And then the jelly fish said....

I have been dying to play along with one of the 

Lawnscaping challenges. I love the themes and I have had some 

Lawn Fawn stamps on my wish list for ages now.

I finally grabbed a couple of them, the jelly fish set being one of them.

I also go the jack-a-lope, but I'll save him for another time.

The current theme for Lawnscaping is 'Off Kilter!'.

I have always considered myself to be a bit off kilter anyway, 

but they want to see one or more elements set at an angle.

So, this is what I can up with.

Now, the jellies are adorable all by themselves, but I 

wanted to convey a bit of my 'off kilter' personality as well.

Hence, the silly sentiment.

I colored the jellies with Copics, and added some Stickles to the coral

printed on the designer paper from Kaiser Craft. I printed the sentiment

out myself onto some sparkly paper and shazam! We're done! 

This is going out in the mail today for my FIL for Father's Day.

He'll get a kick out of it, I'm sure.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenges - Off Kilter

Marker POP! - Father's Day

Come and Get It Challenges - Weird/whimsical 

Happy Daddy Day

I am blessed to have three Dads to acknowledge on this day.

I made this card for my Dad.

I used the Time Traveller, and Simple Sayings stamps 

from Stampers Anonymous by Tim Holtz.

My Dad has really embraced the life of a widower, meaning he

has really started living the life he's always wanted. He bought a second

home in Wyoming, and he's traveling to England (for the first time) next month.

He is lonely, but he's not letting that stop him from enjoying his life.

I admire that.

Same basic card for my awesome Father-in-Law #2.

I colored the gent with Copics, and cut him out with an oval Spellbinders die.

I used a clear stamp from (the now defunct), There She Goes stamps -

Flava Sava set. I am so glad that I stocked up on the sets I had been wanting

when they announced they were closing shop.

Lastly, this one is for my FIL #1.

I was still on the Steampunk-y vibe, but since my FIL

just shaved his entire beard and moustache ensemble,

I went with a less facial hair focused card.

This little guy is from Stampotique. 

I used some Tim Holtz letter tiles to spell out, "Pop", which is

what my husband has always called his Dad.

Moreover, I wanted to show off my fancy schmancy double bow I made

with my new Bow-Easy template/tool. The best $5 I have ever spent! 

Works like a champ every time.

Thanks for dropping by today. 

Smeared Fringe

Greetings!

I am here to share my weekly make for Smeared Ink.

I always need blank note cards, or a blank all occasion card,

but always seem to have used my last one already.

So, I decided that now would be a good time to add to my

stash of blank cards.

I have used two of the images from the versatile set of digis named,

Fringe.

This guy is called, Fringe 1.

He strikes me as not only masculine, but Aztec in origin.

Must be those great feathers and headdress.

He'd even make a good Father's Day card for the edgier type Dad.

After coloring him in yellow greens and oranges/yellows, 

I fussy cut the image and popped it onto the front of some

Hallowe'en themed dp scraps. I even managed to destash some

orange acrylic dew drops, too. Score! 

I decided to go in a completely different color direction for this one.

This guy is called, Fringe 4.  

Since I have a stupid amount of Tim Holtz Idea-ology hardware and 

sctuff, I have been hanging onto the package backing on most of the products. 

The thought being that I can reuse it in any of my numerous paper crafting adventures. 

I finally incorporated a backing card into a project! One down, 25+ more to go!

I also added a couple of Sizzix die cuts with some heat embossed 

Frantage for a little bling.

Perfect for a Father's Day card, too!

 I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #53 Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - #60 Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes 

Bombshell Stamps - Get Skully!

Simon Says Stamp Blog - Father's Day/Masculine

 Thanks for dropping by today.

New Release Hop for Smeared Ink

I have another new image release from 

Smeared Ink 

to share with you today.

I have chosen to use "Loved Alone Octopus" for my card.

I thought he would be perfect on a Father's Day card. 

One down, three  more to go.

I was able to destash some TH gears and cogs that I had lying

around from another project. The colors matched, so why not?

I popped the gears up on foam dots for added dimension.

I colored this dapper fellow using Copics and tried to fussy cut 

him out with shaky hands. He looks a little rough in spots, but 

it is handmade, after all.

The image I used is from the "I Loved Alone" set of images

now available at Smeared Ink.

Feel free to hop around and see all of the awesomeness that has been

created using these new images. Plus, there is a giveaway involved as well.
Be sure to leave some blog love on each DT's Smeared Ink post, and maybe you
will win the entire set of images!

Black Dragon

Shell

Kapree

Shoni

Creepy Glowbugg - me

Lisa

Elenor

Rebecca

Final Father's Day card

Here is the Father's Day card I made for my FIL.

He is a huge Beatles fan, and his favorite Beatles song is

"Do you want to know a secret".

He loved it, and I enjoyed making it for him.

He is a really cool dude, considering he is a Trekkie computer geek.

I love nerds, so geekery hate mail is not necessary.

I am thankful to have him in our family,

and I have adopted him as my Dad. 

3 down, 2 to go!

Here is the card I made for my husband for Father's Day.

I got this great image from Mo Manning's Digital Pencil. 

I thought it was perfect for my husband.

He likes to play video games with my son, and he likes to leave a mess around the bottom of his brown recliner in our living room too!

 

I knew I could go one better, and make it look like my husband.

I added glasses, tattoos, and some facial hair and sideburns to really make it resemble

my handsome husband of 14 years.

I kept the rest of the card really simple to show off the image.

I kept it simple because I still have two more Father's day cards to make!!

2 down, 3 to go

My friend, Dani, asked me to make her Dad

 and her brother, Father's Day cards. 

I made her Dad cards last year with the same Chicago Bears theme.

This time I went more with the animal aspects.

I also found a photo of the old Soldier Field, and I added a ton of

clear, thick, embossing powder to it, and cracked it up a bit.

Dani's brother, Robb, is a first-time Dad this Father's Day, and a huge Vikings fan, 

so hence, the purple and yellow color scheme.

I did find this vintage Viking mascot, which I thought was pretty cool.

I used the same cracked glass technique on this as well.

If I make cards for these guys next year, I'll have to come up

with something new and original.

I'm over the whole football thing.