Vintage Father's Day

Now that Mother's Day has passed, us card makers move on to Father's Day cards. When making masculine cards, it's no secret that I love to do vintage. For my card I made the base out of Kraft and then embossed a Tim Holtz embossing folder on cream. With a Friskar's punch I punched the top of it to make it look like it came out of a note pad. Taking my foam tool I ran Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the raised parts of the embossing and around the edges. With the Silhouette I cut a tag and a typewriter. For the tag I stamped Hero Arts News Print background stamp in Hero Arts' Wet Cement ink and distressed the edges with the same ink. Then I placed the paper grommet directly into the Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink pad and pressed it with the foam tool. I adhered the tag slightly askew onto the embossed note paper. For the typewriter I colored all the pieces with C family Copics, mainly C-1 through C-9. I wanted to make it look as distressed as possible and I really like how the blending looks almost worn. I then took the keys and wrote, "Thank You" on the ones in the center with a black pen. With the die cut there was also a piece of paper to customize that fits perfectly into the typewriter. For this I used Smitty's ABCs from Lawn Fawn and just stamped out, "Dad,". For the last touch I added a paper clip to the side of the tag.

This will be the card I give to my dad. My dad is an immigrant blue collar worker who never wore a tie to work. He also isn't "Mister Fix it". I feel like the majority of the cards out there aren't for most dads. They try to fit all our fathers into two categories. So I was pretty pleased I could make a nice card that made it easy to let him know I was thankful for him. I hope this will give some inspiration for those of you in the same boat as me. :) However, next week I'll be showing the card I made for my father in law who fits the tie and briefcase bill!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery manly distressed fingers for all!
-Gaby

Entering this into:
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes! for May 14, 2012.
Go Fish Challenge #17 for May 15, 2012.
365 Cards Wordy Challenge May 16, 2012.