Priscilla's Papercrafts: Maritime DSP

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Happy Birthday, Dad!

My Dad's 87th birthday was last week! He jokes that he has no idea how he got that old...and you'd never know he is by looking at him.

I always make my cards for family, and I had lots of new toys to play with. So this is what I created:

I loved the stamp set, Big News, when I first saw it. Such fun phrases for all those special occasions. So I used "it's your birthday" as a starting point, along with the wonderful Maritime Designer Series Paper (love!). I carefully stamped the phrase in Versamark on Night of Navy cardstock, and embossed it using White Embossing Powder and my trusty heat tool. This was layered on a slightly larger piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Next I made a banner using Whisper White and Real Red (run through the Stylish Stripes embossing folder), and added that to a piece of Real Red that was embossed with the Chevron folder.

In order to distress this piece, I lightly dragged a Whisper White craft pad over it, then cut out "D-A-D" using my new Little Letters framelits. Punching out another piece of Maritime using the Banner punch, I added these with a bow of White Bakers Twine to create a mini banner.

The base of the card is Whisper White with the "sailors knot" DSP in Navy; all layers were added with Dimensionals. Finally a little arrow was cut twice in White and Red, using the arrow from the Label Card Framelit.

Inside--more toys!

"enjoy the fuss" and the little candle are from Big News, while the Happy Birthday is from Occasions 4 You. I used the Simply Scored board to score lines around the edge--I think embossed edges make such a nice addition.

And finally--an envelope.

The Envelope Punch Board makes it so easy to create envelopes for unusual-sized cards. Maritime DSP made matching the card easy peasy!

Happy Birthday, Dad! I love you!

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Occasions 4 You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$14.95

Big News Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$31.95

Label Card Thinlits Die

$32.95

Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Little Letters Thinlits Die

$28.95

Simply Scored

$29.95

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.95

Heat Tool

$29.95

Maritime Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Happy Father's Day!

To all the fathers out there, I wish you a Happy Father's Day! I'm fortunate to still have my dad, and am married to a dad, and my son is a dad...looking forward to speaking with two of them and spoiling the other (can you guess which ones?).

So here's a cute Father's Day card I made for my dad:

When I first saw this set, Something for Baby, with the matching Baby's First framelits, I decided I didn't need it. Then, as often happens, I saw some cute samples, and suddenly I HAD to have it! The only stamp I really wanted was this tie (but of course, I'll use all the other stamps soon).

I stamped the tie in Real Red and Night of Navy, and cut them out with the framelits. I also cut one using the Maritime Designer Series Paper.

These were all adhered to a piece of Coastal Cabana card stock, which was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Whisper White.

I ran a piece of Night of Navy through the Big Shot using the Stylish Stripes embossing folder, and placed that on another piece of the Maritime DSP. This was all mounted on the card base of Coastal Cabana.

The cute phrase is from Banner Banter, stamped using Stampin' Write markers in Coastal Cabana and Real Red, and cut out with the Word Bubbles Framelits. I cut another one from Real Red, and the two bubbles are offset and popped up with Dimensionals.

Carrying the theme of "you're the best" to the inside, I found this sentiment, from And Many More: