Up, up and away … again …

Before I put away my new up, up and away stamp set, I inked it up again to make this Father’s Day card for my father-in-law …

I was inspired by this card I saw on Pinterest.

For my version, I sponged a strip of whisper white cardstock with bashful blue and certainly celery inks using my sponge daubers to create the background, and mounted this onto a tempting turquoise card base.

Next, I stamped several balloons in different colours onto whisper white card, cut them out using my paper snips and mounted onto the card with stampin’ dimensionals.

The sentiment is from a retired set, stamped in early espresso onto a small strip of whisper white card, and shaped a little with my bone folder to create a flag shape.

Papercraft supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: cardstock: whisper white, tempting turquoise; stamp sets: up, up and away; inks: real red, bashful blue, certainly celery, tempting turquoise, early espresso; accessories: stampin dimensionals, tombow multi glue, sponge daubers, square punch.*

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Number one dad…

When my mum was alive, she often made rosettes for my dad’s friends to wear to the football match, especially if Liverpool were playing a big game.  She would hand-stitch satin ribbon to circles of cardboard and add ribbon tails. 

Her rosettes were absolutely brilliant, everybody wanted one, and she must’ve made hundreds over the years! 

I took inspiration from my mum’s rosettes for the centre piece of this Father’s Day card ……

I used sticky strip to attach the ribbon instead of stitching, but I think the effect was very similar.  

I mounted the rosette onto a “shield” made from the top note die that had been embossed with the square lattice folder. 

I just  love this effect!

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