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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Mowed Grass Father's Day Card

Created this Father's Day card with a mowing grass theme in mind. I do most of the mowing & hubby does the weed wacking so there will be no mowing on Father's Day. I'll mow tomorrow, Fri.

Amazed myself by using 2 Cake Cricut cartridges to make this. Used Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art for the 2 pieces of grass. Used Holiday Cakes for the word DAD. Used my Gypsy to hide the words 'NO 1' from 'DAD' and place the 'DAD' word inside the grass. Used the negative pieces from the 'DAD' word as in the 3 parts cut out inside the letters to put on the base layer of grass.


Used foam to pop up the one piece of grass over the base layer of grass. Used Tim Holtz evergreen bough on edges of the grass. Used burlap on which I hand wrote 'Happy Father's Day.' Did not have a small Happy Father's Day stamp and was not sure how stamping on burlap would turn out. Has anyone tried to stamp on burlap? Also can embossing powder be used on non-paper products without
burning the item? Want to know if anyone has tried of either of these 2 things?

Used the cut out letters of DAD for the inside.

Wanted to include a lawn mower. Unfortunately the only 2 Cricut cartridges that have lawn mowers both of which I do not have are: Chore Chart & Pop Up Neighborhood. Thought Handyman or Walk in My Garden would but Handyman has only building tools & Walk in My Garden has hand garden tools.

















Inside of card:
 















burlap: mini burlap won challenge at The Kraft Journal & chose  different burlap pieces
calligraphy: hand wrote 'Happy Father's Day' on burlap using a calligraphy black marker, one Sharpie I had was too thin & another was too thick
Cricut cartridges:
Holiday Cakes Vacatn2 Plain Base Shift - NO 1 DAD
used Gypsy to hide the 'NO 1' part and place the 'DAD' word inside the grass image
Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art 3" GrassBdr Time for Tea Lowercase - grass image

paper:
5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Base Kraft cardstock
core'dinations 2 shades of green cardstock


Entering this into the following challenges:
 
A Muse Studio Father's Day lim3 1st 6/11-22
Card Makin Mamas Ch47 Father's Day lim2 2nd 6/8-21
Cards for Men Ch12 Father's Day unlim 4th 6/4-17
Cardztv Ch110 I'm so glad you're my Dad 6/13-26
Celebrate the Occasion Ch66 Father's Day 6/12-17  
Crafting for All Seasons Ch29 For Man 6/12-25
Crafty Sentiments Father's Day 6/12-17
Creative Cutter Room Father's Day Ch 6/14-27
Delightful Sketches For the Boys Ch 6/13-21
Die Cuttin Divas Ch69 Happy Father's Day 6/12-18
Do You Stack Up Ch76 Boys/Men lim3 1st 6/14-19
Dream Valley Ch34 For that Special Guy lim3 2nd 6/10-22
Fresh Brewed Ch100 Anything Goes lim5 2nd 6/13-19
Friends of Speedy TV Ch24 Father's Day unlim 2nd 6/11-17
Hot Shot Ch9 Distress Inks unlim 4th 6/9-7/6 

Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 16th 6/3
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 60th 5/5-6/18


Kraft Journal Cards for Him unlim 1st used Kraft cardstock & burlap won from Kraft Journal store 6/11-17
LEJ Designs Ch7 Daddy Dearest/Male projs lim3 1st 6/12-17 

More Than Favors Wacky Wed Ch72 Father's Day unlim 2nd 6/11-26
My Sheri Crafts Ch87 Father's Day unlim 2nd 6/9-22
One Stop Craft Ch186 Father's Day lim2 2nd 6/9-15
Our Creative Corner Your Fav Tim Holtz Technique unlim 3rd used Distress Ink on grass for more realistic look 6/9-15 

Papercraft Star Ch101 Father's Day 6/13-17
Paper Play Wk23 Back to Kraft Basics unlim 3rd Kraft cardstock - card Base 6/7-14
Paper Play Wk24 For a Man (with twine) unlim 1st is burlap twine? 6/14-21
Paper Pretties Mon Ch Father's Day 6/11-17
Paper Take Wkly 3-2-1 unlim 4th 3 letters to spell DAD, 2 shades of green cardstock used, 1 piece of burlap used 6/12-18
Sentimental Sundays Ch106 For a Special Guy lim3 2nd 6/10-16
Simon Says Stamp & Show Anything Goes unlim 5th 6/11-17

Simply Create Too Ch15 Happy Father's Day [Or For A Male] lim3 2nd 6/8-21
Tammy Scrapin Corner Wkly Ch14 For the Boys unlim 2nd 6/11-17
The Pink Elephant TPE52 Masculine unlim 2nd 6/11-17 

Use it Tues Ch33 All About Dad 6/12-22
Victorine Stamps Ch35 Texture unlim 17th 5/31 
Victorine Stamps Ch36 Anything Goes unlim 1st 6/14


43 comments:

  1. I do hope no Father has to mow the lawn on his Father's Day (unless that's something they love doing!) :)
    I have not stamped on burlap but I have stamped and embossed on canvas and ribbon. It is really no different than doing embossing on paper...you just have to be careful that it doesn't burn. Natural fibers do better, of course, than things like nylon or rayon...I'd be careful on those because they might melt (experience talking here).

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    1. I do most of the mowing and hubby does the weed wacking so there will be no mowing on Father's Day. Will mow tomorrow, Fri. Thank you for response on stamping & embossing on other materials.
      Melissa
      "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. Cutting the grass on Father's Day. Hmmm. The oldest can cut now it saves Dad. :-). I really like the grass edges paired with the burlap is really nice.

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  3. I really like the look of the grass like that! I have never used burlap either! Might have to give it a try sometime! Thanks for sharing it with us at My Sheri Crafts!:)

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  4. Very nice job! Thanks for joining us @ CTO!

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  5. Great colors for the challenge.

    Thank you for us at Creative Cutter Room
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  6. Perfect fathers day card! Love thos grass . Thanks for joining us this week on FOSTV

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  7. LOVE The burlap. What a fun card!!! the grass is super cute layered that way.


    Thanks again for playing along in FBD's 100th challenge celebration! Winners will be announced the following Wednesday. *DON'T FORGET* we have a fun blog hop planned for this weekend too :)
    Hope to see you there.

    Big smiles,
    Heather D.
    www.freshbreweddesigns.com

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  8. Wow this is an awesome Dad's card. I love the ideal. TFS AJ~

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  9. Really fun card! Love that you used both positive and negatives of the die!

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  10. Don't work to hard : )wonderful card love the used of burlap and grass. Thanks for joining us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner- Elisa DT.

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  11. Very cool! Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

    -Wenche

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  12. Fun Father's Day card! The grass is fabulous and I love the texture you added to your card! Thanks for joining us this week at FOSTV.

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  13. Melissa: This entry is just a wonderful as your other entry into our Challenge #15 - "Happy Father's Day [or for a Male]" Challenge. A big thank you for joining in at Simply Create Too.

    Diane
    Simply CreateTooDesign Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com/

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  14. What a sweet dad card. I love it

    Thanks for Entering the Challenge
    At Tammy's Scrapin Corner.
    I hope to see you enter next week!!
    Hugs Owner Tammy Ortiz

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  15. Great Dad Card! The grass is fun and nice texture! Thanks for joining us over at the Creative Cutter Room! DT Coordinator Carri

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  16. Very nice Father's Day card. The mowing grass idea is cute. Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  17. Cute Melissa! Love the touch of burlap. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Creative Cutter Room.

    Tonya
    CCR DT
    ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

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  18. Love the CAS look of this card Melissa! Thank you for joining our challenge at Papertake Weekly and good luck!

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  19. amazing card. The idea is fab.
    Many thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays this week
    Hugs
    Doreen

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  20. Love the burlap on this! Great job!

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  21. Cute card! Love the burlap!
    Thanks for playing along with the Die Cuttin' Divas this week!
    Candy
    http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  22. Lovely card, thank you fr joining us at LEJ this week. Abbie DT xx

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  23. What a fun card, love it. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week and good luck xx

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  24. Great card full of fun textures! Fab male card! So glad you joined us for our Father's Day challenge at Cards for Men!

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  25. Great masculine card!! Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up. Hugs, Joan

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  26. great card, thank you for joining our challenge at OSCC this week, hugs, martina

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  27. Such a pretty card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week :)

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  28. Cute Fathers Day card. Thanks for playing along with Friends of SpeedyTV. We hope to see you again next week.

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  29. What a fun "grass" card! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Kraft Journal!

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  30. Great Father's Day card!! Thanks so much for playing along with The Pink Elephant!!

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  31. Looks great, nice touch with the burlap!

    Thanks for joining us at Creative Cutter Room:)
    Elaine
    CCR DT

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  32. What a fun card! You have used the different cartridges so well together! Thank you for joining us this week over at the Papercraft Star!

    Anitra

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  33. Beautiful, I love the grass. Thank you for joining in with the LEJ Designs challenge
    Lindsay xx

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  34. What a great father's day card! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week! Hope to see you back soon!
    Gerda
    http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

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  35. Love the burlap behind the two-toned grass, great card! Thanks for joining us @ CTO this week for our "Father's Day" Challenge :o)

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  36. What a CLEVER idea with the burlap! Thanks for playing the A Muse Studio Consultant Challenge :)

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  37. Great idea w/ the burlap - adds nice texture! Thanks for joining us at DYSU.

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  38. Love you thinking "outside the box" and using burlap the way you did. Very nice touch on a very nice dad's card. Thank you for joining in at Card Makin' Mamas.
    Lisa :)

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  39. Cute!!! Thanks for playing with us again at Use It Tuesday! We love having you!

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  40. Cute card. I really like the burlap embellishment. Thanks for joining us at My Sher Crafts!

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  41. awesome fathers day project.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creation at Anything goes, Just keep on creating, I hope you will continue to play along. Sorry about the the delay in leaving my comment I have been overseas and then got sick, I will be announcing the winners and will have the next challenge by 01/09 :)

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