Front flap card featuring a little truck (digital), an embossed panel and a fun greeting

Father's Day is around the corner and I made this card for one of my son in laws.  He is a great Dad and we appreciate all he does for his family.  He is back at work after being home for a while due to the Covid situation.  I started with a large envelope and made a large black panel card to fit inside.  I added this cool subtle background paper with flash cards on it.  I choose a coordinating piece of brown cardstock and embossed it with a wood grain embossing folder, scored a half inch on one end and then mounted to my card using doubles sided tape and glue on the flap which I glued to the back of my panel.  I downloaded the truck digital from Beyond the Fringe Crafts, sized it and then laser printed it onto white cardstock.  I fussy cut all the way around, watercoloured the body, fenders, the wheels and the side window.  I used a clear glitter gel pen on all the metal and glass surfaces - lights, hubcaps, bumpers, windshield, window and door handle.  I added greenery (TH dies) to the back of the truck before mounting it to the front flap.  I watercoloured the greeting (DesertDiva), distressed the edges, added some ribbon flags and then mounted it to the flap above the truck using 3D foam tape.  Love how it turned out!!!!!  Therese

Father's Day card featuring a fun digital greeting and some decorative paper

For this card I found the striped paper which I really like and then went looking in my yellow scraps and found this piece of yellow with stars that coordinated very nicely.  I then found the green cardstock which worked so I trimmed it to size.  I taped the two decorative papers to each other on the back and them trimmed them to create the background for my cad.  I added a length of coordinating seam binding securing the ends to the back of my background using double sided tape.  I tied on a short length with one knot to simulate a bow.  I adhered this large element to my green card front.  I layered the fun greeting (Melonheadz) which is a free digital and was laser printed on white cardstock.  I passed my tracing wheel on all four edges to add a bit of texture then layered it with a light green paper.  I mounted the greeting just below the tied ribbon and over the length using double sided tape.  

Therese