Hello, and welcome to the Celebrating Parents card drive blog hop. If you came from the amazing Aga’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls are sharing some fabulous projects using new stamps to support seniors who are in nursing homes or shelters.
Altenew is donating 20% of all profits from these stamp sets to support seniors. You can find more details about the card drive HERE and I hope you can join this great cause by sending handmade cards.
I created a Father’s Day card using the Best Dad stamp set. While I was making this card, I wished I could send it to my dad. It’s been 12 years since he died unexpectedly. I wasn’t close to my dad at all and I wasn’t a sweet daughter either which I deeply regret.
Since I’m into watercoloring these days, I decided to go out of my comfort zone by trying new watercolor medium which is Tim Holtz Distress Inks.
To be honest, I almost gave up and went for Copic coloring. But I’m glad that I stuck with watercoloring until I finished my card. That doesn’t mean that I love how it turned out, though.
I made a video tutorial to show you how I created my watercolor card. You can watch the video here or in HD on YouTube:
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
- Altenew is giving away TWO $50 gift certificates to the Altenew store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday April 8th for a chance to win.
- And there is more! I have a gift certificate to give away for one winner: $30 gift certificate to Altenew. Please leave a comment below, telling me your best memory of your father. I will announce the winner in this post on Sunday, April 10. Good luck!
It is now time to head on over to the talented Lydia’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. I am sure she has something amazing made up. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
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- Svitlana Shayevich
- Yana Smakula
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- May Sukyong Park (you’re here!)
- Lydia Evans
- Nicole Picadura
- Sveta Fotinia
Giveaway Winner (Edited to add)
Congratulations, Kathy! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize with a subject line : Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop Winner from May’s Blog.
Suchi
STUNNING card! LOve it! Thanks for the hop! 🙂
Apr . 04 . 2016Suchi xx
Kristie Maynard
Love your card. Great job, thanks for sharing.
Apr . 04 . 2016susan hatfield
May, I love all of your creations! The Zakat Foundation is worthwhile to support!
Apr . 04 . 2016Shari
Great card, May. Your water coloring is lovely! 💗💗💗
Apr . 04 . 2016Debbie Eslinger
great masculine card
Apr . 04 . 2016FeM
Fun card. Love it.
Apr . 04 . 2016Caitlin M
I LOVE your card!! My dad and I have the best time watching basketball games together!!
Apr . 04 . 2016Ashlee
GREAT card!!!!! My dad is awesome and even though he has a busy demanding job he always makes time for all of us,We are his priority:)
Apr . 04 . 2016Carolee
Oh your card is so wonderful!!! I had the best father who has passed away but I still can hear him ask if this was his darling daughter whenever I would call him on the phone:)
Apr . 04 . 2016craftcradle
Such a lovely card! I remember my dad best as my favourite storyteller growing up. He would always tell me stories of his childhood to put me to sleep. And of course it always ended with a long, gruesome Q&A session!
Apr . 04 . 2016Susan R.
Beautiful Father’s Day card. I like the multiple elements stamped and colored on the front. My favorite memory of my father, who passed away 2 years ago from cancer, was riding in the pickup truck with my dad. The truck was his favorite vehicle and when I was a child, it was a treat to ride in it as it only seated 2 people (and we have 4 in our family). That meant I had some nice “one one one” time with my dad. Brings a smile to me even now…
Apr . 04 . 2016Sue D
Wonderful card. I like all the images you used and your coloring. My fave memory is the fun we had going to the football games at my high school.
Apr . 04 . 2016Sandy G.
Always looking for new ways to make masculine cards, yours is stylish and a definite cherished fathers day card.
Apr . 04 . 2016Rose J
Lovely Father’s Day card. Great use of all the masculine images. My favourite memory of my father is him taking us for drives to the country at every opportunity and all the different camping trips.
Apr . 04 . 2016acraftyperson411
I love all the Dad things you’ve included on this card.
Apr . 04 . 2016HandmadebyJLY
First of all, your card looks amazing! Hmmm… My biological father passed away couple of years ago. Him and I didn’t really have a great relationship as I was always just too scared of him. However, he took me to fishing trips since I was around 3 years old. I loved going fishing with him and my brother. I really miss fishing for hours under the sun, and fishing at night looking at the stars and eat cup ramyun! Lol!
Apr . 04 . 2016hobbitnoll
This is amazing!! I LOVE this fun Dady card!!
Apr . 04 . 2016Clelie
This is a fantastic Father’s Day card…great!
Apr . 04 . 2016Brandi R
Love this! What a GREAT Daddy card! ♥
Apr . 04 . 2016wirianta
I have many best memories with my dad. I was daddy’s girl and we were really close. One of my favorite memories was for my 9th birthday, my dad surprised me with birthday cake at night & we celbrated my birthday on the beach.
Apr . 04 . 2016Farika Pramastij
What a fun card! Lovely
Apr . 04 . 2016Edwige V.
Very cute card ! Thanks for sharing your card and the difficulty you have while doing it. It seems so easy watching videos done that I feel very uncomfortable when I face difficulty trying to do what I have seen. It helps a lot !
Apr . 04 . 2016Tami Barnes
Cute cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
Apr . 04 . 2016Christy Q
Beautiful card, May! Love the colors you chose.
A favorite memory I have is the time spent with my dad on a very long road trip as I was moving out of state (1200 miles away) for school. To this day, I smile whenever I see Twizzlers and Diet Pepsi together since that was my dad’s snack and beverage of choice for the road trip. Thanks for the chance to go back in time and think as it’s given me some ideas for a Father’s Day card this year!
Apr . 04 . 2016Monika/buzsy
Super cool masculine card. Great images… with just the right amount of colors.
Apr . 04 . 2016