Seashore Stampers May Blog Hop - Father's Day

Hello fabulous stampers, lovely followers and my beloved random lurkers,

Next month is June, which brings us Father's Day - a time to remember and honour all Dads, Stepdads, and people who selflessly father without the benefit of the title.

I was blessed to have an incredible Dad. He was careful with people's feelings and very kind. He not only cared for us but for the rest of the community, country and world. He was an avid reader and not into sports. He taught me so much and we shared a deep love of music. (I still have his electric piano and guitar.)

This card is created in his memory. His favourite colour was green and he loved trees. Since he was unlike all my friends Dads, I wanted to put a different twist on this card. I took the standard "bridge" style and put my own personal spin on it. Meet my "double bridge" card! And it's way easier than it looks. I used one of my all time favourite stamp sets, Rooted in Nature. (All your supplies, other than adhesive & tools will be listed at the end of this blog.)

Start with an 4 1/4" x 8" piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock. You will also need two 3/4" x 5 1/2" pieces. From your Whisper White, trim a piece to 2 3/4" x 4", two pieces to 1/2" x 5 1/4" and have some scraps to stamp the leaves. Cut two 1" x 4" pieces of coordinating 2019-2021 In Color Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Score the 4 1/4" x 8" piece at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 5 1/2" and 6 1/4". If you're using your Paper Trimmer rather than a Score Board, score at 1 1/4" & 2 1/2" and turn the paper 180 degrees and do the other end at 1 1/4" & 2 1/2" too.

Next fold back the 1 1/4" ends and burnish with your Bone Folder. Then fold forward at the two middle scores and burnish.

Using Black Memento Ink, stamp the tall tree from Rooted in Nature on the Whisper White and the  "Fathers Day" (from the Well Said set) onto one of the 1/2" Whisper White strips. I stamped it just to the right because I liked it offset. I ran the stamped tree through the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder to add some texture. Stamp the 3-leaf stamp on scraps of Whisper White 2-3 times in Pretty Peacock (depending on how many leaves you want. Optional: you can stamp off here to lighten the intensity of the ink on some of the leaves.)  Using the 3-leaf die (from the Nature's Roots dies), cut out the leaves and set aside. On your Silver Foil, use the Happy die (from the Well Written Dies).

For the assembly, use your snail to attach the 2 pieces of DSP to each edge of your card base and the 2 skinny pieces of Whisper White to the matching skinny bits of Pretty Peacock. With your Precision Glue, adhere the "Happy" to the blank skinny strip (the one that doesn't have "Father's Day" on it), avoiding the bottom loops of the p's and y. Using Tombo, attach the stamped & embossed tree to the centre of the card. Also use it to attach each of the skinny pieces to the one side. Wait a few moments and then attach them to the other side. (I really recommend Tombo for this bit because you have a few moments of forgiveness if you need to reposition.) Finally, attach the decorative leaves (I trimmed some of them.) Here is your finished card.

Have fun creating and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

My shop is here. On orders under 200, remember to use the current hostess code (listed on the right, under the picture of the  catalogue.)

If you would like a discount on all your Stampin' Up! products or want to start your own small business, join my team this month and in addition to all regular amazing perks, I'll arrange to have your new catalogue spiral bound.

Cheers,
Adrienne

Supplies:
Rooted in Nature Stamp Set Stamp Set (146482) & Nature's Roots Dies (146341) and Well Said Stamp Set (148796) & Well Written Dies (148534). Pretty Peacock (150880), Whisper White (100730), Silver Foil (132178), 2019-2021 In Color DSP (149617) Cardstocks, Black Memento (132708) & Pretty Peacock (150083) Inks, and the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (151775). New items, in italics, will not be available until June 4th, when the new catalogue goes live.

Both bundles, Rooted in Nature (148353) & Well Said (150609) are 10% off until June 3, 2019.