Father's Day Card at the Jersey Shore
May 25, 2008
The focal point is a 2 inch by 2 & 1/4 inch piece of Whisper White card stock layered onto a 2 & 1/4 inch by 2 & 1/2 inch piece of Pumpkin Pie. The greeting from All Holidays is inked up with Pumpkin Pie and Brilliant Blue markers and a Wild Wasabi ink spot that came with SU's Three for You punch box. Here's my trick for getting the greeting straight -- the SU Stamp-a-ma-jig -- my favorite stamp positioner. And another tip: I mount the white card stock on the Pumpkin mat before I stamp. The colored layer does two things -- it provides contrast to the white layer so I can be sure my Stamp-a-ma-jig image on the plastic sheet is straight and the mat makes the focal point layer big enough that the plastic guide can "catch" on the Pumpkin mat and hold it in place. When card stock is so small that the guide can't hold it still, another trick I use is Dotto removable adhesive on the back to keep it in place while I'm stamping. I did use SU Dimensionals to pop up the focal point a little and allow it to fit well over the ribbon.
More manly cards to come -- including a "stepped up" version of this layout that gives it a different look.