TIME...to celebrate Fathers

This is the Father's Day card I made for my kids to give their dad. (Boys, you know they need a little nudge...).

It is a total CASE from one designed by Ann Barba, from the Paper Wishes website. I just changed up the sentiment, to fit the occasion, for the "Best Dad of all Time."

 It was lots of fun to colour in the clocks and gears with copper and gold Smooch inks. The black embossed design actually resists colour, so it was easy to stay within  the lines.  The beautiful silver linen paper just makes the card. Some copper jewel Dazzles also fit the theme.

Here's the inside:

 I used a stamp from Verve, inking the big "DAD" in gold Delicata and stamping the definition over top. The greeting and gears are more pieces from the "Color Me" pack.

Hope your weekend includes some grilling and stamping!

Happy Crafting, 

Caroline

I {heart} Gears-Atlantic Hearts Sketch #25

A very intriguing sketch for you this week, from Atlantic Hearts!

This one was designed by talented team member Anna-Carin.

Don't those gears get your mental processes going?  They remind me of the Blogger icon...

Here's what I came up with:

 I started cutting out some gears with the Cricut Artiste cartridge, but then remembered this awesome Provocraft embossing folder. It has all kinds of cogs, dials and general machinery. I've used it many times for graduation cards. The centerpiece is that wonderful clock, which fit with the circular sentiment space on the sketch. 

So I revised my "blueprint," went back to my Cricut and cut out some clock hands. The banner die comes from Simon Says Stamp, and the greeting is from the Puns of Praise stamp set by CTMH. Embellishments are from the Rosewood Mini-medley Accent Collection.

A little monochromatic, perhaps, but overall I'm happy with it.

How will you put your stamp on this sketch? Steam-punk? Organic? Vintage auto?

Lots of room for interpretation with this one!

Check out the DT's work at Atlantic Hearts--it'll be up tomorrow (Wednesday). Then you have until midnight Sunday to post your creation.

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:
CTMH card-stock in Cocoa, Bamboo and Colonial White
CTMH ink: Cashmere, Cocoa
Provocraft embossing folder
Cricut Artiste cartridge
CTMH Mini-medley accent collection/Rosewood
Stamp set: Puns of Praise (retired)
Simon Says Stamp: tilted banner dies