Father's Day Shirt & Tie Card

Hello! Has Father's Day snuck up on you like it did to me? (Is it snuck or sneaked?) This time of year, school is winding down, sports are ending with team parties, everything seems to be ending at once, then surprise! it's Father's Day. Well, this year, I have a super easy card that you can whip up in a jiffy. 

How cute is that? I got the idea from the brand new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog that comes out on July 1st. 

I started with a piece of cardstock (Going Grey, which retires June 30th) that measures 4 1/4" x 11". I cut off 1 inch from the length of the card, then folded the remaining piece to get a 5" x 4 1/4" card. 

I put the 1" strip at the folded end of the card, & folded in the sides to make the shape of a collar. No measuring was done, it was so easy. I added Snail adhesive along the lower back edge of the collar & adhered it to the top of the card, so the card length measures about 5 1/2", which makes a standard A2 card size & fits perfectly into our medium envelopes.

Using a piece of printer paper and my grid paper, I made a tie shape that was 5" long & 2" wide at the widest point. Then I cut it out & put repositionable adhesive on the back, & adhered it to the Travel Journal DSP, which is in the Summer Mini Catalog. This paper has lots of patterns that look like men's ties on one side, & has travel themed prints on the other. Love it!

Once I had a tie cut out of DSP. I adhered it to the shirt with the bottom tip on the bottom of the card. Then I used my Snail to stick down the collar over the tie.

The Happy Father's Day sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. I added a touch of ribbon to the top of the sentiment, so it looks like a pocket square sticking out of his pocket. Too cute! Here's another version of the card:

 

Supplies for both cards:

• 114916 All Holidays Stamp Set
  
• 117156 Travel Journal DSP
• Going Grey Cardstock (retiring June 30, available in neutrals Assorted cardstock #108588)
• 100730 Whisper White cardstock
• 100867 Night of Nave cardstock
• 105216 Pumpkin Pie ink
• 110717 Bashful Blue Striped Ribbon (retiring 6/30)
• 110715 Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon (retiring 6/30)
• 105120 Bashful Blue cardstock
• 105209 Bashful Blue ink
• 102584 Garden Green cardstock

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I'll be celebrating Father's Day in Florida with both my husband and my dad, so I'm excited. :-)