Happy Father’s Day

It’s unusual, but here is a second post for the day. The new Color Hues Challenge started today as well; scroll down for that post. Last year I purchased Concord & 9th’s Greatest Hits. During one of their recent sales, I picked up the accompanying For the Record.  I combined parts of both sets to make Father’s Day cards for Tracy and Adam. Since I used For the Record last year for Matt’s card, his card was a totally different design this year. These three guys are really the best. dads. ever.  

Adam and Tracy’s cards were essentially the same, and both are a CASE of Carissa Wiley’s intro to the set on the Concord & 9th site. I made my background much cleaner and changed the colors, but the basic design stayed pretty much the same. 

I love the way Carissa layered the main sentiment. It makes for a pretty thick card, but this year neither card needed to be mailed. We just came home from a trip to Washington, D.C. with Caleb, our 12 year old grandson, so I left Adam’s card with Sarah when we left yesterday. Here’s a close up:

The orange is layered with the blue and the gold. The gold record is attached with a brad and spins around. Here’s a look at the inside of the card:

The record die cut with glossy black cardstock is from Greatest Hits and the sentiment is from Pink and Main’s Special Day.

Matt’s card is a totally different design with one of my favorite color combination – they work for almost anyone:  red, gray, black and white.

I started by die cutting strips of four colors with The Stamp Market’s 1/4″ Quick Strips and starting at the bottom, adhered them on a diagonal. The Pinkfresh Adore Alphabet is one of my favorites. The sub-sentiment was from the Concord & 9th Greatest Hits.

I’m sending these off to Addicted to Stamps and More: Die Cuts and Inspired By: Pops.