Father's Day Cards with Embossing Paste

Hello, It's me again....Danita, from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com. presenting you my project for this month for She's A Sassy Lady!

 

These are some cards I made for my husband and Father-in-law for Father's Day. It was painstaking hard!!! You have to be careful with "guy" cards not to make them too feminine. No Bling!!! No Ribbon!!!  That's a problem for me!!!  lol

 

I did get to use my new Embossing Paste from Dreamweaver. I love this stuff!!! It's thick and glides over the stencils really well.  Be sure to scroll down and check out the close-up. Did I mention this is my first time using both the Embossing paste and the Stencils?  It's not perfect but hopefully I will get better with practice.

 

Details:  Dreamweaver's Metallic Gold and Silver Embossing paste.

              Dreamweaver's Stencil

              The Paper Company Black Linen Cardstock (really nice and heavy)

              Gold Metallic Paper

              Silver Washi Tape

              EK Success border punch

              Cameo Sketch Pens - Gold & Silver

              DCWV Glitzy Glitter Stack (yucky paper, but I have so much , I have to use it)

A closer look. The initials were done with the Cameo sketch markers. I went over them with an opaque marker from American Crafts.

 

 

Here's the inside

I cut a separate piece of cardstock about 4 inches high, rounded the corners, decorated and stamped it. I left a 2.5 inch opening in the middle to slide in a gift card.

 

This is the Embossing paste that I used.  You just tape the stencil down on your cardstock and spread with a craft spatula, lift slowly and let it dry.  It took about 30 minutes t dry.

 

 

                                                 

Here's the Stencil. There is no name on it, so I can't tell you what it's called.

 

Close-up shot.  You can see how it raises up off the cardstock.

Thanks for looking and I hope everyone enjoys Father's Day with their loved ones! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father's Day Card

Hi folks,

Ian here, from A Newbie Crafter.  I have a Father's Day card.  I thought the superhero-themed papers would pair well with this card and I was pleased with the turnout.  I hope you like it or it inspires you to create your own Father's Day card for that special guy in your life.

Here are the pictures!

Although a little early, Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's and Mom's that fill in as Dad out there!

Craft on,
Ian

June Calendar page

Hello everyone!! Java Jen here from JAVA JEN CREATIONS to share a simple calendar page with you all! (If you remember, I was here just last week because I goofed and thought my Thursday was last week! It actually worked out best for Sheila that way so I offered to be here again this week!)  Thank you, Sheila for being so gracious and I'm glad I could help! :-)
If you have seen a lot of my posts, you know that I do a different calendar page each month to showcase on my fridge and then add it to my scrapbook in front of all the pics I took that month.  This month, I decided to show how you can make a calendar grid if you don't have the Designer's Calendar cartridge.  Here is my finished page:

Let's break it down a bit.

To make my grid, I used my Gypsy, (forgot to take a pic of my screen), and lined up 35 - 1.5"squares to form my calendar. The squares I used are from Art Philosophy because I wanted squares with a little scallop on the corners but any square will work.  After the cut, I trimmed the extra off the edges.

The 35 little squares can be saved for another project.

Then I used the Father's Day seasonal cartridge and my Cricut markers to make my icon to designate Father's Day on my calendar. I chose to just use the markers and not cut it.  I just cut around the outside with my scissors.

Then, I actually used 4 of those little squares to stamp my title on - I used the Urban Alphabet stamp set from CTMH.  Then I used CTMH's Liquid Glass to give the letters a shiny appearance.

I punched holes in the squares and threaded twine through to hang then across the page. The squares themselves are mounted with pop dots so they won't slide around.

Here are a few more close-ups of the squares and the twine "clothesline".

I also used Liquid Glass to adhere the twine to the page.

I added Distress Stickles throughout the grid to give a little pop of color.

Here is the Father's Day icon in place.

The background paper is from DVWV's Heirloom stack - (I love this stack!)

One more look:

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed today's post and this time it will be about a month before you hear from me again! ;-) 

Now, go create something beautiful!!