Happy Father's Day

What a great day here in Dallas!  Hot but sunny - perfect for Hubby to do nothing other than sitting by the pool (broken arm prevents him from doing much more than sitting poolside).  To start the day, we opened the cards I made - one from DD, one from me, and I even added one from his two best friends - his dogs!  Jeff adores those two dogs and is always taking them for long walks (to the point of exhausting them frequently) or just playing in the park.

I already posted one of the cards I made - here are the other two.  The first is based on a sketch from Viva la Verve weekly challenge on Splitcoast Stampers; the second is based on a sketch from the June card challenge at Sketches4All.  The title was cut on my Cricut using SCAL; the image on the small banner is from the Happy Hello stamp set from Verve.  The image on the heart is a combination of hand-drawn lines heat embossed with some cappucino embossing powder plus doodles I dotted on with a Sharpie.


Additional challenges (I am really piling it on this week):

• Tuesday Alchemy #18 - Anything Goes
• Hiding in My Craft Room #50 - Embossing (the tone on tone stripes on the heart are done with an embossing pen and Cappucino embossing powder from Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle)
• Paper Take Weekly 3-2-1 - I used 3 different papers, 2 brads, 1 chipboard element
• Paper Players # 100 - Past Challenges - I chose challenge #82 which is a color challenge.  My 2nd card uses colors from that challenge - Pool Party (blue), Poppy Parade (red), Soft Suede (brown), and Very Vanilla (I used kraft instead)
• Totally Paper Crafts - Cats & Dogs - need I state the obvious connection with the 2nd card ?  Ha Ha.
• Cricut Cardz Challenge #110 - So Glad You're My Dad
• My Craft Spot #59 - King of the Grill
• Paper Cupcakes - One for the Boys
• Fantabulous Cricut # 115 - Father's Day Outdoor Theme (OK - pushing it a bit here with the 2nd card - the outdoor connection is the dogs - they are ALWAYS outdoors together)
• Party Time Tuesday # 72 - Father's Day
• Use it Tuesday #33 - All About Dad (used the brads from my old stash drawer)
• Card Makin' Mamas #47 - Father's Day
• Die Cuttin' Divas - Father's Day
• Delightful Sketches - For the Boys
• Paper Play Challenges Week 24 - For a Man with Twine (the 2nd card uses twine on the bottom panel)
• Creative Cutter Room - Father's Day
• Paper Craft Star #101 - Father's Day
• Stuck On u Sketches - Die Cut Challenge Father's Day
• Pink Elephant TPE52 - Masculine
• Do You Stack Up - Masculine