Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sketch 21 - Father's Day Cards


Ahh, time for another sketch challenge. You know what I love about these best? It's a great opportunity to use up some scraps that you have lying around. Sometimes, you end up liking the sketch so much that you can make lots of the same card - perfect for making cards for OWH! If you want to check out more of these sketches, be sure to check out Operation Write Home's creative blog for card makers - Stars & Stamps.

Today. . I am proud to be able to participate in multiple S&S challenges - one for the sketch, one for "masculine cards" and even one for using bling! Here is the sketch and the cards - and a few ideas for some Father's Day cards too. It's coming up fast! Yikes! Father's Day cards are challenging for me - in general, Dads aren't into a whole lot of embelishments or sparkly things. So I tried to keep them simple - that is hard!



For the above cards - I used paper from a My Mind's Eye stack and some stamps by Studio G. I made many of those cards with the tie on them - some of the ties are striped PP and some are these polka dots - if you want a good tutorial on how to fold these paper neckties stop by here.


Here's a blingy "DAD" card - I used silver metallic paper in my cuttlebug with the star embossing template to make that shiny background. "DAD" was cut on my cricut using the "Beyond Birthdays" cartridge.


I thought this would be a fun one for a Grandpa - the image is by Dustin Pike and I stamped the inside with letter stamps to say, "best fishes!" 

That's all for now - there is a storm rolling in and it is cool and dark right now. Perfect "napping" weather for those of us who have to report for the midnight shift. I have a fantastic gathering coming up this weekend for a friend's church group - the girls and I at Cathy's church are going to make cards for the troops - my goal is to complete the box of 500 blanks that were donated to me by Artco. (How cool is that?) I can't wait to see how it turns out!


12 comments:

Jan Hunnicutt said...

Nancy your Father's Day combined challenge cards are wonderful! I really like the one with the tie and the fisherman too!

JustYolie said...

Awesome cards! I haven't started on my Father's Day cards yet! Yikes!

Carol L said...

Whoa, you've been one busy stamper!! All of these cards are great, but I really love the blinged up dad card with the embossed foil! Nice job!

Jeanne said...

I love the grampa card...so cute! I also wanted to share the card I made with the digi you posted a few days ago. Thanks again for it!

http://jeannescrafts.blogspot.com

helloholley said...

All your cards are awesome!!! Thanks for the link to the video!!! Good luck....I hope you reach your goal!!! ;)

Unknown said...

Oh wow! These are all terrific! That grandpa is too cute.

Sandy said...

Super cards!!! Love that they say things like Dad and Father - you know me, I love ones that can be used for other holidays too! lol.

Paula S. said...

That fisherman is absolutely adorable! What a cute expression on his face and a really beautiful job you did coloring it. Hope you all have a blast making cards this weekend!

Unknown said...

The fun you had in creating these shows in your pictures and the one with the tie is just too cute! There are going to be some very lucky dad's who receive your creations!

Manon Keir said...

Gorgeous cards!!

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