Super Dad!

I've been working on this card for two days now, and it's been in the trash four times!  I was determined to get it done to the point I was happy about it, but I know Dad will love it no matter what.

In my quest to look for new fun and fancy ways to fold cards, and I came across this one while I was surfing on Pinterest.  

I started with the stamp.  I just happened to get to Hobby Lobby on a day that they were marking stuff down, way down.  I ended up getting 10 wood mounted stamps for $15.00!  They are mostly sentiments, but that is what I like the most.

My Super Dad is cut using the Create A Friend cartridge.    The letters are cut with a Papertrey Ink alphabet die and the little squares where cut with some Nestabilities.

To hold it all together, I made a simple belly band that just slips over the top of my card.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Inkadinkado-Sentiment, Studio G-Sentiment

Paper:  MME, Bazzill, Recollections, The Paper Studio

Ink:  Heidi Swapp

Misc:  Paper punches, pop up dots, Nestabilities, Papertrey Ink alphabet die, Quickutz sun die,  Impression Obsession cloud die, Cricut Create a Friend cartridge, Diamond Glaze

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Sprinkles Just Make Life Better

 

This is the card I made for my step-father for Father's Day.  We both LOVE donuts, and I have had this stamp set for awhile (and never used it), so I thought it would be perfect for his card.

 

I stamped, colored, and cut the donuts out.  I applied Espresso Dimensional Pearls for the frosting.  Now, I didn't have any beads or glitter for the sprinkles, so I cheated and punched some teeny tiny holes out of cardstock.  I had a lot of help with this card, and Oscar is covered in teeny tiny little dots from the cardstock because he felt the need to roll in them every time I punched them out.  I stuck them to the Espresso Dimensional Pearls, but it just didn't look shiny enough for a chocolate frosted donut.  So, I added a layer of Diamond Glaze to the top and I think it looks really good. 

 

The coffee cup stamp that comes with this set, is really cute, but chuck is not a double shot orange mochaccino with whip kind of guy.  So, I improvised with making a to-go style coffee cup.  Every thing is adhered with differing layers of pop up dots.

 

I added some letter stickers and a Whoo Hoo label to finish it off.  I really have a hankering for Dunkin Donuts right now, but, its thundering/lightening something wicked out there and it's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup, so I will forgo my donut to cheer my boys on.  Go Bruins!

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Taylored Expressions-Sprinkled with Love, Hero Arts-CL498

Ink:  Versafine, Memento

Paper:  MME, Bazzill, October Afternoon

Misc:  Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Diamond Glaze, pop up dots, tiny hole puncher, Sn@p stickers, Espresso Dimensional Pearls

 

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All Aboard For Father's Day!

 

Here is another card that I made for Dad.  It's similar to one I made last year.  This time, I decided to add some pop up dots in between the layer of the blue paper and the map paper.  This adds just a little bit more dimension to the card.  There are two rows of rolling hills, and pop up dots were put in there as well, again for just a little bit more dimension.

 

Well, it's off to work, have a great Saturday!

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Hero Arts-CL498

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  October Afternoon, Bazzill, Authentique

Misc:  Sewing machine, Quickutz Train Die, My Favorite Things Die-Namics Clouds and Banner Dies, pop up dots

 

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I Love My Dad!

 

I know this card looks a little girly for Father's Day, but I'm sure my Dad will love it. 

 

First, I scotch taped masked the Pure Innocence's jump rope out of the image.   Then, I colored, fussy cut, paper pieced and adhered her with pop up dots onto my card base.  I inked some tooth picks and attached the sign where the jump rope would have been.  I cut the heart using the smallest heart Nestability and attached it to my sign.  Baker's twine and a button finished my card up!

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things Pure Innocence-Jump For Joy, Studio G Ditto-Lucky Guy

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Bazzill, MME, Copic Marker Pad

Misc:  Baker's Twine, button, pop up dots, tooth picks, heart Nestabilities 

 

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Happy Father's Day!

 

Where have I been?!  Work, sleep, work, sleep = NO FUN!!!!  I'm so behind on my crafting, every one's card is going to be late!  It's a little depressing, but hopefully I will have a normal schedule again, soon.  I need the teacher fairy to come and leave me a job under my pillow!

 

So, here is a card I made for my dear old Dad.  I cut the star using my Cricut.  The letters were made using the Papertrey Ink alphabet dies.  I cut the first layer with my designer paper, and then cut two additional layers out of some scraps of old coasters.  They are all glued together and some dimensional glaze was added to give them a little more "pop".  There is also some cat hair in them as well because someone decided that it was put their butt in my face while I'm crafting time again!  I did the "scotch tape masking" to stamp the sentiments "Happy" and "Day" on some little flags.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Hero Arts-CL 498

Paper:  Bazzill, My Mind's Eye

Misc:  Cricut, alphabet die, diamond glaze, pop up dots

 

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This Pop Rocks!

This is my first attempt at a "pull up"  card.  It's a really big card, almost 10 inches tall and 5 inches wide.  Embarrassingly enough, it's a Father's Day card!  In my defense, I've been super busy with work, trying to find a new apartment, also I wanted to use a specific paper from my local scrapbook store, and I didn't have the opportunity to get over there!  My parents would say that they prefer to receive gifts later, as it stretches their special day out!

So, to make the card, I just cut out the popcorn box front and back free hand.  I used a little Scor-Tape to adhere the front and back together to make the little pocket.    I cut some strips of the red polka dotted paper and adhered them to front of my popcorn box.  The sentiment was computer generated and cut out using Nestabilities.

For the card, I cut a strip of card stock and stamped my sentiment onto it.  This would also make a great birthday card, just by changing the stamp.

To make the popcorn, I found this great tutorial here.  I love her card!  I had already sketched my card out and knew how I wanted it to look.  When I went blog surfing to find a good way to make the popcorn, I found Kathy's gorgeous card.

The ipod was made using a variety of paper punches.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Hero Arts-CL489, A Muse-You Rock!

Ink:  Memento, Tim Holtz

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket, The Paper Company

Misc:  Tulip Puff Paint, paper punches, embossing gun, Nestabilities, pop up dots, Scor-Tape

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Hang Ten, Surfer Dude!

Yes, it is another Father's Day Card!  I know that Father's Day was yesterday and I just finished this one up for brother, Richard.  When he's not master of the financial world, Richard is in Hawaii surfing and sky diving!  My friend, Jean from Dandelion Designs in Hawaii, sent me a great package of some new stamps.  Well, in that awesome gift bag, was this littler surfer dude, and I thought it would be perfect for Richard.  So, I decided to make him a Father's Day card.

I made a stair step card and just fudged it a little bit so the the stairs would be on both sides instead of one just one side.  To make the waves, I used the My Favorite Things Scallop Border Die-Namics and layered them with foam tape.  My little dude was colored with Copics, Diamond Glaze applied to his surf board and the little crab was double stamped (colored and attached with a little foam tape).  I gave the little crab some tiny googly eyes.  Surfer dude is attached a circle of white cardstock that I sponged with both white and blue ink with more foam tape.  Some sand and a sunny sun completed the Hawaiian look.  Richard is a Navy Veteran and an accomplished sailor/boat captain, so I added a paper punch sailboat.  Some alphabet beads where used for the sentiment.  To add my own special flare, and not to disappoint, I added a shark fin!  Not that I wanted him to get attacked, but Jaws is my favorite movie and I did let his daughter, my beautiful niece, Katie, watch all four Jaws movies in a row.  She wasn't afraid, just very impressed that those movies where made using a shark and not computer graphics.  A button and baker's twine completed my card.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Dandelion Designs:  Boy Surfer and Fun In The Sun!!
Ink:  Versafine, Memento, Colorbox
Paper:  Bo Bunny, Bazzill, Recollections
Misc:  My Favorite Things Scallop Border Die-Namic, googly eyes, baker's twine, button, Copics, alphabet beads, foam tape, Diamond Glaze, paper punches

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Happy Father's Day!

Yes, I am still working on Father's Day Cards!  This one is for my brother in law, Ted.  Like my Dad, he is a train lover.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Wyatt the Conductor, Papertrey Ink:  Postmarks

Ink:  Versafine, Memento, Tim Holtz

Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Bazzill, American Crafts

Misc:  Baker's twine, tag punch, mini clothespin, brads, foam tape, Quickutz  4 x 4 Train Die, date stamper, bingo card

Sorry so quick, but I have to get ready to go to work.  Hope all of the Dads are having a Happy Father's Day!

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First Class Father's Day Card

Here is the Father's Day Card that I made for my stepfather.  He likes to collect stamps, so I thought the Papertrey Ink Postmarks set would made a perfect card. 

One of my "besties", Victoria, found a typewriter for me at a yard sale for only $5.00!  I've been wanting one for so long, and while there are some on e-Bay and Etsy, the shipping is really expensive.  But, I did find the ribbon on e-Bay and it was very reasonable.  So, I used it for the first time on this card.  It's been along time since I had to type for real, and found myself trying really hard to center my text!  I counted my letters, subtracted, and counted backwards just like my high school typing teacher told me, but still it's not quite centered!  I think it adds a little character and I know that Chuck will love it.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Postmarks

Paper:  October Afternoon, Recollections, Bazzill

Ink:  Tim Holtz, Memento, Versafine

Misc:  Button, baker's twine, paper clip, foam tape, Quickkutz Notebook Sheet 4 x 4 Die, My Favorite Things Stars Die-Namics, sewing machine, typewriter, date stamper

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Cowboys For Dad

This is one of those cards I took apart and re-assembled at least 1,000 times!  I just couldn't get it the way I wanted it to look, so I decided that this was going to be the finished product. 

I started by cutting the letters out with the Varsity Letter Cricut Cartridge.  Then I attached the letters with some "paper hinges" that I made so the card could fold up and be displayed whatever manner Dad should choose.

The cowboys were made using a variety of paper punches.  I had problems trying to figure out how to make the hat, so I just improvised by using the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge to cut the hats.  Jute was used to make the cowboy's lasso.

I punched out some hearts and accented the centers with a brad and adhered them to the "A".

Supplies:

Paper:  October Afternoon-Sasparilla, My Mind's Eye-Kraft Fun, Bazzill

Ink:  Stamps by Judith

Misc:  Cricut Paper Doll Dress up and Varsity Letter Cartridges, brads, paper punches, jute, foam tape, black sharpie pen

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Make It Monday With Kraft Outlet: Cards For Him

This another card I have made for Dad and I am also entering it in the Make It Monday With Kraft Outlet:  Cards For Him Challenge.  You can find all the details for this challenge and the other entries,  here.

I made an easel card with a camping theme.  Dad loves camping, so I thought this would be perfect for him.  This is a big easel card, the base is 6 inches x 6 inches.  The base of the card is made with kraft cardstock.  The tree was cut using Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge.  The tent I made just by cutting a triangle, then I cut up the middle, and folded the sides back.  The moon was cut using a circle paper punch and the star is a Quickutz Cookie Cutter Die.  All of the sentiments are computer generated.

For the bottom piece, I added some baker's twine and a brown button.  The fox is cut from kraft cardstock using the Quickutz Fox 2x2 Die.  The little trees are also a Quickutz Cookie Cutter Die. 

All of pieces have inked edges and where adhered with various pop up dots and foam tape to give my card dimension.

Supplies:

Paper:  Echo Park This and That, Bazzill

Ink:  Tim Holtz, Martha Stewart, Memento, Versacolor

Misc:  Baker's twine, button, foam tape, pop up dots, computer generated sentiments, thin dowel, Quickutz Fox, Quickutz Cookie Cutter Tree and Star, Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge

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I Love You To The Moon Father's Day Card

  

Here is the first card that I've made for my Dad  for Father's Day.  I got this great October Afternoon Rocket Age paper pad at the Scrapbook Expo for only $4.00!  I was very excited because I'd been wanting this particular pad for a while now.

First, I made a little astronaut out of paper punches.  I used the Cuttlebug Red Tag Sale Alphabet to cut the letters out.  I cut each letter out three times and layered them to get a "chipboard" alphabet effect.

For the second panel of my card.  I cut out the planets with the circle Nestabilities.  The rockets are a Quickutz die.  All pieces are layered with some foam tape.  My Dad's cat or as he puts it, "my little brother", is named Buzz, after Buzz Aldrin.  I wanted to add Buzz to the card, so I cut a cat out using a Quickutz Die.  I sponged a little white ink around the "fur" to try and show his white tips on his fur.  Since I used some vellum to make the astronaut's helmet, I thought Buzz needed a helmet, too.  But, it kind of looks like he is wearing a cone, or as we like to say, the cone of shame!  The sentiment is computer generated.

For the final panel of the card, I cut out some stars using a My Favorite Things Die-Namics and some foam tape.  Since, I'm loving using the Papertrey Ink Just The Ticket Die/Stamp set, I used it to "sign" my name.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Just The Ticket

Ink:  Versacolor, Memento

Paper:  October Afternoon, Bazzill

Misc:  Quickutz Rocket and Cat, Nestabilities, paper punches, Papertrey Ink Just The Ticket Die, foam tape, star brad, sharpie pen, My Favorite Things Star Die-Namics, Cuttlebug Red Tag Sale Alphabet Dies

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Bitten By The Bug 2 Challenge: Freshly Picked Gnomes

I decided to incorporate the Father's Day gift for my stepfather, Chuck, with the BBTB2 Challenge. This is my first time participating in one of their challenges.

Chuck likes garden gnomes, for Christmas I bought him a Boston Red Sox gnome! I cut the gnome 3 at 8 inches and cut each layer twice. The layers are sandwiched with foam tape. I did cheat a little, as I don't have Design Studio software and only a small piece of the gold paper, I used the smallest square Nestability to make his belt buckle. I ran the gnome's beard through my BIGkick with the Cuttlebug Swirls Embossing Folder. A few red pearls were added for added dimension.

For the gift bag, I adhered some "masculine" designer paper, some jute twine and few wooden buttons. Using some Scrabble tiles, I spelled out Chuck's name. For the card/gift card holder, I added a small pocket on the inside. You could put some cash or a gift card inside.

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill, Recollections, October Afternoon, Creative Imaginations
Cricut: Freshly Picked
Misc: Half red pearls, foam tape, gift bag, scor-pal, tissue paper, scrabble tiles, cuttlebug swirls embossing folder, buttons, jute twine

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Another Father's Day Card

Here is another card I made for Dad. When Dad was in high school, he had a red convertible, so that was the inspiration for this card. I cut the car with my Cricut using the Nifty Fifties Cartridge. After the car was assembled with foam tape, I applied Diamond Glaze to make the car shiny. The pennant banner was made using the My Favorite Things Fishtail Banner Die-Namics.

Supplies:
Stamps: Jo-Ann Fabrics-Alphabet, Studio G-You are the best Dad ever
Paper: Bazzill, Provocraft, Recollections, K & Company, Colorbok
Ink: Versafine
Misc: Cricut, Nifty Fifties Cartridge, Crop-A-Dile,foam tape, diamond glaze, dmc floss

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Father of the Year Card

I love this card that Mona Pendelton made.  I decided to case it again to make a Father's Day card for Dad.   I really wanted to buy the set of Blossom 3 Nestabilities, but I had the Peony set, and I think it worked just fine.  The peony is my base, then I cut a circle, made the rosette using The Cat's Pajamas East Rosette die, and finished it off with the Making Memories Bravissimo! sentiment.  The streamers were cut free hand. 

Supplies:
Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye
Misc:  Nestabilities, The Cat's Pajamas Easy Rosette die, pop up dots, Making Memories Bravissimo! sentiment, jute twine, button, sewing machine

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Father's Day Backpack

I've been trying to find the perfect tutorial for making the paper backpack. After many hours surfing the internet and several trial runs, I have combined about a zillion different sets of instructions and made one. This is for my Dad and it is filled with miniature Snickers Bars. Dad enjoys camping, so I had this little camping designer paper in my stash by Debbie Mumm called Travel. The base of the backpack is made with kraft paper that I stamped with Versamark Ink and the dot border from Papertrey Ink's 2009 anniversary set, Round & Round. The frame for the front was cut using Nestabilities and a clear piece of acetate was adhered in the inside of backpack. For some camping themed embellishments, I just cut out a tent and a campfire (from the designer paper) and popped them up with pop up dots. The "arm" straps were made using the same kraft paper, but I added a little bit of ribbon to keep it more stable, but the straps still bent a little bit. The flap is held down with some velcro.

Supplies:Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Round & Round
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Debbie Mumm, Recollections, clear acetate
Misc: Brads, ribbon, velcro, nestabilities, candy, pop up dots

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Father's Day Side Step Card

This is my first attempt at making a side step card. I used the tutorial at Splitcoast. You can view it here.

I made this card for my Dad for Father's Day. Dad has a model railroad that he was working on for as long as I can remember. His railroad is Carson City, Nevada during the gold rush.

Wyatt was stamped, colored with Copics and a Bic Marker, cut and adhered with pop up dots. To make the train tracks, I just used the Martha Stewart fence border punch. I punched out the border on a strip of cardstock, and then trimmed the points off the fence. Presto! It's a train track! The train was made using a Quickutz 2 x 2 die. I only had the engine die, so I cut the "hood" of the engine off to make the middle car and the caboose. I stamped the sentiment onto the designer paper and then added a punched heart with a pop up dote. To finish my card off, I adhered two Karen Foster Nevada STATE-ment embellishments


Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things-Engineer Wyatt, Studio G-Lucky Guy
Ink: Memento, Versafine
Paper: Best Creations, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye, Recollections, Wausau, Bo Bunny
Mic: Paper punches, Bic Markers, Karen Foster State-Ments, Quickutz train, pop up dots, Copics

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Father's Day Tie Card

I saw this cute card on Flowerbug's blog and decided to make one for my Dad. You can see her card here. She has complete instructions with pictures on her blog. I only made a few changes. I used my Scor-pal to make a pinstriped tie instead of an embossing folder. To make the knot on the tie pop up a little, I added a small strip of pop up tape underneath.

Supplies:
Stamps: Studio G
Paper: Graphic 45, Bazzill, Recollections
Ink: Versafine
Misc: Scor-pal, brads, pop up tape

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Happy Father's Day with Tigger!

This is the Father's Day card I made for my stepfather, Chuck. It's actually the second one, the first one was chewed up! One of my kitties decided to help embellish the card with decorative perforated border. I'm pretty sure it was little Tedy, there were little tooth marks in it!

Chuck loves Tigger. I thought that this would look good on his desk as a kind of name plate.

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill, The Paper Company, Recollections
Misc: Cricut, Pooh and Friends Cartridge, pop up dots, yellow copic pen, assorted half pearls

My sister got married last weekend. Our Dad and brother Richard came down. Dad spent the week at my place. My niece, Jenny, also stayed. We went to Kennedy Space Center, one of my favorite places in the world. We also went to Fantasy of Flight and had a great time. I think Jenny is going to be a Warbird Nerd, too. I took lots of pictures, I'm going to post a few here and there. I took a few days off at work, but now I'm back and back to crafting.

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Beth

Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder...

(This is the second post for today, scroll down to the first post.)


My Dad and I are huge airplane buffs. Our favorites are the WWII War Birds. We have gone to several air museums and airshows over the years. He's is coming down this weekend for my sister's wedding. I am so excited to see him. We are planning to take a trip out to Kennedy Space Center, it is so awesome out there. We are also going to an air museum here in Lakeland, Fantasy of Flight. I am excited about that, they have a P-51 that was flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. I was fortunate and honored to meet the son of the pilot who flew that very plane a few months ago. You can read about these heros here. My great uncle, Fred Lindsay, was a tail gunner in a B-17 during WWII. These brave men protected his plane. I made this card for my Dad, but it would be great for any aviation buff or to honor the great men and women in the Armed Forces and our Veterans.

I cut the plane out with my Cricut using my Stand and Salute Cartridge. I used the metallic paper to make the plane shiny. The stamped image is a digital stamp, Pearl Harbor from Pixie Dust Studios.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pixie Dust Studios-Digital-Pearl Harbor
Paper: Recollections, Bazzill, American Crafts, Best Occasions
Misc: Cricut, Stand and Salute, buttons, silver half beads, copics, pop up dots

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Beth