Fathers' Day 2018 - Rupert Bear Double Tri shutter card and Album

I know Fathers' Day is next Sunday but we're off on our jollidays tomorrow so I thought I'd post it now. I don't know if I mentioned it before (don't think I did) but my Dad has been suffering with Parkinsons disease for the past seven years and at the beginning of this year he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He's had a stent fitted to help with swallowing and after three emergency trips to the hospital for different infections he's finally back to his annoyingly mischievous self, hahahaha

 The box pictures were sourced from the web and hand coloured. The picture panels on the card were scanned from Rupert Bear annuals and cropped to size. Oh and in the picture of the middle panel the one with the TV) I put a picture of my Dad as a boy.

 I bought Rupert Bear postcards, first day stamps and bookmarks but I didn't have anything to put them in so I got my Zutter bind it all out and made an album. The front and back covers are made from 2mm grey board and covered with pictures cut from some very damaged (collectors wouldn't touch them) Rupert annuals I got from eBay and stuck them down and "varnished" them with matte Modge Podge. I made a plaid design on my computer and printed it in to 300gsm yellow card. I bought the plastic (acid free) sleeves to hold the postcards etc. The other pictures used were either sourced from the web or scanned from annuals. Nearly all the pictures can be found on my Pinterest.
Take care and keep smiling :)
PS. here's the template I used to make the double trifold shutter card

I made two of these and butted them together and using a piece of card the same size as the middle panel stuck one on each side (back and front) to make it a double card.

Double Tri Shutter Card - 21st Birthday

Here is a Double Tri Shutter Card that I made for my Son's girlfriend Pheobe. This card was a lot easier to make than the Tri Shutter card in my last post, but then again this card is a lot less fussy than the last card.

Materials Used -
Stardream card
Bazzill card
Woodware Daisy punches
Brilliance inkpads - Victorian Violet, Mediterranean Blue, and Sky blue.
Crafts -Too Daisy embossing folder.
Nestabilities circles dies - Standard and Small sets
Fiskars border punch - Threading Water
Elusive Designs sentiment rubber stamps
Bling on a Budget gemstone swirls (I got mine from Craft Obsessions)
Rangers Glossy Accents glue.
First of all I cut all the panels for the card then ran them through my Cuttlebug with the embossing folder. Then using the Brilliance ink pads sponged the Daisies and edges.
The 21st center was cut out using a standard size nestablities circles die. I then cut out another standard circle then positioned the small die in the middle of this to get a frame. The number 21 was bought and the gemstone swirls were further embellished with some dark blue rhinestones from my stash.
The daisy flowers were made with Woodware daisy punches and the center of the flowers were coloured using a cotton bud and a Brilliance ink pad. The center of the flowers then had a generous blob of Rangers Glossy accents glue and left to dry for a couple of hours.
The happy birthday sentiment was gone over twice with a Sakura Gelly roll clear glaze pen.
The box center circle was hand cut and the frame was made the same way as the 21st centerpiece.
The acetate was embossed with the same embossing folder as the card.
The edge of the box border again has blobs of Glossy Accents in the holes.
The card is then held shut with some dark blue organza ribbon.
Not sure what my next card is going to be, maybe a double, double tri shutter card :oD Anyway until then ... Take care & keep smiling