A Father Is

 Today is my day to share my Pick of the Week with you on the House That Stamps Built blog.  I did a special request last time, so today I am back to my Pinterest Inspired series.  

Here is the card I was inspired by:

I love the simplicity of it!  It is a fantastic one-layer CAS card!  And I knew I had a "Cattails" stamp and flying birds (from the "Sandcastle" stamp) in my stash.

Here is the card I created:

I kept the same look, but oriented the whole scene to the opposite side of the card.  I punched a circle for a mask for the moon, masked the edges of the panel with some washi tape and then blended on some blue inks for the sky.  Then, I stamped the various stamps and colored in the "Cattails" image with a black fine line pen to create a silhouette image.  And I wanted a little more interest (because I struggle with CAS one-layer cards!) so I die cut a dotted frame 4 times, adhered them together and glued them onto my panel.  My cattails seemed to be floating a little bit, so I grounded them with the "Calm Water" stamp and added the "A Father Is . . ." sentiment.  This will be my Father-in Law's Father's Day card.  So, when you are scrolling through Pinterest, be inspired and then see if you can recreate it with stamps you own.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cattails", "Sandcastle" birds only, "Calm Waters", and "A Father Is . . ."

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" (outer edge of the frame); Elizabeth Craft Designs "Garden Notes Frame It Stitched Rectangles" (inner edge of frame)

Fiskars Circle Punch for the "moon"

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Stinkin' Inkers--You're the Man

Creatalicious Challenge #213--anything goes with the optional twist: at/in the water

Creative Craft Cottage#141--Eileen's anything goes

Dare 2B Artzy--masculine

Kat Scrappiness--summer scenes

Crafty Gals Corner #200--one for the boys

Word Art Wednesday #496--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Fingers #210--anything goes

Mod Squad--masculine

Aud Sentiments #277--anything goes with a sentiment

Krafty Chicks #564--CAS

Cardz TV #143--anything goes