Father's Day

This post is really just for me. As tomorrow is Father's Day, I have put together a quick card to just to mark the occasion. My dad is no longer here but his creative flair lives on in me. It looks a bit scruffy in the photograph but I know that he would have appreciated it anyway.

Father's Day CAS Challenge

This is my card for the CAS-tastic weekly challenge entitled Father's Day.I have used this design many times for male recipients. Very simple but I still like it. The paper is from a stack by DCWV. I glued the paper on to card then used a template that I made to cut out the tie shape. I cut the knot out again to then decoupaged it with 3D foam. The tie itself was curved slightly, ( doesn't show in the photo) mounted on to 3D foam before placing on the cream card blank. The letters are cut using a Sizzix alphabet die.

For those of you who are not familiar with the term, CAS stands for Clean and Simple.

The guidelines for the design of CAS cards are:

Clean- uncluttered, lots of white or open space.

Simple - clear focal point with little distractions.

Reproducible - can be quickly and easily mass produced.

(taken from the CAS-tastic blog)

I have no dad to give it to and I know that he wouldn't have worn such a garish tie! I don't need Father's Day to remember him. A kind and gentle man who is forever in my thoughts.

One layer Wednesday Challenge

I am an avid follower of Susan Raihala's blog and have decided to contribute to her One Layer Wednesday Challenge. The object of the challenge was to overlap a sentiment and image.

As I am in Father's Day mode, I decided to stay with this theme. Both sentiment and thistle combine to create a card for a very patriotic dad!

This is a first for me so I hope that I have fulfilled the brief. Here is my submission

Update : Friday May 28th
I was having a look at the other fab cards that had been entered into Susan Raihala's challenge when I came across Vicki Dutcher's blog. She had entered her card in another challenge - Cas-tastic - which required a "touch of green". As I had used green in my card, I decided to follow suit. So without any more effort I have met the criteria for two challenges. This could become addictive!!!

Save the envelopes from the bin.

Have you noticed the variety of lovely patterns that you get on the inside of most business envelopes? I have always taken note but my interest stopped at appreciation until my friend Lorna said that her mum saved envelopes to use for teabag folding. The lightbulb lit up!!

My work colleagues have now got used to the exclamations of delight when I see a particularly unusual envelope interior. I do feel that I am treated with some degree of pity or at least benevolent kindness because of my passions for crafting and recycling. If I can combine the two then I am in seventh heaven!! I now have a collection of envelopes waiting for the perfect project. There is a point to these ramblings.... As it is Father's Day soon I decided to use one of my new purchases - Personal Impressions Clear Men Stamps. I chose my envelope paper as the perfect base for stamping the shirt image on to. Here is the completed card.
Collar, tie and cuff were stamped from white card and decoupaged. Buttons and letters were diecut using sizzix dies and the circle layers were cut using Nestibilities.