Happy Fathers Day from Team Graphic45!

A little history on Fathers Day:

In the US, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.Other festivities honoring fathers had been held in Fairmont and in Creston, but the modern holiday did not emerge from those.

Modern Father's Day was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington, who was also the driving force behind its establishment. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in Spokane, Washington.She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA, at the Spokane YMCA.

And to help us celebrate in this occasion, we have some beautiful "manly" projects from some our design team:

An all time favorite pasttime with dads and boys, GOLF!  Trisha shares this great golf layout using The Proper Gentleman Collection.

The first one  (GOLF) features the Proper Gentlemen Collection. I added one of the Punky Sprouts album pages to incorporate some texture as well as some cotton twill. I layered numerous papers from this
collection and added occasional pop dots for dimension. The chipboard letters are from Tattered Angels and the Dymo gun was used for my labeling. 

And from Gloria Stengel, a stunning card:

  
Marvelous Card – A2
Graphic45 Papers – Transatlantique (Around the World, Paris Post, Globe Trotter), Botanicabella (Summer Sonata)
Cardstock – Bazzill
Stamps – Heartfelt Creations (flowers), Hero Arts (marvelous), unknown (birthday wishes)
Ink – Memento, Colorbox Chalk
Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities (blossom two)
Pins – Maya Road, fabric store
Ribbon – fabric store
Brad - unknown
Miscellaneous items – pages from an old book
Adhesives – 3M (ATG), Tombow (mono liquid glue), Zots (glue dots)
 
I get more use out of my stamps by stamping onto printed paper instead of onto plain cardstock. It changes the whole look and feel of my stamps when I used unexpected prints for my stamping background. For this sample, I stamped the flowers onto printed paper, then cut the flowers out with the matching Spellbinders die. I gave the flowers an aged look by rubbing chalk ink onto the edges of the petals.

The team at Graphic45 wishes all families that are close to home and abroad, to our servicemen serving our country, and for those that have past before us, a safe and joyous celebration!

Comments

[Sylvia]

wow!!! both projects are amazing! the card is sooo beautiful and I'm in love with the layout! Sooo many beautiful details to discover *sigh*
You ladies are all so very talented and huge inspiration - thanks! :)
Sylvia xx

[Diane Schultz]

What SENSATIONAL Father's Day projects—you girls make me (and Graphic 45) so proud!!!

[Pejtoon]

delicious projects!! I love this card!!

[NanaBeth]

Just gorgeous-the first one was so my day. Literally-he was born in 1889 so when he played golf, that's exactly how he looked. Thanks for the wonderful memory.

[Christine Hatchell]

I love the history lesson! Thank you... also, I posted your blinkie!!!
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[Judy]

what a lovely card!

[Tracey Locher]

What an AWESOME job... the layout with the Punky Sprouts and that metal title... WOW! And that card... Gloria... I am IN LOVE WITH THIS CARD!

[ErinK]

Beautiful card. TFS

[Laura De La Rosa]

WOW you girls blow me away!!!
Both of those projects are so beautiful and I love that Golf page for Father's day!!! That card and flower has my love!
Great job ladies!!!

Thanks,
Laura De La Rosa
The Vintage Key
Graphic 45 DT