Hello Roadies! I know it's a corny title, but I just couldn't help myself!! :) With Father's Day less than a week away, I'm going to share the gift my kids will be giving their dad on his special day.
I find men's homemade gifts the hardest to create. You don't want anything too fussy, but you want to them to see it was made with love. I figured you can't get more "manly" than gears, right! So I pulled out my Gear Coaster Album and some Mini Gears to make this wall hanging. All the chipboard pieces were covered with patterned paper, then the edges were inked, for a finished look.
In the pictures above and below, you can see how I used sections of the picket fence border to ground all the floating parts on this project. The sheer calendar pieces also help to do this. I have always been a little apprehensive about sheers, but I'm finding them a lot of fun to use lately. I guess I was always worried about the glue showing through. But as you can see in the close-ups, that wasn't a problem - and I didn't use any special type of glue!
Here in my final picture, you can see the Jonathan Chipboard letters (another one of my MR favorites). :) I love mixing the mini and regular sized alphabets to create titles - and that's just what I did here.
Have a wonderful week, everyone!!!
Maya Road Supplies:
Gear Coaster Album
Jonathan Chipboard Alphabet Set
Jonathan Mini Chipboard Alphabet
Sheer - A Year To Remember
Mini Gears
Borders Chipboard Sheet
Other Supplies:
Art Board - Local art supply store.
Patterned paper and rub-ons - Cosmo Cricket
Tiny letter stickers and screw brads - Making Memories.
I love this! The picture on the gear is the best.
Posted by: Michele in Texas | June 14, 2010 at 07:48 AM
Awesome with a capital A!!
Posted by: wendy vecchi | June 14, 2010 at 08:18 AM
Amazing...So Cool! Beautiful colors and Love the picture on the gear! Fantastic work!
Posted by: SandraL | June 14, 2010 at 08:33 AM
This is FABULOUS!! Wow! The gears & colors are great. Love the photo cut into a gear...too cool!
Posted by: Lacey | June 14, 2010 at 10:59 AM
awesome!
Posted by: slammie | June 14, 2010 at 03:11 PM
fantastic!!!!
Posted by: sarah moore | June 14, 2010 at 03:36 PM
This is totally awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Rita Timmons | June 15, 2010 at 08:03 PM
YOU are so amazing, Jenni!!! so creative - love that gear with the photo on it!
Posted by: Danielle Flanders | June 16, 2010 at 09:16 AM
I just have to say that this is a great project and you did such a great job!! Love it!
Posted by: Sarah | June 16, 2010 at 07:06 PM
This is one of the cutest masculine projects ever!! LOVE this idea:)
Posted by: Melonie | June 18, 2010 at 07:10 AM
Really cool! I'm gonna have to make one each for my men!
Posted by: Wendy | January 12, 2011 at 06:04 AM