Slimline Father's Day Card

Well it looks like I completely missed Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, having had a busy day and not much time on the computer. I used to have so many card done ahead of time, I could sit and schedule several blog posts at a time. That meant I was always a day or two ahead. But since I haven't had much creative playtime, I am scrambling both to make cards and get them posted in a timely manner. Anyhow, this is the final Father's Day card I'm sharing this year and I made it for our son-in-law. 

Inside is a simple box pop-up to which I added die cut mountains and trees. I have done several tutorials on YouTube for making this type of pop up, and you can find one of them HERE.  

For this card I took a 4x4" piece of Kraft cardstock, and scored it at 1, 2 and 3". Then I folded it as I did in the video linked above. 

The treeline die is actually taller than this but it stuck out of the card when it was closed. Remember this is a Slimline card with only a 3.5" width. I just trimmed off the bottom and kept checking it against the pop up base until the trees remained inside the card edges when I closed the card. They were die cut from white card stock, then dipped and dragged through dye ink puddles on my glass mat. I did leave them to dry for about 1/2 hour before adhering them to the mountain die cut. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Adventure Awaits, Honey Bee Stamps

Treeline dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Stamps - Tie-Rific, Reverse Confetti

Bear - Wildlife Wonder, Stampin' Up

Mountain die - Moonflower, Studio Light

Circle die - Hero Arts

Deer stamp - Nature's Beauty, Stampin' Up

Short Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Adventure Pop-Up Father's Day Card

Today I'm sharing a fairly simple pop-up card I made for our son-in-law for Father's Day. The patterned paper takes centre stage as he loves to travel and that winding road just spoke to me for him. The card base is 6.5 x 5", but I cut it down to 6.25" since the paper is 6x6" square. That left me with a smaller white border on each side which I liked better. (The paper was cut to 5x6")

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Little Twist Panel Pop Up die set, which I haven't had out for a while. The stamps are all older ones from my stash and listed below if you are curious.

I also added a panel on the inside bottom of the card before adding the mechanism, as it felt like it needed some balance and stability. That also helps the mechanism work smoother and it just feels better in my hand.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Watercoloured Landscapes 1.0, Paper Rose

5x6.5" card base and envelope

Adventure - Wild Whisper

Little Twist Panel Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Birds & tree stamps - Here's to you, March 21 Paper Pumpkin

Happy Father's Day - Tie-Riffic, Reverse Confetti

Short Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Desert Themed Father's Day Card

I meant to share this card yesterday for Masculine Card Monday on my blog .. but time completely got away from me. 

I knew I wanted to use this SW themed patterned paper pad for hubby's card and when I was looking through my fun fold die sets I spied this Zig Zag die set. This time I reversed the way the circles fold though, with the back circle sliding over the front one and I was really happy with that. I'll do it again for sure.  The die makes the score lines at the same time it cuts and I just folded the left circle to the back and the right circle to the front. That gave me the overlapping effect. 

The decorative elements were die cut from another sheet of paper in the pad, and I also pulled out an older stamp set with some desert flora & fauna to stamp on the plainer pieces.

Supplies used:

SL Circle ZigZag Cardshape Essentials - Studio Light

Patterned paper - Golden Desert, Prima

SW stamps - Bohemian, Michaels

Blending sponges

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Happy Father's Day - Karen Burniston

Tie-Riffic - Reverse Confetti

Alcohol markers

Fathers Day Faux Step Card

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog! We had been on a 5 week, cross Canada camping trip and I didn't have time to make many cards before we left. So the only Father's Day card I managed was for my hubby! First time I haven't made one for our Son-In-Laws, and I felt just awful about it. But they know we love and appreciate them so I had to let it go. I may have to work on some special ones for them to have ready in case things get busy next June too.

As usual, this card started with the patterned paper. Both the background paper (Stampin' Up) and the cut apart (a 12 x 12" sheet of them). Because I knew I was using that SW themed cut apart, I adjusted the top folding piece to fit it. These cards are very easy to customize!

On the back side, I added a die cut Happy Father's Day (Karen Burniston) and some stamped cactus imagery (Stampin' Up). He really liked the card, and kept it to display when we returned home last month.

Obviously, I didn't have time to do a tutorial, but below are the measurements I used if you are wanting to try it. There are lots of Faux Step Card tutorials on YouTube, so I'm not sure if I will end up doing one at all.  

NOTE: For this one I did add an accordion folded cardstock strip, between the centre and back pieces and right along the bottom edge in the centre. For some reason I didn't take a photo.  😳  I WILL do that when I make the next one because it really adds to the stability of the card.

Card Base - 9 x 7 scored at 1.5, 3 and 6. Use the above photo as reference for the mountain and valley folds.

Folded Top Piece -  10 x 4" scored at 5". This can be adjusted depending on how tall you and/or wide you want it to be.

Accordion folded brace inside - 4 x 1", scored at 1, 2 and 3" (sorry, no pic. Oops!)

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 1 card

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Navy cardstock

Patterned paper - Enjoy the Journey, Stampin' Up

Stamps - Flowering Desert, Stampin' Up (retired)

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Father's Day Platform Pop Up Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog.   I didn't get this shared before, but this is the card I gave to hubby for Father's Day. I created the card base with the fun Platform Pop Up by Lawn Fawn, and added Karen Burniston's Happy Father's Day to the centre piece. 

This card was also a stash buster, as the plaid patterned paper was just a partial leftover sheet in my stash and the dogs and paw print heart had been stamped, cut & coloured a few years ago. Both companies that made those dogs are no longer around - that's how old they are. But I'm making an effort to use up some of the stuff that's been hanging around so ...

It folded down completely flat to put in the envelope and he liked it!

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:

Blue card stock scraps

Dog images - Paper Smooches and TAWS

Pale peach cardstock

Copic markers

Patterned paper - Vacay, Photo Play

Mini Slimline Accordion for Father's Day

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing a Father's Day card using several different dies by Karen Burniston. The card base uses the new Landscape Rectangle Accordion, and I made it a 2 Page card with an additional solid page.

While it was fun, and something I wanted to try - I'm not too crazy about the solid page with a two page accordion. It works SO much better with a three page, as you can see HERE. But sometimes you have to try things out ...

The solid panel gives you space to decorate and add a signing block. I pulled out some older papers from my stash which always makes me feel good to use up.

The white area makes a great signing block...

The Hooray die cut was outlined with a grey marker after adhering it to the card, to create a shadow.

Below is the top view ...

***NOTE:  To create the solid back panel, cut cardstock to 6.5 x 3.5". Score 1/2" down the short left edge. Add adhesive to the 1/2" flap and adhere it to the end of your accordion, then add your decorative panels. This helps hide the seam.***

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Brown cardstock
Patterned paper - 6 x 6" pad from Studio Calico (discontinued)

White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Crafty Meraki New Release - Tag Gift Card Holder & Slimline Father's Day Card

Hello! This month is Crafty Meraki's Anniversary and they have a wonderful NEW RELEASE to celebrate. Spreading out the fun to last all month, each week in May there will be a portion of the new release available and the Design Team will be sharing inspiration with the release. Today I have TWO projects to share using this new release, which is called #merakiversary. 

For my first project, I made a Gift Card Holder with the new CONGRATS Slimline Tag. 

Both the Grad word and the Graduation Cap were cut from black mirror card stock, and the scroll was cut from white pearl card stock. That gives the Gift Card Holder some 'shine'! The background was stencilled with the Crazy Kaleidoscope stencil by Heffy Doodle, which is available in the Crafty Meraki Shop.

On the back of the tag, I added the CONGRATS. That was cut from black card stock and sprayed with shimmer spray for additional shimmer & shine.

My next project is a Slimline card with The Legend stamp set. It's a BIG stamp set with lots of images and sentiments in it. I chose this daddy bunny tossing his youngster into the air as the focus of my card.

The Three Room Studio Slimline die was cut from Kraft card stock and stencilled with the Wonderfully Woven stencil by Heffy Doodle, which is also available in the Crafty Meraki shop.

I used the Script and the Outline dies from the Happy Birthday Shadow Word Die, pairing it with the Happy Father's Day stamp from the stamp set.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

"Crafty Meraki is a tribe of women who are all creators but more importantly, love helping others in any way we can! 

Meraki (may-rah-kee) a verb, or adverb, a Modern Greek word, derived from the Turkish “Merak” (Labor of love, to do something with pleasure), is applied to tasks, usually, creative or artistic tasks, but can be applied to any task at all. Meraki means to do something with passion, with absolute devotion, with undivided attention.

Crafty Meraki was born out of a vision to help creators do what they love doing the most- to create!"

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Additional Supplies:
Congrats Grad - Crafty Meraki (NEW RELEASE) 
Congrats Slimline Tag - Crafty Meraki (NEW RELEASE)
The Legend - Crafty Meraki (NEW RELEASE)
White pearl cs
Black Pearls - Kaisercraft
Black glaze pen
Copics
Banners Pick A Punch - Stampin' Up
SU enamel dots
Slimline Card size - 4 x 9", fits in a #10 Envelope

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Father's Day Gift Card Holder

Hello!  Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC April Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 12 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

5 new Interactive Die Sets - Waterfall Card; Tiny House Pop-up; Mushroom Tiny House Add-Ons; Tiny Trees Pop-up; Flower Pivot Panels

3 new sentiment sets - Happy Mother's Day; Happy Father's Day & Welcome

1 new Charm Set - Tool Charms

1 new Stand Alone Die Set - Picnic Elements

1 new Slimline Die Set - Slim Flaps & Frames

Dies are available to order now on the website, and I have a photo at the end of my post so you can see them!

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, April 26th 2021. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter!  NOTE - I will also be choosing from comments left on my YouTube video!

IMPORTANT! Don't forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner! (NOTE - Every time we do a give-away, I often have to draw multiple times, because the winners have left a lovely comment but Blogger doesn't allow me to see the email addresses. If I can't see a way to contact the winner I will keep drawing until I find one that I can).

I used several dies from this new release to create a Gift Card Holder for Father's Day and I have a walkthrough on YouTube: 

The NEW Flaps and Frames were designed to work on a Slimline card, but I have been using these new release dies in Mini Slimline cards to give you more options for card sizes. This Gift Card Holder is a Mini Slimline size (3.5 x 6") and fits in a #8 envelope.

When you lift the flap on the right, there is a signing block and a saw from the new Tools Charms that is animated with one of the arms from the Mini Pops.

One more look ...

Below are the names with permalink included for those who can just cut and paste the whole lot.

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Frances Byrne  

Karen Aicken ... that's me!

next stop is ...  Fran Sabad

Kelly Booth

Sandy Diller

Please remember to be sure I have a way to contact you if you are commenting for the prize drawing. As I said above, Blogger doesn't allow us to automatically see your email address so if I draw your name and cannot see how to contact you I will keep drawing until I find a name with contact information.

Supplies:
1162 Slim Flaps and Frames - Karen Burniston (NEW RELEASE)
1164 Happy Father's Day - Karen Burniston (NEW RELEASE)
1103 Enjoy the Ride - Karen Burniston
1146 Mini Pops - Karen Burniston
Ribbon - Stampin' Up
Card stocks
Patterned paper - Snap Color Vibe, Simple Stories
Silver metallic card stock
Card size - 3.5 x 6", fits in a #8 envelope

Thanks for stopping by today

Sunset, Gears & Car Slimline Card

Hello crafty friends ...

It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog and I have a Slimline Father's Day card to share today. I couldn't wait to play with the Sending Sunshine stamp set from Stampin' Up, and once I had the sunset scene finished I pulled out the Geared Up Garage bundle to finish off the card. I used a matte coated card stock, so I had to be careful not to smear anything when I was stamping. 

The stitched rectangle was also cut from the same card stock and I used the i-crafter blending brushes to ink that up in coordinating colours. I thought about stamping & masking the car and blending the colours over the mask then removing the mask to colour the car. But in the end I liked the white car better. And of course I love the gears that come with the bundle - they work so well for a masculine card!

This started out as a masculine birthday card, but when I was working on the inside and saw the Happy Father's Day stamp in the Geared Up Garage stamp bundle I decided to add that and put this card away for next year.

Once again I pulled out an older, retired gear stencil by Karen Burniston and added the gear pattern in a grey ink to the inside panel. Then I added some stamping and the die cut gears.

Into my stash for next year!

Supplies:

Matte Glossy Card Stock

Slim Stitched Rectangle die - Pink Fresh Studio

Sending Sunshine stamp set - Stampin' Up

Stitched Rectangle Die Set - Your Next Stamp

Geared Up Garage Bundle - Stampin' Up

Gear Stencil - Karen Burniston/Elizabeath Crafta Designs (retired)

i-crafter Blending Brushes

Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes

Yellow fine point marker

White and black card stocks

Card size - 8.5 x 3.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

Thanks for stopping by today

Jeep Pop Up Card for Father's Day

Hello crafty friends ...

I talk about the details of my card in my YouTube video here:  

I kept the card front nice and simple, since all the fun is on the inside. I stamped the sentiment, and inked over it lightly with a gear stencil. Then I added a scrap of the patterned paper to the envelope and stencilled the gears on the envelope too! 

Karen Burniston's Cupcake Pop Up can be a very generic pop up die if you masquerade the cupcake shape of the pop up. Here I used a Crosshatch Rectangle, then mounted a die cut jeep to the pop up platform.

My hubby drives a white jeep, so I thought he would really enjoy this card. I added some banners as well, and sparkly Your Next Stamp Gumdrops for the headlights.

A little more stamping and stencilling and my card was done.

Supplies:

Safari Jeep die set - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Brown glossy card stock (recycled packaging from my stash)

White, black, gray and green card stocks

1008 Cupcake Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Basic Grey (old, from my stash)

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Words - tie-rific, Reverse Confetti

Fishtail Banner - MFT Stamps

1057 Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Banner dies - Birthday Bonanza Stampin' Up

Copic Markers

Spooky Cute Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Bling It On Sparkly Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Gear Stencil - Karen Burniston (retired)

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

Card size - 6.5 x 5"

Thanks for stopping by today

March 2020 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hello crafty friends ...

It's time for a Designer Challenge with Karen Burniston's team, and this month the theme is "TREE" - incorporate a tree into a card of any theme. You may choose from any of the Tree die sets (Tree, Evergreen Pivot, Christmas Tree, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, Palm Tree, Oval Frames Heart Tree, Winter Charms, etc.)

I chose the Christmas Trees Pop Stand for my card today, and made a Father's Day card! 

Once the inside was done, I started on the front. The tree on the front is actually the fallaway piece from the centre of the largest Christmas Tree Pop Stand die. Because Pop Stands open completely flat for display, I made sure that everything on the front was nice and flat, even die cutting the word balloon die into the craft panel, then again from white card stock and inlaying it into the opening. If I were to add foam tape to any of the elements (which I love to do), then the card would not display nice and flat.

I like the double stitched line on this die from Nature Edges - I was able to ink the bottom portion of the kraft panel and line it back up with the top piece, which had been inked with Distress Oxide inks & a stencil for the clouds. That give me a nice flat panel but you can see the definition between ground and sky.

Remember you can see all my interactive cards on my YouTube Channel HERE!

The patterned paper was truly the inspiration for this card, which is typically how I work. Those water coloured trees are just so pretty! I off-set the Christmas Tree Pop Stand towards the left which gave me room to add another element to the right of the tree.

The Deer from the Christmas Animals was the perfect addition to this card, which is for our eldest's daughter's hubby. 

Word Set 5 Royalty makes a great sentiment for a Father's Day card, don't you think? I added the Enjoy from the Enjoy the Ride set and we will sign our name beside that.

NOTE:  The fun thing about the dies by Karen Burniston, is that YOU get to choose your card size. While there are ways to make larger cards using a 'standard' sized die cutting machine, for this one I did use a larger machine.

I hope I have shown you how versatile the dies can be, just because a die set is marketed as a Christmas set, it really can work all year long! The rest of the Design Team is linked on the right, be sure to check out what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her project & blog post tomorrow (Wednesday) HERE.

Supplies:

1003 Word Set 2 Birthday (Celebrate) - Karen Burniston

1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

1034 Word Set 5 Royalty - Karen Burniston

1103 Enjoy the Ride - Karen Burniston

1061 Christmas Animals (deer) - Karen Burniston

1045 Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston

1064 Christmas Trees Pop Stand - Karen Burniston

Card and envelope - Michaels

Patterned paper - Water Color Trees, Paper Studio

Kraft, white and green card stocks

Black marker

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

Sakura black glaze and white gel pens

Posca White Paint Pen

Coloured Pencil

Copic Markers

Word bubble die - Riley & Company

Distress Oxide inks

Cloud mask - Heffy Doodle

Stamp on back - Riley & Company

Card size - 6.5 x 5", fits in a 5 x 7' envelope

Thanks for stopping by today