Daddy's Girl

I am truly blessed with an abundance of fathers...I have 4 to be exact. One biological, one step, one in-law and one Heavenly. Here are a couple of the cards I made this year to honor my dads. Happy Father's Day!

Supplies:

• Stamps--Hedgehog (Penny Black), Sun (Village Arts Press), Rabbit (Delafield), Basket (Sunday International)
• Grass edge punch (Martha Stewart)
• Patterned paper (K&Co)
• Colored Pencils (Prismacolor)
• Odorless Mineral Spirits
• Stamping Ink
• Cardstock
• Embroidery floss (DMC)
• Transparency film
• foam tape

To make this card:

• Cut out a cloud shape from cardstock and use it as a mask to stipple-brush the sky with stamping ink. Similarly, use the grass punch to create a mask and stipple-brush the grass. 
• I created the top part of the netting for the balloon in Photoshop and printed it on transparency. I ran it through my Xyron and adhered it to patterned paper that I cut out in a balloon shape.
• I strung embroidery floss from the netting to the basket and secured it behind the basket with foam tape.
• The basket, sun, rabbit and hedgehog are all stamped and cut-out images on cardstock that I colored with colored pencil then blended with mineral spirits.

 Here is the variation of the same card--same design, different paper for the balloon. I made it for my husband to give to his father. Notice I added alligators in the grass...it's because he lives in Florida!

The third card I made was for my stepdad, Richard. He's not a mushy, sentimentalist...so this card is perfect for him. I love this "Golden Oldies" line of stamps by AI.