Rusty Tractor

For my Dad's birthday I also made some cards for my children so they could give them to their Gramps.  So my daughter chose one with a vintage tractor which is perfect for my Dad who is a retired farmer who belongs to an Antique Tractor Club. I don't even know where the sentiment is from I just found it in my stash with all my papers so I used it.  I did some distressing with ink as well as a Tim Holtz distressing tool. The stamp is something that I have had forever from Deep Red, called Rusty Tractor.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Deep Red - Rusty Tractor (see above)

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

        Distress - Old Paper

Tim Holtz distress tool

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Allsorts - Wk 539 from Boys to Men

Sweet Stampin' - Distressed

QKR - Ch. 365 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Ch. 399 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Ch. 119 Special Occasion

Top Pop

So I wanted to make something that wasn't a Valentine or Christmas card so I used this freebie that is available at Beccy's Place.   These boots are great since they remind me of my Dad who always wore boots like these to work and also my son has Army boots like these.  I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I used the sketch, except I wanted to distress all my edges because my Dad's boots were always worn and rough/dirty and the scalloped edge just wasn't going to work.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - My Dad Rocks

Cardstock: Bazzil

Stamp: Beccy's Place - Old Boots

Sentiments:  Top Pop

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Buttons:  My Favorite Things; Stash

Distress Tool Tim Holtz

Hemptique

Challenges

Beccy's Challenge - February

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 193 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 320 - 321 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 366 Anything Goes

The Male Room - Ch. 78 Inspired by Television (The Walton's)

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Always and Forever my DAD

This coming Saturday it will be my Dad's Birthday so I made this card for him using a wonderful Unity stamp that I heat embossed in gold.  I made the background from from taking Watercolor paper and swishing it through Distress Oxide inks.  I added some ribbon, twine and a rose.

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Watercolor Paper:  Strathmore

Stamp:  Unity - First Love, First Hero (see above for direct link)

Inks:  Distress Oxide:  Broken China, Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Flower:  Recollection

Ribbon:  Offray

Twine: Pebbles

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Inks

Challenges

Sweet Stampin' - Heat Embossing

Dragonfly Journeys - True Blue

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 173 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday -Ch.298-299 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 266 Anything Goes