Whether you have a dad who’s always there, a husband or brother who’s a great dad, or a mom who did both jobs, I’ve got you! Craft a fantastic Father’s Day Card using foliage and shades of green. No tools or cars here.
Cutting & scoring
| Paper Dimensions | Score Long Side | |
| 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ Evening Evergreen cardstock base | 4-1/4″ | |
| 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″ Soft Succulent cardstock | ||
| 1-1/2″ x 5-1/4″ Basic White cardstock | ||
| 1/8″ x 5-1/4″ Evening Evergreen cardstock |
step by step instructions for Father’s Day card
After I diecut and stamped my three foliage images from the Forever Fern stamp set on scraps of Basic White cardstock, I added watercolor pencil to the shaded parts of the images. While I stamped with Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent inks, I used Granny Apple Green and Bermuda Bay watercolor pencils. I scribbled the watercolor pencil over the shaded areas of the leaves. No blending of any kind was used. It’s amazing the difference that little bit of color made!!
Image on the left is stamped with Soft Succulent ink. Image on the right is stamped in Soft Succulent ink with Granny Apple Green watercolor pencil added on top. All told this Father’s Day card has three variations because of the mix of ink and watercolor pencil. But because the base shades were the same as the cardstock (Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen) it all works together.
Putting the card together
I used Evening Evergreen cut and scored for a standard cardbase. Memento Black ink anchors the sentiment in the bottom left corner of the Soft Succulent panel. Then I adhered the Soft Succulent panel to the left side. I ran the narrow Basic White cardstock through a Cut & Emboss machine with the Painted Texture embossing folder before adding it to the right side of the card front. Next is the extremely narrow strip of Evening Evergreen separating the Soft Succulent from the Basic White.
Father’s Day card foliage
I assembled the three shades of green piece of foliage together by the stems. A combination of glue dots and dimensionals (only at the top of each piece) give a lot of depth. I tucked in Basic Black diecut filler foliage with glue dots. And a black baker’s twine bow finishes the card off.
What do you think? I love using nature and shades of green to create masculine cards. It’s unexpected and oh so not typical. Forever Fern in any color would be great. Check out this version using shades of brown. Just change the sentiment and this color scheme would also work.
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