Flowers for Dad

I'm so tickled to officially have 33 Blogger followers (hi Helen!) ... that's the number of years I have! This seems so very lucky to me.

In celebration, I'm adding a my "lucky" rubber stamp to my 2nd Blogoversary Candy. It's a simple pennant rubber stamp, but everything I make with it seems to come out great, so it feels "lucky" to me! I'm sure you'll agree.

Many of you have already signed up, and there's still time! I've put a badge up on that post and on my right sidebar, if you'd like to share it. Thanks again to all you crafters out there, and all the inspiration you've brought into our lives.

I haven't posted in several days, but I have many projects half-blogged and half-glued. First off are our Fathers Day cards for this year. I wanted them to be simple, but with plenty of texture and detail. I used the emboss-resist technique to create the white portions. The hidden fallen flowers were a last-minute idea, inspired by a photo my oldest friend recently posted on FaceBook. Her father was a wonderful male influence on me growing up, so I'm thinking I'll make a similar card for him.

Inspiration:
Creative Inspirations Challenge #115: Card For Dad
Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #70: Father’s Day (Masculine) Theme
Delicious Doodles Challenge #29: Father's Day

Stamps: Foreground Forest set by Raisin Boat, frame from Regal Greetings set by {ippity} Stamps
Paper: Hammermill, Recollections
Tools: SCAL, Cricut, Marvy heat tool, Sizzix Texture Boutique, MS border punch (for flowers)
Other: ZipDry glue, Glossy Accents, Stampendous embossing powder, Tim Holtz and Memento inks, bakers twine