Thank You Dad by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Since next week brings us Father's Day, I thought it would be a good time to do a masculine card.  I love the Wood Grain Plank die and figured it went well with the Toolshed 3D embossing folder.

I started by die cutting the wood planks twice from white cardstock.  Next, I glued them onto another piece of cardstock to create my background.

Once the glue was dry I used distress inks to add color to the wood grain background.  I added the inks to my craft mat and sprayed them with plain water.  Then I dragged my paper through the inks.

Next, I took a piece of red foil cardstock and embossed it using the Toolshed 3D Embossing Folder.  I used a sanding block to lightly sand the top layer of the paper to highlight the embossed images. I sponged Walnut Distress Ink over the embossed paper to give it a distressed look. 

I cut the embossed paper at an angle and mounted it on a piece of black cardstock. Next, I glued that to my wood grain background and adhered it to a black cardstock mat and mounted it to a white card base. 

I die cut the word Dad and the gears from black cardstock and glued them to the card. 

To finish the card I stamped "thank you" on a strip of white cardstock and adhered that to the card front.  

That's it today! I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94565 Wood Grain Planks craft die

EF1019 Toolshed 3D Embossing Folder

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

94579 Wooden Alpha craft die

CL5242 Big and Little Words lear stamp set

98847 Mini Gears

Comments

[Donna C]

Donna, please tell me about the sandpaper block you used. What grid do you use? Do I get it from a Home hardware store?
Love your card, your wood grain colors.