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Today we are featuring projects made with the new Mom and Dad dies and coordinating sentiment stamps, all of which are available in the store today.
For my first card, I used the Dad die and the “Hey” sentiment to make a manly birthday card for my father-in-law. I used patterned paper from Glitz Design’s Uncharted Waters on both of my cards today, but I paired it with the birthday equation card and brad from Crate Paper on my Dad card:
I added the white splatter using some acrylic paint and then some tiny staples to make it seem more manly.
For my second card, I used the Mom die to make a window card:
I adhered the matching red heart to the acetate window, and stamped the sentiment in Hero Arts ink:
I also added an enamel dot from My Minds Eye and some crochet thread to the top to finish it off.
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Suzanne
The theme for this month’s blog hop challenge at Papertrey Ink is “Boys to Men,” meaning that we should focus on masculine themes, colors, etc. I made a card for my dad, who is just the best guy on earth for too many reasons. Here’s a photo of him from my wedding day:
And here is my card for him:
I remember a card that Carly Robertson made once with Star Prints, and I think that she used a top note die as her layer; that was the inspiration for using the Nestie die as my own layer, but a smaller one so you can see the “headline” of the newsprint.
The woodgrain and newsprint backgrounds were both stamped in Versamark, and then I stamped over the woodgrain with the splat image in terracotta tile, trying to angle the splats in the direction of the star that’s mounted on the bottle cap, which I stuck to the paper by layering several layers of foam top on top of one another.
Can I just say how HARD it was for me to not add ANY ribbon to this project? VERY! 
Happy Blog Hoppin’!
Supplies {by PTI unless otherwise noted}: Stamps: Star Prints, Background Basics: Newprint, Background Basics: Woodgrain, Splat (Recollections); Paper: Terracotta Tile, Kraft, Rustic Cream; Ink: Versamark, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate; Other: Star punch, double-ended banner die, Nesties die, bottle cap
