Addicted to CAS #161

Jaydee is hosting the challenge at Addicted to CAS and she has chosen this as our code word:

My father has been gone three years now but I made a card that I could give to one of my sons or my son-in-law who are the fathers of my seven wonderful grandchildren.

These cute little pups are from Penny Black and I colored them with PolyChromos pencils, blending with Gamsol.  The sentiment comes from CF.

The Design Team is waiting to show you the cards they made to honor Fathers.  We hope to inspire you to make a card for the challenge.

Retro Sketch #59

I keep saying I'm going to think outside the box and I think I've done it on the next few cards I'll be posting.  Today's card is for Retro Sketches

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Normally I would cut the double layer banner and put flowers on top.  Instead I came up with this.

This will make a great Father's Day card so I'm ahead of the game. The card base is embossed with the houndstooth folder.  The tie is from Simply Charmed, cut from Little Sports paper by FancyPants. The word "dad" is from MS Seasonal and the tie and letters are popped up on foam tape.

I do need to say that my Dad never wore ties quite this sedate. Mom used to make him some out the most colorful material.  In fact I was looking at a few of them yesterday when I was organizing their closet and Mom said to throw them out.  I should have taken a picture to post.  You would have gotten a chuckle out of them. Some I swear were more than 4 inches wide.

Thanks for stopping by to visit and enjoy your day.

You're a Lifesaver

 Fantabulous Cricut,  Die Cuttin' Divas and My Craft Spot all have Father's Day challenges.  I have already made the card I'm giving my Dad this year but still wanted to enter these challenges.  The one for FCCB is to use an outdoor theme.  I don't have a lot of images that would qualify but when I saw the lifeguard chair on Life's a Beach I knew I had to use it.

My Dad used to be a lifeguard when he was younger.  He also taught life saving to his Boy Scouts  and worked the waterfront at Scout camp for years and years.  He's also been my lifesaver at times not having to do with water.  *_*  Thanks, Dad, for all you've done.

Now, before I tear up, here's my card:

I cut both layers of the chair in white and then added some Weathered Wood Distress Ink for shading.  I really didn't like the looks of it using another color for the bottom layer.  The umbrella paper was from my scrap pile.  The sky and sand papers were just that.  lol  The life preserver was cut from the same cartridge.  I ran some twine from My Craft Spot through the holes and stamped the Dad from part of the Tiny Tags set from My Craft Spot.  It originally said "for Dad" but I used a marker and colored just the Dad part.  As I was working on it, I wasn't sure about some of the elements and how they came together but seeing it here I think it's kind of neat.

For Father's Day

I hadn't thought about making my Father's Day card until the Friday Mashup and CAS-ual Fridays challenges gave me the inspiration to do this one.

Friday Mashup was a sketch challenge.

CAS-ual Fridays' is for a masculine card using designer paper.

I used grey cardstock for this 5" by 7" card.  The woodgrain paper is from My Mind's Eye and the banner paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.  Both of these I picked up at a scrapbook store in Ohio this spring.  I used Lyrical Letters to weld the word "Dad" which is cut from red and mounted on dark grey.  This panel is popped up on foam.   All of it is inked with Black Soot Distress Ink.  Now I just have to come up with an appropriate sentiment inside to tell my dad how much he means to me.



Happy Father's Day

This is the card I gave to my wonderful Dad today.  I scrap lifted it a while ago so I don't remember from where.  The basic card is kraft paper and the rest is made from scraps with "Dad" cut from Lyrical Letters and the back square embossed with the "Tiny Mosaic" cuttlebug folder.  Everything got antiqued with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and the squares foam mounted.