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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!

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Trends come and go just like clothing. I recently re-discovered the technique of distressing the edges of paper. I used to do this all the time. It really adds dimension and texture to a project.  That look is back bigger than ever!  It works perfectly with the whole ”altered art” look, and looks fabulous with the “Cosmo Cricket/Unity/October Afternoon” type project.  Tim Holtz has a paper distressing tool (by Tonic) that I like the best. It has multiple groves in which to distress paper so if one gets dull you can move onto the next. It’s the easiest technique ever, just run it along the edges of your paper or card stock.  The results are a really cool “frayed” look.  Sometimes the simplest things are the best!  Trust me…you HAVE to have this  :)

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