Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

I know that it is well after Father’s Day, but I wanted to show you the pop-up card I made for Steve. It could easily be used for another occasion by changing out the sentiment. My friend Staci made this same style of pop-up card for a Leadership swap a year and a half ago, and I have been meaning to make one ever since! This is what it looks like when it is all opened up:

Stamps: Totally Tool, Wood Grain, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake
Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Other: Modern Label Punch, Gold Brads

It also can lie flat for easy mailing, as you can see in the picture below.

I used the tutorial over on SplitCoast Stampers to make it. It was really fun and much easier than I thought it would be.

Another Father’s Day card to show you today. This one I made for my dad. As before, it can easily be used for any occassion simply by switching out the sentiment. It’s a gate fold card, and uses the retiring Newsprint Designer Series Paper. That will be gone after Thursday! (Though the very similar First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper will still be available.)

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Newsprint Designer Series Paper
Other: Black Embossing Powder

I heat embossed the tree and the words to add an extra touch of elegance to the card. Since the base of the card is black, I put a piece of Very Vanilla on the inside as well.

While I realize that Father’s Day is behind us now, I have a few more Father’s Day cards to share with you. All of these are easily adaptable to any type of masculine card you may need, just by swapping out the sentiment. That’s one thing I love about Teeny Tiny Wishes — all of the phrases fit in the Word Window punch for easy customization of any card! This is the card I made for my father-in-law, who is an avid golfer.

Stamps: On the Green, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Garden Green, Basic Black
Paper: Garden Green, Basic Black, Whisper White
Other: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Big Shot

Remember, this fabulous golfing stamp will not be available to purchase after June 30th. And there are no new golf stamps in the new catalog, so get it while you can!

Pals Paper Arts has some great colors this week, all from the Regals family. I decided to combine them with the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge.

Since these colors are leaning more on the masculine side, I decided to put them together to make a Father’s Day card. I’m missing the bottom element off of the sketch, but I couldn’t think of a good way to include it. I tried something new and used ribbon underneath a strip of card stock to create a border. I really like how it looks!

Stamps: All Holidays, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, More Mustard
Paper: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Whisper White
Other: Night of Navy Satin Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

There are a lot of items on this card that are on the retiring list — All Holidays, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel, Night of Navy Satin Ribbon, and Hodgepodge Hardware. Stamps will be available until the end of the month, but accessories (including wheels) may sell out sooner. Some items already have. Nothing is worse than paying 3 times as much for something on eBay. Make sure you get what you want before they are gone!

I have one last father’s day card to show you, which certainly could be adapted for any other occasion as well.  I made this one for my sister-in-law’s boyfriend. I started with red wine as a theme and wanted to give it a tropical feel. Change up the sentiment, and this would work well as a Hawaiian wedding card too!

Stamps: Cheers to You, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Old Olive, Rose Red Stampin’ Write Marker
Paper: Old Olive, Rose Red, Tempting Turquiose, Whisper White, Island Oasis Designer Series Paper
Other: Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

That’s it for the Father’s Day cards for this year! Hope you enjoyed them, and that they gave you some ideas for some masculine themed cards.

Both Eve & I decided to use Totally Tools to make Steve his Father’s Day cards this year. He is a wood-working kind of guy, though he hasn’t been able to do much since his knee surgery.  I’ve seen several of these cards with the tools hanging on the cute peg board. I’m not sure who came up with the idea originally, but I love how mine came out! Click on the picture for a better look, so you can see ALL of the holes I pierced to make it look like peg board! I stamped the tools on Naturals White paper so they would be a little thicker, and used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color them in. (Love those!) That great shape at the bottom is from the Matchbox Bigz XL Die. I always try to run a few extra tags when I make a matchbox, and I was excited to find this shape in my scrap bag. I was even more excited when I saw how well the Word Window punch fit in it! This card could easily be used for a birthday or any other occasion by changing the sentiment at the bottom.

Stamps: Totally Tool, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Naturals White, Travel Journal Designer Series Paper
Other: Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Silver Brads, Word Window Punch, Matchbox Bigz XL Die, Big Shot, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter

This is Eve’s fabulous card, made with Totally Tool as well. She used the Stampin’ Write Markers in Bordering Blue and Chocolate Chip to ink up only the images on the stamps (not the words), and placed them around the card. She also used Brilliant Blue ink and paper, since that is Steve’s favorite color. Didn’t she do a great job?

Stamps: Totally Tool, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Brilliant Blue
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Whisper White

I love stamping with Eve. She has such a great vision!

When I saw this week’s sketch from Stamping 411 I knew it would be perfect for the Father’s Day card I wanted to make from the dogs to my husband.Here’s the sketch:

I used Loads of Love for the first time in forever. My husband drives a blue pick-up truck, and with the dogs in the back it was just perfect! The dog on the left is Biscuit our yellow lab, the one in the middle is Jack our Great Dane (I tried to draw in his mask), and the one on the right is Hershey, a chocolate lab who used to live with us. I also used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons for the first time in a while. I forgot how much I loved using them! I’m so glad that there is a new color kit to update these in July!

Stamps: Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Stazon Black, Night of Navy
Paper: Kraft, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Travel Journal Designer Series Paper
Other: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Great sketch this week! I’m so pleased with how this card came out, and my husband loved it too!

This week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge is a theme challenge, and the theme is summer. Since this is my first week of summer break, I am all about that! For this challenge, I made my  father-in-law a golf themed card for Father’s Day. Golf here in California is year round, but in Minnesota, where I grew up, it is definately a summertime activity. I made the golf ball by  first cutting the circle with the Clear Circle Bigz Die, and then running it through the Big Shot again to emboss it with the Perfect Polka  Dots Textured Impressions folder. You may have to click on the photo to enlarge it and see the “dimples” on the golf ball.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Garden Green, Ballet Blue
Paper: Ballet Blue, Garden Green, Whisper White
Other: Clear Circle Bigz Die, Perfect Polka  Dots Textured Impressions folder, Big Shot, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Paper Snips

The colors were suggested by Eve to look like a summer day.

I hope that you enjoyed the blog hop this past weekend! If you missed out, you can find links to all of the posts over at Stampin’ Addicts.

Just in time for Father’s Day, Stampin’ Up has released two new digital downloads for My Digital Studio. They also work with any other digital scrapbooking program that allows you to import PNG and JPG files. The first one is a super cute Father’s Day stamp set:

121070 Father's Day Stamp Brush Set $5.95

The second one is one that I had been hoping for since I saw the Summer Mini Catalog! In fact, I even mentioned it on this post! It’s that great Travel Journal Designer Series Paper plus the matching stamp set!

121071 Travel Journal Digital Kit $9.95

You can purchase these or any other digital downloads through my online store. They great news is that they are available for immediate use, with no shipping or tax! Just click on Digital Crafting, then Digital Downloads, then Newest Downloads to see all of the recent additions!

When I first saw the Travel Journey Designer Series Paper in the Summer Mini catalog, I was so excited to have some great masculine colors and patterns. When I saw the maps on it, I knew it would be just perfect for cards for my dad, since he loves maps! I decided to use this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge as a starting point.

Although the sketch is square, I decided to make a regular rectangular card because I wanted more of the map to show. I sponged the edges of the striped piece of designer series paper with Night of Navy ink so it would stand out a little more.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Kraft, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Travel Journal Designer Series Paper
Other: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Natural Hemp Twine

I’m hoping that this paper comes out in a Digital Version soon! I really want to use it for scrapbooking last summer’s drive across the country. Otherwise, I’ll just have to use it to make a traditional scrapbook!