Oh what fun it was to peruse old photos of Great Grandpa in a quest for the perfect addition to this year’s Father’s Day card. I love including photos on cards as a way to remember the days of old. When working with original photos, don’t forget to make archival safe copies. Archiver’s has a convenient archival color copier to easily copy original photos and size them perfectly to fit your cards (and scrapbook pages too!).
The vintage vibe of 7gypsies paper offered the perfect backdrop for this carefree photo. I chose my three favorite scrapbook tools to work with, making it easy to construct the card: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chompers for sophisticated deco corners, my Tonic distress tool to add texture, and my trusty border punch and circle punches that always come through when I need them! And, when plain circles are just…well…too plain, use a dotted stamp with VersaMark to add a subtle background. I finished the card with brown twine in mini knots to accentuate the downright adorable photo of Great Grandpa.
Even though Father’s Day is this Sunday, there’s still plenty of time to make a card Dad, Grandpa and Great Grandpa will love!
Tags: Cards, Circle Punches, Corner Chomper, distressing tool, Twine
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We need an Archivers in Western PA. I used to shop at the one in Columbus when my daughter lived out there. But she has moved back home to the Pittsburgh area. We have lots of malls, and lots of scrappers in this area and no Archivers. Columbus, 4 hours away, is just too far to drive for supplies.
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I went to a scrapbooking store in Souix Falls, SD. , that had “mini carts” like the baskets that ARCHIVERS uses . The basket just sat on top you could pick the size of basket, (like you do now) and the carts were very easy to get in each isle and also a bottom rack , just like a large grocery cart to put your purse. It would be SO MUCH EASIER , Not to feel like you are dragging a toddler around the store on your arm, and maybe people would shop and browse longer!!! JUST AN IDEA!!! Thank you for letting me sound off!


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