It's Father's Day in the US, and I always make cards for three special men in my life: my husband, my son, and my son-in-law. I posted my son-in-law's card earlier so I could enter it in a couple of challenges. You can see it here.
Tracy's card uses the same Spellbinder's set All the Tools as well as the stamp set A Cut Above.
For Tracy's card I started with a piece of Ellen Hutson's woodgrain paper. After assembling the tools I added them to the woodgrain panel along with the sentiment. The stamp set comes with a die for the sentiments which I used, adding a couple of nailheads to it and backing it with some red cardstock. I used some black cardstock to add a narrow border before adding it to a red card base.
These tools from the Spellbinder's set were so much fun to put together and the little details are amazing. There was a small indent on the scissors, so I added a third nailhead which made them even more realistic.
Matt's card also used a new stamp and die set that I ordered before our trip, Concord & 9th's Greatest Hits.
He's always been a huge fan of music so these record dies were impossible to resist. And one can never have too many stamps and dies for masculine cards. I die cut the records from black glossy cardstock. I cased the arrangement from a card created by Carissa Wiley for Concord & 9th.
This is another set where the details make such a difference. The grooves on the records are so cool and the label dies take me right back to the days of records and record players. (Both of which Matt took with him some years ago!)
It's been a pretty quiet day. After church we picked up a new hydrangea we'd ordered and found a farm market with fantastic fresh strawberries so strawberry shortcake is on the menu later. We had a great Facetime call with Sarah, Adam, and the kids tonight, and will celebrate with Matt tomorrow night. Tracy's been absorbed with the US Open golf tournament so he's perfectly happy to sit back and relax.
The Shopping Your Stash Challenge: Let's Hear It For the Boys is still open so I'll be sending these along. I'm also sending Tracy's card to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Lots of Layers, and Matt's card to NBUS (another set out of the unused basket!)
