Happy Father's Day

A few weeks ago I was working with watercolors -- trying to at least.  I'll never paint a watercolor painting, but creating and playing with colors, papers and pens is as close to being an oil or watercolor artist as I will ever be.  Sometimes I really like what I come up with.  Today's card is one of those cards!

I cut a piece of white card stock ( 3 7/8" x 5 1/8").  Then I inked one side of an embossing folder with yellow, then green and blue.  I did the yellow ink first so I did not get the other colors on the pad.  Then I placed the white card stock in the embossing folder and ran it through my Big Shot. 

Two hints about doing this:  1)  cut the piece of card stock to the desired size before embossing.  Once the piece is embossed, trimming with a paper cutter is difficult; 2)  inking the embossing folder is better than inking the embossed paper.  The ink does not penetrate the nooks and crannies of an embossed piece.

After the piece was embossed and the ink dried, I attached the piece to the blue card stock and added the twine and sentiment before taping to the green base card.

Thanks Dad

Here is a plain and simple card for Father's Day, but the message is clear:  Thanks Dad for all you do.

Sometimes simple is best.  I made the card with orange card stock for the base, a solid tannish card stock and green dotted pattern paper.  The stamp is from a inexpensive set I found at one of the local craft stores.  I die cut the orange and white squares and rounded the corners of the larger pieces.  The ribbon adds a little dimension, but not too feminine.

 I'll be posting this card to Tuesday Morning Sketches #404

 

Thanks and have a great week!

Kathy

Catching Up

Time surely flies.  I've been rather busy, but I have been making cards - just not for challenges or posting the cards here.  So, I'll play catch up now.  Below are a few cards I've made in the last several weeks.

A bright colorful gift card holder for Mother's Day:

Hope your Birthday is a Hoot!

White embossing with sponged inks - love these colors!

Happy birthday Father

Hope all is well with you,
Kathy

World's Best Dad

Rain, rain, rain.  But I am not complaining -- at least it is not snow!  Rainy days are perfect card making days so I spent a couple hours in my woman's cave and absolutely loved it!

The first card I made was a Father's Day card.  Found the paper this afternoon in a stack of paper I totally forgot I had.  Guess I should look more often or maybe clean up my cave....

I love the calm and peaceful blue colors and sayings.   I added a little bling for Dad and a little flag.   These flags are so cute.

This card will be posted to the retro sketches # 114  challenge





Happy Hump Day!
Kathy

Father's Day

Last year I bought this stamp and forgot I  had it till last week.  I love the boat and the picture makes a perfect Father's Day card.

Have a great week,
Kathy