Father’s Day

A Fancy Fold Dad Joke

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It’s no joke that I’ve created a video tutorial for a fancy fold card. (Warning it is a long video. more like a live video than a short teaching reel.) Click here for video.

Below are photos of the cardbase measurements and the decorative paper layers measurements.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Riley & Company – Funny Bones – Rubber Stamp – Sir Loin – RWD-1162

Papers

  • Core’Dinations – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Papers – Light Green Crosshatch 377870
  • Core’Dinations – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Papers – Light Green Plaid 377868
  • Core’Dinations – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Papers – Antiqua 378261
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11-Inch 100lb Cardstock – Pumpkin Bread
  • Recollections – 8.5×11-Inch 110lb Cardstock – Apple Green
  • Recollections – 8.5×11-Inch 65lb Cardstock – Green
  • Black, Cream, Gray and White Cardstock
  • Gold Foil Cardboard Packaging
  • Ivory Scrap Paper from an envelope
  • #10 Business Envelope – Ivory

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • Hero Arts -Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink – Intense Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Recollections – Detail Embossing Powder – Clear
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Crayon – Brushed Pewter
  • Pencil

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Craft Knife
  • Scissors
  • T-Ruler
  • Metal Ruler/Straight-Edge
  • Pencil
  • Tombow – Mono – Sand Eraser -512A

Father’s Day Card for a Builder

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #185 whose parameters included a card a pocket, fresh and clean colors, element(s) that rhyme with “-ool” and columns.

These parameters suggested a Father’s Day card to me with a wood shop apron, tools in a pocket and plans for Greek columns. For the apron, I used the Country Apron Tonic Craft Kit with its stripe inset for both the pocket and apron.

Cardbase: Fold a 4 1/2-inch tall by 7-inch rectangle of brown kraft paper in half for a 4 1/2-inch by 3 1/2-inch cardbase. Using the die for the apron base die cut the folded cardbase with the left die edge just off the fold, but with the stitching part of the die on the fold.

Apron: The apron base was die cut from white cardstock and inked along the edges for wear. The neck loop was inked to resemble a leather strap. Holes were punched for the apron ties and linen string was also inked brown to imitate leather. The string ties around the back of the card and keeps it closed until untied. Once the apron was assembled it was glued to the front of the card base.

Tools and Column Plan: The tools are metal charms by Docrsaft Papermania/ West Design Products of UK. The Greek columns were digitally produced. A piece of kitchen towel is also in the pocket.

Sentiment: “Happy Father’s Day” was stamped in black ink inside the card using a stamp included in the kit.

Envelope: The card will fit in an A2 envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Tonic Studios – Tonic Craft Kit – Country Apron

Stamps

  • Tonic Studios – Tonic Craft Kit – Country Apron

Papers

  • Photoplay  – 12×12 Double-Sided Paper Pad – Stars and Strips Collection – Soda Bottles
  • White and Kraft Cardstock

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Rusty Hinge and Black Soot

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Clear Tape

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Pokey Tool
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Craft Mat
  • Scissors

Miscellaneous

  • Linen String
  • Docrsaft Papermania/ West Design Products – Metal Charms – Tools

Rolling A Happy Father’s Day

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We play a lot of Yahtzee, a dice game marketed by Hasbro, at our house. When someone rolls five of the same number, you yell out Yahtzee! We make a big deal of it.

So, for my husband’s Father’s Day card this year, I made a Yahtzee card using some of Karen Burniston’s June 2023 dies – Fun Flowers, Game Charms, Word Set 17 – Congratulations, and the Twist Flower Pop-Up, along with some previously released dies – Coffee Cup Pop-Up, Happy Father’s Day, Border Blends – Trims, Heart Collage Pop-Up, and Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch.

Cardbase: I started with a purchased 5×7-inch gatefold cardbase so that I would have two folds for two pop-up mechanisms. For the green background panels on the front and inside of the card, I cut three panels using the largest rectangle die from the Crosshatch Rectangles and Labels set. Two of the panels I cut long-ways in half and glued to the front and inside of the card flaps. The last panel was glued inside the card.

Cup and Mechanism: For the Yahtzee cup that is in our game set, I die-cut the coffee cup and trimmed off the top. I added a white line with a gel pen. The mechanism comes from the Twist Flower Pop-Up which is a smaller version of the Snowman Twist Circle mechanism. (I watched the assembly videos for the Twist Circle and the Heart Collage Pop-up before making the card.) I used a two-sided green printed cardstock that I cut two of the mechanisms from and trimmed pieces from one mechanism to cover the back sides of the mechanism that would show when open. The most difficult part of the card was finding the layout that looked the most realistic and still allowed all the elements on the two mechanisms to fold inside the card and not be sticking out. Temporary tape was extremely useful for this process as positions were tweaked.

Dice and Mechanism: Five white dice were die-cut using the die with the largest numbers and five of the black backing were also cut from the Game Charms set. The small charm loop was trimmed off each one. Like the Twist Flower mechanism, I cut the Heart Collage Pop-Up from the same green cardstock as the background panels cutting two mechanisms using one for pieces to cover the reverse-sides that show when installed. Because there was no easy way to place dice on the center platform of the mechanism that didn’t involve catch points, I used a circle from the Fun Flowers set to cover the center platform.

Decorations: From my family’s stash of used Yahtzee score sheets, I took one that had several Yahtzees on it and trimmed it to size to add to the background. I fussy cut the logo to add to the cup. On the card front I used some leftover silver ribbons and tiny foil hearts cut using the Border Blends – Trims set.

Sentiments: Two die sets were used to create the card front sentiment. The Happy Father’s Day set comes with a shadow die which I cut in white. For the “you’re a Big Deal,” I used Word Set 17, but without the shadows for “Big” and “Deal.”

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Keep It Simple – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock Collection Pack – Lucky Day
  • Hot off the Press– 8 1/2 x 11-inches Foil Cardstock – Fireworks Blue Holographic
  • Hot off the Press– 8 1/2 x 11-inches Foil Cardstock – Stars Silver Holographic
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 White Gold Shimmer Cardstock
  • Gold and Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Black and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Gatefold Cardbase and Envelope – White

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Vintage Yahtzee Score Sheet

Father’s Day Cards In Review

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Here is a look at Father’s Day cards I’ve made over the years. (Click on the title to see the blog.)

Father’s Day Waterfall Pop-up

In-VEST

Work Bench

A Fishing Father’s Day

A Toolbox Father’s Day

A Train Lover’s Father’s Day

A Cabin Fathers Day Card

A Golfing Minion Father’s Day Card

YOU’RE THE G.O.A.T.

Go Bears Father’s Day Card

Waterfall Father’s Day Card – This card has photos of this man’s children that can be flipped through when the waterfall pull tab is pulled.

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Go Bears Father’s Day Card

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It’s time for another Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge. This month we were asked to use the Fireplace Pop-up die set to celebrate a specific holiday.

I have Father’s Day, which in the USA is in June which is not necessarily when American football is played, but once a fan of a sports team, always a fan of a team. GO Bears!

Card Base: The card base is an A7 size. I took a medium weight piece cardstock cut to 10 x 7 inches and folded in half. The base was what I glued decorative papers to as well as attaching the fireplace pop-up mechanism and floor flap.

Bears and Accessories: The bears, their football helmets and footballs, beer mug, and pizza are all Karen Burniston dies – colored to match the Chicago bear’s uniforms. Beer mug is made from Coffee Charms (mug) and Happy Hour Charms (foam) and a pizza (circle from a snowman set). Pizza box is my own creation. (You could change up the sport by using any of the new Sports Charms.)

TV:  The TV is the fireplace mechanism with a print of bears game covering the top portion while the bottom portion acts a table.

Flip Floor: I have made another flip floor for a Halloween card using the furniture from the family room die set. What I learned from my previous card is to use strong tape. I used duct tape on this card and full pieces of suede paper (for carpet) and wood-grain to make the flap have a sturdy hinge. The flap is cut to stop just before the TV table and locks under the right end table.

Lamps:  To make the lamps feel in proportion to the size of the room, I placed them on end table cubes which also act as the locking device for the flip floor. The lamps are part of the Karen Burniston Family Room die set. I placed a thin foam square under the lamp shades to made them curve round.

Furniture: I turned the chair of the Family Room dies set into a table by gluing a rectangle over the arm rests instead of adding the seat back. The back of the sofa is just the seat portion left flat. I cut pieces to cover the black base of the sofa.

Sentiments: Using contrasting colors to cut background plaques for the front sentiment of “GO Wild!” makes them standout on the busy patterned paper. The Father’s Day sentiment comes with its own shadow background in the die set.

floor-flap-sheetDownload

CRX Sheet: Because of the flip floor and locking mechanism being atypical for what most card recipients expect, I have included a sheet with directions for opening and locking the card open. (You can download for free.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Photoplay Paper – 12 x12 Double-sided coated cardstock – 1st and Goal-FBL3192
  • Hot Off The Press – 8.5 x 11 – Smoke Suede – 10434
  • Spellbinders – Santa Lane – 6×6 Paper Pad – Wood Boards
  • EKSuccess – Martha Stewart Crafts – 12×12 Double-sided Paper Pad – Gothic Manor – 48-20301Colored Cardstock Scraps
  • Computer and color printer
  • White A7 Envelope

Pens & Inks

  • Blue, Red, Yellow and Blue Fine-Tipped Markers
  • Gelly Roll 08 Pen – White
  • Pigma Micron 05 – Archival Ink .045mm – Dark Brown
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Antique Linen and Fossilized Amber

Miscellaneous

You’re the G.O.A.T.

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While being told that you’re the G.O.A.T. may sound bad, it really means You’re the Greatest Of All Time. In my family of sports players, being told you’re the G.O.A.T. after a game is common, so letting Dad know he’s the G.O.A.T. is a fun thing. This card could be used for birthdays or Father’s Day.

In challenging myself to use Karen Burniston’s Little Labels Pop-up in a vertical position, I saw the labels as shelves for trophies. Some of my inspiration comes from Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Crafts when she makes her tower cards.

I started with a 7 x 8 inches rectangle of dark blue heavy cardstock.  The side panels are made up of two panels per side. Because of my limited amount of the dark blue cardstock, I cut two panels of 3.5 x 8 inches and two more panels 4 x 8 inches. (I recommend cutting four panels of 4 x8 inches rather than having to use washi tape to attach the front panels.) Score the 4 x 8 panels at 3.5 inches to make a long tab.

Cut decorative panels ¼ inches smaller thane the base panels. Glue side panels to large base. Adhere decorative panels to card base inside panels.

If you haven’t already die-cut your inside decorative labels and trophies do so now. (I find some of the best, thick foiled silvers and golds are on personal care and food packaging such as cookie/biscuit packets.)

Also, cut and assemble all letters need for the inside sentiment. (I sort mine in a tiny bag, so I don’t lose any letters.) Die cut two of the Little Labels Pop-ups. Space out the placement of the pop-up labels and sentiment. (While I adhered my sentiment after I installed the pop-up labels, it might be easier to add the letters first and then the pop-ups.)

To adhere the letters, line them up on a grid background and place removable tape over them. (I used Post-it Note yellow tape.) I trimmed the tape down to make it easy to line up the bottom edge with the pencil line I drew on the card. I added glue to the back of one word’s letters and then placed them onto the card, pressed down to adhere and then peeling off the tape.

I watched Karen Burniston’s assembly video before I glued in my pop-up labels. (I find reviewing the videos help me before I make a mistake using my special papers.) You need at least 3.5 inches of width to close one pop-up labels panel, unless you stager the panels, you will need at least 7 inches width to close the card.  Add decorations to pop-up labels.

If you cut all the side panels at 4 x 8 inches, then fold the ½ inch tab and glue panel to other side panels. If you end up needing to tape your front panels, use the widest washi tape you have. Mine was 2 inches wide.

I used Karen Burniston’s Mini Alphabet for the inside sentiment and her original alphabet for the larger outside letters as well as parts taken from two other sentiment dies – “You’re Sweet” and “Enjoy the Ride.” I saved the tiny circles and scraps from the arms and lid of the trophies to decorate the front of the card. The goat is also a Karen Burniston die.

The belly band or belt that holds the card closed is made from scrapes and leftover pieces from other projects. This is intended as a presentation card to be hand delivered as it is too big for most standard size envelopes.

Label on back is a place to add a personal message.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Heavy weight dark blue and pale blue cardstock
  • Patterned papers from my stash
  • Silver and gold packaging
  • Holographic silver and gold scraps
  • Black and white cardstock scraps
  • White gold shimmer cardstock

Miscellaneous

A Golfing Minion Father’s Day Card

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Making cards for loved ones requires a good idea and secrecy to make the card. For a dad who shares his love of golf with his children, is known to wear blue plaid shirts and loves green, this card’s concept came easily.

For the card base I cut two panels (6 1/4 inches x 3 1/4 inches and 6 1/2 inches by 3 1/4 inches) the longer piece I scored a 1/4 inch tab and glued the tab to the other panel. The tabbed piece is the top of the card.

I’ve used the platform from the House & Fence Pop-up by Karen Burniston a few times before and knew it would work to have Bob the Minion standup as well as provide a place to glue the green with the flag image.

The card needed some height, so I cut the middle section from another Karen Burniston die, the Little Labels Pop-up, and modified the width of the top tab. The blue labels at the top and bottom panels inside are also from the Little Labels set and are spaces to personalize the card.

All the images are stamped in a permanent ink and colored with makers and then fussy cut.

For the front die-cut “Happy Father’s Day” sentiment and its background shadow piece I used another die set by Karen Burniston. The small gold star is cut from a small scrap of gold foiled cardstock and glued it on top of the sentiment. The stamped golf images are from Crackerbox Stamps.

The card fits into a mini slimline envelope which has been stamped on the front with a golf ball on a tee. The back of the envelope has a humorous golfing sentiment along with the flag on the green. The stamps are all from Crackerbox Stamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Inks

  • Memento – fade-resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Crayola Signature Blending Markers
  • Brown fine-tipped marker
  • Silver gel pen

Papers

  • Pattern papers by Recollections
  • Black and white cardstock scraps

Miscellaneous

A Cabin Father’s Day Card

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Designed for a gentleman who use to take his sons up to a mountain cabin in the 1960s, this card should help evoke memories of good father and son times.

The mechanism for this triple panel accordion card is by Karen Burniston. The 12-inch by 12- inch double-sided paper pad in the In The Forest Collection by Clare Therese for Craft Consortium has a page with three narrow panorama scenes that work for the main panels. The smaller framed animals are from the cover of the 6-inch by 6-inch pad of papers from the same collection while the wood grain paper is from the larger pad. The large panorama scenes were cut with scissors from the die-cut frames and glued to the woodgrain frames’ center panels that pivot.

To make the card frame sturdy the woodgrain paper was glued to the back of the scenic paper. I followed the assembly video for the accordion fold card. (I found it useful to layout the card and its decorative pieces before gluing as sometimes a tab that connects the various panels needs to be hidden by a decorative piece so the order of gluing all the tabs together needs to be thought through before assembly.)

For the black “Happy Father’s Day” I used another Karen Burniston die and glued it in place letting the edges of some letters overhang the panel but making sure they would not impede the pivot mechanism. The small white rectangle can be written on with a personal message and then glued to the card. It is cut with a rectangle die from another coordinating Karen Burniston die set.

The card fits into a mini slimline envelope which has been stamped on the front with pine trees in both green and brown ink. The back of the envelope has a trail signpost stamped in brown ink. The stamps are coordinating ones from the In The Forest Collection by Clare Therese for Craft Consortium.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Consortium – Clear Stamps – In The Forest by Clare Therese

Inks & Pigments

  • Stampin’Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Soft Suede and Tranquil Tide

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – Premium Quality Papers – 12” x 12” – In The Forest by Clare Therese
  • Craft Consortium – Premium Quality Papers – 6” x 6” – In The Forest by Clare Therese
  • Mini Slimline Envelope – white
  • Black and white cardstock scraps

Miscellaneous

A Train Lover’s Father’s Day

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This is a card for the vintage train lover in your family. It has a steampunk meets art deco vibe.

Using a new die set by Anna Griffin, the Antique Train Slimeline Easel Dies, it came together quickly using just two types of cardstock, one sentiment die, a fine-tipped permanent marker and some gold glitter drops.

The die set cuts the easel base and the shadow outline of the train as two separate dies. I used a double-sided 180gsm weight cardstock from metal textures collection by Craft Consortium for these two pieces. The train is cut from Hunkydory’s oxidized metals collection of 220gsm mirror cardstock. Using the fine-tipped permanent marker to color the roofs and stacks of the mirror card train, I found I could also color a scrap of the mirror card and then cut the wheels and cow-catcher grate for added dimension.

After gluing the train to the gray shadow piece, I filled-in much of the void spaces on the train with the marker. With the train flat, I used some gold glitter glue or drops to create the wheel center caps.

The sentiment was cut three time – one in mirror cardstock and twice from thick black cardstock. The three layers were glued together and the words “Happy” and “Day” were colored with the black permanent marker.

To assemble the card, the easel base was folded on its score lines and glue placed on the long thin tab. The shadow backed train was then positioned over the card base centering the train within the card base’s outline. Pressure was applied to the tab to adhere the train back to the easel. The sentiment was glued on to the inside of the card once the position was established to have it hold the train in its open easel position.

The card fits into a #10 business envelope which has been stamped with VersaMark watermark ink using a bowler hat and sentiment “Hat’s off to you” stamps from Colorado Craft Company.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Inks & Pigments

  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad
  • Sharpie Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Point- Black

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – The Essential Craft Papers – 12” x 12” – Metal Textures
  • Hunkydory – Mirri Card Specials – Oxidised Metals Collection – A4
  • #10 Business Envelope – Brown

Miscellaneous