Normally, I don’t have guest posts or display work that was done by anyone but me, unless it’s the awesome Design Team ladies and our guy, Kyle.  However, when Provo Craft contacted me and asked if I’d like to share these projects with you I decided to forget about what my rules are and think of you! 🙂  I thought YOU might be interested in seeing some ideas for Father’s Day.  These are all things you can make with your Cricut and even the Cricut Cake.  So without further ado, here are some projects for you to try.

Father’s Day Card Instructions:

Materials:

Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutter
Cricut Father’s Day Cartridge
Blue cardstock & Brown cardstock
Printed cardstock (2 different coordinating sheets)
Adhesive, Dimensional tape, Ink and a Paper cutter

Instructions:

Using paper cutter, cut blue cardstock into a 6” x 10” rectangle then fold in half.
Using paper cutter, cut printed cardstock into a 5 ½” x 5 ½” square
Using paper cutter, coordinating printed cardstock into a 5 ½” x 1” rectangle
Using Cricut® and Cricut Father’s Day Seasonal Cartridge
and brown cardstock, cut 3 ½” Father’s Day
Using blue cardstock, cut 3 ½” Father’s Day layer
Ink all edges
Adhere layers of Happy Father’s Day
Using dimensional tape, adhere to card.

#1 Dad Box Instructions

Materials:
Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter
Cricut Father’s Day Seasonal Cartridge
Black cardstock, Blue cardstock & Printed cardstock
Adhesive, Dimensional tape and a Paper cutter
Box 6” x 4”

Instructions:
Using printed cardstock and paper cutter, cut four squares 5 ½” x 3 ½” and one square 5 ½” x 5 ½”
Using coordinating printed cardstock and paper cutter, cut four squares 5” x 3” and one square 5” x 5”
Using Cricut®, Cricut Father’s Day Seasonal Cartridge and black cardstock, cut 3” Poker, Can, Money and Pool Balls. Cut 5” Background2.
Using printed cardstock, cut 3” PokerLyr, CanLyr, PoolballLyr, MoneyLyr. Using printed cardstock, cut 5” #1Dad
Adhere mats to top and sides
Adhere layers of all cuts and attach to sides
Using dimensional tape, adhere #1 Dad cut to top of box

Instructions for Father’s Day Cake

Materials:
Cricut Cake Personal Electronic Cutter
Cricut Martha Stewart Crafts Seasonal Cake Art Cartridge
10″ x 5″ Cake
Gum paste: brown, teal, aqua, light aqua
Buttercream frosting: turquoise
Food gel: brown
Toothpicks & Sugar glue

Cartridge Cuts:
Cricut Martha Stewart Crafts Seasonal Cake Art Cartridge
eight Fit to Length 5″ star borders
eight Fit to Length 4.5″ star banners
seventeen 1 ¾” circles with stars inside
two 1 ¾” best dad phrases
sixteen ½” stars
2 ½” starburst
2 ½” and 1 ¾” layered stars
1 ½” and 2″ star wreaths

Designer Hints

• Cut all images from gum paste, using pictures for color references.
• Remove excess gum paste from cutting mats and images.
• Save brown stars from borders.
• Let gum paste dry so that the cuts can be removed from the mat without being distorted.
• Layer borders, banners, and stars together as shown using sugar glue.
• Layer borders and banners to cake as shown.
• Layer best dad phrases together. Stand phrase on top of the cake as shown.
• Paint toothpicks with food gel. Let dry.
• Attach toothpicks to backs of stars. Place on top of cake as shown.
• To decorate cupcakes, brownies, or cookies, cut similar icons at desired sizes. Layer together and place on top of the goodies as shown.

I hope you enjoyed those fun ideas for Father’s Day provided by Provo Craft.

Time for a Give Away!!

If you’ve been with me for a while then you know that the 14th of EVERY MONTH is set aside as Super Joy Loves Her Super Friends Day!  Woo hoo!  This is a day that I set aside as a thank you to YOU for being part of Joy’s Life.  There’s always a give away on SJ Loves Her SFs day and today is no different!  Let me first say that I really appreciate you coming here and reading what I have to say.  I love having Joy’s Life as a creative outlet and as a way to make so many “crafty” friends, like YOU.  I hope you’ll keep coming and I thank you for being here.  HUGS!!

The Father & Son stamp set is completely interchangeable with the Mother & Daughter stamp set.

Please leave a comment to be eligible to win a set of Joy’s Life Father & Son clear stamps.  I’ll give a set away to TWO WINNERS!  If you win and you already have a set of Father & Son stamps, you can choose another set. 🙂  Have you seen all the Joy’s Life Stamp and DVD offerings?  You can CLICK HERE to go to my PRODUCTS PAGE.  Winners will be listed on this post on June 21, 2011.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Kea Says:
June 14th, 2011 at 8:49 AM e
Joy, Love all of your stuff! I visit every morning to see if yo have posted anything new!

Seasoned Navy Wife Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 7:04 PM e
Love the stamps! Would be perfect for my special little boy and awesome hubby!

Good Luck and Happy Crafting Y’all!