Happy Father's Day and a Happy Lex Day!

A tutorial to make a handmade card for Father's Day using My Favorite Things Candy Stripes Stencil, My Favorite Things Hey Die-namic, My Favorite Things In Stitches Alphabet Die-namics, My Favorite Things Itty Bitty Basics stamp, and more! #cardmaking #handmadecard #homemadecard #cardtutorial #fathersday
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Okay, so "Lex Day" is not a holiday, but this is a day on which I am very happy! I finally made a few cards I actually like! This one in particular, started off a bit wonky, but I was able to make it work! Whew! Luckily, I know that even the most talented of card makers makes mistakes, and can run with them (see Cathy Zielske's recent video about cardmaking gone wrong! Love her!).

So, happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! This card got sent up to Virginia to my dad... unfortunately, I was not very timely with mailing it out, so he hasn't gotten it yet!

So let's dive in to the details...

INSTRUCTIONS:

(I started with a different paper that was a glossy black matte, but the embossing ink just didn't seem to stick to it right. So I chose...) a regular black cardstock that had weave texture by Craft Perfect. I cut it down to a 4" X 5.25" panel with my trimmer.

I placed my candy stripes stencil from My Favorite Things over the paper, and I forgot to use Pixie Spray. I put my Brutus Monroe embossing ink pad straight on the stencil, and as you may have guessed, the ink smooshed under the stencil and the lines were not straight. However, after I put ultra thick embossing powder on it, and heated that bad boy up, I really liked the texture and messiness to it! But it still seemed to be missing something.

I pulled out some Heidi Swapp sheer shine spray that I got on clearance at Michaels last year, gave a few sprays to the panel in my splatter box, and let it dry. Sometimes, mediums resist embossing, but this spray stuck everywhere I sprayed it, and I quite liked it!

Then using Neenah cardstock, I die cut the "hey" sentiment, and then the letters for "dad" from the in-stitches alphabet dies, both from My Favorite Things. I used two rectangle foundations dies from my Mini Evolution Brutus Monroe to create the frame. I used my Spellbinders Platinum 6 for the bigger cuts, and my Mini Evolution (that I got for $14.99 on clearance at Tuesday Morning, ya'll!) for the letters. Of course, I had to crank out the "D" twice. 

I stamped the "you're the best" from the Itty Bitty Basics sentiments from My Favorite Things, which I actually got for free with an order over $60 on their site! I used Brutus Monroe detail ink and cut it down with my trimmer. I used my black Tombow to color the edges before using black distress ink with a blending tool around the boarder.

I glued the black panel on an A2 size card base of Neenah cardstock (made with my trimmer and bira scoring tool) with a mix of  E6000 spray and Bearly Arts glue. I then used the glue to add the frame and the remaining die cuts.

For the sentiment, I popped it up with Dollar Tree foam tape, and I used my Tombow again to color the sides of the tape black so it matched the edges of the sentiment.

Lastly, inside the card (not pictured), I used the “happy father’s day” stamp from Heffy Doodle's Classic Sentiments stamps with black ink and

Bira stamp tool.

And that's all folks! Typing that out made me thing it wasn't really as hard as I thought, but it took me a while just because I kept having to stop and think about what I wanted to do! Now hopefully my dad gets this card soon!

SUPPLIES USED (alphabetically):

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• American Crafts - We R Memory Keepers - Mini Evolution
• Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue
• Bira Craft - 12 X 12 inch Multi-Purpose Scoring Board & Score and Fold Tool
• Bira Craft - Easy Stamp Platform Tool
• Brutus Monroe - Detail Ink - Raven
• Brutus Monroe - Embossing Ink 
• Brutus Monroe - Foundations Dies - Rectangles (retired, but Hero Arts and other brands have similar sets)
• Dollar Tree - Crafter's Square - Pop Dot Tape
• E6000 - Spray Adhesive
• Heffy Doodle - Classic Sentiments stamps
• Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Sheer (retired, but available on eBay)
• My Favorite Things - Candy Stripes Stencil (retired, but available on Simon Says Stamp and eBay)
• My Favorite Things - Hey Die-namics (retired, but available on A Cherry On Top and eBay)
• My Favorite Things - In Stiches Alphabet Die-namics
• My Favorite Things - Itty Bitty Basics clear stamps
• Neenah - 110lb Classic Crest Cardstock
• Paper Source - Embossing Heat Tool
• Ranger - Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Black Soot
• Ranger - Ultra Thick Embossing Powder - Clear
• Spellbinders - Platinum 6 die cutting machine
• Tonic Studios - Craft Perfect - Classic Card - Weave Textured - Jet Black
• Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz - 8.5 inch Trimmer
• Tombow - Dual Brush Pen - N15

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CHALLENGES ENTERED:

1. ModSquad Challenge - Masculine

2. Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

3. Happy Little Stampers - Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes

4. Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #24 - For The Guys

5. The Male Room: Challenge #151- Dads & Grandads