My Viking Father’s Day Card

A Father's Day card with a viking father and son
My Viking’s Father’s Day Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Viking Father’s Day Card for my Design Team Inspiration for Paper Nest Dolls using the Viking Bundle. This bundle has three characters and two animals – Viking Andrew (with and without the mustache ties), Viking Owen, Viking Dragon, and Viking Boar. I love this bundle and made another card using just Viking Andrew without the mustache ties. I will include a link to it at the end of this post.

The Details of My Card

I thought using Viking Andrew and Viking Owen together would make a perfect Father’s Day card! I had so much fun colouring with my Copic markers this brawny guy and his son in appropriate Viking colours! Their colouring even matches another card called My Let’s Go A-Viking Card that I made for Paper Nest Dolls for their New Year’s Day Event. Wouldn’t all three make a great family card!

For my card, I kept it simple simple to make the stamps stand out. I used the High Seas Embossing Folder to emboss the waves on Night of Navy card stock. This was placed on a Mossy Meadow card base. Next, I used a frame with Viking imagery that came with the digital papers for the perfect backdrop for my father and son! My simple sentiment was layered on a scrap of the Cozy Winter paper. This paper pack is not just for winter but has all-purpose patterns as well. The finishing touch was the Viking chipboard ship and some black matte dots.

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Copic Markers

Viking Andrew
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: W7/W6/W5/W3
Top: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Pants/Mitts: R39/R37/R35/R32
Fur Trim: C7/C5/C3
Boots: E49/E47/E44
Axe: C7/C5/C4/C3/E49/E47/E44
Brass/Belt/Bracers: E18/E15/E11
Steel on Helmet: C7/C5/C3
Skull on Belt: E42/E41/E40/0
Horns on Helmet: E41/E40/0

Close Up of Viking Father and Son
Close Up of Viking Father and Son

Viking Owen
Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: E49/E39/E19/E13
Top/Boots/Shield: E29/E37/E35/E33
Pants: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93/YG91
Fur Vest: C7/C5/C3
Steel: C7/C5/C3
Helmet/Belt: E18/E15/E11
Skull on Belt: E42/E41/E40/0
Horns on Helmet: E41/E40/0

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Supplies for My Viking Father’s Day Card:

Viking Bundle, Paper Nest Dolls
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Cozy Winter 12” x 12” Designer Paper Pack, P13
Viking Digital Paper, Happy Watercolor Shop
High Seas Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up!
Home & Garden Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! (Sentiment)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Seafaring Chipboard, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Classic Matte Dots, Stampin’ Up! (Hearts)
Night of Navy, Mossy Meadow and Basic White Card Stock

Stamp Sizes
Viking Andrew: 4”
Viking Owen: 3 ½”

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.

My Other Viking Cards

For more information on my cards, please click the photos.

Valentine card with a Viking on it
Will You Be My Viking, Valentine?
A card with a Viking on it.
My Let’s Go a Viking Card

Hope you like My Viking Father’s Day Card using the Viking Bundle by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

You Slay Me Valentine Card

My You Slay Me Valentine Card
My You Slay Me Valentine Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Now that Valentine’s Day is over, I can share with you my You Slay Me Valentine Card that I gave to my Hubby. My Hubby loves anything that involves history and Vikings. He even has a Viking costume including a sword with scabbard for Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) events and Halloween. In addition to that, we are currently re-watching the Vikings TV Series. When I saw that Stamp Anniething’s January release was Vikings, I just had to get the whole release! There are three Vikings in it. I used two of them on this card and the third is on another card that I will share later.

Details of My Card

I coloured both of these cuties with my Copic markers in the colours of the main characters in the Vikings TV Series…all blonde hair and natural tones, other than Siv’s skirt to tie in my red hearts that I wanted to use. Gale comes with a number of different weapons that you can swap out depending on what you want. I went with the axe and added Glossy Accents to the metal part to make it look like polished steel. I created my two-tone shield with a number of circle dies of varying width. My Hubby informed me that Vikings preferred coloured shields when I was colouring Torin below.

My Colouring of Torin, The Third Viking in the Release

I love the sentiment “You slay me” that comes with Gale. Perfect pun for my Hubby’s Valentine card! It fitted nicely on the tag that I cut out of the matching paper. I added some twine and a die cut heart to add some visual interest to it. Some hearts and a couple of red rhinestones add a bit of pop in colour to my card.

My note to my Hubby said that I will be his Lagertha to his Ragnar always!

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Copic Markers:

Siv
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20/R21
Hair: Y31/Y26/YR24/E25
Brass Breast Plate: E18/E15/E11
Skirt: R22/R24/R27/R29
Greens: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99
Wool: C3/C5/C6/C7

Gale
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20/R21
Hair: Y21/YR23/E15/E18
Greens: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99
Browns: E35/E33/E31
Belt: E18/E15/E11
Wool: C3/C5/C6/C7
Axe: C9/C6/C5/C3/E35/E31/E11/Glossy Accents

Close Up of Siv and Gale on My Valentine Card for my Hubby.
Close Up of Siv and Gale

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Card Recipe for You Slay Me Valentine Card:

Siv – All I Ever Mead and Gale You Slay Me, Stamp Anniething
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Victory 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Stripe 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Cut Outs 12” Paper Pack, Cambridge Collection, Bo Bunny
Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Standard Layered Circle Dies, Large, Sizzix Cutting Dies
Standard Layered Circle Dies, Small, Sissix Cutting Dies
Be Mine Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Black and Gray Twine, From my Stash
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Real Red, More Mustard and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

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To view my Copic cards, please click here.

Hope you like my Valentine card for my Hubby using
Siv – All I Ever Mead and Gale You Slay Me from Stamp Anniething!


Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie