Father's Day - part 1: King of the Castle!

This year for Father's Day I made a total of thirty-five cards, all of which were for "Operation Write Home". I decided to break down the cards by theme and the first theme is: King of the Castle! I wanted these cards to reflect a medieval knight/chivalrous type of concept.

The first card was made using partial images from the "Indie Art Cricut" cartritge of a lion and a banner to create the illusion of a family crest. I used the shadow option for the lion to create depth while I edged the banner with walnut colored ink. The background texted paper is from the "Die Cut with a View ' Once Upon a Time" pad which was cut using a deckled edged scissor (Fiskars) and edged with more walnut colored ink. I added an oval cut out (also edged in walnut ink) behind the lion image to simulate a shield; which is the center of a die-cut using the "Lacy Labels Cricut" cartritge .
The second card also reflects the lion theme but on a more child friendly level. Again I used a partial image from the "Indie Art Cricut" cartritge of a shield and the outline of the oval from the previous card using the "Lacy Labels Cricut" cartritge to create the illusion of a family crest. The lion and leaves are felt stickers from "Sandylion" .

The third card was made using the "Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations" die of a banner, shield and garland over a parchment die also from "Sixxiz". The crown is a sticker left over from a "Sandylion" princess sheet .

The last card truly uses a castle image. The background paper with teh castle image is from the "Die Cut with a View ' Once Upon a Time" pad which was cut using a deckled edged scissor (Fiskars) and edged with more walnut colored ink. The ribbon is a self adhesive paper ribbon from the "Anna Griffin" christmas series.

In all cases the text was computer generated in various fonts and printed on a clear address label from "Avery".