Lelli-Bot Crafts Urban Roots Father's Day

This morning I had a request from a friend for a Father's Day card for her son to give to her husband. Her theme of choice was music or gaming, so I immediately thought of the Lelli-Bot Crafts Urban Roots Fullworks kit. 

One of the best things about this kit, apart from the great topper images and 6x6 papers, is that it comes with lots of coordinating embellishments. For this card, I chose a star button and this great treble clef charm. The stars are simply die cut from a backing paper and the sentiment printed out.

Apart from the 8x8 card blank and black and white card, everything on this card comes from the kit, making it really easy to put together a quick but stylish card.

Products used:

Lelli-Bot Crafts Urban Roots Fullworks Kit

The Range Black Card

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock in Coconut White

X Cut Star Nesting Dies

I am entering this card in the Lelli Bot Craft Challenge Blog Challenge 1

Mr Mister patchwork card

I do love a patchwork card and wanted to show that the technique isn't just for feminine cards.
I've used 4cm squares of Docrafts Mr Mister paper for this card, cutting it so that the card's sentiments are within the patchwork pieces. I've layered the pieces onto a square dark grey card and adhered the square onto a co-ordinating backing paper, on a 6x6 blank, using thin foam pads. It's simply finished with some blue-grey pearls from Scrapberry's (I just love their embellishments and the range of colours is awesome).
The end result would be great for any special man but made particularly with Father's Day in mind.

Products used:
Docrafts Mr Mister 12x12 papers, Papermania A4 card
Scrapberry's Pearls

Vintage Gentleman Father's Day Card

This card is very simple but lots of fun to make. I used Trimcraft First Edition True Blue papers and Vintage Gentleman dies to make the card. These elements combine well with kraft card, so I used this for a change.

I started with a square kraft card blank and added a piece of one of the papers. I then took a smaller square of kraft card and used 3 of the Vintage Gentleman dies to cut a hat, glasses and moustache. I wanted to use the apertures in the card so made sure I placed the dies carefully to get the look I wanted.

I cut three small pieces of different papers and glued these behind the apertures I had made with the dies. I attached the square of kraft card onto the card blank using 1mm depth foam pads.

Finally, I stamped the Best Dad sentiment onto another piece of kraft card and attached with foam pads.

Dads can be very difficult to buy for so I like the idea of a quirky card that will suit most of them. I'm very pleased with the end result. Thanks for visiting x

Products used:

Trimcraft First Edition True Blue papers (free with Crafts Beautiful magazine), Vintage Gentleman dies

Docrafts Mr Mister Stamps

Momento Paris Dusk ink pad

Hunkydory Crafts Foam Pads

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer glue

One layout, two cards

Card layout challenges can be a great way for beginners to learn about card design and can also help more experienced crafters get new ideas. These challenges can be found in craft magazines, on blogs and on Facebook.

For these two cards, I have used the layout from the Trimcraft website May layout challenge. I wanted to see how different one layout can look when two very different collections are used.

The first card is a Bon Voyage card, but could easily be used for Father's Day or a birthday, with a change of sentiment. I have used Trimcraft First Edition Travel Notes papers for this card.

 Products used:
Trimcraft First Edition Travel Notes 8x8 paper pad, First Edition Nesting Stamp Dies
Docrafts All Aboard Washi Tape, Denim Dome Stickers

The second card uses the Trimcraft Helz Cuppleditch Fun Fair range. I love the ticket strip washi tape in this collection and wanted to use it on the card instead of a sentiment.

Products used:
Trimcraft Helz Cuppleditch Fun Fair 12x12 printed paper pack, 8x8 glittered paper pack, Decoupage Pad, Washi Tape and Wooden Buttons

Father's Day Tin

I have wanted to have a go at upcycling a coffee tin for a while now and finally got round to it today, making this bits 'n' bobs tin for Dad. These tins are great to use as they have no sharp edges, so this would be an ideal project to do with children for Father's Day. This tin has been decorated using Trimcraft's Travel Notes collection.

Instructions:

1. Cut a strip of blue card to the same depth as the tin and long enough to wrap around and overlap slightly at the back. Cut narrower strips of patterned paper to layer around the middle. I secured the paper around the tin using Cosmic Shimmer glue.

2. Wrap baker's twine around the tin and secure with tape. Add a homemade rosette (see my Belle and Boo Shutter card post for details of how to make these) with a personalised greeting.

This has found a home on my husband's desk already :-)

Products used:

Trimcraft Travel Notes 12x12 paper pad

Docrafts Papermania A4 card, Denim Collection Twine

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer glue

Bohemian Butterfly Card (with gilded butterflies)

A few weeks ago, I won some Trimcraft Bohemian collection goodies.  It is such a pretty collection, with butterflies, birds, flowers and stags and a lovely colour palette too.

One of my favourite items in the collection are the wooden shapes. I chose to use butterfly shapes for this card. Although the shapes look great left as they are, I wanted this card to have a special feel, so chose to use gilding flakes to decorate them. I found that the adhesive on the back of the shapes was ideal for attaching the gilding flakes.
 

I also took the chance to use my Spectrum Noir pens on this card, stamping both the stag image and some small butterflies around it.
 

Full instructions for this card are available on my Trimcraft gallery.
 

Products used: 

Trimcraft Bohemian 6x6 Papers, Stag stamp, Wooden Shapes

Docrafts Lace

Spectrum Noir Markers Colours used:

Stag GB8 GB10 IG10

Flowers PL2 PP5 TB2 CG2

Butterflies PL2 PP3

Creative Expressions Gilding Flakes Summer Meadow

Crafters Companion Neenah card

Tonic Studios Circle and Scalloped Circle dies

I am entering this card for the Spectrum Noir May Facebook Challenge Use Flowers

Docrafts Owl Folk

As it's #docraftsmonday today, I thought I'd share two new Docrafts cards.

Owl cards are always very popular with my friends and so I was very excited by Docrafts new Owl Folk collection. As always with Docrafts, the collection is made up of papers of varying sizes, with lots of matching toppers and embellishments. The colours are really good two, folksy but very on trend.

For this card, I have used the Presscut Stepper die to cut a base card and to cut out the papers from the 6x6 paper pack. I found that the topper pack did not have any toppers which fitted the card shape, so I cut my own from the 12x12 paper pack, using Tonic layering dies.

I finished the cards with a bow, sentiment and punched flowers with pearl centres. Very simple but pretty and effective, I think. 

Products used:
Docrafts Owl Folk 6x6 and 12x12 paper packs, Ribbon Bows, Die cut sentiments
Press cut Stepper die
Tonic Studios Oval and Rectangle layering dies, Flower punch
Scrapberry's pearls