Father's Day Blog Hop

Hello!
Welcome to ChatterScene's Father's Day Blog Hop!  If you just came from Kristen's blog, you are right on track!  If you are just visiting my blog, you can join in the hop by starting at Chris's blog here. Chris is offering great blog candy if you follow the entire hop so be sure to check out her post for more details!

Father's Day is a great time to celebrate the men in your life.  I have a husband who is caring, funny, loving, adventurous, an outdoorsman, open, honest, and so many more things.  He truly completes me and without him, I would not be who I am today.  We have a sign in our living room that says "All because two people fell in love" and I truly believe that about my husband and I!  So to celebrate that, the girls and I bought/made him this gift:

Late Spring and early Summer are when my husband golfs the most.  He has a Nike golf bag and clubs so I stuck with Nike accessories.  I also just purchased the Father's Day Cricut cartridge so that was perfect for this project!

I created the bucket first.  I had purchased the bucket awhile ago at a discount store.  I cut the golf club from Father's Day at 5".  I used my Gypsy and the hide contour feature to cut out another club in silver, sort of like the blackout feature of other carts.  I also cut another club, this time hiding everything but the golf ball. 

I embossed the ball using the Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug folder.  I flipped the ball over so it had the correct dimples, not bumps. 

I wrapped twine in black and green around the bucket and tied it behind where the club was going to go.  I left the ends of the twine free so it may mimic grass under the tee.  Sorta... :)

I added the golf ball using Zots (like pop dots but not foam, just thick clear glue dots).  Then I stuffed it with the gifts!

Then I picked which phrase from the cart I wanted to use.  I decided on "Best Dad Ever" and cut that at 3".

I added a piece of silver paper behind the Dad to make it stand out a little bit more.

The card was looking a little too simple so I added silver brads to all four corners.  I also put the saying on pop dots so it would stick out a bit.

The completed card, which is A2 in size and opens at the top:

And that's all I did!  Definitely a simple Cricut project but the way it turned out really is perfect for my husband!  I hope he enjoys his gift!

Thanks for looking at my project today!  Please feel free to join my blog as a follower if you like what you see!  Also, I have blog candy!! Be sure to leave me a comment on this post if you are interested in winning the Twinkle Toes Lite cart!  In your comment, please share one person you are celebrating for Father's Day and a quality about them.  Also be sure to leave me a way to contact you!!

The next stop on the hop is BRENDA.  Be sure to visit her!  Also, don't forget to leave a comment on every designer's project so your name will go into the drawing for the blog candy offered by ChatterScene!

One last thing before you go - my daughter made a Father's Day card too and her post is below mine.  If you would care to leave her a comment, I am sure she would love it!!! 

Here is the complete list of Father's Day bloggers for your reference:

http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/ -- Chris (Get Inspired With ChatterScene)

http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/ -- Kim (Kimberli's Creations)

www.scrappinpalace.blogspot.com -- Cassie (Scrappin Palace)

http://www.myamusinglife.blogspot.com -- Jamie (My Amusing Life)

http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/ -- Kristen (My Fantabulous Life)

http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/  -- Michele (GreenGirl Scraps) <---- YOU ARE HERE

http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com -- Brenda (Happy Scrapper)  <---- GO HERE NEXT!

www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com -- Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)

http://kbiendesigns.blogspot.com/ -- Kelly (Kbiendesigns)
http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/  -- Doreen (Polka Dot Paper Princess)

http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/ -- Renee (I Came I Saw I Created)