A Guy Thing

Hidy Ho, crafty peeps!

It's week 2 of my gig as a Spotlight Designer over at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! And that means...

This week's theme combines a tribute to those wonderful men in our lives, coupled with the guru of distressed craftiness, Tim Holtz! To me, it's win-win match made in crafty heaven!

"Father's Day/For a Guy" using Tim Holtz products

So hurry on over to their blog for your chance at winning a fabulous $50 gift certificate prize!!

I don't know about you, but I just LoVe Tim's stuff. His style is truly unique and VERY adaptable to just about any theme.

I created a Father's Day card for one of the fathers in my life. I'm blessed. I have 3 dads! One biological, one step, and one in-law! I just haven't figured out which one I'm sending this to, yet. Which one...which one?

I combined some new Tim stuff with some old Tim stuff, and some REALLY old Tim Stuff to create this card. I colored (well, actually painted) the stamped image and background with watercolor markers. I layered it all up with some of his die cuts. I created the "Dad" title block using a fun font printed on watercolor paper. I inked all the edges of just about everything with some Distress Ink, stamped some "stuff" on the background, added some bling, and then quit--because I usually don't know when to stop and I end up with a hot mess. 

I think I actually stopped on this project before reaching the critical mass of hot mess-ness. 

Yay me!

Here are the Tim Holtzy products I used for this project: all are available at Simon Says Stamp:

• Stamp 1: Watch Guy
• Stamp 2: text block from The Journey
• Die1 : Mixed Media 1
• Die 2: Weathered Clock
• Distress Ink (Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo)

Thanks for tromping out here to Left Field! Check back next week for week 3 of my time with the wonderfully talented folks at Simon Says!