Lasts month I shared about missing my Mom on Mother's day - well the same goes for Father's day. My dad passed away 42 years ago, and I still think of him so often and with loving memories. I was so blessed with two wonderful parents. But I still have some awesome fathers in my life - my hubby and my two sons-in-law, Robert and Aaron. Blessed yet again! My project today was mostly inspired by and for my husband, Paul. He worked for Harley-Davidson for many years before our retirement - and has always had a love of fine motorcycles!
First the card - this was made with our retiring set - One Wild Ride. I really hate to see this set go, and am sure I will hold on to my personal set for quite a while, as it is an awesome set. I just repeated the motorcycle image for the background, stamping on full one toward the center as a bit of a focal point. To direct your eyes in toward the motorcycle, I did add some texture to the edge with a stamp from the set - using gray and giving it a bit of a border.
You can see how I finished the envelope above and the inside of the card below. I also used the "Happy Father's Day" image from our current sent - Geared Up Garage that will be returning in the 2019 Annual catalog. Also a great, masculine set, and the ribbon from that coordinating suite of products - which unfortunately is retiring.
As my 3D project I choose to make a coordinating little treat box using the 2-4-6-8 box pattern here - (sorry a bit blurry if you need it better - let me know and I can email to you) -
This box will be filled with pistachios, as those are Paul's favorite.
Everything is adhered to the front of the box with snail - except, I popped up the motorcycle on dimensionals. I am now thinking what a cute favor this would have made for his retirement party - but alas - I did not think of that then, lol!
I hope you enjoyed these projects and got some inspiration for creating some special items for the fathers in your life. I would love it, if you would leave me a comment below. Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more wonderful Posts with a Father's Day theme. See you soon with more ideas! ~Maureen
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- Maureen Rauchfuss - https://crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2019/05/sf-may-2019-fathers-day-blog-hop.html
- Cheryl Taylor - http://cheryldiana.co.uk/sf-friends-may-2019-blog-hop
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- Barbara Welch - https://creativestampinspot.blogspot.com/2019/05/fathers-day-stampin-friends-blog-hop.html
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A lot of you who know me, know that for year's my hubby worked for a local Harley Davidson dealership in Southern Cal. So when the new catty came out with this set - I just had to have it. It has been a lot of fun to play with, and for my club last month - using the embossed foil technique on it was perfect. We used the Boho Chic embossing folder following the instructions I posted on August 11. It reminds me of the pattern embossed in the metal on the footplates of some motorcycles.
The gems in the corner and on the banner were colored first with a black Sharpie - so they are black, but you can still see the shine through them. The rest of the card is pretty straight forward. We stamped the shield once on Very Vanilla, then the word "Journey" on Pumpkin Pie; and punched that word out with the new Classic Label punch - then layered it on top of the shield.
Love the way it came together - great masculine card!!! Hope you liked it too. Stop by tomorrow as I am a guest blogger on the Stampin' Friends August Hop - this month's theme is HOPE. ~Maureen
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