Sentimental Sundays: Father's Day

Hello blogging friends and followers. I pray that you are having a blessed Sunday. It's been awhile since I've created anything to share with you. I've been in a bit of a creative rut so to speak and decided I would try to jump back in with our latest challenge from Sentimental Sundays.

This wonderful Sunday we are challenging you to create something for Father's Day and of course you must use a sentiment.

I don't have a lot of masculine stamp images so, this was a real challenge for me. I decided to dig deep into my stash and use some Tag Art from Hot Off The Press. WOW! This is some really old stuff I have from when I first attempted scrapbooking back in the late 90's. Does anyone else remember Tag Art or the company Hot Off The Press?

I based my card design on this sketch from Verve's Week One June Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The Verve Divas take turns designing sketches each Friday and they are always very challenging.

I'm never real sure of myself when I make a masculine card but, I figured I couldn't go wrong with browns and blues as well as hemp twine and distressed edges. The images on the tags seemed fairly masculine to me and I thought they went well with this scripture stamp from Verve.

I hope you'll come join us over at Sentimental Sundays and share your Father's Day creations with us!

There are some other fun challenges out there that I would like to enter my card into:

One Stop Craft Challenge: Father's Day

Our Creative Corner: Favorite Tim Holtz Technique (distressed edges with direct-to-paper inking and applying the distress inks with his foam applicators)

Secret Crafter: Happy Father's Day

ATC's and Cards with Attitude: Anything Goes/Father's Day

Card Makin Mammas: Father's Day

Simply Create Too: Father's Day

The Stamp Man: Make it for a Man


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! May God Bless You!

PSC33: For a Special Man

This week at The Perfect Sentiment we are challenging you to honor the special men in your life with a card. You can use whatever sentiment you feel appropriate for your masculine card as long as you remember to include it on the front of your card. Our twist this week is "no patterned paper".

Our sponsor this week is Pattie's Creations. 
Pattie will award one random winner a digital stamp of their choice.






Since I couldn't use any patterned paper I chose to work with one of the older dynamic duos from Stampin' Up!®...Retired Brilliant Blue and current Bashful Blue. I chose to create an embossed pattern on the Bashful Blue cardstock using a Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

I cut out a lacy oval with a Spellbinders die and stamped the lighthouse image from Sweet n Sassy Stamps on it in Danube Blue from Memento Ink. I then inked all the edges of the lacy oval with the same color of ink. When I think of masculine cards I always think of buttons so, I added three buttons to the bottom of the panel for a clean and simple finished look.

My Design Team and Guest Designers have done their usual Rock Star quality creations. Please pay them a visit:

 Sassy

Jan 

 Abby 

Theresa 

Maggie 

Sam
Tabitha

 Karen
Cheryl 

Connie

Shell

Once inspired, please come join us at The Perfect Sentiment.

Here are some more fun challenges that I would like to enter:
Die-Cuttin Divas: Buttons, Banners, and/or Birthdays
Paper and Such Design: Father's Day
Top Tip Tuesday: Dig out the old. Use something older than 6 months. (Brilliant Blue cardstock and blue buttons have been in my stash since 2006)
The Pink Elephant: Buttons Galore


Thanks for stopping by my blog today. God Bless You!