Yesterday was the day we celebrated all the great dads out there. I was so busy getting ready for the BBQ we hosted that I didn’t get this blog post up!!

Before I dive into the cards I want to give a shout out to the amazing fathers in my life. I am blessed to have an amazing father. He is my son’s best friend, and I don’t know what our family would do without him. My dad is terrific in helping with our cars {He’s an ace mechanic!! You can ask anyone in our town!!}, he helps with home improvement projects and gives the best advice. My father-in-law is a wonderful man. He has the biggest heart and is such a blessing to us all. My husband…..my husband. His parenting skills amaze me. He is a natural with our son and takes on so much responsibility. I am abundantly blessed!!!!

I have so many papercrafting projects that I’ve been working on, but my Father’s Day cards were not on that list!!! So as I’m scrambling last minute to make them I had to run to my Pinterest boards!!! The first card I made was inspired by this card by Amy Kolling. Using CTMH Whisper Cardstock and a Tim Holtz woodgrain dry embossing folder to start, followed by a small strip of CTMH Slate Cardstock, add a little Baker’s Twine, and a Happy Father’s Day sentiment* stamped in CTMH Archival Black Exclusive Ink™ makes this card complete!!  This was the first I have used the Archival Black Exclusive Ink™, and I loved it!! It gave me the crisp, clear image just as Stazon™ does, but the clean up wasn’t nearly as messy. {*The sentiment comes from the retired Say It In Style Stamp Set}

The second card I made I’m not overly in love with, and let’s be honest with ourselves….we’ve all made cards that we just feel “eh” about. This is definitely one of them. I think if I had a little more time to play with this card I could have made it better, but as I mentioned before I was short on time. For this card I used multiple layers of B&T Duos™ from the CTMH Timberline Paper Packet, cut the frame using the Artiste Cricut® Cartridge, and used a sentiment from the CTMH Holiday Tags Stamp Set in CTMH Twilight Exclusive Ink™.

I hope you had a great weekend celebrating all the great dads in your lives!!

-Kelly

Both cards today feature CTMH’s June’s Stamp Of The Month, Kaboom!

Card #1

 I started by inking up the two smaller firework images in CTMH’s  Lagoon Exclusive Ink™, Creme Brulee Exclusive Ink™, Juniper Exclusive Ink™, and Honey Exclusive Ink™  by using the rock ‘n roll technique on piece of  CTMH White Daisy Cardstock. {If you’re not familiar with this technique-you stamp the image in the lighter color ink first and then roll the edges in a darker color ink. When you stamp the image it will appear to be two-tone} To keep the White Daisy Cardstock from blending in with the white card base, I used a Sponge Dauber and CTMH Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ around the edge of the cardstock

I used the CTMH Keyboard Uppercase Stamp Set in Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ for the happy birthday sentiment. I overlapped the letters slightly to give the appearance that the letters are connected, and I added a strips of 3D Foam Tape to have the sentiment literally pop off the card!! The little star is also from the June SOTM and is stamped in Creme Brulee Exclusive Ink™. For the finishing touch I added a couple CTMH Durables Triangle Studs.  {Card inspired by this card by Jocelyn Olson}

Card #2

Starting with a white card base, I added a layer of CTMH Outdoor Denim Cardstock followed by another layer of White Daisy Cardstock. On the top layer of cardstock I used the CTMH  Distressed Backgrounds Stamp Set in Champagne Exclusive Ink™ followed by another firework image from June’s SOTM in Sorbet Exclusive Ink™. The tag was cut in White Daisy Cardstock using the Art Philosophy Cricut® Cartridge. I again used a sponge dauber and Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ around the edges of the tag for more definition. The sentiments come from two different stamp sets; the “congratulations” sentiment and the star are from the Casual Expressions Stamp Set and the “you’re amazing” is from the Cricut® Artiste Collection. To give the tag a little texture I used the Chevron Embossing Folder and tied a bow using the Harvest Baker’s Twine at the top of the tag. {card inspired by this card by Lisa Henke}

CLOSE TO MY HEART JUST RELEASED THEIR RETIRING ITEMS LIST!!!!

A new Idea Book will be released in August and CTMH has to make room for the new!! The retiring items includes stamp sets, paper packets, cardstock, embellisments, etc, etc, etc. CTMH is retiring 5 of their exclusive colors from their color palette. Those colors include: Blush, Buttercup, Twilight, Creme Brulee, and Sky. All coordinating products that include these colors {cardstock, ink pads, re-inkers, markers, etc} will also be retiring!! Be sure to check the list soon!! All items are now while supplies last only!

Thanks for stopping by!!

-Kel