Father's Day

 

My Father in law is crazy about golf. I saw this topper set on the Hunkydory site months ago and thought it would make a great card. It is called Live, Love, Golf and you get an A5 die cut topper sheet, An A4 Base card and an A4 sheet of decoupage to complete the topper. It is no longer on their website but several sites still have stock.

He is also very, very proud of his garden. It is pretty big and he spends a lot of time working in it and the lawn is his pride and joy. 

Imagine That Digistamps has a great set this month Lawn Ranger which we have had for free in the DOTM Progressive challenge. Alternatively you can purchase it for a reduced price HERE. You get loads of images and sentiments and it is a really great set.

I wanted to try and incorporate both themes into the same card. I have recently made a tri fold card and though that might work well. I have made a lot of cards for him over the years and try to make them different. He hasn't had one of this style before.

I joined two 5.5" square cards together to create the base. The front and back section have been covered with some green paper. The topper has a gold border around it so I used some peel off stickers to add an edge to the card base to match. The topper is perfectly fine to use in it's own but you can also use the decoupage sheet on the image. This make the front of the card quite thick as in some places there are 5 layers. That was a lot of foam pads and small cuts required and took ages to do but the results are worth it. You can see the dimension better in the last image.

The middle section of the card was covered with the card from the Hunkydory pack. A layer of gold card frames the scene I created using an image and sentiment from Lawn Ranger.

Unfortunately the bane of Dad's life is squirrels digging up his lawn and burying their nuts so I thought it would be a little fun to add Happy Squirrel from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. This scene has been coloured with Promarkers.

For the final section I added a frame which was the 'waste' from the diecut panel. The sentiment is from Lawn Ranger and has been die cut with a CREAlies scalloped border die.

The image below shows the card opened up so all panels are visible. I showed it to my hubby and he said it looks like it took a long time to make and he wasn't wrong..... but he likes it so is a happy customer ☺

Card Details -

Size - 5.5” Triple Fold

Digital Images - Happy Squirrel (Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez) & Lawn Ranger set (Imagine That Digstamps)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Decoupage Topper set - Live, Love, Golf (Hunkydory)

Dies - Crea-Nest-Lies XXL 70  (CREAlies)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #501Anything Goes With a Critter
• 613 Avenue Create - #6 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft - #142 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #6-2021 Anything Goes
• Always Fun Challenges - #218 I Love My Dad
• Angie’s Digital Stamps - #53 Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments - #277 Anything Goes & Sentiment
• Classic Design Challenge - #6 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #23 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Crafting Happiness - #100 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - #51 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Catz - #556 Anything Goes / Animals
• Crafty Gals Corner - #220 For The Boys
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Cottage - #141 Eileen's Anything Goes Challenge
• Creative Moments - #216 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #689 Anything Goes
• Daisy Chain Challenges - #53 Cute Animals
• Dare 2B Artzy - Masculine
• Digi Choosday - #24 Anything Goes
• Digi Doodle Studios - #39 Boys to Men
• Dragonfly Dreams - For The Boys
• House That Stamps Built - #J221 All About The Boys
• House That Stamps Built - #J921 Fun Fold
• Imagine That Digi of The Month - Lawn Ranger
• Incy Wincy Designs - For A Man
• International Art & Soul - #110 Pre-Made Toppers
• Lemon Shortbread - #148 Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes / Purple
• Paper Shelter - #474 Digital Image
• Pearly Sparkles - #63 For Men or Boys
• Polkadoodles - #24 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #194 Anything Goes with an Animal
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Animal Antics
• Stinkin’ Inkers - You're The Man
• Sweet Stampin’ - Masculine Makes
• The Male Room - #151 Dads & Grandads
• Try It On Tuesday - For the Man in Your Life
• Word Art Wednesday - #495-496 Anything Goes