Tutorial Tuesday: Masculine Father's Day Card

Tutorial Tuesday:

Masculine Father's Day Card

Thanks to my bestie Claire I've just recently caught the card making addiction! But seem struggle with making masculine cards. I mean c'mon you can't use ribbon, flowers, anything that glitters...umm hello...what are you left with? But I needed to make a Father's Day card and thought, "Ok I CAN do this!" So as I sat there staring at my craft desk I noticed a piece of sand paper and had an "aha" moment!

Luckily I had made my Dad {This} Custom Tile/Vinyl Checkerboard this year which resulted in me buying some "boy" scrapbook paper! (I used the same paper from the checker pieces to tie it all together.) I just decided on a basic layout, trimmed with my paper cutter and stamped the top sheet over and over with a word stamp. Then I grabbed my sand paper! I rounded the paper over so I could sand two sides at once and went nuts! No rhyme or reason, just random sanding. Then I stuck it all together and embellished with my most masculine matching embellishment! I just love how it turned out! 

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Have you created an awesome masculine card?

Leave a comment with a link so we can check it out and be inspired!

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See It Again Saturday: Custom Tile/Vinyl Checker Board

 Incase you missed the field trip to A Little Tipsy here it is again!

Father's Day

Custom Checkers Board 

 I wanted to come up with a personalized gift for my Dad for Father's Day this year. Promptly upon my moving out they remodeled the basement into a Bar for get togethers and parties. They call it Bowd's Bar (Last name Bowden) and they love it! I had been thinking about using tile and vinyl to make a checkers board for a while and though, "This is the perfect opportunity!"

What you need:

16x16 Piece of Tile

15x15 Vinyl Checkerboard Pattern

24 Wooden Circles

Scrapbook Paper
Mod Podge & Foam Brush
Circle Punch
Felt & Hot Glue

Step One:

Adhere your vinyl to the tile. Luckily tile is a forgiving surface so when I laid it crooked the first time I was able to carefully peel it back up and try again! Whew! I get my vinyl from Marni at{Choose the Writing}!

Step Two:

Measure, cut and hot glue felt to the bottom of the tile. Do a little bit at a time since the glue drys fast.

Step Three:

I printed words onto scrapbook paper to customize, but plain scrapbook paper would work great too!

Step Four:

Grab your circle punch and start punching!

Step Five:

Mod Podge your circles of scrapbook paper to the wooden circles one side at a time. When I finished all 24 circles the first one was dry and ready for me to start again on the other side.

Step Six:
When I was done the 2nd side the 1st side was dry and I could apply more Mod Podge to the top to seal...and so on.

Step Seven:

Allow to dry completely! I used a crown graphic from {The Graphics Fairy} on one side for the "King Me!"

Now you're ready to Play!

Too see this weeks other Father's Day DIY Gifts Click {HERE}

{Linking up with these great blogs} including The Boardwalk Bragfest

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Wordless Wednesday & Father's Day DIY Gift Three

In the mornings after breakfast I sit Ash with the boppy to watch his favorite show: Yo Gabba Gabba! I left the room and came back to find this...

Lazy much?

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Now onto Father's Day Week Day Three:

Not Your Average Chocolate Packaging

1. Find a Mug! Any mug will do! I used a mason jar mug because A) I love them and B) It's clear! But a good ol' #1 Dad Mug would be great too!

2. Stick in the picture holder and put on some pictures! (I've had this picture holder for a long time but they are selling a similar one right now at Joann's in the "cheap" section 2 for $3.00)

3. Attach some "masuline" ribbon! (To attach the ribbon I used Glue Dots found at either Michael's or Joann's)

4. Fill with favorite treat!

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Tutorial Tuesday: Father's Day Key Chain

Tutorial Tuesday

Father's Day Key Chain

Alright, it's day two of my great  crazy idea to do Father's Day Week and post a new DIY Father's Day gift idea each day! The good news though....I LOVE how this turned out and can't wait to give it to the hubs!

Here's what you need:

Wooden Tag

Picture

Scrapbook Paper

Mod Podge & Foam Brush

Key Ring

Ink Distress Pad & Sand Paper

 Leather Lace & Thread (Optional)

Step One:

Print your desired text onto your scrapbook paper. I used The Proclamation of the Family and formatted my text to print over my desired paragraph. (This took a few attempts to get it perfect, I'm not gonna lie!)

Step Two:

Trace and cut out the tag shape& hole from your photo and paper

Step Three & Four:

Ink distress and sand the edges of your paper. I choose not to ink distress my picture and only sanded the very edges so I would not scratch the photo. Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge to your paper and then place onto wooden tag.

 Crap...Oh Wait I Like That Moment:

While lightly rubbing the paper to make sure there were no bubbles a bit of the ink from my words rubbed off. I had a momentary freak out then realized I really like how it was "roughing up" the words...so I rubbed a little more! Seal top with a think layer of Mod Podge when dry.

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Step Five:

Once completely dry flip your wooden tag over and Mod Podge on your picture. Seal as mentioned above and allow to dry. I did a second coat just around the edges of the wooden tag to prevent images from lifting.

Step Six:

Once everything is totally and completely dry attach key ring. You can end here if you'd like but I wanted to add some leather lace.
(I think that is as embellished as the hubs would allow!)

Adding Leather Lace:

I just cut my lace to the size I wanted and used a needle to thread through one side. Tie a knot at the end of your thread, leaving a long tail past the knot and pull through.
Wrap your thread around and around and around! Tie a knot with the thread you're holding and the tail left behind the 1st knot buried under the wrapped thread.
Trim the tails and wipe a little bit of Mod Podge over the knot are to help secure

You're Done and now have a super cute Father's Day Key Chain!

If you make one please send me a picture to add to the Aly&Ash Facebook group!
alyashcreations@gmail.com

Make sure to check out Yesterday's Father's Day Gift Idea and come back tomorrow for another one! Whew! Who's idea was this anyway...

And I'll be linking up as always with {These Great Blogs} including The Boardwalk Bragfest!

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Father's Day Week - 5x7 Photo Collage Freebie

Guess what?...It's Father's Day Week at Aly&Ash!

I will be posting a new DIY Father's Day gift idea each day (31st-4th!)

So to start things off how about a photoshop freebie!! 

5x7 Father's Day Photo Collage Template

{CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD}

Instructions for adding your own pictures:

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1.Open your image

2. CTRL A to select all & CTRL C to copy

3. Open Collage Template

4. Holding down the CTRL key click on the white box in the Color Mask Thumbnail

(A hidden box inside the frame should become selected)

5. Under the Edit tab click Paste Into

6. You can now use CTRL T (Free Transform) and adjust the size of your image to fit as desired.

(Don't forget to lock the transform to maintain the aspect ratio!)

7. A new layer will appear in your layers tab. If you cannot see your image just drag the new layer to the top.

Questions? Email me at alyashcreation@gmail.com

Pictures Copywrite DoChara Photography
http://www.docharaphotography.com/

And I'll be linking up as always with {These Great Blogs} including The Boardwalk Bragfest!

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8 comments | Posted in: Father's Day,Freebies,Photoshop,Templates