Hi everyone, today is my day over on Limor Webber Designs' DT Inspiration Blog. I hope you get a chance to stop in and take a look at this deliciously grungy Father's Day Card that I have created using the Limor's Signature products with Lindy's Stamp Gang and IndigoBlu.
Hi everyone, I had a great time this weekend playing with my little nephew Cooper. He spent all day Saturday with me, and I shared with him the Gelli Plate. My entire dining room table was covered in gorgeous prints. I saved back a few of his prints, to create Father's day cards. Here is little Cooper pulling what he called his favorite print - which he promptly took home to keep. LOL - I love this so much!
I decided to participate in this Month's Sketch & Dare Challenge over on the Die-namite's blog. Here is the sketch.
I used the Leafy Flowers die in my blog post today.
On this print, Cooper used Plaid's Kiwi and English Navy Apple Barrel craft paints with the Crafter's Workshop Gear stencil. It made a really interesting looking print. Very Masculine! So I decided to cut my die from navy blue, and use the same cardstock for my card base. The card is an A2 top folding card.
Lately, I've been practicing hand lettering for card sentiments. So this seemed like a perfect opportunity to doodle the sentiment for the front and inside of the card.
Here is a process video of me creating the card from start to finish. I think I might give this card to Coop to share with his Dad.
I was out blog hopping yesterday and Heidi Swap had the cutest project on her home page. She made a cute little Father's Day wallet. I decided that this wallet would be perfect to include in another mini album, in a pocket on a scrapbook page, or as a gift card holder for my husband.
So here is my version:
I wanted mine to have a "grunge & mixed media" tone so I settled on kraft card stock for my base. I painted some of the panels with red paint and patina Rub & Buff for some. I pulled out distress stains, distress inks, and archival inks and went to town. For texture & patterns, I used the "Ultimate Grunge" Stampendous stamp set from Tim Holtz. The cool thing is you are only limited by your imagination. I decided I needed a little more pop, so I added black magic paint (metallic black) from Folk Art to packing bubble wrap and used that as a stamp. I sprinkled a few tiny quotes and elements as embellishments, and sewed buttons to flaps for a closure.
This view shows the flap opened - I used my Dymo Press Label maker to type this quote "A Dad Puts Pictures Where His Money Used to Be."
On this view you can see how the wallet starts to open - I used my Pink Paislee Daily Junque stamps to create a small pocket. The photo is my Daughter, Brittany, in her High School play - The Little Mermaid.
In this view, you can see that I added pictures of my husband with each of our children. I tried to include memorable pictures from this past year throughout the wallet.
I even included a picture of our dog, Angel who has been in the family for 12 years. This view is the wallet completely opened. It is fun to see the changes in our children in just a few months time. I placed Tim Holtz Tissue on all of the creases on the inside (make sure you glue under the tissue tape so it stays down), and then stitched over the top of that with my sewing machine.
This is a view of the back of the wallet.
So how do you make it?
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Father's Day is right around the corner, and today I wanted to share with you a little altered frame I did for my husband for Father's Day.
I used Garett Smith's Digi pages that are available at http://www.marionsmithdesigns.com to cover a 4x6 wooden frame from the dollar bin. I love the rich tans and masculine motifs in this paper line, so I fussy cut a few of the designs out to use as embellishment on the frame. The back side of the frame is stained so it has a nice clean look in the back.
In the next few days I want to get a picture of my daughter, son and husband so I can replace the photo before Father's Day.
Have you started working on Father's Day gifts? If so then be sure to share your projects on the Artsy Addicts facebook page. Don't forget to tag me in the comments. I would love to see them.
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