Four Wheeler Father's Day Card

My younger brother loves living in the woods. He has constructed paths through the trees where he took me one time on the back of his four wheeler. It's a great way to travel across rough areas when you live in the country. He used to take his kids camping on the weekends and they'd have a great time driving four-wheelers. Luckily there were no serious accidents, so I hope this card will bring back a few happy memories of those days when the kids still lived at home.

When I saw this image at Clear Dollar Stamps I knew it was perfect for his card.

I used the sketch and theme from Sentimental Sundays #106 when I designed the card.

This card was for the following challenges:

Cards for Men Challenge #12 - Father's Day

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Father's Day

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #168 - For Dad

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #189 - Happy Father's Day

Sentimental Sundays #106 - For a Special Guy

Simply Create Too #15 - Happy Father's Day (or for a male)

5.5" x 4.25" Father's Day Card Recipe:

Image - Clear Dollar Stamps digi "Dirt Rides"

Paper - Close To My Heart (olive background retired), Pemberly (blue strips), White Daisy and Outdoor Denim cardstock

Ink - CTMH Outdoor Denim

Markers - Copics B24, N2, N4, N6, N8

Accents - CTMH pewter brads, Color Ready Cork Shapes

A New Technique for Masculine Graduation Card

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week was to try something you've been afraid to try. It went with a devotional on these verses:

SCRIPTURE:

"The Lord is on my side; I will not fear:

what can man do unto me?" Psalm 118:6."

 

My son just graduated with honors after many years of going to school part-time, changing majors over and over, working, and being a husband and father. When he finally started going full time, he would call me on his way to school in the mornings to pray for him as he took a hard test. We spent hours talking about what to do to be successful. After so much effort he knows what it takes to be successful, but he also saw God at work when he was feeling sick or hadn't had much sleep. Going to college can certainly give a person confidence as well as help them know what it takes to get a job done and to do it well. I was happy to see him grow in the realization that God had given him an amazing mind that could be taught to learn and do anything.

 

This is his graduation card that I made using a new stamp from Clear Dollar Stamps called ConGrads.

 

 

 

 

I always wanted to try multi-fold cards, but was apparently hesitant, since I hadn't. I made this card using a technique I found on Splitcoast Stampers. It always looked hard, but once I rewrote the directions so that I could understand and duplicate, I was surprised at how easy it really was. I used Chupa's sketch #62 for the main part of my stair step card. Another item I'd been hesitant to use was cork letters and shapes that I've had quite a while. The challenge at There She Goes, "Cork It," gave me that little push to try it. I lightly inked the edges of the star.

 

Here are the challenges I used for this card:

Cards for Men - #11 - Congratulations

Lexi's Creations - For the Man/Boy in our lives

Sketchbook Saturday - Sketch #62

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Do Something on your card you're afraid of

There She Goes #158 - Cork It



 

5.5" x 5.5" Stair step Graduation Card Recipe:

Paper - Close To My Heart Passages paper pack, White Daisy cardstock (diploma)

Stamp - Clear Dollar Stamps "ConGrads"

Ink - CTMH Barn Red

Other - Copic E33, CTMH Color Ready Cork Alphabet, Color Ready Cork Shapes, ribbon scrap, pop dots, 1.75" circle punch, Sizzix embossing folder Diamonds on Diamonds

 

Dad - Perfect in Every Way

I just discovered the blog, Cards for Men. With a husband, a son, some son-in-laws, and five grandsons, I find it important to make masculine cards. Even though my own father and father-in-law have gone on to be with the Lord, I want to encourage others to honor their dads with recognition, whether it's on birthdays, Father's Day, or "just because." The sentiment I chose for this card is perfect for my husband! (I'm so lucky!)
This card is one that I'm sending tomorrow for the Muscle Challenge at Operation Write Home. It's also for the Cards for Men Challenge #9 - to use Texture:

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for Argyle background texture. The CTMH Pemberley paper has a diamond pattern that coordinates with the argyle. The corrugated star and arrow are also from CTMH and were inked to highlight the ridges or edges. The  chipboard oval was dotted with Outdoor Denim ink on a sponge and the edges were sponged with Desert Sand ink. The Perfect in every way is a phrase from some older, discontinued paper that I'd love to use up, so more masculine cards on the way!