Sunday, June 17, 2012

Father's Day 2012

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there.  As always, I made my card too late to mail one to my dad.  I did give him a call though.  I started on my father's day prototype last night until the wee hours of the morning.  After the third failed attempt, I decided I needed to sleep on it.

Went at it again today and came up with something acceptable and then made a card to match.


I made a small photo wallet from a Tyvek envelope.  Tyvek is a trademarked plastic fabrication by Dupont.  It is water resistant and tear resistant.  I bought a small box of 6x9 envelopes from U-Line with the intention of using them as hinges for mini albums to stand up to much use flipping though pages and not tearing around binder rings.

Ever since I saw this faux leather wallet tutorial on SplitCoast Stampers a couple years ago, I've always wanted to make one.  (I even snagged some pop tabs from my husband's empty Coke cans to use as buckles.)  I wasn't totally fond of the long wallet shape though and it does make me think of an eyeglasses case more than a wallet.  I did use the embossing technique from it on my bi-fold wallet though.  (I think I should have used brown though!)


I used glossy accents on the key on the front and back.  The map and compass paper are the two sides of a patterned paper by Reminisce.  (It's really pretty!)  The key is from a single sided paper from Michaels Recollections line.  I fussy cut the keys out.


This wallet has five pockets and five tags.  I only decorated one side of the tags.  The wallet is just over 4 inches by 3 inches, so it will hold wallet sized photos.  More than one will fit per pocket, but I felt 5 was a nice complete set.


Two pockets fold out and the other three are stuck down on the main body.  (I didn't have any black velcro.  I had to use white.)  I distressed all the edges of the papers with my Making Memories scraper and inked them in Walnut Stain distress ink.  I also inked the Tyvek envelope.  That was not fun.  The ink seems to not truly dry.  So, I inked it and then wiped it vigorously with a paper towel until only a small bit was coming up. (If I had been successful last night, I would have let it dry overnight and see if that made any difference.)


The tags are all metallic brown cardstock.  I fussy cut the elements from the papers.  They white keys are embossed.  The white keys and the clock-face and hands I stamped from a Close to My Heart stamp set.

My father-in-law didn't flip through the pockets or look at the tags but I'm sure once has some pictures for it, he will figure it out.

4 comments:

  1. This turned out great, love the faux leather look :)

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  2. Wow, uniquely awesome Father's Day gift! How long did it take you to construct?

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  3. Thanks for your comment. Once I figured out a pattern for it that I liked, it took about 2 hours.

    UPDATE: I used a direct-to-paper application of the ink to the Tyvek (because I love how the texture shows through the saturation) and let it dry over night this time. The ink still comes up heavily on my finger. BOOOO.

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  4. Wow this looks awesome! The colors and textures are perfect for a guy.

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