DIY Father’s Day Cards – Made with a Metal Stamp set!

These DIY Father’s Day Cards were inspired by a mending plate. On the House describes a mending plate is as a metal connector that is used to help strengthen joints in wooden furniture, shelves, frames and other household connections. It reinforces the pieces together. They come in different shapes and sizes to suit the needs of the shape, and materials you need to mend together.

I thought in some strange way this is a nice metaphor for what a Father is. Growing up, at least in my generation, Father’s, Uncles, and Grandfather’s were the go to person to help mend things or fix things up around the house. We are two grown adults and  I’ve lost track of the amount of times my Father-in-Law has come over to help us with everything around the house, and our cars. Let alone how much Father’s fix outside of just the physical components of a home.

Because I look for any excuse to use my TEKTON metal stamp set, I came up with this idea for a Father’s Day card craft for this year. Here is how you can make your own!

DIY FATHER’S DAY CARDS

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• TEKTON metal stamp set
• Hammer
• Mending Plates
• Brads (aka Paper Fasteners) in the shapes of screw heads
• Kraft card stock

 

 

STEP 1

Stamp your mending plates with Dad, Grandpa or the name of your choice.

 

STEP 2

Fasten your stamped mending plate onto your kraft card stock.

Inside I wrote “Thanks for always being our family’s mending plate”.

That’s it! Your DIY Father’s Day Cards!

My Dad is an Engineer and my Father in Law is a Mechanic. So the cards work for both of them. As for my husband, well, none of the projects on here that start as a “Hey we should make…” in my head could ever come to life without him. He’s the most wonderful father and husband a girl could ask for.

I have a lot of Card Crafts on this site, like our Mother’s Day Cards and Personalized Name Cards. Christmas needs its own folder.

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there!