Fun in the Sun

Happy Wednesday!

Judy here with a quick post to share a tag made with

some of Charlene's digital files.

This is Joe! 

There are 3 coordinating files that were used.

I colored Joe, the swim trunks and hair with Spectrum Noir

markers, fussy cut and pieced together.

I coverers the tag with tan card stock to mimic sand.

I have a water print paper for the middle of the tag and the top

was done with white card stock which I embossed with

a cloud embossing folder and inked with blue ink.

My sun  is just a yellow die cut circle and I inked the edge with orange ink.

I found the palm tree and surf board image on the internet, 

printed and fussy cut. I added some shell, sunglass and sun tan lotion

stickers. The sentiment was done with letter stickers.

Be sure and check out these digital files, along with the 

others and clear stamps Charlene has to offer at

cthruthewoodsclearstamps.tictail.com.

Thanks so much for stopping by and

Happy Crafting!

Soccer Father's Day Card by Rosie Posie

Hello, and welcome back!! My husband absolutely LOVED his present and his card!

I knew I needed to use Joe the second I decided to make a soccer player card.  He is the perfect image to make into ANYTHING! Well, I knew I couldn't replicate a Manchester City jersey, so I went to the internet. I eyeballed this and shrunk it down to fit.  I then had to have shorts, so the second image was specifically for the shorts.  I fussy cut all three images out to make sure that they fit and so I could decide which jersey image I liked the best.

Next,  it was time to color Joe.  When coloring the body, I always color outside of the lines. I like the way that they blend better so I am always coloring one for the base and then stamping another image to cut out and glue on.  With Joe, I was going to cover his body so I didn't worry about coloring his torso completely.  I use Spectum Noir markers and after a lot of practice I am able to blend them nicely.  Again, I had to fussy cut him out.  Since I needed his arms available for holding something, I cut out the hands so they were not attached to his torso.  I did not detail cut out the toes because I try to wait for the end so they don't get squished, damaged or messed up on accident. (I usually wait to cut out the fingers and hands as well, but needed to dress Joe differently this time.)

Here I go playing with the body parts again!!  My husband isn't bald and the hair styles with Joe just don't quite match hubby.  But Andrew's head is perfect!  I stamped Andrew's head using my MISTI to make sure I conserve my scraps.  Then I color just his head and cut it out.  Simply glue on Andrew's head to Joe's body and viola! A perfect hubby!

Now for the finished card!  I used a honeycomb embossing folder and embossed the background. I colored in the hexagons that resembled a soccer ball pattern with my black markers.  I liked the shirt tucked into the shorts and it fit perfectly!!  I stamped a soccer ball,  which I cut out and positioned it in Joe's hands.  Now is the time where I fussy cut the feet.  I also used my scissors to make grass for hubby to stand on.  My daughter picked out the stickers to spell DAD in Manchester City colors.  I used some flag dies to cut out some flags and had the kids sign the banners.  Finished up with a "Happy Father's Day" sentiment and I am amazed at the results!  Thanks of looking and of course Joe and Andrew are available in the tic tail store!  http://cthruthewoodsclearstamps.tictail.com/products