Masculine and Monochromatic

Hello friends - thanks for being here to visit me.

Lately I've been better at coloring images than 

I have at getting them on finished cards.  

Do you ever go in spurts like that? 

A few weeks ago I colored this awesome guy image
in a sepia monochromatic style (using copic markers). 

 I finally got it on a finished card for my husband.
I told him it's celebrating our anniversary (end of March),
his birthday (end of April) and for Father's Day.
Hey...one of three occasions on time - and even early
for one isn't too bad right?!?  He said he was impressed 

that I didn't wrap 4th of July into it too. LOL!

Here's the finished card - I'm really in love with the

monochromatic effect of this.  (I used copic markers).

Sadly I had a terrible time getting a good photo of 

this today with the gloomy weather. 

Stamp sets used are Good in the Woods 

(main image) and the stars in the background

and sentiment are from Party Time Sentiments
(all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps).

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenges: Masculine

Sweet Stampin' Challenges Blog - Masculine/Father's Day

Krafty Chicks Challenges #510 Week 1 - Stamp Act.

Thanks for taking the time to stop in. I hope you'll leave 

a quick comment and say "hi" as it really makes my day. 

Crafty (social distanced hugs)! D

Awesome Dad - Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #41

Happy Monday crafty friends!  

Hmmm...when I say that I often wonder if there 

is any such thing as a happy Monday - LOL! 

Really any day we are alive and enjoying our

blessings can be a happy day - even Mondays :o)

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my hubby 

for Father's Day.  I used the Your Next Stamp

sketch challenge #41 for the design of my card

and a fun stamp set by YNS called "Dill-ightful".

Here's Sketch #41


and here's my interpretation and
card replacing the squares with
the dill pickles :o)


The little dills represent our son and our daughter.
My hubby loved this and laughed out loud!

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #282 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - #198 Holiday (Father's Day)
Come and Get it Challenges - Father's Day
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - #203 Father's Day
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges - #111 Use A Die Cut

That's all for now :o)  Thanks for stopping by to visit me today!
Have a wonderful day! Hugs D

Super Dad - Father's Day {SugarPea Designs}

Hello friends!  Happy Father's Day weekend.

We celebrated with a BBQ and ice cream

with my Dad, husband and brother in law today.  

It was a wonderful summery evening
and the food was good!

Here's a photo of one of my sisters and I
with my sweet Daddy-O
(my other sweet sister is in Oregon).

Isn't he cute?!  

He really is my Super hero - always has been.
We didn't have the easiest relationship when
I was young.  Let's just say I was a little
bit headstrong and maybe a bit too much like him :o)
He told me once that he always knew what I was
up to because "he was me once".
As I've gotten older and had kids of my own
I've come to appreciate him so much more.
He is an honest, kind and loving man.
I do hope I'm a lot like him!

I made this card for my dear Daddy
using a stamp set by SugarPea Designs
called "my hero" which is perfect for him.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #198 - Holiday
The Male Room Challenge #37 - Father's Day
Crafty Calendar Challenges - June "Father's Day/For a Male"
Brown Sugar Challenges #203 - Father's Day
Come and Get it Challenges - Happy Father's Day
SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge #3 (June)
I used the sketch


Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me.
See you next time...hugs! D