Father's Day Blog Hop | Mountain Air Sailing

Happy Thursday, y'all!  I'm so glad that you're here and hope you are having a thankful day!  Today I am hopping with some crafty collaborators along the Father's Day Blog Hop and we are sharing lots of inspiration all about dads.  There are several of us hopping today - you will find the list to follow along towards the bottom of my blog post - so sit back and enjoy your favorite coffee, tea, water, or smoothie as we share some handmade projects with you!

Today's Project

When my hubby and I first moved back home to Georgia after living in Maryland for our first year of marriage, we bought our first boat.  It was a wonderful first for us as we have had many wonderful times and memories on our boats.  One of the hidden treasures that we found along our travels looking for spots to spend our days was Lake Blue Ridge.   Today's card is from the many memories that we enjoyed on the lake especially the Father's Day that we shared with both of our dads before my hubby was blessed to become a dad himself.

Project Details

Inspired by a technique that I thought was done by a demonstrator friend of mine, however, I cannot find the inspiration at the moment, using scraps!  Those pieces that are just right to save for sentiment strips and other accents.  Today, I used the the 1/4" strips trimmed down to 1" to connect the two stamped panels.  

The Mountain Air trees were stamped and off-stamped along the front of the card from the perspective of walking down to the lake to the dock.  The tree line in the back represents the mountains surrounding this beautiful reservoir lake.  Granted I don't believe sailboats are allowed on this lake... and if they are, we never saw one back in the early 2000s.  So the Sailing Home sailboat is strictly artistic for this card, but I'm sure someone has seen a beautiful view like this on Lake Lanier... like we have.  The Best Year sentiment was heat embossed and adhered with dimensionals.

The inside was layered and stamped to compliment the card front.  And, of course, the envelope just had to be stamped as you know a stamper must always give a sneak peek of what's inside to the recipient.

What You'll Need to Make This Project

BASIC SUPPLIES:

• Paper Trimmer
• Clear Blocks B, C, G, H, I 
• Stamparatus 
• Small Grid Paper
• Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Bone Folder
• Simply Shammy
• Heat Tool

STAMPS:

• Best Year Cling Stamp Set  
• Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set
• Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set  

INK:

• VersaMark Ink Pad
• Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad
• Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

PAPER:

• Basic White Cardstock
• Garden Green Cardstock
• Night of Navy Cardstock
• Basic White Medium Envelope

OTHER:

• Basics Embossing Powders

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You can purchase any of these supplies from my online store if you do not have a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.  

More Inspiration

I hope you have been inspired by my project to create something for the men in your life for Father's Day.  Now it's time to continue along the blog hop - you're currently with me, Angie McKenzie, at #18 - to get more inspiration from the others... so look at the list below and continue along.  You definitely don't want to miss any! 

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world!

Have a blessed day!

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