Father's Day 2011

I was very bad and made my DH open his card early so I can post it!  After his exciting fishing adventure 2 weeks ago, this is what I came up with!

I had the cap template in my stash for years.  I never used it, and it gives no clue as to who created it.  I folded an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white in half, placed the top of the template on the fold, and cut my shape.  There was a printed line on the template to divide the brim and top, so I cut on that line to make 2 tracing pieces.  My tan and striped papers are from the scrap bin.

Next I had to figure how I was going to accent and decorate this.  I added stitching and a small oval for the button top.  I decided to use Tea Dye Distress Ink for shading inside and out.  My caps have a logo or sentiment, so I computer generated one, cut it out with a Classic Oval Spellbinder die, and added some mini hardware. The edge was outlined with a Sharpie gold pen.  It still looked a Little plain, so I used a shadow stamp of a school of fish over my sentiment.  To finish the front, I added a couple fishing lures that I colored with Copics, cut out, glazed and Stickled.  My inside sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo.

I would like to enter this card in a few challenges I saw on a friends blog.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #115 - Dad's or Grad's
Party Time Tuesdays PTT#20 - Father's Day
Little Red Wagon #85 - For Dad

Thanks for stopping by, and to all of the great Dad's out there, have a wonderful day!