{"id":3285,"date":"2020-06-19T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stampalosopher.com\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2020-06-19T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T17:50:51","slug":"fathers-day-with-enjoy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampalosopher.com\/?p=3285","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day with Enjoy Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Stampin’ Friends,<\/p>\n

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To all the wonderful men in our life that we need to celebrate and those we will always remember this Father’s Day:\u00a0 Happy Father’s Day!<\/p>\n

I used the Enjoy Life stamp set (retired) and the Silhouette Scenes (pg 136) to make three Father’s Day Cards:<\/p>\n

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The greeting:\u00a0 “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be a<\/span>live: to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”<\/p>\n

I did three different inside greetings as well using the “A Good Man” stamp set on page 32.<\/p>\n

For my son-in-law, Tyler, with two little boys, Jaxson & Emmitt:<\/p>\n

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For my son-in-law, Jonathan, with a little girl – Emma:<\/p>\n

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For Paul:<\/p>\n

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Here they are at the Cheyenne Mtn. Zoo in Colorado Springs:<\/p>\n

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Such a great dad and such a great grandpa!<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0That looks like so much fun!\u00a0 But I am wondering how you did that cool bokeh look for the background of the card front.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, Sal, it isn’t hard.\u00a0 Let me take a picture of the tools I use:<\/p>\n

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It is a piece of window sheet with several different sizes of circles punched in the sheet.\u00a0 (I placed the window sheet on black for the picture so you could see the different circles.)\u00a0 The largest circle is 1 1\/2″, then\u00a0 1″,\u00a0 3\/4″,\u00a0 and\u00a0 5\/8″ punched circles.<\/p>\n

First, I used the Sponge Brayer (#141714 on pg. 147) and Mint Macaron ink and lightly sponged the entire front whisper white piece.<\/p>\n

Then I placed the window sheet on that front sponged piece, held it in place with washi tape, and sponged several times over all the circles.\u00a0 I moved the window sheet to a new place on the front piece, secured it with tape, and sponged the circles again.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 May we see that up close, please?<\/a><\/p>\n

Sure, let me zoom it a bit:<\/p>\n

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The circles overlap giving the out of focus bokeh look!<\/p>\n

I cased this layout from one at StampinSavvy.com.\u00a0 She used a watercolor wash for the background and added long hair to the image of the silhouette. I wanted a masculine silhouette instead so I used our Take Your Pick tool’s pointy end and removed ink from the neckline before stamping so it didn’t have any hair on the neck.\u00a0 I also increased the arm and leg sizes with a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker.<\/p>\n

We still sell the Basic Black marker individually -pg 147, #100082.\u00a0 \u00a0I used the black marker to color the edge of the front piece by using the side of the marker- not the tip -to color all around the edge.\u00a0 The Just Jade base was stamped at the bottom with Versa Mark and the grass stamp in Enjoy Life.<\/p>\n

For the inside greeting, I used the black marker once again to color the “to be a” of the Enjoy LIfe greeting stamp – see above in red.\u00a0 This brought the same font from the front to the inside. Remember – only use the Stampin’ Write Markers to color the back of your stamps, if you use the alcohol Stampin’ Blends they will stain your stamp.<\/p>\n

I used the retired Guy Greetings set for the dad, grandpa and Happy Father’s Day words and the Make A Difference stamp set for a nice exclamation point.<\/p>\n

And “voila” we are done!<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 Not to be a pest, but could we have the recipe?<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, it is a great layout that would work with dozens of stamps.<\/p>\n

Recipe<\/h3>\n