What time is it? It's TOOL TIME!!

Here is a cute card I made for my Dad's birthday. I got the idea from this post and tutorial HERE.

I used Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy paper for my card base, and several random paper scraps for the rest.

These adorable tools were cut with my Silhouette Cameo using a couple of their cut files, which are currently on sale half price.  Gotta love half price!  I stamped a woodgrain on the handle of the hammer, and each piece was inked up with distress inks and sponge daubers.  I added a dot of liquid pearls to each of the level tubes to create the bubble in each one.

layerable tools

work bench pop up card

Assembly Video

The DAD sentiment is from My Favorite Things’ Masculine Graphic T stamp set.  I used two different sizes of circle punches to create the handles on the drawers.  

My Dad is a marine and automotive mechanic, and he has a tool box just like this in the garage.  Each and every tool has its own spot in a drawer and he always knows if something is missing.  As the saying goes, “Hell hath no fury like a Dad whose tools are missing”!  [It’s true!]

I used a Papertrey Ink sentiment from their Inside & Out Birthday II stamp set. 

I like to dress up the backs of my cards as well, and this is no exception.  I used another one of the cute tools I die cut and a sentiment stamp [well, two actually] from The Stamps of Life set called created4you.

This card was super easy and fun to make.  It took a lot of time to ink up each of the little tools and adhere everything together, but it was definitely worth the time!  :)