Fathers Day Sailboat Card

Father's Day cards are always a challenge for me. I think this is because I struggle with those "male themes". A safe design is boats or sailboats, so this Father's Day card uses the sailboat theme.

My goal was to create a card that was easy to make. I started by doing a search for clipart, and looked for a sailboat. Once I picked the one I wanted, I printed it along with "Happy Father's Day" directly onto the card.

Now, the only thing left to do was add quilled embellishments.

For the Quilling I did the following

Clouds

• 1 - 4 in (10.2 cm) S-Scroll cloud


• 2 - 3 in (7.6 cm) C-Scrolls to make a cloud.
  

Birds

• 3 - 2 in (5.1 cm) strips folded in half


• Use 1/16th in wide paper.
  

Waves

• 2 - 6 in (15.2 cm) Sculpted Loose Coils


• 1 - 3 in (7.6 cm) Sculpted Loose Coil


• 1 - 3 in (7.6 cm) S-Scroll


• Place these underneath the sailboat to add the look of water / waves.

Sails

• Take multiple colored strips and create Triangle Coil.


• Make one larger for the outer sail that is blowing in the wind.


• Create a 6 in (15.2 cm) Triangle for the flag at the top of the mast and there you have it.

A simple card, using few quilled embellishments that add to the overall look of your card.

I hope you enjoy making this card.

Have fun and Enjoy!
Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

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Father's Day Golf Card

This is a great Father's Day card for the golfer in your life.

The "19th Hole" idea is not new, I am certain that if you look around you will see many variations.

This card has very few quilled elements, and is predominantly made with torn paper.

I picked 4 different green papers. Make sure that 2 of them are a solid color and 2 have a design, pattern, or texture. This is simply to give the card a nice texture.

I cut the papers so they were the width of the card and then tore them so that there was variation across the top.

For the Quilling I did the following

Golf Ball

• 8 - 3 in (7.6 cm) white Loose Coils
• Glue them together, start with one in the center and then place/glue the remaining 7 around the center coil.
• When finished take a strip of white and wrap it around the golf ball.
  
  

Pin (Hole Marker)

• Cut a piece of paper for the "flag"
• Create a 4 in (10.2 cm) Spiral for the pole
• Glue the flag to the pole
• Add "19th" to mark the 19th hole
  
  

I layered the green papers, placed the golf ball on the 1st layer, leaving the second layer loose at the top so that the ball slides in.

I placed the "pin" between the 2nd and 3rd layer

Finally, added dimensional tape to the 4th layer.

Add a "Happy Father's Day" and you have an easy card.

Note to self: If I were to do this card again, I would make sure that I had a blue background to add that little extra pizzaz.

I hope you enjoy making this card.

Have fun and Enjoy!
Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

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Free Love Bird Pattern

Here are two love birds enjoying a kiss on a red, white, and blue tree branch. They are posted in preparation for Memorial Day - may we all remember. I hope you enjoy this little treat:

Love Bird #1

• Head - 1 inch (2.5 cm) White + 6 inch (15.2 cm) Blue roll into Tight Roll and glue
  
• Body - 12 inch (30.4 cm) Red roll into Shaped Teardrop, glue to head
  
• Wing - 4 inch (10.2 cm) White Teardrop, glue to body
  
• Tail - 4 inch (10.2 cm) Blue Alternate side looping - loop to make center, then add loop to each side, glue at bottom (see photo), glue to body
  
• Beak - .5 inch (1.3 cm) Red, cut to point at both ends, fold and glue to head
  

Love Bird #2

• Head - 1 inch (2.5 cm) White + 6 inch (15.2 cm) Red roll into Tight Roll and glue
  
• Body - 12 inch (30.4 cm) Blue roll into Shaped Teardrop, glue to head
  
• Wing - 4 inch (10.2 cm) White Teardrop, glue to body
  
• Tail - 4 inch (10.2 cm) Red Alternate side looping - loop to make center, then add loop to each side, glue at bottom (see photo), glue to body
  
• Beak - .5 inch (1.3 cm) Blue, cut to point at both ends, fold and glue to head

Tree Branch

• 3 Red - 4 inch (10.2 cm) C-Scroll


• 3 White - 4 inch (10.2 cm) C-Scroll


• 3 Blue - 4 inch (10.2 cm) C-Scroll
  
  Arrange alternating red, white, blue (see photo for placement)
  Glue birds to Tree Branch
  

Enjoy!
Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

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Mothers' Day Book

Hello Everyone,

This is a quick post about a woman I "met" during the One World One Heart event this year. Her name is Barbara, http://blog.barbaracagle.com, and she has written a book about her Mom. The book is called 16 X Mom (in reference to her mother having 16 children - WOW). Her blog is fun to read and she looks like it would be a lot of fun to hang out with her.

You can check out her blog and enter for a chance to win her book for Mother's Day - but hurry, time is running out. Best wishes!

Enjoy!
Antonella :-)