This week I’ve been working on finishing up a box of cards to send to Operation Write Home for their Muscle Card Challenge.  Here are a few of the cards I’ve created for dads.  I know I’m pushing the deadline for getting Father’s Day cards to my shipper, so instead of using “Happy Father’s Day” sentiments, I went with some less time-sensitive phrases.

OWH’s Scrap Wrangler is challenging us this week to use up those scrap pieces of cardstock and designer paper that crafters tend to have lying around.  So first off is what I created for that challenge.  The Scrap Wrangler was kind enough to include some sketches that incorporated small strips of papers, so I used one of the sketches to create this card. One nice thing about the Stampin’ Up designer paper packages is that the papers in each are all made to coordinate with each other.  I added a few brads to go along with the rustic feel.

For the next card, I decided to recreate a card I’d made several years ago.  I changed the sentiment and I changed the colors a little bit.  Instead of tearing the edges of the cardstock mat, I used a border die. The leaf stamps are from a long-retired Stampin’ Up set called Autumn, and the sentiment is from Gina K. Designs.

Finally, I made a couple one-layer cards that are very similar.  For a bit of variation I swapped the tree and the sentiment from left to right on them.  I’ll only show you one card because I’m not a fan of redundancy.  I used large post-it notes to mask off the area I wanted to sponge.  I thought the image of the tall tree worked well with this Lizzie Anne Designs sentiment.

If you have any questions about any of the supplies or techniques used on these cards, please feel welcome to ask!  Since this post is photo-heavy I didn’t want to bog it down with a lot of text.  Thanks for stopping by today!  🙂