Hi everyone, today was Father's Day here in Australia and this is the card that I made for my husband who is a great Dad to our daughter :-) This is also my card for the SCS Ways to Use It Challenge WT830 of 'Brads'. Please click this link for the details on challenge: WT830 ~ Brads 2/4/21 by Shoe Girl at Splitcoaststampers
In the past few months, I stumbled across some Stamperia designer papers and fell in love. They are beautiful quality and the artwork is stunning. I bought their Forest pad with a view to making some masculine cards as the images are just perfect for them IMHO. The main image and the papers are from their Forest 8" x 8" pad. I went around them with Ranger Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress inks using my Ranger blending tool. It was amazing the difference that it made. The side panel was punched using my old favourite - Fiskars Scallop Border punch. Both the light teal and brown cardstock were trimmed to 1/16" and 1/8" respectively using my Perfect Layers Tools. The stitched grosgrain ribbon is old and is by My Memories - from their FaLaLa range #30823 - which came in a pack of 6 trims. Technically the pack is for Christmas to match their range of designer papers but the pack just happened to be sitting on my desk for another project and it matched perfectly. I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.
The bottom 3 copper brads are by Inque Boutique. Brads have gone out of fashion but I still love to use them especially for masculine cards. Although I somewhat follow the trends for cardmaking, I just love to use what I have even if they are old and retired.
The sentiment panel is a diecut from the Stamperia Forest Diecuts pack. I didn't have a Father's Day wooden sentiment so just went with a 'Best Wishes' one instead - and this is by Crafts4U - Wooden Embellishments - Words. I glued on some Darice twine and the wooden stars are from my stash.
Once I had completed my card front, I glued it to a kraft card base using Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive. Finished size is 6" x 6" or 15cm x 15cm.
I think you could use this card for a birthday or to say thank you - lots of occasions.
Thanks for having a peek at my card! You are welcome to visit my blog 'Instead of Ironing Blogspot' - this link will take you to my Blog Post---> https://instead-of-ironing.blogspot....-day-card
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2021 GMT Views: 811
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Sun, Sep 05, 2021 @ 5:05 AM
Love the details and layers. Great masculine birthday card, Joceyln. Stamperia papers are so beautiful!
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