Father's Day, Quick and Simple

Hello there, glad you stopped by!

  I have a really quick post for a really quick and easy card!. Yep, one more Father's day card, I have to take advantage of this male inspiration while it lasts!

I saw another really great sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and fully intended to play along, but I was late in getting my post up.  EESH!  Well, I thought I would share my card anyway.  If you would like to see the other cards made with this challenge, you can view them here.

I love how simple this card is, a bit out of my comfort zone, but I love how it turned out. 

I used the colours Early Espresso, Pool Party and Whisper White.  I used the stampsets Best Dad Ever and The Open Sea, a little retired Designer Series Paper and some Hemp Twine and voila.....

here is my card.  Let me know what you think!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Father's Day with Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #186

Hello there my stampin' friends!

 

I have a father's day card to show you today that we made at my 'male inspired' card class this week.  We focused on Father's Day cards as well as masculine birthday cards for the men in our lives. 

 

I found some great inspiration over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  You have to stop by and have a look at the wonderful inspiration!  I just love the sketch they have this week!

 

I always struggle with making cards for men and boys, and that is just crazy because my house is all boys except for me!  You would think that I should be used to that boyish stuff by now!  Or .....maybe you could say my cards are my girly time and so that is my focus? ANY how, I have a card to show you today that I am really happy with how it turned out!

 

I chose a nautical theme (can't get any more boy than that!) and I just love the traditional red, white and blue colours together.  I used my The Open Sea stampset for the image and the Teeny Tiny Wishes for the greeting. 

 

Here is my card......

 

 

I used my Ovals framelits to frame the image and some twine to give it some softness - I just couldn't resist! 

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Now head on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy 

The Tall Ships are Coming and The Open Sea

Hi there!

Today, I wanted to share with you a special event that took place near my home this past weekend and it reminded me of a card I made for one of my card classes.

My family and I spent most of the past weekend in Collingwood Ontario, where there were festivities commemorating the bicentennial of the war of 1812 including a visit from the Tall Ships!

 

This is a picture of one of Collingwood's most famous landmarks...the Collingwood Terminals.  They are grain elevators constructed in 1929 and they can be seen for miles.  The ships were docked right behind them.

 

 

 

And here is a picture of the gorgeous landscape...Georgian Bay with Blue Mountain in the background.  The ski hills are green right now, but oh so beautiful!  I often think to myself, just how lucky am I to live so close to this!

 

 

 



There was a re-enactment of the war, some displays of old time children's toys and other memorabilia and the ships - the fabulous ships - visiting us from the United States.

 

 

 These ships are stunning and to think they came all the way from Michigan and California to visit some of the major ports here in Ontario.

 

  

 

And so you are probably saying 'so where is the card?'  Well, of course, seeing the Tall Ships reminded me of one of the Father's Day cards I made this year.  I used The Open Sea stamp set that is available from the main catalogue.  It is an awesome nautical set that is great for masculine cards and scrapbook pages alike.  I also used the very versatile word set Delightful Dozen - it covers all of the major greetings with one set!

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

I love adding some detail to the inside of my cards and the envelope too!

 

 

 I hope my card inspires you.

The supplies I used are:

Whisper White Cardstock
Night of Navy Cardstock
Nautical Expedition - retired Designer Series Paper
The Open Sea Stamp Set
Delightful Dozen Stamp Set
Night of Navy Classic Stampin' pad
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' pad
1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler
Decorative Label Punch

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy