Trusty Tools Z-Box Fold Fun-Fold

 

This Z-Box Fold fun-fold card design seemed perfect to use with the Trusty Tools stamps & die set. It's been on my shelf for quite some time, and for some reason I just hadn't used it much at all!

Even if you don't have anyone to send a Father's Day card to, you could easily make this into a birthday card, a thinking of you card, a thank-you card or so many other card-sending occasions.

I hope you'll find the video tutorial helpful:

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Here are the measurements:

Misty Moonlight cardstock: 11" x 4 1/4"

Pecan Pie cardstock: 3 3/4" x 2 1/2" (cut 2)

Basic White cardstock: 3 3/4" x 2 1/2" (cut 2), 2 7/8" x 1/2"

Country Woods DSP: 5 1/2" x 1 1/2", 4" 2 1/2"

Silver Foil: 3" x 1 1/2"

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My Paper Pumpkin to the rescue!

I ran This Father's Day weekend, my husband and I met with both my sister's and their families along with

my Dad and his wife for our annual family camping trip.  We've done this trip now for a number of years, and it's often been over the Father's Day weekend.

When the May delivery of My Paper Pumpkin arrived, I knew it would work great to use as my Dad's Father's Day card.  Check!  However, I hadn't decided what to do for my husband's gift or card.

I ran out of time with the preparations of getting ready for camping and getting ready for my stamp club that meets the day I get back from camping!  Luckily for me, I had assembled parts of the May Paper Pumpkin kit.  With a few modifications, the addition of some handy retired gift card enclosures w/envelopes, I could put together a quick gift card holder for my husband and include the gift card that I ended up purchasing for his gift!  Voila!  My Paper Pumpkin to the rescue.

I'm sure it won't be the last time that I need to be rescued.

May Projects & My Digital Studio

I'm so excited for my May classes.  We'll be making cards and projects for those men in our lives whether it's for a birthday or for Father's Day.

 I was wanting to find a project that would use these empty frappucino bottles.  I've had them in my stamp room for a LONG time, and they needed to be used.  Thanks to an idea on Pinterest and My Digital Studio I came up with this idea for either Father's Day as done here, or for a birthday.

I used the "Rad Dad" and "Father's Day" digital brush set downloads for My Digital Studio and colored and resized them to work for the bottle top and for the jar front.  Then, I printed them out on my printer onto Whisper White card stock (it works great in the printer).  The jar topper is then cut using the Big Shot and the Circles Collection Framelits and the tie is cut out the old-fashioned way with the Paper Snips.

Here's what they looked like before assembly:

The collar is simply a piece of Whisper White card stock, measuring 1" x 5-3/4" and attached using Mini Glue Dots.  The tie is attached the same way.

I needed a graduation card idea, but I don't have any current graduation stamp sets.  However, I do have a digital brush set for My Digital Studio that also happens to be in the Occasions Catalog.  So, once again, I printed out images onto Whisper White card stock and then cut and punched to use them on the front of this great graduation card.

Here is what the images looked like before assembly:

I ended up not using the "congratulations" from the MDS, but instead used the "Happy Graduation" stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Finally, I wanted a sports related card.  The idea came from a card that I cased from Michelle Suit that was a baseball card.  My good friend, Jen Wade, thought I could use the same idea and make the card a football card.  She was so right!  Thanks, Jen!

Now don't you wish you were coming to my class tonight?  You know, I could hold a class like this one in your home too!  Ask me how.

Father's Day Inspiration (and a My Digital Studio newbie too)

Father's Day is just around the corner, so here are a couple of cards to inspire you.

The first one uses a retiring stamp set (those retiring from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog are only available through June 30th!) called Game Night.

The card base is Basic Gray and the dice image is stamped in the same color ink. The hearts, diamonds, spades & clubs image is stamped using Gong Gray, a color that is retiring this year. The accent on the front of the card is from the All Holidays stamp set, stamped using Going Gray ink onto Whisper White card stock, and backed onto a piece of Real Red card stock. The accent is attached to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The final touch is a piece of Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon tied around the front of the card.

This second card is a hybrid card using some elements from the My Digital Studio and traditional stamps and accessories. The image is from the brand-new digital download from My Digital Studio, King of the Grill stamp brush set (#123174, $3.95). This is also available as a stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalog (#121707 in wood mount, $18.95, or #120066 in clear mount, $14.95).

To make the card, I sized the image in My Digital Studio to the size I wanted, and printed it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Then, I trimmed the image to the finished dimensions that I wanted and colored it in using the Many Marvelous markers. I layered it onto a piece of Poppy Parade card stock (a new In-Color) and attached it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The card base is Not Quite Navy, the accent piece is Sahara Sand that was run through the Big-Shot using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, available in the Summer Mini Catalog. The Father's Day stamp is a retired stamp (it fit the area that I needed) and is from last years mini catalogs, And Many Mower.

Hope I've inspired those of you who still have Father's Day cards to make.

Father's Day Cards

With Father's Day approaching, I wanted to share with you a couple of cards from the "Many Mower" stamp set found in the Occasions Mini Catalog.   The first one could be used as a birthday card, retirement card or a father's day card.  What great flexibility!

I omitted the "now" phrase at the bottom of this stamp, stamped in Basic Black onto Confetti White card stock and colored in using stamp pads and a blender pen.  Then I stamped the "relax" stamp on a separate piece of card stock using Basic Black ink and colored it in the same way.  Both stamped images are layered onto Real Red card stock.  Then both are layered onto one piece of Old Olive card stock.  A piece of Real Red card stock is punched along the left-hand side with the spiral punch.  The finishing touch is 3 silver brads placed along the bottom of the Real Red layer.  All this is placed onto a Night of Navy card base.

The second card is made using the same stamp set, but with the lawn mower image instead.  It's stamped in Basic Black onto Whisper White card stock and colored in using Stampin' Write markers (Old Olive, Bashful Blue & Close to Cocoa), then cut out.  A sun is punched out using Summer Sun card stock and the Boho Blossoms punch.  To finish off the card, place a strip of Manchester double-sided paper (on the retired list) along the left-hand side of a Bashful Blue card base, and a piece of Old Olive card stock along the lower right-hand side.  On the Old Olive piece, cut snips along the top edge to resemble grass.  Glue the lawn-mower and stamp "Happy Father's Day" on the lower right-hand corner.

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.