A "Deer" Father's Day Card !

Father's Day is coming up quickly (this Sunday) and I'm so grateful I get to see mine most days. We don't do much besides chat and share a meal, but I really enjoy my  time with him. Lately we have bee reminiscing more about his life and all he has done, so interesting!  Father's Day is not the only day to show appreciation to the dads in your life, but it is a great excuse to make a masculine card!

Here's mine:

I kept this card simple and focused on my stamping. I stamped the mountains, trees, grass and deer , then tore the edges of the paper, daubed it with a medium brown ink and a dauber to give it a burnt effect, and then lightly stamped over the entire thing with an old linen pattern background stamp I had to create a canvas effect. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but it turned out great!  Another trick to share with you comes from the inside. I stamped up the bottom half of the flower/grass stamp with green and the top half with purple. Easy-peasey and I had more realistic flowers than if the whole thing were green or purple.

With all the fancy tools and gadgets in the papercrafting industry, it's fun to just focus on stamping alone once in awhile! Contact me if you'd like more info about this card or any other of our great Stampin'Up! products!

Have a great day!
Sarah