GEARED UP GARAGE Birthday or Father’s Day creation
I’m fixated with masculine cards…namely because I sell my cards at a local boutique “La Bona International Boutique” here in Pensacola, FL. So I like to ensure the shop is stocked with the upcoming holiday..like Father’s Day.
That said, my brother’s birthday is coming up as well. I’m always on the search for the perfect products to create a unique card. Being the “renaissance” man he is (you may know one) he is a carpenter, fisherman, stalker of elk, deer and antelope but last but not least a mechanic “extrodinare”!
He is the brother you would go to if something didn’t “sound right” with your car when we all away at college. Sometimes he would come into our cramped college apartment (my brothers and I shared) carrying an oily car rag to ask our other brother, Pat – for help downstairs (incidentally, my late brother Pat worked at a garage part-time in college). I hated the odor waifing through our small college apartment as each slipped into oily overalls before leaving. Throwing open the windows, I would yell down to parking lot…”…don’t come back in here with those oily rags…”. They would look up at me. Look at each other and just shrug. In Pat’s case, those oily rags helped pay for books!
I also remember when, while we where home from college for the summer, Bryan asked if I would sit in the Toyota Land Cruise my father sold him, while he lined up some “gears” as he installed a clutch. Again, that odor as I sat, clutched and shifted through each successive gear…first, second, third….reverse. I couldn’t wait to be released from my “good deed”; silently cursing Pat who was off playing tennis.
Today that same Toyota sits in my brother’s garage in wait his for son…….totally road worthy, totally restored and every inch a classic. I can’t help but take a deep breath when I’m in there……because any whiff of an oily garage rag…sings of memories.
I hope you enjoy this very personal creation. Below are all the products featured as well as video to help you assemble a card for the classic guy in your life! Enjoy!
PRODUCTS NEEDED:
PAPER SIZES AND CARDSTOCK
- BLACK – 4 1/4 “x 11 (score at 2 5/8″ and 5 1/2”) base card
- BLACK – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card front
- GREY GRANITE – 5 1/4″ x 4″ and 4″ x 2.1/4″ pieces
- Designer Series Paper – 2″ x 5/1/4″ , 2″ x 4″ and 4″x 4″
- SILVER FOIL (with All Purpose Adhesive Sheet on back)
- Vellum
STAMP SET AND DIES
- GEARED UP GARAGE stamp set
- GARAGE GEARS dies
- STITCHED SHAPES – (use large OVAL to cut vellum)
INK PAD / MARKERS / BLENDS
- GREY GRANITE
- MEMENTO BLACK
- VERSA MARK
- EMBOSSING POWDERS – SILVER, BLACK & CLEAR
- STAMPIN’ BLENDS – L/D CHERRY COBBLER, L/D DAFFODIL DELIGHT, L/D BASIC BLACK, L/D POOL PARTY
ASSESSORIES/EMBELLISHMENTS
- RIBBON, METAL ELEMENTS
How-to video:
Links to Products Featured:
Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle
150610
Price: $48.50
This isn’t just for Father’s Day. It’s for all classic car lovers in your life!
GEARED UP GARAGE CLING STAMP SET
* 9 photopolymer stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, e, i
GARAGE GEARS THINLITS DIES
* 14 dies
* Largest die: 3-7/8″ x 2-1/2″ (9.8 x 6.4 cm)
* Use with Big Shot
148590
Price: $21.00
This isn’t just a Father’s Day set. It’s for all classic car lovers in your life.
Our cling stamps
* Are made of premium rubber.
* Have deeply etched images so you get a superior stamped impression each time.
* Are precut so you don’t have to trim.
* Are reposition-able; temporarily mount them on clear blocks for stamping, then remove them for storage.
* Save space—you need only one set of blocks for all your clear-mount stamps (blocks sold separately).
* Come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference.
Quantity: 10 rubber stamps
Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, h
Black/Silver 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Striped Metallic Ribbon
148486
Price: $7.00
Ribbon is an easy way to add style to your projects. Tie it, loop it, wrap it, cut it. We have the styles you love in the colors you want.
* Black ribbon with silver center
* 1/4″ (6.4 mm) wide
* 10 yards (9.1 m)
148485
Price: $7.00
Tool up cards and packages with these mini silver metal embellishments.
* 16 pieces, 8 each of 2 designs
* Key: 3/4″ x 5/16″ (1.9 x 0.8 cm)
* Wrench: 3/4″ x 1/4″ (1.9 x 0.6 cm)
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