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Friday 19 June 2015

Happy Father's Day Card

Hello my crafting friends, good to see you here, hope you are all well, plenty of hugs going for those of you who need them.

Thank you all so much for all your wonderful comments of late I really do appreciate them. I am still up in cloud 9 with joining Sheena's Design Team, the others have been extremely welcoming, a lovely team so full of talent. Maureen please feel free to use any technique I put on here, we are all crafters and crafters share right?

Now today's post is the Father's Day card I have made for my FIL, I know its early to show it but hey!!! I knew I wanted a Photography theme as he used to do quite a bit of photography and still does bits now from time to time. I wanted an old looking Photography theme, hopefully I have achieved it?



I first used a sheet of Kraft card and folded it in half to form the base. Using some White Hammer card I put it through the Movie Theme embossing folder twice to extend the pattern, I lightly inked over  the top of the embossed part with Black Soot to show up the film reels.

I had the idea of incorporating old pictures of my hubby & his brother when they were small children so after putting them onto Photoshop I inverted each image to turn them into a negative.

Using the film die I die cut some Black card so it looked like a negative and carefully glued the images behind, I did not have much space to glue as obviously I did not want the images to cover the film cog holes down the side of the negative, once attached I added a strip of Black card to the back to strengthen it up a little, I attached these to the embossed film part on the right side of the card to try and make it look like it was part of the film. Not sure I achieved this but I am sure you can see what I mean lol!.
Using some Kraft card cut to size I stamped some images  with Vintage Photo then  inked round the edge of the card to make it look darker and more sepia toned. On more Kraft card I stamped the sentiments and made them look like little tags, I inked round the edge of these, tied some twine through and put them to one side. I re stamped the small film strips twice and the camera using my Versamark ink pad and heat embossed them with Black embossing powder, I placed these over the original stamps on the Kraft card using foam tape, I felt this made them stand out a bit more. I attached this onto my base card at an angle along with the sentiment tags as seen.

I typed various words on the PC including 'Happy Father's Day' and printed them off, cut them out and placed them in the spare space on my card, there you have the finished card, hopefully my FIL will like it!

Items Used:

Create and Craft Kraft Card
Darice Embossing Folder Movie Theme
Creative Expressions Sam Poole Stamps Vintage Photography
Marianne Designs Collectables-COL 1390 (Film strip die)
Tim Holtz Distress Inks Vintage Photo & Black Soot
Black Card
Papermania Embossing Powder Black
Versamark Ink Pad
Family Photos scanned in and inverted on Photoshop
Sentiment word typed up on the PC



Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx




21 comments:

  1. A fabulous card,love the layers.xxx

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  2. This is wonderful Jacquie, your design is outstanding. The way you have used the old photos is fabulous and I am sure your FIL will be thrilled to receive such a special card.
    hugs Sue xx

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  3. Morning Jacquie, fab card for your FIL, I hope it loves it. Looking forward to seeing your samples on C&C when Sheena is next on, Janice xxx
    http:createdbyjan.blogspot.com/

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  4. This is just fabulous Jacquie!! The photography theme is wonderful and I'm so impressed with your 'negatives' strip down the side! That embossing folder background sure was the perfect fit! Your Father in law is going to love this!

    I'm so glad you have joined us at Anything But Cute this month for our 'Make It Masculine' challenge! Hugs, Pamellia DT :)

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  5. A fabulous card Jacquie, a great idea to incorporate the negative photographs of your husband and his brother.
    Have a lovely weekend.
    Pauline
    x

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  6. Hello |Jacquie,
    What an imaginative card. The negatives are a brilliant idea.
    Maureen xx

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  7. I think FIL will love the card and how clever to include the negatives! Lovely idea

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  8. What a lucky Father In Law he is to receive this wonderful, thoughtful card! I love your use of the embossing folders on the background; perfectly fitting! And the Photoshop work just amazes me! Great job with that; the negatives look fabulous! Thank you for joining our Make It Masculine challenge at Anything But Cute with this stunning card! Hugs! Sara Emily DT

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  9. What a lucky Father In Law he is to receive this wonderful, thoughtful card! I love your use of the embossing folders on the background; perfectly fitting! And the Photoshop work just amazes me! Great job with that; the negatives look fabulous! Thank you for joining our Make It Masculine challenge at Anything But Cute with this stunning card! Hugs! Sara Emily DT

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  10. What a gorgeous masculine card! Love the embossed background and your idea with the negative image is fabulous!
    Thank you so much for joining in our 'Make It Masculine' challenge at Anything But Cute!
    Branka DT x

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  11. Hi Jacque, I love your card, so much thought has gone into making such a special Father's Day card. Great design and love what you have done with the photo's. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  12. What a fabulous card this is!!! Love the color and such pretty embossing work! Thank you so very much for joining our Make It Masculine challenge at Anything But Cute!
    Samra DT

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  13. Jacquie your cards are always fabulous and this is no exception. Well done on your DT appointment with Sheena, very well deserved. Michelle x

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  14. A wonderful Fathers day card, Jacquie. Loving the kraft and you definitely capture the photography theme perfectly. Loving the filmstrip you added.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  15. What a fun Father's Day design with all the great embellishments.

    Hugs Diane

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  17. What a really great card Jacquie and so perfect for our theme, sadly thought it's not eligible as it is backlinked to date prior to the start of our challenge. I'm so sorry but yo are really welcome to join in with another card.

    B x

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  18. What a great Dad's day card! Thanks for sharing on the Simple Create Too blog!

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  19. Hi Jacquie,
    Absolutely fantastic card ! Love the negative strip you made
    of the two brothers.
    hugs Maria x

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  20. Great Father's Day card, I love your design! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Simply Create Too and sorry for being late with the commenting!

    Hugs, Marja
    Simply Create Too DT

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