Tiddbits from Dawn

A Little Copper Goes A Long Way

I'm referring to Copper Embossing and just a touch of Copper Ribbon in my title today. Those are the things I used to make a Father's Day card for my husband this year. I also used the Rooted in Nature stamp set on along with Tranquil Tide card stock and a banner made from Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper. Take a look....

Aren't those leaves from Rooted in Nature and embossed in Copper gorgeous? The triple Banner Punch made it super easy to get good even tails on my striped DSP. From the stripes in the DSP I pulled out some Grapefruit Grove card stock and die cut a Stitched Oval as a place to plant the tree from Rooted in Nature. I love that this set has coordinating dies for it too! I also love the Lakeside Dies and this label die in particular, the one that I stamped and embossed Happy Father's Day on, also in Copper on Mint Macaron card stock. At least this copper doesn't tarnish and no polish is required!

I forgot to take a picture of the card before signing so I don't have a full interior view. You can see the Copper leaves embossed down one side.

We had a quiet day yesterday, played Qwirkle, watched movies, Garrett put Legos together and I sewed. That was before Poppie came home. Then we went for a Mexican dinner. I had a meeting afterwards and the guys went swimming. Garrett picked Skip-Bo to play after they returned from the pool. I am a game player and Poppie tolerates them. But you do anything for grandkids, don't you? We're off this morning to run a few errands! I hope your day is delightful. - Dawn

The Stamp Review Crew: Truly Tailored Edition

Gosh, it's been quite awhile since I've been able to hop along with The Stamp Review Crew! Today's hop features the Occasions Catalog stamp set, Truly Tailored. In case you're not familiar with The Stamp Review Crew I'll briefly tell you a little bit about us and you can click the banner or link above to find out more information. We're a group of demonstrators from around the world who hop together on the first and third Monday of each month. I know this is not either of those but if the month has five Mondays, as April does, we may throw in a "bonus hop" and that's what you've got today. What makes us different is that we all feature the same stamp set giving you lots of inspiration to put it to use yourself!

If you didn't start with my blog then you may have hopped over from my friend Mike Funke's blog, Stampin' Style. Mike does have style. Truly Tailored seems like it would be right up his alley and I know you were inspired by his card today!

I fell for the True Gentleman Suite of products as soon as I saw them. I hate to see Truly Tailored retire with the Occasions Catalog but am happy the Tailored Tag Punch will still be with us. For my card today I did something I haven't done in a long time, a pop-up box card!

I had to search my craft room over for my directions but I finally came up with them! When I was looking at the stamp set and thinking about this hop the cute punched sentiments reminded of a few other products that would give me more elements for the pop-ups in the card. The  little glasses I got from the Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set. After stamping them I quickly cut them out with the Pocket Framelits. The fox pop-up was inspired by the fox head on the other punched sentiment. Of course, the Fox Builder Punch made that really easy to put together. You can tell who will be getting this card with the "DAD", cut out with the Large Letter Dies, on the flaps!

Behind the pop-ups the Pocket die cut itself makes the perfect place to hold the big 'ole sentiment from Truly Tailored. The pocket makes the perfect spot for a gift card too!

Here's the card folded flat and envelope ready!

Thanks for hopping by today! If you want to try to make a pop-up box card there's a great video tutorial over at Splitcoast Stampers.

Now you're ready to hop along to Holly Krautkremer's blog, Rubber-Redneck. Holly's projects are always super fun, aren't they?

The Stamp Review Crew: Nailed It Edition

Here comes The Stamp Review Crew this week with the "Nailed It" edition of our hops. We know that some of you will note that the Build It Framelits have Retired Early by officially selling out but many of you have them. We choose our stamp sets for the hops 4 months ahead so we had no idea they'd be gone so early! But you'll still find plenty of inspiration for using the stamps along the hop. In case you want to read more about us click the link or banner above and you'll find all the information at The Stamp Review Page, along with a full list of this week's hoppers.

If you didn't start with my blog then you may have come from Bronwyn Eastley's blog, addINKtive designs. Bronwyn's amazing creations are always a hard act to follow!

For my card today I was preparing ahead for Father's Day. My husband has a red tool chest just like those you've probably seen people make before. But I wanted to give him a card like this myself for Father's Day.

I occasionally have to get something out of my husband's tool box and he's very organized. I try to put some kind of marker in it when I remove something so I remember just where it came from. If only he would leave his like this one I might not have to be so particular about where I put things! That awesome piece of Designer Series Paper for the background, with the shiny nuts, came from the Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper. As usual, I adhered it to a Thick White card stock base. Then I had to play around with the Real Red card stock to get it sized for the card front. I used a sponge to add ink to the edges of all the tool box pieces for dimension. Before attaching the drawers to the chest I add (retired) brads and some Stampin' Dimensionals. I didn't realize I was so low on Silver Foil Sheets when I went to cut pieces for the nuts, screws and tools. I managed to use up my scraps cutting them out. I stamped the sentiment with Basic Black ink right onto the hammer head.

Inside the card I used the big "Happy Father's Day" sentiment and a saw!

That's it from me today. You'll be hopping along now to the blog of Twila Davis, Stamp A Little Longer. You find projects there that "nail it" this week too!

 

The Stamp Review Crew: Guy Greetings Edition

Gosh the year is flying by! Here we are again, the middle of May and time for another Stamp Review Crew blog hop. This week it's Guy Greetings that we're using. Just in case this your first hop with us, we're a group of international Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who hop on the first and third Monday of each month and we all use the same stamp set. That should bring you lots of inspiration. Because we're located all over the world we go live on Sunday night to allow for any kinks along the way. They should all be worked out by Monday!

If, at any time you get lost along the way just click the banner and you'll find yourself at the Stamp Review Crew site. There you'll find a full list of hoppers to get you right back on track.

If you haven't just started here,  you may have come from Lisa Young's blog, Add Ink and Stamp. Her projects are always amazing.

I used Guy Greetings and the Gift Card Envelope and Trims Thinlits Die to create my project for today.

Crumb Cake card stock and Crumb Cake ink were used with all the "relation" stamps from Guy Greetings. I had to be sure I remembered to turn the gift card holder the correct direction to stamp so that when folded all the words would be readable. I used the tools stamp for the label because more than likely I'll get my husband a gift card for Father's Day having to do with tools. The tools were embossed in silver on one of the new In Colors, Dapper Denim. The label was attached to the Natural Chevron Ribbon to keep the envelope closed.

It's so fun to open the envelope to find a gift card inside…

That's all for me this time. Now you're ready to hop on over to The Stamping Blok, the blog of the super talented Rochelle Blok.

 

 

                                                

Guy Greeting for PPA 241

I love this week's sketch at the Pals Paper Arts! Take a look...

The oval had me stumped for a little bit but I finally figured out what to do with it.

I started by stamping a collage using images from Guy Greetings. Here are a couple of pictures of how I did it.

I decided what size oval I wanted to use and cut it out of scrap paper with my Oval Framelits. Then I laid out the shapes and sentiments I wanted to use onto the oval die.

Then I used my block to pick them all up like this...

When I turned the block over all my stamps were ready to ink up with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I practiced stamping it on my grid paper first and realized a couple of sentiments were a tad crooked. I took the opportunity to straighten them out before stamping it onto a piece of Ivory Naturals card stock. Then I used a piece of Basic Black card stock from which to cut my oval to frame over my stamped image. First I ran it through my Texture Boutique with the Chevron embossing folder to add a little more interest. I pulled in piece of Flashback Designer Series Paper and a Real Red card base for some color. A Very Vanilla button threaded in a simple "x" adds another masculine touch.

Here's another look at the completed card with it's coordinating envelope made with the Envelope Punch Board using Ivory Naturals card stock.

I stamped a classic car inside the card too but left off the sentiment because I can choose to use this card for Father's Day or a birthday, we'll see.

We ended up with no snow on Wednesday night! We just got some sleet but the roads were clear on Thursday and I was able to get out and walk first thing. I did get a little time in my craft room in the afternoon. We're supposed to take my mother to meet Lucy, her newest great grand-daughter, tomorrow. I can't wait to see her myself! While we're there I'm supposed to help my grandson come up with a costume for his school play (he's a first grader) next week. You'll never guess what he is going to be! An acorn with a speaking part! When I was there the last time we decided he could wear his brown sweat jacket that has a hood with some khaki pants. We're going to work on a hat, an acorn top, to go over the hood. I have some ideas and I'll try to take a picture if it works out! I hope you have a great weekend and I'll see you back on Monday for another Stamp Crew Review blog hop. Don't miss it! - Dawn

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I "Mustache" You...

Who's the best dad you know? I bet we were all saying our fathers or our husbands or another dad we know on Sunday are the best. My own dad passed away, very suddenly, when I was 15 but in those years he was a wonderful dad! My husband though is not only a terrrific dad, and now grand-dad, he's a fantastic husband. He's also had a mustache for years, like 36 years or more. I knew he would relate to this Father's Day Card I made for him. Take a look....

It did give him a chuckle. I had to pull out the retired stamp set, Occasions Alphabet, (which hasn't sold yet) so I could use this sentiment. I thought I had a similar sentiment but couldn't find it...naturally! I love this Kraft Card Stock! It comes in 12 x 12 sheets which is super nice. The Chevron print is from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack. 

I kept the inside REALLY simple with the sentiment stamp from this month's My Paper Pumpkin kit.....

His gift (card) had to have special treatment too. The new Gift Enclosure Pack was perfect!

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Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Neutrals Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack

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Gift Card Enclosure Pack

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Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad

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Big Shot

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Mustache Framelits Die

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Basic Black 3/4" Chevron Ribbon

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Neutrals Candy Dots

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I've got some family coming in today. They're coming to see my mother and I better get going and finish getting things ready! I hope you have a great day. - Dawn

 

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A Father's Day Card for FMS 87

I had time to make a couple cards yesterday afternoon and decided to join in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week. This sketch looks easier than it actually was, at least for me. Once I had an idea though it went together very quickly!

The 1 3/4" Circle Punch was used to punch circles from the Marina Mist Card Stock and then to punch out two circles from Parker's Patterns Designer Series Paper. The circles were too plain on their own and needed a little something else. Their centerpieces started as a large Silver Button and still needed something. Two little images from A Fitting Occasion did the job. They were backed with a 7/8" Scallop Circle.  A knot was tied on the Marina Mist with some natural trim and finally I felt it was finished!

The interior is really simple too. A sentiment from Really Good Greeting was stamped in Early Espresso. The necktie image was stamped and trimmed out to place over the exclamation point.

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Stamps: A Fitting Occasion & Really Good Greetings
Paper: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Cajun Craze & Very Vanilla Card Stock; Parker's Patterns Designer Series Paper
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler & Not Quite Navy
Tools: 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch
Tiddbits: Silver Designer Button, 7/8" Natural Trim 

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