How to make a handmade card for father’s day?

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A greeting card is the most beautiful and amazing way to express your love for others. If you give a card to someone, he or she feels your love and affection, and he considers himself special in your life. Many people have a remarkable and particular place in your life, like your mother, father, siblings, friends, etc.

There are a lot of father’s day cards available in the market. What is the more effective way to show your love to your father other than giving a handmade card? In this way, you can make him feel special that you spend so much time in creating a DIY card to greet him on Father’s day. You can try many father’s day ideas, but the wishing card is at the top.

Making a handmade card is a time-consuming task and not an easy one. As father’s day 2020 is coming soon, so we are here to help you out so that you can make your father happy through giving him a DIY father’s day greeting card.

Method 1:

  1. Take an 8 1/2″ * 11″ paper and cut it in half by a scissor or trimmer.
  2. Now you have to use a side-folded base card of 4.25″ x 5.5″.
  3. Now take a 4.25″ x 5.5″ blue-patterned paper and stick it at the front.
  4. Keep a 2.5″ x 5.5″ stripped-designed paper and paste it on the right side.
  5. Punch a frame-like design with red ink on a Kraft-colored cardstock of 2.5″ x 3.25″.
  6. Joint it at the bottom-right corner.
  7. Now, take black ink and imprint “Number One Dad” in the middle of the red frame.
  8. Punch a sunglasses on an off-white cardstock with black ink. Carefully cut this image and paste it above the red frame.
  9. Now, we add a “Hey Handsome” to the card’s top left side to make this card cooler.
  10. Stamp one star at the joint of blue and striped card and punch two stars at the coordinating line of blue card and red frame.
  11. Now complete your card by binding baker’s twine around the card’s crease.

Here is your DIY card ready.

Method 2:

  1. Take a cardstock and stamp the word “DAD” in a big and symmetrical font on it. “DAD” must be 2.5 inches high and 2 inches wide.
  • Turn over a printed cardstock and paint on the opposite side. It is essential to dry one color before adding others. You will get a fun design while finishing it.
  • Now, spread gesso on your created design.
  • In the next step, stamp words by using contrasting colors, but you have to do it after drying the surface.
  • When ink is dry, you have to cut out each letter with the help of printed letters to make the word “DAD.” Paste every letter on an adhesive cork sheet and keep the painted side above.
  • Now, you can easily cut each letter from the cork sheet.
  • Do some detailing to the punched words by using a metallic marker.
  • Organize the letters on a blank card.
  • The last step is to select and write some wishes among so many father’s day card messages, and there you go.

So, make your own father’s day card to show appreciation to your father.

 

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