If you follow my blog, you may recall that I've been behind in my card-making a lot this year, such as when I finally made my mum's Mother's Day card not in May but in July (and confession time - I've only just posted it end of October - eek!). So, not to disappoint my step-father but his Father's Day card has similarly been enormously delayed but it was totally worth it because I'm thrilled with the design!
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| All Start Dad |
You'll never believe this but the inspiration for this card came to me while I was out for a morning jog. I'd been struggling with what sort of theme to use for this year's Father's Day card and then remembered that I'd bought some of October Afternoon's gorgeous Apple Cider line and the colours would work nicely for a masculine card.
I also picked up the puffy stickers for the line (which, btw, are absolutely gorgeous) - except that several of them are American football-themed and not something I would ever use. But they would be perfect for a Father's Day card... Now if only there was an awesome retro TV set included somewhere in the line and as luck would have it, there was the perfect TV card in the do-dads pack. Score! I even used up a bit of scrap OA Woodland Park paper with a retro picture story design on it in the layering.
Finally, I got to the sentiment, which I hadn't thought about at all by this point. I knew I wanted something sports-themed and eventually landed on the obvious: all star dad. This mix of Bella Blvd. letter stickers and Amy Tan Thickers layered up worked perfectly. There are just some cards that come together so easily and are a joy to create and this was without a doubt one of them.
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