Happy Birthday Tool Box

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme is all about pockets....not sure if this is exactly what they had in mind, but I did create a pocket in which to add the tools! This card is for my co-worker's wife, who is a DIY nut! She's proud of having her own tools and a tool belt, so he asked for a girly tool card for her! The card was cut the old-fashioned way, with a paper cutter (no die!), then an oval die cut out the 'handle'. Both the card base and front panel were swiped with an ink pad for the 'Faux Wood' look. Thin foam tape was added around the edges of the front panel, then the tools were tucked into the pocket.  Her initials were added to the front using the same silver metallic, orchid, and lavender colors as the tool handles. Here are the dies from Divinity Designs LLC which were used for this: Alphabet Caps, Ovals, Tool Time, Workshop Tools; blending brushes were used for stenciling the dies after embossing them.

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Happy Father's Day

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Vermont Country Store....I chose these herringbone blankets....LOVE blues and browns together!!  Earlier this week, I came across this awesome Father's Day card by gosh2fly and decided to case the layout and tool idea for the three Father's Day cards I needed to make before Sunday.  Today's Inspiration Challenge helped with the missing pieces needed in order to get started on them! I was grateful to have enough herringbone paper in my misc. paper stash to make three cards...whew! First off, I had to dig into my "retired colors file" and get a couple of pieces of SU Brilliant Blue, plus some silver metallic for the saw blade. The designer paper was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, the DAD letters were cut out with the ODBD Custom Alphabet Dies, the saw was cut out with the ODBD Custom Workshop Tools Dies, the father's day sentiment from 'Ride 'Em Cowboy' was heat embossed with silver embossing powder, and the curved border was cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies.  

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Have a very blessed weekend!