Father's Day Card for Dad, the Gardener

 This might seem to be a weird Father's Day card, but my husband has two non-work activities, golf (at the driving range, mostly) and gardening.  Of the two, gardening is the most productive so I decided to feature the veggies on his card.  Luckily, HM Ben Franklin Crafts just brought in a Hero Arts stamp set featuring vegetables and cute sayings.  I stamped these out and colored them with Copic pens.  The 'happy' was die cut from black card stock using the die from the Hero Arts stamp and cuts set. This set also contained the father's day stamp.  I think this is a very useful set because of the stamp words that go with the die.  (I chose not to stamp the 'happy' word on the card because I didn't think it would print well on the slick gold surface.)  For other cards the 'happy' can be stamped first and then die cut to give a different look.  I love the elegance of the shiny print gold cards in the American Crafts boxed set that I purchased at Ben Franklin Crafts....so many awesome designs.....perfect for quick impressive cards! (Oh, I almost forgot:  The wooden Hero Arts stamp in the photo below shows what I stamped inside the card.)  Okay, that's it for this post....hurry, time to go shopping for some crafting fun at BFC!