Happy Fathers’ Day to all our Daddies out there! Hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Sorry its been quiet this week, Piper and I flew back from N.Ireland on Tuesday, and after an extensive wait for luggage which meant we didn’t get back home until late, the rest of the week has been exhausting. Piper caught her first cold (to be expected with all the rainy Irish weather) so all she has wanted to do is cuddle, bless her!
So poor Craig had to celebrate his first fathers’ day with shop bought cards (G-A-S-P!!)! How shocking! He did get some cool pressies though – this book by Jamie Oliver (love the frangipane tarts), this genuinely drip free travel coffee mug – an essential for any coffee lover (he had a red one before but it got lost/stolen), and a cool thingy-me-bob which apparently makes wine taste very nommy – a wine aerator.
So with it being Fathers Day, i thought I would share a boys card with you. It was actually a birthday card for my Bro, but it could be adapted for any occasion i reckon. And even though it was for my thirty-something brother, I think it could work for nearly any age, boy or man.
On the video, I also share a tip on how to make your own faux-bakers twine. Check it out!
Just a little funny side note – I was wearing a fleecy and rolled up the sleeves so it wouldn’t be in the video….{fail}. I can already see Craig rolling his eyes at me when he watches it. heehee!
Oh by the way, I haven’t forgotten, winners will be announced soon!
Cute charm, huh? Yip, its from Meiflower {you guessed it!} AND there is only one more day left to enter the giveaway– so check out the information video then round up your crafty pals and spread the word before time runs out. 🙂
This card came to life on it’s own. I grabbed the watering can charm and the flowers stamp, and the rest happened organically. I dont even know where I scored the card to make it fold like that- I just went with the flow. Funny how sometimes I can take myself by surprise!
Kinda love how it turned out!
Products used
Mme quite contrary paper pad
Polka dot paper pad
Flower stamp- unity kit of the month
Charm – meiflower
Hero arts cloud stamp
Crop-a-dile
Archival ink – black
Eyelets (feels like ive not used eyelets ink yonks!)
Nestabilities- classic circle & scalloped circle
Green fine liner
Cuttlebug
Ribbon – meiflower
Some times the best things come in small packages, and the same is sure true about these flower sequins from Meiflower. One of the items in the goodie bag that you can win in our current competition is these flower sequins. They are tiny and sweet and already my head is packed full of different ways to use them.
Today I want to share how i have used them to accent a design. As they are little flowers, i thought that they would look lovely with a flourish stamp, to create the impression of flowers on a vine. I started to look through my stamp collection but then this cuttlebug embossing folder came to mind -perfect!
First I made my own background paper using distress inks in broken china, faded jeans and chipped sapphire. I love using distress inks to cover a piece of white card as this gives a great multi-tonal effect, rather than using a plain monocolour piece of cardstock.
Instead of using the folder to emboss the card, I used the folder the other way around to deboss the image. OKAY, so the next bit was time consuming…but SO worth it! To create a faux letterpress look, I took a white gel pen and drew along all the debossed image. All that remained was to add a few finishing touches – first I stamped a greeting and mounted onto die cut card and mounted onto the card along with some of this adorable scalloped edge ribbon from Meiflower. All that remained was to add some flower sequins and seed beads to the design, and what a difference that made!
Tiny little embellishments that give a big WOW effect, don’t ya think?
Don’t forget to enter the Meiflower giveaway competition, before you head off!
