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.

Baby Viking

An old friend of mine is going to be a Dad for the first time, in a few weeks.

His baby shower (tee hee) is this weekend, so I 'whipped' up this adorable little card using the strawberry boy image from Bugaboo. I actually needed a baby girl, so I gave him a curl and some eyelashes, and it's a girl!

This was such a fun image to color, and it gave me a great area to practice blending with my Copics.

I am quite pleased with how this whole card turned out. I am especially stoked over the bow! It only took me half a dozen tries (and a yard of ribbon!) to get it perfect.

Oh yeah, let me explain the title of this post. My friend, we'll call him Robb, ('cause that's his name) is a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. For as long as I have known him - 25 years - he has been a fan, so I am assuming he will inflict this fanaticism on his newborn daughter.  I'm hoping to beat him to the punch on this one.

   

It's one of those ceramic mugs you get out of the gumball machines. It's so tiny and cute! I just added some ribbons to make it girly and now the little Miss can enjoy her grog while watching the game with Daddy next season.