It’s nearly Father’s Day!

Your dad has always been there to help you; whether it’s fixing things, building things or teaching you things. Sunday 16th June is a chance to spoil your dad and show how much you appreciate everything.

Celebrate Father’s Day with a sentimental and personal handmade card your dad, step-dad, grandad or father-in-law will love.

Take a look at our 3 card designs to help inspire you today.


DIY BUILDER

Our Little Book of Hunkydory High Street is perfect for a dad who loves to DIY. There’s a huge range of creative designs to choose from, and when coordinated with our Personally Yours Alphabet Dies, you can create a beautiful personalised card your dad will love.


YOU WILL NEED

HOW TO:

  1. Cut down the Mirri card to 6.14 x 6.14 inches
  2. Cut down the cardstock to 6.12 x 6.12 inches
  3. Using 3 of the sheets from the Little Book of Hunkydory High Street, cut different layers to decoupage onto the 4th Stick on using foam pads then stick onto a Gold Mirri mat
  4. Use the Personally Yours Alphabet Dies, cut out ‘dad’ with the mat-tastic card
  5. Stick the Little Book decoupage topper onto the left hand side of the card
  6. Stick ‘dad’ onto the right hand side of the card
  7. Decorate with Diamond Sparkles Gemstones Simply Sepia.

VINTAGE

s your dad a fan of vintage cars, trains or sail boats? If so, our On the Move! Topper Deck is perfect! Featuring stunning vintage imagery, you can create a detailed card to put a smile on your dad’s face this Father’s Day.


YOU WILL NEED

HOW TO:

  1. Score 5’’ x 7’’ Card Blank at 2.5 inches and fold back
  2. Cut a strip of Mirri card to 2 x 10 inches and score at 2.5 inches across to make a Z fold card
  3. Pick 4 toppers from the On the Move! Topper Deck and layer onto Gold Mirri
  4. For the inside part of the card cut:
  • Gold Mirri to 4.14 x 6.14 inches
  • Coloured card to 4.12 x 6.12 inches
  1. For the front panel cut:
  • Gold Mirri to 2.3 x 6.14 inches
  • Coloured card to 2.1 x 6.12 inches
  1. On the Z fold, use a blue piece of card cut down the 1.14 x 4.14 inches, x2 strips at 1.14 x 2.3inches
  2. Turn the Z fold 180 degrees and stick down
  3. Stick all the toppers onto the Z fold strip
  4. Decorate using a sentiment from the Essential Book of Sentiments 2019 and blue buttons.

ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS

Does your dad love the outdoors; why not use our Picture Perfect Pad – In the Garden to create the ideal card just for him? Featuring beautiful imagery of watering cans, garden tools and relaxing in the garden, the detailed artwork is perfect.

Our Essential Book of Sentiments 2019 features a range of sentiments ideal for the occasion; such as ‘My Dad, My Hero’, ‘Sent with Love’ and ‘To the World’s Greatest Dad on Father’s Day!’


YOU WILL NEED

HOW TO:

  1. Turn the A4 sheet of Gold Mirri over and put onto the Scoreboard landscape
  2. Score at 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5 inches
  3. Turn portrait and score at 1, 3, 3.1, 5.1 and 7.1 inches down so it meets the 6 and a half mark
  4. Use a raft knife to cut at lines 1, 3, 3.1, 5.1 and 7.1 to fold 3 pop up squares
  5. From green card, cut 4 mats to stick onto the gold:
  • 6 x 8.4 inches
  • 11 x 8.4 inches
  • 14 x 0.14 inches (x 2)
  1. Stick 3 of the small square toppers from the Picture Perfect Pad – In the Garden
  2. Make a couple of strips: one to stick on the large inner part and the other to stick on the smaller sticking out panel
  3. Cut out 2 other different sized toppers from the page. Make mats from Gold Mirri and stick onto the card
  4. Decorate using 3 sentiments from the Essential Book of Sentiments 2019 and green gems.

We hope our ideas helped to inspire you. For more inspiration, take a look at our Father’s Day products featuring a huge range of collections for your Father’s Day makes, including Deco-Large Sets, Inserts, Topper Sets, For the Love of Stamps and much more!

If you would like to find out more about our products – simply get in touch with us today and we will be happy to help.


29 May 2019 707 view(s)