Happy Father's Day

I whipped up a quick card for the father of my children, who dreams of all things tropical!

I used 3 different Waltzingmouse sets here:  Man of the Hour (love!), My Island, and Woodgrain (that banner fit perfectly over the Man of the Hour sentiment!). My guy is simple, and the paradisaical stamping put a smile on his face. ;)

Happy Father's Day, daddies!

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: Man of the Hour, My Island, Woodgrain (all Waltzingmouse)
• Ink: Classic Kraft and Dark Chocolate (both Papertrey Ink), Versamark and Memento Tuxedo Black (both Tsukineko)
• Other Tools: clear embossing powder (Filigree)

Father's Day and More Organization Tips

The "Man of the Hour" stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps is one of my favorites!

I actually used my glue gun for the button/ribbon embellishment! I'm scared to death of glue guns but I couldn't see any way around it. I have the cordless Imaginisce one and it wasn't too bad at all! ;)

I'm entering this into Simon Say's Stamp masculine challenge as well as CAS(E) This Sketch. I kind of flipped the sketch.

And the inside (a rare consideration for me):

I thought I'd share another couple of crafty org tips.

I used PTI's Desktop File Card dies to organize my ink blending foams:

I inked each color and used a tiny piece of Velcro to adhere each roam.

To organize my buttons, I use IKEA plastic organizers (discontinued?). I don't need a ton of spice jars taking up space!

Each divider is adhered to the bottom using dimensional adhesive--a tip suggested by my mom to keep the buttons from moving between sections.

And, of course, no organizing project is complete without labels!

Thanks for peeking!

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream (both Papertrey Ink)
• Patterned Paper (interior): Studio Calico
• Stamps: Man of the Hour (Waltzingmouse), Distressed Corduroy (Impression Obsession)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate and Kraft (Papertrey Ink), Versamark (Tsukineko)
• Dies: XOXO (Papertrey Ink), Stitched Mats - Squares (Li'l Inkers)
• Other Tools: Dark Chocolate button and grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Rustic Cream button twine (Papertrey Ink), clear embossing powder (Filigree)

Blues & Browns Masculine Vintage Layout

- a little late getting out, but a class I'm looking forward to teaching.

It's time again for the Vintage Layout class at Scrapbook Parade. Since Father's Day is this month I thought it would be nice to create a masculine layout again. The papers used are from the retired Upsy Daisy company using the 'Man About Town' collection. I used the blues in the line along with some dark brown.

I was inspired to use my Cricut for this layout, using the Heritage cartridge. It will be a time saver in preparing the kits for this class.

All but the fussy cutting of the floral flourishes are ink distress with Tim Holt Vintage Photo. I even used it around the edges of the photos.

Normally I would have used a brown marker to edge the fussy cutting so that the white paper core doesn't show, but I was in a time crunch here. So if you do something like this, I recommend that you do it. It looks so much better.

Here are some close ups to see all the parts that I popped up. Yep, I even use dimensionals on my layouts. Just can't help myself! I just like the look.

Hope you enjoyed this layout. Thank you for so patiently looking at all the photos. I have so many for those that can't take the class and have a kit. These detailed pics help them to put their project together.

Till next time, happy crafting!

CASE Study

I remember when I first saw this week's CASE Study card in a recent PaperCrafts magazine... LOVE Aga's work [graphic below]! That's when I first decided that I needed at least one tub of FlowerSoft. I now have 5 but hope to get more!

Instead of using FlowerSoft for my creation, however, I decided to use the lovely, CAS sketch (inverted). I love both PTI's tie stamp set and WPlus9's tie stamp set... I haven't had a chance to get the WPlus9 set though and so here is my PTI creation:

With Father's Day fast approaching, I got my masculine-card-mindset on.  I've learned not to expend too much effort on cards for men as they prefer a simple look.

So I kept this simple and won over my husband's approval. (Or perhaps he's finally learned to just say it's great!)

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White; Kraft
• Stamps: World's Greatest; My Hero, My Dad
• Ink: Enchanted Evening, Fired Brick and Antique Linen Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger), Memento Dandelion (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Tie
• Other Tools: edge distresser (Tonic)

PS SPARKS, Moxie Fab and Simon Says Stamp

A neat sketch from this week's Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge (graphic below).

Here's my take on it (sorry about the lack of light):

I got a great deal on some Flower Soft which goes perfectly with the awesome tree trio on Spring Groves. I took the liberty of lengthening the trunks with a ruler and my Memento Tuxedo Black pen (love!).

After coloring in the trunks, I paper-pieced some Scor-tape adhesive sheet and smooshed in some Christmas Green Flower Soft.

I die-cut multiple postage stamp frames and glued them together as a sentiment frame.(I am entering this in the Moxie Fab Postage challenge.)

A close up of the dimension:

You can't tell from the photograph but I traced over the sentiment with a Clear Star gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by! You can check out my other Paper Smooches projects here.

I'm also entering this in the current Simon Says Stamp challenge: CAS.

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: Spring Groves and Word Up (Paper Smooches)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Dies: postage stamp frame (Provo Craft)
• Other Tools: Christmas Green Flower Soft, Copics, Clear Star gel pen (Sakura)

Playing in Paradise Challenge 18: Paper Piecing

I'm hosting this week's Playing in Paradise challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. I chose one of my favorite stamping techniques: paper piecing!

With Father's Day right around the corner, here is what I came up with:

Full details coming soon...

Be sure to check out the other DT projects!

Allison

Ally

Carla

Julie

Nancy

Thanks for stopping by!

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen (both Papertrey Ink)
• Patterned Paper: Argyle Socks (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: On My Couch, On My Couch Additions, Chair-ished, My Father, My Hero and Grunge Me (all Papertrey Ink)
• Ink: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Versamark and Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
• Die: Deckled Ovals (Spellbinders)
• Copics: coming soon...
• Other Tools: Versamark pen (Tsukineko), clear embossing powder (Filigree)

Stamping Vacation: What a Guy Challenge

[Edited to add: the Stamping Vacation blog is on hiatus and I am not sure if it is permanent or not. Thanks for all your support!]

This month's What a Guy challenge at the Stamping Vacation challenge blog invites us to create a masculine card with a fishing theme. Since Father's Day is approaching, there's no better time for this!

Here's my project:

The fishing-man image is from a former sponsor of Stamping Vacation: Stamping Dragon Designs.

In retrospect, I should have used a punch to add interest to the upper edge of the patterned paper... Oh, well...

You have an entire month to link your creations for this challenge: until June 19th. Each entry qualifies towards a drawing at the end of each month, this month's prize being a $25 gift certificate to the place of your choice!

There's still time to enter the other challenges I'm currently over-seeing at Stamping Vacation: Have You Tried, White Space and Lots of Paper. The more entries there are, the larger the chance I have of winning a gift certificate being offered to the design team! Thanks for your support! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I look forward to seeing your creations!

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Kraft, Stamper's Select White
• Patterned Paper: Library Ledger
• Stamps: fisherman image (Stamping Dragon Designs), My Father, My Hero
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Versamark (Tsukineko), Weathered Wood & Antique Linen (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)
• Die: Deckled Rectangles (Spellbinders)
• Other Tools: ink blending foam (Inkssentials), rustic jute twine, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Stamping Vacation: What a Guy Challenge and PTI MIM

This month's What a Guy challenge at the Stamping Vacation blog invites us to create a masculine project with a boating theme. I made a card for my dad's upcoming birthday that uses the technique on this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday: embossing/impressing only part of the cardstock.

I actually lucked out that the sail stamp seems to match the impression plate. Or maybe it was subconscious... ;)

Hope you'll play along with Stamping Vacation's challenge! Every entry on the blog gives you a chance to win this month's prize: a $25 gift certificate to the place of your choice! We also have a $20 gift certificate being awarded to one of our followers when we reach 400!

Take care and thanks for stopping by!

[Edited to add: This card was featured on Papertrey Ink.com's Facebook page!!]

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Fine Linen, Ocean Tides
• Stamps: Men of Life
• Ink: Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream
• Impression Plate: Sunshine
• Other Tools: Scor-Pal