Tomorrow is Father’s Day and if you are still looking for a card idea, I have one more for you! This Colorful Card For Father’s Day is made with the Friends For Life Dies. I watched a video probably on Instagram of someone just watercoloring stripes of different colors across the card front and then just writing the greeting on the card front on the colored stripes or in between the stripes. Such an easy idea and so creative! I remembered that we have this one die in the Friends For Life Dies that kind of looks like a painted stripe!
To make this card after I had the idea, I chose some colors of cardstock in the Neutrals Family. It would have been fine, but I wanted something a little more colorful yet still be a masculine card. I decided on Mossy Meadow, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie and then for a pop of color, Crazy Cajun and Crushed Curry. I die cut a strip in each of those colors.
A regular size card seemed too large, so I decided on a 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square card. The Pecan Pie card base is 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ folded in half. The card layer is the new color Basic Beige. Then I just adhered each colored stripe on the Basic Beige. Because that heart outline die existed in the set, I decided a heart on a Father’s Day card would be fine. I cut it out of Cherry Cobbler because I didn’t want a bright Real Red. I remembered to use an Adhesive Sheet on the back of the cardstock before I cut out the heart so I wouldn’t have to try to add glue to the back of this very thin heart.
For a greeting, I liked the “Love You” in the Friends For Life Stamp Set. It was risky, but I stamped it on the Crushed Curry stripe in Memento Ink even though I had already glued down that piece. Luckily, I didn’t mess it up! I adhered the heart and couldn’t resist added a few little diecut hearts that also had the Adhesive Sheet on the back of them so they were like stickers also.
To keep it easy, I just used a Moonlight Mist Stampin’ Write Marker, the brush tip, to write “Dad” in the space at the bottom. If you had a small alphabet set or small alphabet dies, you could easily do something with those on your card, especially if you made a regular size card with more space.
Lots of possible ways to make a card similar to this just by changing the colors, running the stripes vertically, writing a different greeting, adding more embellishments. Of course you can put on any kind of greeting to make a card for another occasion.
Remember, the Bundle Sale is going on this month at Stampin’ Up! so if you would like the Friends For Life Stamp Set and the Friends For Life Dies, this month is a good time to buy the Friends For Life Bundle and save an extra 10%! Check out all the other Bundles HERE, too!
