Dear Dad Card

I've been wanting to play with some of the On-Board Chipboard since chipboard is the special from Stampin' Up! this month. It's been laying around my craft room for quite awhile, and I finally got around to making something with it! I thought this piece with the circles would work great to make my dad a Father's Day card. The circles were perfect for putting photos behind.

The small heart in the center is also from some chipboard, and done in the faux metal technique. Faux metal is easy to do, just cover the chipboard with VersaMark ink. Next cover it with embossing powder and heat. You repeat this at least 2 more times until the embossing powder seems to "dance" around on the surface. While it's still wet, you can choose to stamp onto it with a stamp that was first inked with VersaMark.

Dear Dad Photo Book

This is a project that we made this month at my stamp clubs. The image above is of the photo book from the front. It's made of 2 square chipboard coasters that are covered in designer paper (Spring Break DSP). The two coasters are hinged together using the Crop-a-Dile and double-stitched ribbon. The large star is from the On-Board Simon Upper chipboard and the "Dear Dad" stamp is from the Holiday Blitz stamp set. The square of Chocolate Chip card stock is put through the crimper to give a little texture. Really pretty simple.

This image shows the inside of the photo book. The same designer series paper was used (opposite side) to cover the coasters. The small star punch and the photo corners punch were used as well. The "Happy Father's Day" stamp is from the All Holidays stamp set.