I wanted to make a very personalized fathers day card for my hubby and make it as if it was being sent from our pups. As some of you know, my hubby donated one of his kidneys to my brother who suffered kidney failure last year. Because he can no longer play contact sports, he has given up ice hockey and now enjoys playing golf.
So I decided I would make him a golf (and doggy)-themed card. I used the boy image from the OA “Special Delivery” stamps set by The Greeting Farm and masked off portions of it with washi tape before inking it up. Then I removed the washi before stamping out the image. In the little blank areas, I doodled in a golf club and longer golf pants (the pants I paper pieced from plaid patterned paper to give that ticky tacky golf pant look–LOL). I used the following Copic markers to color this little boy, following the MFT Color Challenge: Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, R30; Hair: E55, 57, and 59; Saddle shoes: C0, 1, 7, and 9; Golf shirt (I doodled on a collar onto the T-shirt): R20 and 21; Wind breaker jacket: G12, G14, B34, B37; and Golf Club: C0, V20, C7.
For the pups, I used a stamp from the Penny Black “Tiny Treats” stamp set
For the card design, I followed an MFT Sketch Challenge and created bands of color with colored and patterned papers from my scrap box. I hand cut the fringe to add extra texture and movement. For the golf cart layer, I used VersaMark Ink and clear embossing powder to heat emboss the cute little cart from The Greeting Farm “I Love Dad” stamp set. To spotlight the characters representing my hubby and our pups, I used the 4th largest die from the Diemond Dies Cross Stitched Circle Nesting Die Set and the 11th largest die from the Diemond Dies Die-Normous Stack-Ems Circle Nesting Die Set to create a little background. Remember, my readers can get 10% off and free worldwide shipping at Diemond Dies on all orders of $35 or more by using the coupon code: thankskristina
For the inside of the card, I used two of the sentiments from The Greeting Farm “I Love Dad” stamp set as well as a paw print stamp that I was gifted from my friend Jill (YT: luvmy2pugs1).
The following is a video share of this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
MarkerPOP Fathers Day Challenge
The Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Challenge – All About the Boys!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Animal Magic Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Girls Creations Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with an Optional Animal Focus Challenge
MFT Sketch Challenge 285
MFT Camp Create – Wonderful Watercolor Challenge
Too cute!!! What a great guy card! Love the pants! Thanks for joining us at TGF!
Thanks so much Rachel! LOL I always love the loud golf pants so even though my hubby usually wears khakis I wanted to paper piece those on this little guy. 🙂 TFStopping by! Hugs, Kristina
SUPERB coloring! Love the stamping on kraft! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Animal Magic” Challenge! Well done!
Thank you so much Virginia! I don’t use kraft nearly as much as I should, so I was happy to try it on this card. 🙂 tfstopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Awesome coloring.
Aww thanks so much Lisa! TFStopping by! hugs, Kristina
Great card and love how you personalised the image –Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
Carol DT x
Thank you so very much Carol! Yes, I love making stamped images my own as I need to for special people. 🙂 TFStopping by and your encouraging comments. Big hugs, Kristina
Awww this is so cute! I love that image and your gorgeous coloring, fab design too! Thanks so much for joining us at Creatalicious.
Tammy x
Thanks bunches Tammy! It was really fun designing this card especially for my hubby. 🙂 TFStopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Love this being the the dogs and then the 2 dogs (they are adorable) in the image. Great card!! Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Creatalicious challenge, Elizabeth (DT)
Thank you so much Elizabeth! It was so fun to make this card for my hubby “from our pups”. 🙂 lol tfstopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Lovely Fathers Day Card. I am very glad you joined us this week at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog. I hope you had a fantastic time!!! See you back very soon to play in another amazing challenge. 🙂
TTFN,
CraftyGirl
craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Design Team Member
Thanks so much! I had fun altering the stamp to better fit my hubby and his love of golf. 🙂 tfstopping by! Hugs, Kristina
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our ” anything goes with optional animals as main focus” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Come and Get It)
(DT Crafty Friends)
Thanks so much Melanie! It was super fun to play along!