Dad--You're the Best!

This week I am going to be showcasing THREE awesome projects for the dads in your life! I wanted to share them early so you can use them for inspiration! So check back on Wednesday and Friday to catch all 3!

Up first is this awesome flip album that features pictures with Dad! You can use past photos or take some on Father’s Day to add to the album afterwards!

This is a fun Flip style album that I put together as a class. I always love to create a project that is kid friendly with a little help from mom.

Each page in the album is HALF of an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I used a total of 3 half sheets to make this which will give you 6 design surfaces or sides. You will need to stack them together and punch a hole to add the binder rings (available at any office supply store).

I used the Well Suited DSP as my color palette. I actually quite like this masculine themed designer paper! I cut ‘Dad’ using some retired alphabet dies as I never get rid of our alphabet offerings. I actually wish we would bring back a larger set again! Because I am an avid scrapbooker I do pull these out quick often. The Balmy Blue heart is from the Kiss Punch. Let’s Celebrate You can be found in the stamp set Itty Bitty Birthdays.

Each page is designed to add a vertical 4 x 6 photo (the ‘selfie’ direction of most of our pictures). I added a photo mat on each page as well and then a few fun details. This page uses sentiments from the Thanks for the Laughs and Handsomely Suited stamp sets. The main sentiment is die cut using the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

I also added in the Playful Alphabets dies with the Foam Adhesive Sheets (best combo ever!) and the sentiment on this page is from A Good Man and is a repeating sentiment throughout the album.

I am a big fan of our twine as it adds such a nice accent behind sentiments and I love that there is coordinating twine with this suite. I wanted to bring in a lighter touch to this page so I added hints of Balmy Blue with the top sentiment and by tucking a half circle under the bottom one.

The “You’re the Best” is from the A Good Man stamp set and the bottom one is from Handsomely Suited.

I thought adding in a the sentiment “We must be Related” was perfect for a page with a dad and his kid! I love the Grand Kid stamp set and am so happy it carried over into our new catalogue. It should not be overlooked, it has some awesome sentiments in it. Some retired twine also worked well along with our Matte Black dots. So happy they are sticking around too!

And of course we need to finish off this album with “You are Amazing” as Dad really is right? I love this sentiment and you can find it in the You are Amazing stamp set that coordinates with the project kit. I added a strip of DSP and some black twine from our twine combo package and some recently retired ribbon.

I love this little Flip album as it stands up fairly easy and makes a fun addition to Dad’s desk! Make sure to come back and visit on Wednesday so you can see the next project I created!

You're Amazing!

Do you scrapbook your pets? I love to scrapbook my dog, Hawkins! In fact when I pull out my phone I swear he starts posing. Hahaha! I want to remember all the things, and the picture of my son Shepard and Hawkins reminds me of the school pick up days. My dog sits on the console between the front two seats anxiously awaiting the arrival of the kids to the car. Scrapbook the everyday, not just the big days!

The base of this page is the new Soft Succulent In Color and I paired it up with a peachy coral tone that I was able to achieve by adding in some of our new You’re a Peach DSP and Pansy Patch DSP. I love this color combo with some hints of gold.

I used the Meadow Dies because they are literally my favorite thing at the moment…maybe in a tie with the Tailored Made Tags Dies…both so versatile and fabulous!

I added in phrases from several stamp sets—A Grand Kid, Create with Friends, and Color & Contour!

I think you could easily recreate this layout using different colors, stamps and DSP! I hope you are inspired!

Rainbow of Congrats!

Did you see the awesome watercoloring technique I shared yesterday on my blog? If you didn’t you need to go there right now and check it out as I used the same technique to create the stars for these Congrats cards I made for a group swap!

These cards are just so bright and fun and I know they will make whoever receives them feel even MORE AWESOME for their accomplishment!

I knew I wanted to play around with that water-colour technique again using a brighter color palette and I thought pairing it up with die cut stars would be a great match. The dies are called Stitched Stars and you can find them in our annual catalogue. Keeping the card background on neutral Crumb Cake I think really helps these stars jump off the page!

I was able to get enough stars to embellish 4 cards and each one is unique! I used Magenta Madness, Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana and Mango Melody for my color palette. I think together they make an awesome rainbow inspired combo!

I also flicked Soft Suede over the background of my card too just to give it a little extra!

Now the Congrats font is from the A Grand Kid stamp set, do not overlook it because of its name! It has some really really terrific sentiments in it and you can find it on page 97 of the annual catalogue.

I also wanted to decorate the inside of this card too! So I added in a few more stars and a bit of Magenta Madness ribbon. I think its a fun surprise!

I hope you will give this fun technique a try! It is easy to do, I promise, and is a great way to incorporate watercoloring into your projects!

Congrats! You Did It!

Two of nieces are graduating high school this year and as we all know, the ceremonies and celebrations have been cancelled or postponed. However, they have worked so hard towards this amazing milestone that I still wanted to create a card for them to recognize their achievements. When we are able to gather again (we have a BIG family) we will have a proper family celebration.

I used three stamp sets to create this card! One is brand new and will be available in the new catalogue. The sentiment ‘So Proud of You’ is from the set A Grand Kid. Its a fabulous set! Don’t over look it because of the name! I also used the stamp set Witty-Cisms (if you have been following along on my card challenge you know this stamp set was on my desk from yesterday) for the grad cap and ‘You did It’. The ‘Congrats’ which is embossed in Whisper White on Pretty Peacock is hand cut and is from the stamp set Seriously the Best. The latter two are both retiring but I think they are going to stay in my collection!

The stitched circles I actually had laying around from another project which is how I decided on the color palette! I used a baby wipe dabbed on a Coastal Cabana ink pad to lightly swipe the background and then flicked my Pretty Peacock marker over the background!

‘You Did It’ is cut out with the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I am so happy they will be in the new catalogue! The little grad cap is coloured with the dark Smokey Slate Stampin’ Blend and the light Basic Black Stampin’ Blend.