Did you realize Father’s Day is sneaking up on us? Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 16th! It’s time to make a card for the dad in your life! This Full Of Life Father’s Day Card is very quick and easy to make! I didn’t have any good ideas for a card, but thought I would start by looking through my designer paper. I pulled out a couple of possibilities, but when I came to the Full of Life 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper I wondered if I could use something in there! Maybe for the more artistic type of dad. But actually, I think this paper could be used for any dad!
First I pulled out the pattern with the larger squares of colors. But then I came upon this paper with greens and blues. When I figured out I could write “Happy Father’s Day” in the color swatches and it would still fit on a card base, I decided to use this paper. The size of the paper is just slightly different than the exact size we would normally cut a piece of designer paper to be the card’s front layer, but I was trying to cut in between the swatches without cutting any of them off. It worked out great.
The card base is Shady Spruce. I used a Shady Spruce Stampin’ Write Marker to print the words “Happy Father’s Day” on the card. I used the brush end, which was the perfect size. I had thought I would use the bullet end but it wasn’t strong enough to show up on the swatches. I don’t have the newest alphabet but if you had something the right size, you could die cut the letters to spell the greeting and adhere them onto the swatches. But the marker worked perfectly and I didn’t mess up the printing!
Not one to leave well enough alone, even on a Father’s Day card, I couldn’t resist using a few of the gems in the Tinsel Gems 3-Pack. I used the Misty Moonlight and Lost Lagoon gems.
On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer decorated with two strips of scraps that matched the paper. Normally I would only add one strip to the bottom of the Basic White, but in this case, I added a top strip also. There is still room to stamp or write a personal message.
If you don’t have this paper, you could make your own by coloring some light color swatches with any of your markers or do a little watercoloring with your ink reinkers!
Have fun making a Father’s Day card for someone special!