Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Happy Birthday, Dad

First off, I want to wish a very special birthday to my Dad!
He's one of the best men on the planet, and I'm so proud to be his daughter.

Here's the card I made for him.


I was wracking my brain for an image, since I don't have any particularly masculine stamps. I started searching the internet for appropriate digi stamps, and on a whim thought I'd check out printable coloring pages, since they're free. I found this one, and thought it was perfect.

I printed it out on GP cardstock and colored it in with Copic markers. It took a lot of colors and a lot of work to get it to look right. I'm still not completely happy with it -- it's a lot harder to color water and rocks than I thought!


To assemble my card, I folded some gray Bazzill cardstock into a standard sized card, then added a scrap of blue paper from Basic Grey's Marrakech collection. I mounted my image on another piece of matching cardstock and popped it up with dimensional adhesive.

I wrapped a bit of embroidery thread around the card three times and tied it into a little bow. Then I stamped my sentiment from Hampton Arts, trimming the edges into a banner shape. I added a scrap of gray cardstock behind that and trimmed it to echo the banner. I attached that directly to the card.



And that's it!
Parent/Teacher conferences tonight, so I gotta run!
Hope you're all doing well!

8 comments:

  1. What an inspiring card, love that image--and a free colouring page at that! The use of the embroidery thread was a good idea.

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  2. You did an amazing job on the water and rocks! The water looks very life like, your dad is going to love this card, it is beautiful. Enjoy the conferences.

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  3. like that - that's really lovely.

    You can get some goot tips for co,ouring water from Suzanne Dean site or you tube.

    Super card

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  4. This is such a beautiful card! Very stunning! I just LOVE how you colored the scene. I'm sure your dad loved it!

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  5. It turned out really nice! Please tell Uncle Clay I said Happy Birthday!

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  6. Although I can't seem to wrap my head around digistamping, I'm very impressed with your lighthouse card. Way to go!

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  7. It is beautiful. Thanks for the idea of coloring pages...I would never have thought of it. Take Care

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  8. Lighthouses always amaze me. They are the picture of beauty and simplicity. Great job.

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Thank you so much for taking a few moments to brighten my day!

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