Fabulous Father's Day No. 6

Last but not least, I've got the final project from my Fabulous Father's Day class.   I love how this one turned out.  The navy and brown/natural color scheme looks very masculine.  And, I love the jaunty angle the hat is at!  I stamped the hat and mustache first and then went over the mustache with a Quickie glue pen and added the flocking.  The little bowtie is popped up with foam mounting tape.  The kraft rectangle instead the photo frame is just the inside from the photo frame die.  I actually used the rectangles I had leftover from making this card in my florals class!  I love getting to use leftovers in creative ways.  To make the entire photo frame easier to pop up with foam tape, I stuck both the white frame and the kraft inside on an additional piece of cardstock behind it, like a backing.  The inside says "Happy Father's Day"

Supplies

Stamps: A Muse build a man and you da man sets

Ink: A Muse french roast and blueberry

Paper: A Muse navy hexagon, navy petite pinstripe, sugar, and kraft cardstock

Misc.: A Muse toffee twine, A Muse french roast flocking, Sakura Quickie glue pen, foam mounting tape, A Muse photo frame, build a man, and tag bundle die sets

Fantastic Father's Day No. 5

For this project, instead of going with a shirt front card, I did a shirt front treat bag!  It's a cute little lunch sack die and the front is just perfect for it!  I used one of the bow dies for the bow tie.  And then, one of the candy wrappers for the rectangle to make the shirt cuff that's stamped with a background stamp.  The same candy wrapper made the collar points, I just trimmed off sections in a triangle.  Added some buttons and there we are!  On the back, I used the same candy wrapper die for the white stitched rectangle and the sentiment "Bow Ties are Cool".  Now, this project has a nerdy undertone.  That's a phrase actor Matt Smith says as the 11th Doctor Who ALL THE TIME!  LOVE IT!  I took inspiration for the colors for this from his costume!  So nerdy!

(see!  stripy cuffs and all!)

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse mod background 2 and You da Man
Ink: A Muse currant and french roast
Paper: A Muse wheat, currant, and sugar cardstock
Misc.: A Muse lunch sack, mini box, and candy wrapper die sets, A Muse vanilla buttons, mini glue dots, and red double sided tape

Fantastic Father's Day No. 4

Next up, is this simple grill card.  I thought that the grill image would be a perfect place to use A Muse's crystal clear glaze.  It worked perfectly and gave the grill a nice glossy shine once it dried.  The rising smoke trail is actually just a single dotted line, so I stamped it three times and then added a little black glitter over it.  Even guys need a tiny bit of sparkle, right?  Though, now that I think about it.  Onyx flocking might look cool too.  Not that smoke is fuzzy, but charred wood and such usually have a very deep matte sooty black to them and the flocking might give that look.  After that, it was just some washi tape, a sentiment and twine!  Done!  The inside says "Happy Father's Day".

Supplies

Stamps: A Muse you're smokin' set

Ink: A Muse black dye and VersaFine onyx black

Paper: A Muse sugar and papaya petite pinstripe

Misc.: A Muse you're smokin' die set, foam mounting tape, A Muse crystal clear glaze, A Muse onyx baker's twine, Copic markers, A Muse onyx glitter, and Quickie glue pen

Fantastic Father's Day No. 3

I've seen this type of card a few times out there on the interwebs.  I loved the idea of it and thought it was just perfect for Father's Day.   So much of what I see for Father's Day ends up being about golf or neck ties, I tried hard to come up other options!

The wallet is fairly simple to make.  Start with two rectangular card bases.  I did them in the 4-bar size.  Slice one of those into two pieces (I discovered afterwards, it was better to make one piece about 1/16" smaller than the other, and use the smaller one for the inside pieces of the wallet) lengthwise, one being about a third of the original width and the other being about two thirds.  Attach the larger piece to the backside of the other card base along three of the four sides, creating a pocket and then attach the top piece above it.  I did the stitch marks using a white pen and the letter squares using a square punch and alphabet dies.  I added a little pocket on the inside of the wallet just the right size for a gift card.  Lastly, I inserted a white piece of cardstock with "Happy Father's Day" stamped on it as if it were money inside the wallet.  This card could easily work for a graduation card though!  You could go "grad" on the front rather than dad and so on.

Supplies

Stamps: A Muse label maker set

Ink: A Muse french roast

Paper: A Muse french roast and sugar cardstock

Misc.: Signo Uni-Ball white gel pen, EK Success 3/4" square punch, A Muse tall alphabet die set, foam mounting tape, double sided tape

Fantastic Father's Day No. 2

Here's the second project from my Father's Day class.  This one uses the mini pillow box!  So cute!  I realized that the die for the diamond/jewel in from the "Shiny Bright" set look an awful lot like the emblem from a Superman logo!  The most recent costumes for Superman in the movies have also had a slight hexagon texture to them as well, so the hexagon paper worked perfectly!  The yellow diamond in the center is the die cut one.  To make the outline in red hexagon, I simply adhered the yellow diamond to the hexagon paper and trimmed around it leaving a little border of red.  Worked perfectly!  I did a letter "D" in the center for Dad.  And lastly, added a little yellow sentiment strip across the bottom, kind of like a belt.  It didn't stand out at strongly as I wanted with just ink, so I clear embossed the words to give it a little more oomph. I LOVE how the whole thing it turned out!

Supplies

Stamps: A Muse hero mail clear set

Ink: A Muse cherry

Paper: A Muse blueberry, apple hexagon, and papaya cardstock

Misc.: A Muse shiny bright, mini pillow box, and even taller alphabet dies, heat tool, JudiKins clear embossing powder, foam mounting tape, red double sided tape, quickie glue pen

Fantastic Father's Day No. 1

I had another stamp class this past Saturday!  It was great fun and I loved getting to see some of my stamping ladies!  Once again, I forgot to take pictures of us actually stamping.  Oh well, maybe one of the days I'll remember.

The first card from class is this cute apron card!  I'm SO happy with it!  I just love the cheerful colors and it just makes me smile!  I started with a large white stitched rectangle and stamped a grid background on in.   I stuck that onto a slightly larger yellow piece, and then stuck both of those to the red hexagon card base.  For the apron, I wanted it to have the stripes from the pinstripe paper, but I didn't want to see stripes around the edges where the apron strings are.  So, to achieve this I stamped it twice.  Once on plain white and once on pinstripe paper.  The apron on the pinstripe is the one I colored.  I also made a slit along the top of the apron pocket so I could stick in the spatula.  Then, I put the striped apron w/spatula directly on top of the plain white apron!  Viola!  No stripes where I didn't want them!  I put the entire apron piece onto the stamped grid with foam mounting tape.  I did the sentiment onto red pinstripe paper, added the onyx brads and used foam mounting tape for that too.  SO thrilled with it!

Supplies
Stamps:  A Muse you're smokin' set
Ink:  A Muse apple and black dye and VersaFine onyx black
Paper: A Muse apple hexagon, papaya, cherry petite pinstripe, seattle petite pinstripe, and sugar cardstock
Misc.: A Muse onyx brads, foam mounting tape, craft knife, A Muse you're smokin', tag bundle, and gift tag trio die sets

Last 2012 Father's Day Card

This is my last Father's Day card for this year. I made it for my husband's grandfather. What grandpa doesn't like a recliner? I was really happy with how this card turned out. I really like the color combo and layout. I was also pleased to use some of my washi tape. It's such a cool product, but I often forget about it or can't figure out how to make it work in a design. The inside says "Happy Father's Day" and it'll be my second entry for the A Muse Studio Challenge blog challenge.

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse essential sentiments set (inside), essential ovals clear set, and hey man set
Paper: A Muse kraft, sugar, orange petite gingham, and sky petite gingham cardstock
Inks: A Muse sky, Memento rich cocoa, and VersaFine vintage sepia
Misc.: A Muse spring washi tape, Martha Stewart Crafts baker's twine, foam mounting tape, and Making Memories antique copper brads

Happy Father's Day!

Today is my husband's second Father's Day! It sure was different than where we were last year at this time. In fact, I can barely remember Father's Day last year. Nathan is an amazing father. He is so patient and kind and loves being with Kieran. He spends as much time with him as he can, so despite the fact that I stay home with our son, he sees us equally. Nathan feeds him dinner, bathes him, gives him a bottle and storytime every single night. When Kieran wakes up in the middle of the night, it's Nathan who goes in and helps him back to sleep. When Nathan gets home from work, he takes Kieran to the park so I can go lap swimming. He has changed just as many poopy diapers as I have. He is truly an equal parenting partner.
 
Nathan loves sports and reading (and beer), so the cute little store fronts seemed just right. I didn't have a beer one, so I masked off the "ook" from the "books" and used my trusty copic multiliner to add "eer" so that there would be a beer shop. Again, my stamp positioner was a life saver! Nathan didn't even know that the shops were separate stamps! The inside says "Happy Father's Day". I am also entering this card in the A Muse Studio Challenge blog challenge this week.

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse book shop, sports shop, little things, essential sentiments set (inside)
Paper: A Muse sugar, orange, ocean, and sky petite gingham cardstock
Inks: A Muse black dye and VersaFine black onyx
Misc.: A Muse window word die set, Sizzix BigShot, foam mounting tape, Making Memories antique copper brads, Copic markers, black Copic Multiliner pen, stamp positioner
 

2nd Father's Day

This is the Father's Day card I have made for one of my husband's grandfathers. It is well known in their family that he likes puns, and usually bad ones. So, though the front doesn't really have anything to do with Father's Day specifically, I have been assured that he will enjoy it. The inside says "Happy Father's Day". I used copic markers on the dolphin, so I am entering this card as well in the A Muse Studio challenge blog challenge this week!

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse essential sentiments set, make a scene set, dolphin, waves, and fin-tastic day
Paper: A Muse papaya, sugar, and sky cardstock, and Memory Box night cardstock
Inks: A Muse buttercup, sky and black dye and VersaFine black onyx
Misc.: Foam mounting tape, Stickles diamond and yellow glitter glue, copic markers, and A Muse sky polka dot organdy ribbon
 

First Father's Day Design for the Year

I made this recently for my dad for Father's Day. My dad has always loved the outdoors. When I was a kid, we went hiking as a family a lot. I spent six summers working at a summer camp in the woods and my dad absolutely loved taking me up there. As a young man he did NOLS, taking his course from its founder, Paul Petzoldt. So, when I think of manly things that describe my dad, I don't usually go with the typical sports and so on. I saw this card, and the colors made me think of the woods and piney things, and this card is what I ended up with. The inside says "Happy Father's Day". AND since I colored all eye images, it applies for this week's A Muse Studio Challenge blog!

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse lost without you, elegant winter set, compass, essential sentiments set, and evergreen branch
Paper: A Muse fern, kraft and grass cardstock
Inks: VersaFine vintage sepia and Memento rich cocoa
Misc.: EK Success 1" and 1 1/2" circle punches, foam mounting tape, Martha Stewart Crafts baker's twine, copic markers, Sizzix BigShot, A Muse wood grain embossing plate

Father's Day 2011

Another back dated post.  Here's a card I managed to make for Father's day this year.  We sent it to my husband's grandfather who had been a school bus driver.  The classic red thermos just made me imagine him using one of them on his route "back in the day."  I used the Mad for Plaid A Muse Studio set to create the black plaid on the red paper that mimics the pattern on the thermos.  The inside says "Happy Father's Day" and I used a black glitter pen to make the steam from the cup sparkle just a smidge, not too much, since it still had to be manly.

Supplies
Stamps: A Muse Mainly Men clear set, Mad for Plaid set
Inks: A Muse black dye and VersaFine black onyx
Paper: A Muse cherry, sugar, and onyx petite gingham cardstock
Misc.: Copic markers, foam mounting tape, Spica glitter pen, A Muse onyx twine

Father's Day

This week has been super busy at work.  It's the end of the year for my preschool classes.  Today and tomorrow are the end of the year parties for each of my two classes.  Also, since my classroom is used for Middle School Camp in the summer, I have to pack up the ENTIRE room and put it in storage.  My K-1st graders still have 2 days left, so I can't quite put everything away yet.  But I can get close, and then get their help on Tuesday afternoon to carry things into storage.

Despite that, I managed to get a couple Father's Day cards done.  And, I tried using pieces of cardstock as a background for my photos, along with the nice clip stand from Impress.  Looks good?  I think so, or at least better than my slightly battered desk from college.  Well, here they are:

Supplies:
All stamps, inks, and card stock from A muse
Other: Copic Markers, Tonic Ticket Tag Punch, and A Muse Pretty Pearls Chocolate

Supplies:
Stamps: A Muse Mainly Men clear set
Paper: A Muse White cardstock and blue square notecard, Memory Box Meadow notecard
Other: Copic Markers, A Muse black dye ink, and EK Success wavy dot edge punch