Father's Day Bear Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog and I have a square Bear card to share today.

I found these bear images at the Mesa Rubber Stamp Show in the Spring. There are several bear images, and they work so well for masculine cards. The embossed birch panel was swiped with metallic Pan Pastels for just a touch of shimmer.

Inside there are two fussy cut fish tied together with Bakers Twine, and the large area for a greeting. The fish come in the same set as the bears.

I ended up doing some hand lettering inside and gave this card to hubby for Father's Day. Funny thing though, I forgot to sign it after doing the lettering so he joked that I can give it to him again next year. Ha!

We have out of town guests, and went for a drive in Kananaskis on Friday to enjoy the beautiful fall colours and sunshine. We were lucky enough to spot a Grizzly! One other car had pulled over and respectfully took photos from their vehicle as well. We sat and watched her feed for over 10 minutes and were completely mesmerized. A real highlight of their visit! I always call in those types of sightings, and apparently we were watching Grizzly Bear #152 - a real beauty.

Supplies:
Bear & fish - Local King Rubber Stamps
Heavy White card stock - Michaels
MISTI - My Sweet Petunia
Kraft card stock
Embossing folder - Stampin' Up
Gold Pan Pastels
Hairspray
Fun foam
Bakers Twine
Chalks
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/4" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - 5" Square

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Father's Day Oval Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a Z-Fold Father's Day card to share today using the Oval Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I had just received my Stampin' Up order and wanted to use this cool airplane stamp so this is what I came up with.

The Oval Pull Card comes with optional Slot and Slider dies and I chose to use them here to animate the plane. I added some pen lines on the card, including the little heart trail on the slider arm. There is a similar stamp in the set, but I wanted to doodle this one.

As you pull the sides of the card, the notch releases and you get a glimpse of the inside and how the Slot & Slider work.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Echo Park
White card stock
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Printer
Colored Pencils - TriColor, Koh I Noor
Fine line black pen
Fine point markers - Staedtler
Bling - Jolee's
Stamps - Stampin' Up

Card size - 6" square

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Dog-Gone Awesome Father's Day Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and I have a fun 'Sheltie' Father's Day card to share today. When MFT released this set of dog stamps, I just knew I had to add it to my collection. So fun!

Supplies:
Soft Finish Card Stock, 85# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things
Kraft card stock
Pan Pastels
Hairspray
Dog stamps and die - My Favorite Things
Copics
Dot stamp - Stamps by Judith
Wink of Stella
Blueprints #12 (banner) - My Favorite Things

Card size - A2

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Metallic Father's Day Pull Card

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I'm really enjoying making 5 x 7 cards these days - one of the great things about the Pop it Ups dies by Karen Burniston, is that you get to CHOOSE the size of card you want to make. That's right - with a single die, you can make multiple sized cards, and place the circle (or oval or rectangle if you chose that die instead of the SCPC) anywhere along the score line you choose to. Is it any reason why I love the Pull Card dies so much?

Today, for Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, I used the Spiral Circle Pull Card to make a Father's Day card.

The patterned paper has foiled accents which I thought were fun. My Jewel border dies (Elizabeth Craft Designs) were within my sight  so I cut two and added one to each side. Since the card is for a man, I didn't add Glitter Dots into the open areas of the borders, but I really wanted to. :-)

I have to make 4 Father's Day cards for us, and 4 for my Mom ... so I need to get working on them!

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Clock & Gears (Circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Happy Birthday Pop-Up (Stars), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
1123 Jewels 1 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Words on the front and banner stamps - Stamps of Life
Hand Lettering
Fine Point Markers - Staedtler
Patterned paper - Mambi

Card size - 5 x 7"

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Doggie Father's Day Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog and I have a Father's Day card to share today. I have several sheets of cute dog stickers in my stash so decided to use one of the dogs for a cute Father's Day card.

Seriously, how cute is that sticker? I just added some shading under him and added him to die cut circles.

The words inside were done on the computer and I added a large die cut bone as an embellishment.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - Echo Park
Dog sticker - Paper House
Black card stock
Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things
Computer printer
Dog bone - Paper Smooches

Card size - 5" square

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'Bobble Head' Dog card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today's share uses a stamp set that I picked up at the Mesa Rubber Stamp Show this Spring. So fun!

After stamping and colouring, I fussy cut out the dog body and separate head, then mounted the body onto one of the photo printed card stock pieces I've been using frequently these days. The dogs head was then attached with an Action Wobble.

I used the computer for the inside. I've started working on our Father's Day cards as I have a fair number of them to create.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - DCWV
Dog stamps - Stampendous
Action Wobble
Coloured Pencils - Prismacolor
Gamsol and blending stump
Glossy Accents
Computer printer

Card size - 5" square

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C4C331 Technique Card

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It's Saturday, and that means there is a new challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our March Hostess is Rebecca Ednie and the talented Teresa Kline from Paperie Blooms joining us as our Guest designer. I've been a long time fan of Teresa's so I'm excited she can join us!

Here is Rebeca's challenge: "Let's try a new technique. Apply any paste or paint though a stencil and while your medium is still wet, add some glitter. Use this as your background or a focal point."

Hmmm. For a stencil newbie such as myself, this seemed like it was actually TWO techniques. But I wanted to play with Karen Burniston's new Stage it Stencils, so I bought some stencil paste and gave it a whirl. Minus the glitter - that can come when I'm ready to spread my wings a little more with the paste. Which I will - it was totally fun!

I wanted to make a masculine card using the Paisley stencil, so used Kraft card stock and matte stencil paste through the stencil. It was hard to leave it alone and let it dry, because I had no idea how it was going to turn out.

I love the look! It's more raised that you would get with clear embossing powder, yet it's flexible!

I decided there wasn't enough contrast for the tone on tone look on the Kraft, so I went over it with different colours of PanPastels and that did the trick. I also lightly stencilled the barn star with dye ink, and added some bling from my stash.

Since I'm going to be needed them, I decided to make this into a Father's Day card. Els' new Ropes dies are so fun. I ordered them earlier this spring and i'm finding lots of uses for them.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd sure love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C331.

Supplies:
Kraft card stock
Patterned paper - Momenta
White card stock
Black card stock
Stage it Stencil - Paisley, Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Matte texture paste - Ranger
Accordion Star, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fitted Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched Circle - My Favorite Things
Ropes 1 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Pan Pastels
Hairspray
Bling - Jolee's
Copic Markers
Computer & Printer

Card size 5 x 7"

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