Although both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
are here and gone for 2025, I haven’t shared many of the cards that I created
for the two holidays. So… you might see them pop up occasionally in the coming
months!
The front of this Father’s Day card features a Subway Art digi stocked
full of Dad-isms (many I heard when growing up!) It also sports lots of bling, including
a bellyband with a bold and sparkly sentiment. All in all, a card that is sure
to wow any dad who receives it!
Supplies:
· Bellyband Digi -“Worlds
Greatest Dad” a freebie from paulaposts HERE
· Colored with Spectrum
Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens
· Card Front- Subway Art
Dad-isms a freebie found HERE
· Inside Sentiment- “Happy Father’s Day”
a freebie from Birdscards (Blog now closed)
· Small stars- made
with a small star paper punch and silver glitter paper
· Sookwang
double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
· Patterned paper,
other misc. items and tools from my stash.
Entered into:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- AG
This month’s sketch at Build Your Stash Holiday
Cardmakers group (BYSHC) Challenge on Facebook is a simple one
that has inspired me to make many cards. This one features an industrious elf on
the front, and a sentiment that might just provide a bit of encouragement, and
possibly a chuckle or two, during the stress of the holidays!
Supplies:
·
Digi and sentiments are from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Gnome Style) Retired
·
Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens
· Front
Sentiment “Santa’s Coming!!”- source unknown (I think it was from a www.simplycardsmag.com
freebie sentiment set)
· Inside Sentiment “Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle”
from the inside of a box of Christmas cards I found at a Goodwill Store
·
Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
·
Sparkly red tinsel embellishment on inside sentiment was pulled from a red ribbon bow off of an old gift bag)
·
All other misc. items and tools from my stash
Entered into:
I’ve had this beautiful lighthouse stamp in
my collection since I co-owned a stamp store in South Dakota back in 1998-2001.
(Sadly, I don’t know the name of the company because I pulled the rubber from
the wood years ago.) Also, when I stamped the image, I couldn’t get a good
impression. I was going to toss the stamped image until I realized that I
could add coloring with markers and chalks, then go over the outline with a
fine-line black marker. The result is a little bolder than typical, but I think
it works! I also added white gel pen highlights to brighten it up a bit. Tada…
or should I say Ta DONE!!
I created the inside
sentiment with a font I’ve had on my laptop for quite a while. Since I like the
way it turned out, I’m sharing it with you to use if desired! (That said, I've
created lots of sentiments, but this is the first time I’ve tried to share one, and the lettering looks a bit fuzzy to me. So I provided the name of the font I
used in my supplies list. It's available for free on several websites so, if
needed, you can generate it on your own!)
Supplies:
·
Wood Stamp- Light House (Source unknown… possibly Embossing Arts or Stampendous?)
·
Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens
· Front Sentiment- “Family an anchor…” from a Beccy’s
Place Digi Set (Smooth Seas) Retired
· Inside Sentiment-“May
Your Day Be Blessed!” (Computer Generated
using Edwardian Script ITC Font available to download from several free online
sites, and Calibri)
·
Faux postage stamp embellishments-
Freebies from The Graphic Fairy HERE
· Anchor
Digi- from a Beccy’s
Place Digi Set (Smooth Seas) Retired
·
Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
·
All other misc. items and tools from my stash.
Entered into: Light
House on the beach- family sentiment-
Time Out Challenge- Challenge
#291 (Photo Inspiration- beachy,
shells, heart)
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