A Little Fathers' Day Humor

Today I'm pleased to share with you an ATC I made in celebration of Fathers' Day (this Sunday in the U.S.).  Lost Coast Designs is having a Men & Boys challenge and Los Tres Caballeros is one of my faves of their stamps.  I used uno of their caballeros for my ATC.

I know.  This guy is a little young.  The sweet newlyweds really hadn't planned to start a family quite so soon - hence his shock.  I've decided to title this one "The Unexpected Gift".  :)

Happy (early) Fathers' Day!

Birthday Boy Card

I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a hard time coming up with cards for guys.  My middlest son had a birthday a few days ago and I was at a loss.  He's a teenager so I veered away from cute as best I could.  :)  I finally ended up with this:

It was simple and quick to put together once I started.  First I attached strips of washi tape to cardstock.  Using the Cricut, I cut the stars out.  An eyelet on the itty bitty one and some string tied through it enhanced the sentiment.  I picked up the gears embossing folder (on sale, of course!) at the store the other day and it seemed like the perfect background to keep it from being too 'rah-rah', cutesy.

The kiddos are on Spring Break this week.  Off to go get into some mischief with my cohorts.  Have a great day!

Sunday Postcard Art - All Things Masculine

Happy Fathers' Day!  The challenge this week over at SPA is to create something guy-ish.  I wanted a rough and rugged background so headed over to our recycle area and nabbed a piece of cardboard off a 12-pack of Lagunitas IPA (beer box background - doesn't get much more masculine than that, eh?).  Channeling my inner John Wayne I headed over to The Graphics Fairy where I found the great vintage western image.

Thanks for stopping by, y'all!

Color Palette Challenge

Look at these luscious colors!  EtsyGreetings Team is having a color palette challenge using this for inspiration.  Yum.

I initially made a couple of cards for this, but in retrospect I think my use of kraft is a little off so I'll probably come up with another one or two.  In the meantime, here's what I've got so far...

UPDATE:  I actually did get around to making another card!  Here's the one I'm submitting for the challenge.

Happy Friday!

Hey, Super Star

I was so busy for a while with end of school stuff and Etsy orders that I didn't get much of a chance to just play.  Now that things have calmed down a bit I'm back to dinkin' around with stamps and ink.

This card is for a couple of challenges:  Top Tip Tuesday's Masculine theme and CASual Friday's Text theme. 

When I think of guy cards I automatically reach for kraft and think stars.  I know...not very original but it's just the way my brain works.  This probably looks more complicated than it is; it came together very quickly. 

•  I cut the stars from a book page that had been colored with Distress Inks.  A couple of scores later I had 3D stars and added a dot of Stickles in the center of each.
• I stamped the star border and sentiment directly on the kraft base and colored a couple of letters with watercolor pencils.
• A strip of washi tape and another block of book text complete the right side and the strip of wood grain on the bottom was left over from another project.
• The red strip tied with hemp string slips over the card to keep it closed  (it's a lopsided gate-fold card).

TOP TIP:  Use watercolor pencils to add color on a kraft base.  The color will really stand out.

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