Look Up to Father Archives - Inkspired Treasures

I didn’t get a chance to show this card earlier, made with Stampin’ Up!’s Look Up To Father stamp from the Spring Catalog, because it was my dad’s Father’s Day card and I didn’t want him to see it before he got it! I really LOVE the greeting in it. I’m sure this stamp will remain in my special stamps to keep! And, combining it with Work of Art for this beautiful sunrise/sunset is perfect for him! I’m not the originator of the sunset idea with Work of Art…I just adapted it for my card.

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Mossy Meadow, folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Calypso Coral cardstock.
On the 3 3/4 x 5 layer of Whisper White, I stamped the tree from Look Up to Father with Black Stazon. I darkened it even more by dotting on my Basic Black Marker to fill in some of the lighter areas of the tree…but was careful not to lose the airiness of the leaves.
I used the Work of Art stamps for the ground with Mossy Meadow Ink, the sun with Daffodil Delight and the sky with Calpyso Coral.
Next I used Soft Sky Ink and a sponge to give the appearance of sky in the background.
The greeting was stamped with Black Stazon in the lower right area and I added some bling with the trio of Calpyso Coral Candy Dots.

Looks surprisingly simple, right? Well, I ruined about 2 full sheets of Whisper White trying to get everything lined up correctly! lol! But…I do love the outcome!

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I just recently purchased Stampin' Up!'s stamp set, Look Up to Father, and couldn't wait to use it! I'm fortunate to have both my father and my father-in-law still with us. I'll be using this set for my Father's Day cards this year. I used the sketch from this week's Technostampers Lunchtime Sketch Challenge! I haven't played along in SOOOO long!

Here's my take on the sketch. I purposely kept it simple and without embellishments. I had debated on a button, but thought it looked more masculine without and I didn't want to cover up any of the Designer Paper.

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Soft Suede folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Pistachio Pudding Venetian Romance Designer Paper to the front.
I first inked up the Look up to Father image with Pistachio Pudding ink. I colored the tree trunk with the Early Espresso Marker and then used Wild Wasabi, Garden Green and Always Artichoke Markers and the Thumping Technique to get the variety of colors on the leaves and grass, then stamped it on a 3 x 4 piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.
I layered the Very Vanilla on a 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 piece of Wild Wasabi and placed on the front.
Across it, I used the Soft Suede pattern in Venetian Romance DSP package in a 3 7/8 x 1" size.
I stamped the words again from Look Up to Father with Soft Suede ink on a strip of Wild Wasabi cardstock, then cut flag ends.
At the last minute, I punched some Soft Suede chevrons with the Chevron Punch and added them at the top…I thought it balanced the Soft Suede color on the front.

So…what do you think? I love how it turned out…just like what was in my head! lol!

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