Welcome to Stamp It Group’s Father’s Day Blog Hop!
I’m so excited for you to be here today with us! My name is Mikki Winebrenner and I have a fun fold easel Father’s Day card for you today using Stampin’ Up Gone Fishing Stamp Set and Dies!
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I debated a on what card to do for this Father’s Day hop. I had so many ideas of different styles and types of cards to do. I settled on this fun fold tackle box card.
I chose to use the Gone Fishing set because my dad is a HUGE fisher! He would live on the water in his boat if we would let him! Most weekends during fishing season if we cant find him we just have to looking in his favorite spots. It’s the “Where’s Waldo” Father Edition 😂
Let’s jump on into this card. There are a lot of parts and pieces to this one but I promise you it is pretty smooth sailing so to speak.
Some products you will need are: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Smokey Slate, Summer Splash, Coastal Cabana and Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pads. Memento Tuxedo Black ink and So Swirly Embossing folder.
There is a full list of supplies below with links to the products.
The cardstock measurements are:
Shy Shamrock 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 2-1/8” and 4-1/4”, 4” x 5-1/4”, scrap piece for sentiment.
Wild Wheat 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
Window Sheet: 4” x 5-1/4”
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”, 1 full sheet for stamping images.
Silver Foil: scrap pieces for hooks and tackle.
I have a quick run down on how I did this card below in the gallery.
Cut all your paper to size.
Score the Shy Shamrock card base at 2-1/8” and 4-1/4”
You will need these dies from the Gone Fishing Die Set
Stamp the fishing gear in Smokey Slate onto the Basic White scrap pieces
Using the filler stamps on the fish and fly hooks. I used Lemon Lime Twist and Pumpkin Pie ink
Stamp the fillers of the rest in Real Red
Stamp the fish in Smokey Slate, you will need 3 of him!!
Stamp the water waves onto the bottom of the 4-1/4” Basic White with Coastal Cabana. Stamp the waves twice before inking them again.
Stamp the sentiment in the center with Shy Shamrock
Do the same thing with Summer Splash ink
Cut out all the pieces!! Use the Silver Foil for hooks, weights and miscellaneous. Real red for the bobbers. Also cut the tackle box lid from Shy Shamrock and the base from Wild Wheat. You will also need to cut the tackle box base from the Window Sheet, we will trim it up later.
Cut the tackle box lid out from Foam Adhesive Sheets. You will need to do this twice as one piece doesn’t fit all the way across.
Run the Wild Wheat through with the So Swirly Embossing Folder.
Attach the Shy Shamrock lid to the window sheet with liquid glue. Attach the Adhesive foam onto the back of that as well.
Place your fishing gear into the sections and attach the Wild Wheat to the lid. Add your Happy Fathers Day Sentiment to the section with the fish hooks. I stamped it on Shy Shamrock with Memento and fussy cut it out.
Attach the 4-1/4” Basic White to the inside of the card.
Attach the 3 fishes (fish, fishies??) together with left over foam sheets.
Glue that onto the water portion of the inside. In the middle as this will act as a support for the easel.
Attach the tackle to the first flap of the front with liquid glue.
The top half should not be attached at all!
Open the card up and prop it against the fish and you are done!
I’ve really enjoyed “hopping” with you all!
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Hello Everyone! I know graduations are sneaking up on everyone at what seems to be a rapid pace! We have my daughter graduating from college this weekend! Im still wrapping my head around that one!!
With all the festivities in mind I wanted to give you some last minute ideas and inspiration for a quick graduation card. I will be using Stampin’ Up!’s Cap and Gown Cling Stamp Set.
Planning these out I thought it would be fun to really focus on our local community schools and branch out just a tiny bit into the surrounding areas as well as my daughters University.
The 4 card designs I will show you this week will have 6 different color combinations. I also have 1 card design that I only have one color combination for. We might just sneak in super fun explosion box as well!!
Let’s get going on these cards. I tried to keep them fairly simple for everyone. Please remember that the color combinations can be changed to do any color that is needed!
Slim line cards have a very different measurement than the standard cards. This also means you will need a different kind of envelope. I will touch on that at the end!
Measurements for this card (I will only be using the colors for one card in the measurements!) :
Basic White Cardstock: 7” x 8-1/2” scored at 3-1/2” – base of the card
Basic Black Cardstock: 3-3/8” x 8-3/8”
Poppy Parade Cardstock: 3-1/4” x 8-1/4”
Basic White Cardstock: 3-1/8” x 8-1/8”
After you cut your paper to size and score your base, pull out the numbers 0,2 and 4 from the Alphabet A’la Mode Dies. Line up the numbers in order 024 at the bottom of the 3-1/8” Basic White. Once you have that lined up, cut the numbers out with the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Run it through again with only the number 2 at the beginning of the number sequence.
*SAVE THE NUMBERS!!! I use them in the next card tomorrow!!
As an alternative for the numbers, if you want to simply things even more, you can stamp the 2024 at the bottom of the same piece with the school color – for this sample I would use Poppy Parade stamp pad.
Stamp the word “CONGRATS” at the top of the 3-1/8” Basic White piece and “CLASS OF” above the numbers, both in Tuxedo black.
** Funny story: my “Class Of” saying is different from the one in the stamp set because me the brilliant one that I am lost my stamp shortly after pulling it out. The renegade stamp has been discovered and returned to it’s proper place.
Next stamp the robe in the school color of choice and the cap in black or the second school color.
On the inside of the card you will want to stamp your sentiment: I used the sentiment “you did it!”, and stamped it in tuxedo black in the center. I also grabbed the scroll stamp and stamped it directly under the words as well as in the outer two corners.
Let assemble this card up!!
You will want to use your preferred adhesive for this, I love my Multipurpose Liquid Glue. It is so forgiving and gives you just a little time to adjust the paper as you need.
Again, I am doing only color combination but the concept is the same for all of them.
Attach the 3-1/8” Basic White to the 3-1/4” Poppy Parade cardstock.
Attach the Poppy Parade to the Basic Black and then attach to the Basic White card front.
Easy Peasy!
To add just a little bit of a pop to the card, grab those iridescent foil gems and lets change the colors!
Grab the Stampin’ Blend that coordinates with your colors – Dark Poppy Parade and Dark Basic Black for me- Color 2-3 gems in those colors. Simply “paint” them with the blends. Let them dry for a few seconds and now you have custom color Iridescent Foil Gems.
Attach those around the card and we are all done.
Representing: Greene County, Paton Churdan, Madrid and Ames High
Representing: Perry, Ogden and Boone
Representing: Woodward Granger and Iowa State University
For the envelope:
You have a couple options here. You can use a legal length envelope that you can purchase at a store or you can make your own with DSP. They are super simple to make.
Here is a downloadable template for you. I am a visual person so hopefully this will help.
As a mom with a graduate I understand how busy crazy things are getting right now. With that in mind I would also like to offer you an option that I normally would not do.
I have a bunch of these already made up in a variety of colors. If something catches your eye and you would really like to make it but have no time, reach out to me and we can work something out. All of these are available for purchase.
I will be back tomorrow with another fun and simple card for you! Below you will find the entire list of products I used with links to them in my store.