Printable Father’s Day Card
Free printable Father’s Day Card from acreativeneed
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Pencils and Paper
My boys enjoyed their first few days back at school this week and I got through it o.k too! I’m a bit nervous about the year ahead because my oldest son is in grade 5 and everyone’s been telling us how important a year it is as these are the grades that will follow him into high school! High school??? Yikes. Ok. He has 2 whole years before high school. We also have a new principal this year and there will be lots of changes. Hopefully all for the better. I’m staying optimistic! As for my card today, I decided to make a masculine teacher thank you card. See? Optimism. 🙂 I drew this image to make school cards and notecards etc. What is it about a grouping of pencils and new paper that inspires me? It always has; I used to love sorting my pencils for school and making neat stacks of my papers and notebooks. I believe it has to do with the anticipation of possibilities; of a story untold. Do …
Back To School ~ A New Image
I drew this image yesterday, as back to school is heavy on my mind! My son asked me if it was him? ” Because I have a backpack just like that!” 🙂 I made this card inspired by a few different challenges tonight; I’ll list those below. I can’t wait to hear what you think of my new drawing! I colored him with copics and did my best to do some proper shading since he is a pencil drawing and there’s plenty of indication as to where to shade when coloring. When I clean up the image digitally, I try not to take away most of the original sketch lines/shading. I love the look. If you have ever colored any Flourishes images you’ll know what I’m talking about, since their images have those extra areas of dark lines that naturally show where the shading belongs. I made this card with my older son in mind, and since he’s 10, I didn’t want it looking to0 ‘kiddy’. No primary colors, no cute school icons etc. I …
Boyz to Men
Wednesday already! Which means it’s Crafty Creations challenge time. This week the theme is “Boyz to Men”, and we’re being sponsored by Lily Of The Valley Stamps! Their stamps are really adorable; just wait until you see them all!! I colored this sweet little guy with water color crayons and a paint brush because I wanted to keep it soft. I find copics too bright, or maybe I’m just too heavy handed or simply don’t have enough pale markers! Hmmmm? That would mean more shopping required, so it’s just as well I used water colors! Do you see the background file/ index card? I cut that with my Cricut using the Graphically Speaking cartridge; I think I may have bought this cartridge specifically for that image! I’m so bad. I used a fabulous sketch from Kathy’s Waffle Sketch File: July 2011 Sketch. However, I had a duh! moment since the title is: JULY SKETCH: OVALLY nice. Well, as you can see I did not use an oval for my main image panel! I guess I’m …
Squigglefly Monday
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you are having a good one! SQUIGGLEFLY always makes Monday’s better with a fun new challenge! This week’s challenge is my first as a new DT member and I’m happy to say that I’m one of Marloony’s Marvels! Heather’s Headliners were up this week with their Good Ole Summertime challenge, and this week Marlene wants us to show our metal, so steel yourselves and show us what you’re made of! WATCH OUT Heather’s Headliners, Marloony’s Marvels are elbowing their way in! teehee a little in house rivalry, but all in good fun! I used metal brads on the tires of this cute new image by Diane Carubia called TALLY HO! I added two more metal brads as accents at the top of the faux ribbon strips. The image is colored with copics and I’ve used a wonderful sketch for this card from My time made Easy. (Pretty Patterns Sketch #17) Challenges I enjoyed playing in: My time made Easy: sketch Daring Cardmakers: (Suitcase) strapped to the boot of the …
Big Deal Dad!
Dad is a BIG DEAL around here! Our boys love spending time with their Dad; whether it’s playing games, watching movies, having him read to them at bedtime, or helping him around the house! He is the best DAD ever and they adore him!! Of course, he adores them too!!! I love this image from Lynne Stansbery for SQUIGGLEFLY! It’ called His Father’s Son. And yes, I think our boys have big shoes to fill if they are to follow in his footsteps! I made my own computer generated sentiment as I did not have one I liked for the image. The papers are ECHO PARK walk in the park, and I used COPICS to color the image. My husband’s favorite color is yellow, did you guess?! I’ve also used today’s sketch from SCS. Squigglefly’s challenge this week is “make it masculine”! Since Father’s Day is right around the corner, it’s perfect timing! Pattie’s Creations challenge: Father’s Day(or wedding) Dream Valley Challenge: Father’s Day Digi’s With Attitude: Father’s Day Thanks so much for stopping by …
Bon Voyage!
I used a technique called “Direct to Paper” and made this Bon Voyage vacation/travel card. The tutorial is on SCS if you would like to have a look. I used Versa Color and Color Box chalk inks to create the sun and the waves, stamped the Technique Tuesday ship and sentiment in Versa Color Bark ink, and added the crinkled seam binding through two set eyelets. The result? Well, I’ll let you be the judge of that! I took the Color Throwdown challenge: blue, green, and yellow! Thanks for stopping by! You know I enjoy your company!! Deena
Boys will be Boys!
We went to my hometown to visit my Mom and Grandmother for Easter, and we had a really nice time! On Easter day we took a walk through the riverside park where they have built a large skate park. It was packed with boys skateboarding from the age of 6 to 46! My boys were super excited about it and immediately demanded that they get skateboards for their birthdays in June! However, I was shocked to see that only about 10% of them were wearing helmets! They were jumping rails (down sets of stairs) and flipping their boards all without helmets. It really worried me. Am I overprotective? My boys wear helmets to ride their bikes which seems a lot less dangerous than what those boys were doing! Nevertheless, I was inspired to make this card for the WT challenge on SCS today :”Boy oh boy!”, because my boys will like it! “Look Mom! NO hands and NO HELMETS!” uugh! NO WAY! Stamps: Extreme Skateboard Stampin’ Up!, Cornish Heritage Farms boys, sanded background SU! …
Take a Risk
I really like this quote by T.S. Eliot. It really speaks to me, although I would not consider myself much of a risk taker. Still, I can appreciate the genuine curiosity of those who do risk going that one step further than most of us. Sometimes in life it’s the “What if’s?” that stop us from moving forward, or trying new things, but then again, it’s also the “What if’s?” that can inspire the possibility of a positive outcome, of something great! Sometimes we need to push our limits to see just how far we can go! What does this have to do with today’s card? Well, I’ll tell you! I know quite a few card makers who are afraid, yes, afraid to leave white space on their cards!! They MUST fill it up with embellishments or stamps or ANYTHING so as NOT to have any open space left on the card! This week at Crafty Creations Challenge blog Jaime whom confesses to being AFRAID of the white space, has challenged us all to do …
Masculine Valentine
Masculine Valentines are always a bit tricky I think. I hope I pulled it off with this! Yes it has ribbons, but I don’t think it’s too frilly and I like the look of the newsprint with the hearts. I stamped a sheet of newsprint using an Impression Obsession Cover – a – Card background stamp. Then, I stamped the hearts and love sentiment (Daisy and Dandelion clear stamps- Candyfloss and Marshmallow stamps). I punched them using a 1 1/4″ square punch. The strip of white card stock is embossed with the Sizzix notes die using the cuttlebug. The base card is Stampin’ Up! Basic Gray card stock and I used grey and satin red Stampin’ Up! ribbon for embellishment. Thanks for stopping by! You know I enjoy your company! I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Deena
A Creative Need 