Simple Father’s Day Card

Now this is a really quick card for dad….and it’s nice and simple and of course no bling!

I’ve used the star stamp from the Fun and Fast Notes set from Stampin’ Up.  I’ve stamped it on to Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso, cut them out and arranged them around a simple greeting that I’ve punched and layered using the label punch – again from Stampin’ Up!  I also decorated the inside…but, alas forgot to photograph it again!!

So…a suitable man’s card?  I think so, but we’ll see.  We have our cards for sell and  so far beer is a crowd pleaser.  The Cheers to You stamps set was a good investment – it’s so versatile and an absolute bargain for £14.95. Check out the cards I’ve made with this set here.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy {Masculine/ Father’s Day}

One Stop Craft Challenge {Father’s Day}

BFN
Linda
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LIM : Card No 5

Woohoo!  Number 5 for the Less is More challenge….done!  And who’d have thunk this would have been the hardest one for me!

I’m not entirely sure I’ve done this justice…but I have agonised over what to do for this square, and in the end I’ve just gone simple!  I love this stamp from Fun and Fast Notes and it’s perfect as we head into wedding season *claps hands excitedly*.  I have used this colour combo before…it’s Baja Breeze and Cherry Cobbler.   I’ve coloured it in using my water brush and inks…which works very well….just hope you can’t see the inky finger prints!! LOL!

Post Entry Note: So after the comments on my card, I just had to try again! I do know what Mandi means and I wasn’t entirely happy with the the card above so here’s card no5, take 2  (I’m not obsessed you understand!!):

I’ve kept the same colour scheme, but this time I have stamped the image 3 times and decoupaged it.  I’ve stood the cakes on a ribbon strip and added a bow to one side. 

 

 

 

Here’s a close-up of the image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So that’s definitely it!  Here’s a recap of my other 4 cards:

 

I’ve really enjoyed this challenge and will carry on with this fantastic CAS idea of Picking a Square.  Chrissie, Mandi…it’s been absolutely fab!!  And I’ve loved looking at all the other entries!  They’ve all been sooo great.  And now I’m off to comment on the latest ones .

Thanks for reading

BFN
Linda
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One For The Kids

Ok, this week it’s ‘One for the kids’ over on Top Tip Tuesday and a card for a baby/child on The Tuesday ThrowDown.  As my two youngest always love stampin’ animals and colouring them in…from bugs to dinosaurs… a cute,little woodland creatures got to be a winner….right?  And I’ve combined this with a technique I’ve been wanting to try for ages .

This stamp is from the Fast and Fun Notes Stamp set.  It’s a cute image of a hedgehog with a butterfly on its nose.   I’ve stamped this image once onto Whisper White and cut the it out.  Then I’ve reversed it to give him a little mate facing him nose to nose. 
Clever, aye .

And here’s the top tip how to do it.  I’ve inked the stamp up and laid it on the table.  Then using my brayer (available from Stampin’ Up!) I’ve rolled it across the stamp, then straight away rolled the brayer on to fabulous Whisper white card, thus transferring the image. Woo hoo! It worked first time…although I do recommend you only try this with Whisper White card.  It’s sooo smooth you can’t go wrong!

I’ve used River Rock, Cherry Cobbler and Marina Mist for the butterflies made with Beautiful Wings embosslit and added a Happy Birthday greeting from one of the other stamps from the same set.

I’ve made this as a 15cm square card, but I think it might have been better as an A6.  I’ll give that a go next I think.  So I hope you like it.  Let me know what you think….
Thanks for reading
BFN
Linda
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Wedding Season is Approaching….

…yay!  I love wedding season!!  Don’t know if I’ve mentioned that before!?

So in readiness for the confetti to start falling I’ve made a card for that special occasion…oh and for the challenges over on Make it Monday and Crafty Creations where “Anything Goes” .

So…this is a 15cm square card with 2cm cut off the front and a border added.  I’ve used the scalloped edge from Stampin’ Up! here.  I’ve then cut a mat and mimicked the border.  I’ve run it through my Big Shot to add the Stampin’ Up! Vintage Wallpaper embossing and stuck it flat to the front of the card blank.

I’ve then cut two squares and matted one in the gorgeous Elegance Designer paper.  I’ve offset the squares and stuck them together and the 3d’ed them to the front of the card.

I’ve added an image from the very versatile Fun & Fast Notes stamp set and coloured it using Cherry Cobbler (very confidently because my Color Coach told me this colour would work!)  I’ve finished it off with a few pearls and a ribbon twist because…well…it is for a wedding!

So what do you think?  Here’s a couple of pics from different angles…

…showing the front,

 

 

and the depth.

 

Hope you like it.

BFN
Linda
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