This week we're sharing early ideas for father's day, to get you organised and to highlight product you'll hopefully find in stores to make making a present this year quick and simple.
If you need to create a quick gift, there's nothing that can make your life easier than one of the Heidi Swapp Frame Kits.
Suz adapted the Sports kit to make the above self-standing cluster of frames though she swiped the yellow one from the Summer kit which would look gorgeous on any dad's desk at work or bedside table. Many of the embellishments supplied are versatile enough to be used anywhere, including the rubon borders and stars, the index tabs and the #1 which worked perfectly with the additional DAD rubon.
To bring the look right up to date, Suz simply added some Little Yellow Bicycle Vita Bella Epoxy words and co-ordinating ribbon to join the frames, and a touch of Hambly transparencies.
And then she played with the frames from the Summer kit to make this gorgeous wall hanging, though there wasn't much of the gorgeous aqua and yellow summer colours left by the time Suz finished with it. This time she added Grungeboard into the mix with flourishes and alphas from a pack of Elements, and even used some larger scale Grungeboard hinges to join the two frames together.
Before adding photos Suz adhered all the grungeboard to the frames and then covered the lot in white gesso. While it was still wet she sprayed and blended Suede Glimmer Mist over everything and allowed to dry. Finally she used the Luminarte Radiant Rain Daubers in Copper and Patina and Solar Gold to highlight bits of the Grungeboard. The control you have with the Daubers to only tint the raised elements makes this really easy.
And here's the thing - Suz's kids only have one dad, and no grandpas. So she's putting the top project away for father's day and wants to give this wall hanging away! The gorgeous Phoebe and Alex will be removed obviously so that you can add pics of your own children. All you need to do is leave a comment below telling us what products in this post you would like to see in your local scrapbooking store - what you would buy if they stocked it, and we'll choose a random winner. Or maybe we'll choose the most helpful comment... :)
For this challenge Mel decided to scrapbook a mini album with her two children, as a gift to keep ready for Father's Day this year.
To create the album a variety of Scenic Route papers were used and cut into 6" X 12" rectangles, folded in half and then adhered gently in the middle before being machine stitched together to form the album. The side was then bound with another piece of Scenic Route paper to complete the main structure of the album.
Mel's two children hand recorded the journaling and drew pictures in the album to add a nice finishing touch that's sure to please any Dad. Carolee's Creations have brought out some really lovely embellishments, papers and stickers (including Father Expressions Foam Stickers) that are suitable for your Father's Day projects. Mel has included many of these throughout her album.
We all know boys never grow up, so really, there's no reason those funky robots and cute dinosaurs that appear on our son's pages won't work just as perfectly on presents for their dads! Check out these gorgeous gift ideas using Inque Boutique out of this world and BasicGrey Archaic.
It can be hard sometimes to think of fab father's days gifts. Carole decided on a Remote Control Holder - lets just say in Carole's home the remote is always next to one person! Sarah loved the idea, and thought it would be a great gift.
To create this gift Carole used the bright and funky colours in the Inque Boutique Out of This World range - what fun they were. To keep it simple Carole covered only the flat sides of the remote control holder, keeping the original black edges and sides as a highlight. She cut out and layered stars and robots and the black Pink Paislee alpha stickers were perfect for labelling.
Carole also used the co-ordinating Inque Boutique stamp set with the really cute robot for a matching card. She stamped this out twice onto white cardstock and then coloured in with the Dual Tip Blendable Markers. She layered parts of the little robot with foam mounting tape and did the same with the stars, and used cute little felt stars from the same range to finish it off.
Now she's pleased she's finished nice and early for father's day!!
Caz found this wooden wine bottle box at one of the local junk shops. She loved the dark wood, the metal catch and the rope handle (not to mention that it only cost $4.95) but the print on the front was a bit blah.
So she did this... A patchwork of BasicGrey Archaic papers and some Chip Chatter letters quickly transformed it into a stylish, personalized holder for a bottle of her hubby's favourite red.
And to complete the gift...
A patchwork card made from matching papers and one of the BasicGrey Chipboard dinosaurs. Too easy!
