on Tuesday # 62

I can't believe how quickly the days are whizzing past!  Spring is now well established although there is threat of snow tomorrow (I'll believe it when I see it), Mother's Day will be here soon, and following on the heels of Mother's Day is Father's Day.  So, for today's challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here I am making a Father's Day card.

Stamps: The Open Sea, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Mocha Morning Specialty Paper, Soft Suede
Accessories: Circle die #2, Word label punch, Modern word label punch, Scallop border punch, Hemp twine (braided), dimensionals, Square lattice embossing folder