Trusty Dad

Howdy, friends! Welcome to a bright, new shiny week. It was a busy weekend as we caught up on all of the various things on the to-do list. And there’s still plenty more left undone.

This week we’re on to a new design theme and it’s all about dad for us here this week. Today’s card pulls out several oldie but goodie products from the stash — the Trusty Tool stamps & dies and the Country Woods patterned paper. I took some inspiration for this card from fellow demo Heidi Collins over on Insta at On Y Go! Stamping.

We get started with a base of Pool Party cardstock. The background panel is a combo of the natural and red woodgrain crackle pattern that’s matted with a panel of Pool Party shimmer paper. This panel is mounted to our card front with dimensionals. Next we get to work on the focal panel which starts with the peg board cut from Crumb Cake cardstock using the Trusty Tools die. It’s mounted on white cardstock and then matted with a piece of the Pool Party shimmer paper. The sentiment is a combo of two stamps from the Trusty Tools stamp set. Happy Father’s Day is stamped in Secret Sea on white cardstock and then cut with the paper trimmer. Dad is stamped in Pool Party on white and then fussy cut with scissors. Both are adhered directly to the peg board. The hammer and tape measure are stamped with the Trusty Tools stamps in Secret Sea and then filled in with a combination of Pool Party ink and detail coloring using Stampin’ Blends. The metallic bits are finished with some Wink of Stella for a more realistic metallic twinkle. They both adhered to the peg board with dimensionals. A few Pool Party shimmering dots finish things off and aid in drawing the eye across our design.

This card can be adapted to any of dad’s favorite color palettes and comes together in no time flat. Tomorrow is all about the grill aficionados. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

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