Father’s Day Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Stamp It Group’s Father’s Day Theme Blog Hop! My name is Christina Miller, I’m an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Norfolk, Virginia, and you are visiting my blog, Christina’s Creative Corner! Whether this is your first stop on the blog hop or have hopped on over from another side, thank you for letting me share my creations today! So, let’s get started!

My Father’s Day card is featuring some oldies, but goodies, that will be retiring soon and is a fun way to use up what you have to make room for all the new products that will be available for purchase when the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog goes live on June 4^th. For the card front, I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 4” x 5 ¼” and stamped it with the Buffalo Check background stamp in Blueberry Bushel ink, this will be your base layer:

In addition, you will need a strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock cut at 2” x 5 ½”, from the Balmy Blue cardstock and Silver Foil Sheets you will cut the “celebrate” and “you” out, and I chose these three shades of the “grayer” wood DSP, punching out 3 each with the Tailored Tag Punch (for a total of 9):

Using liquid glue, I adhered the wood DSP to the Blueberry Bushel cardstock strip, starting with the darkest shade in the middle and then creating a “tiled” effect. You will have two pieces of the darkest shade left, which I cut in half and used for the corners. After this has dried (just a few minutes), I used scissors to trim any excess DSP from the cardstock strip:

Adhere the check cardstock base layer to a Blueberry Bushel cardstock card base, cut at 5 ½” x 8 ½”, and scored at 4 ¼”, then adhere the strip across the middle:

The “celebrate” and “you” cut outs are layered on top of each other, slightly off set, using the Fine Tip Glue Pen to adhere together, and then I used Mini Dimensionals, that I cut in half, to a adhere on top of the “wood” strip. I decided this needed a little something more, so I used three of the True Gentleman Buttons, threaded the Linen Thread through the holes to tie into a knot, and then adhered with Glue Dots to the base layer:

For the inside, cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 4” x 5 ¼”. I used the Beach Happy stamp set to stamp the sentiment in Blueberry Bushel ink, the palm tree is stamped in Old Olive and Sahara Sand inks, and then used sponge daubers with Sahara Sand and Balmy Blue inks to create the sand and water around the palm tree:

Isn’t this a fun and easy masculine card to make for any occasion?? If you are like me and sometimes struggle with a more “masculine” card, it can be as easy as choosing two or three colors, DSP, and a punch or two with a simple sentiment!

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I hope today’s project inspires you to get creative! Please contact me if you have any questions about the products used on this or any other project. I hope you enjoyed today’s blog and thanks for stopping by!

This month’s giveaway:

The winner from the Mother’s Day Theme Blog Hop is:

Don’t forget to scroll down to leave your first and last name and a comment with #stampitcontest and then keep on hopping to the next name on the Blog Hop tour:

1.	Tami White
2.	Pam Nichols
3.	Luly Gonzalez
4.	Kim Quade
5.	Lori Mueller
6.	Gigi Melone
7.	Christina Miller
8.	Tina Wardell
9.	Danette Herera
10.	Liz Holloway
11.	Dawn Seelhoff
12.	Rachael Rife
13.	Linda Cullen

Product List

Beach Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set [148585]	Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147794]	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177]	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146968]	Balmy Blue 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146982]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad [147138]	Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad [147090]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad [147117]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad [147105]	Sponge Daubers [133773]	Tailored Tag Punch [145667]
True Gentleman Buttons [145596]	Linen Thread [104199]	Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840]	Big Shot [143263]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]