For Dad the Traveler

 

This ship brings forth great memories of cruises my hubby and I have taken - several as Stampin' Up! incentive trips that I earned, and the very first one we took as an adventure to Alaska in 2007.

So I figured this Traveler card will be perfect for my hubby. I layered a piece of paper from the Moonlight dsp stack (item 133701, $6.95), on a Whisper White card. The ship from Traveler (item 134513, $19.95 clear; item 134510, $27.95) is stamped in Lost Lagoon (a new In Color) and layered on the same color card stock, then adhered to the front of the card with dimensionals and a banner punched out of Hello Honey card stock.

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A green Father's Day card

 

There's nothing like an oak tree and embossed wood grain to say "Happy Father's Day." This card uses Gumball Green and Chocolate Chip card stock and ink. The greeting is from Delightful Dozen, which is now retired, but the tree is from Lovely as a Tree - a longtime favorite. This design was one of the 10 at my last 20-card class. It's quick, since we used the 2-1/2" circle punch after stamping the tree, and paper snips to make quick work of the banner.

 

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Father's Day cards

 

At my recent 20-card class, the women made several man cards. With the Teeny, Tiny Wishes stamp set, they could choose the greeting of their choice. Above, I used the Baby, We've Grown stamp set with Sweater designer paper and Natural Composition paper, and the Scalloped Tag Topper punch for the tag.

 

I used a Basic Black marker to ink up two of the three owls that make up a single stamp, then used an aqua painter and ink pad to color the owls.

 

This is the epitome of a quick card - a couple strips of designer paper and a Gumball Green stamped greeting punched out of Whisper White with the Word Window punch and layered on a Modern Label-punched piece of Gumball Green card stock.



Give dad a seahorse

 

I think seahorses are amazing creatures. My favorite fact about them is that it's the male that gives birth! So what better image for a Father's Day card?

 

 

I started with a Bermuda Bay card, running the front through the Decorative Dots folder in the Big Shot to mimic bubbles. The seahorse is stamped in Bermuda Bay ink and punched out with the 1-3/4" circle punch. Then I added a 3/4" and 1/2" punched circles of Whisper White for more bubbles. Finally, I stamped the greeting from Delightful Dozen and made a banner out of it.

 

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Four Father's Day cards for your special guy(s)

Happy Father's Day to dads everywhere! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating.

I hosted a class on Friday where we made four cards for Dad's Day/birthdays:

Best Dad Ever is a must-have set. In addition to the row of ties stamp, you get Thinking of You, Best Dad Ever, and Happy Father's Day stamps. For this card, I used markers to ink up the ties (Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo and Early Espresso), adding a popped-up tie in the middle. The designer paper is from the World Spectacular pack.

I Dig You has been a favorite stamp set of mine because my dad and brother own heavy equipment. When my brother was here visiting over the past couple of days, he said he saved the card I'd sent him using this stamp set for his birthday in March. I CASE'd this card from Jen at http://www.simpleandsincere.com. The Chocolate Chip ric-rac came from the Tasteful Trim die for the Big Shot.

Lovely as a Tree is a great all-around stamp set you may use for many occasions from birthdays and Father's Day to Christmas. I CASE'd this card from Chat at Me, My Stamps and I. I used the new Argyle folder on the Sahara Sand card stock, with Neutral dsp below. The blue is Pacific Point.

The fourth and final card at my class used the Petite Pennants Builder and 3/4" circle punches to create bow ties from Comfort Cafe dsp. The sentiment is from Delightful Dozen (page 140 of catalog). I CASE'd this card from LeeAnn Greff at Flowerbug's Inkspot, who had CASE'd it from Heather Klump at Downstairs Designs. I used a Pool Party marker to fill in the sentiment after it was stamped in Basic Black.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!