Father's Day

Last week I made a card for my Father-in-law for Father's Day.  Since he lives in New Hampshire I had to make it ahead so he could get it in time.  I just hope he did!  Here is a picture of the card I made him:

                                     

This stamp set is done from Stampin Up Country Livin' stamp set.  I LOVE to watercolor so this is the perfect stamp set for me as there is many ways to make this yours!  While my father-in-law might not have had a truck like this, I am sure that he had seen a few in his life time.

So then yesterday I was in my craft room trying to figure out what to do for my husband, then it hit me, use the same stamp set but a different stamp!  So this is what I came up with:

This just reminds me of the pair of boots that he got over 23 years ago for his sister's wedding!  And yes, he still has them today and wears them when he needs to dress up a bit in the winter time!  

For this stamp I also water colored it with brown.  Then it looked a bit plain still so I cut out two circles and masked my paper and colored in around the mask.  I used two colors of yellow, So Saffron and Crushed Curry.  Then I added the Happy Father's Day on there.  That could have been tricky as I might have miss stamped, but if I did, I would have stamped it on another piece of paper and then taped it over as if I had wanted to make it that way!  After that, I cut it down and found some old DSP (Designer Series Paper) to put behind it and then the Dapper Denim for the card.  I do hope that he likes it!

That is it for now.  If you see something that you like and need more information, please just ask!

Today is a new day!

I started this blog a long time ago, I did one post and then didn't do any more.  Today is the day that I start over again.....and try to keep on track!

I am a Stampin Up demonstator and have a bunch of wonderful people that are all in a facebook community.  They are wonderfully creative and I learn a lot from them.  The card posted today is one that I made for a challenge.  Once a week I do this challenge.  This week is a color challenge and next week will be a sketch challenge.  It gets me to try to think outside the box and not do what I would normally do.  

Here is the color's for the challenge this week:

For the Sahara Sand I did a tone on tone which works for my background.  The strip in the middle is on Very Vanilla where I stamped in the Mint Macaron.  The Night of Navy is behind the strip and the Happy Birthday.  The stamp set that I used is Grateful Bunch.  It is a favorite of mine since it has a punch for the three smaller flowers that are on the strip.  

This is all the I have for today.  I hope that you enjoy the card!