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Father’s Day Mens Shirt Card

I’ve done several versions of this card, however this year I decided to try and make the shirt without separate pieces for the collar.

The entire card is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Bordering Blue and three pieces of the striped paper from the new Summer Mini Catalog called ‘Travel Journal’.

The card was scored 1 1/4 inches from the top across the entire top (inside and out).  Then I cut off the entire strip that is ‘inside’ the card (see first thumbnail) and one inch in on each side on the remaining 1 1/4 inch panel.  Close the card and fold each cut side in on a diagonal.  Just a note… if it takes you 25 tries to get the two sides folded equally, you are doing fine, LOL!

I secured the ‘collar’ down with a Dimensional so that it had some height and looked more like a real collar.

The tie was simple and I did freehand cut (a pre-cut) 1 x 4 inch strip by first cutting  a point at the bottom and then from each side point to the top at a slight angle.  For the knot, I just folded a 1 1/2 x 3/4 inch piece of designer paper on the wrong side, as shown below, and cut off the points that showed over the top.  I adhered the tie to the cardfront and then the folded ‘tie knot’ to the tie with a Dimensional–again, to look like a real tie knot.

Cut dimensions and accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ½ inch Bordering Blue, scored from the top at 1 ¼ inches
Designer Paper Tie & Knot ‘Travel Journal’
1 ¼ x 4 inches (tie)
¾ x 1 ¼ inches (knot)
1 x 1 inches (pocket)
1 x 1 Whisper White square (handkerchief)
1 1/16th circle punch, Silver Brads
Dimensionals™

Comments

  1. Mary Campbell says

    I love this! Thanks so much for sharing. I am going to try this and see if it is easy enough for the children at church to make for their dads. Mary

  2. Evelyn says

    What a clever idea! Don’t have a Dad, but am going to try it for some masculine friends.

  3. Faith Gaspar says

    Thank You Amy for sharing this… It’s just fabulous and inspired me to try and give it a go…

    Thanks again for sharing,
    Faith

  4. Laurie Zoellmer says

    Oh my gosh, your designer paper is perfect for a tie! I don’t have that exact paper, but excited to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!
    -Laurie

  8. Brenda Keenan says

    Amy, thanks so much for sharing these instructions. The kids and moms made these at our Ronald McDonald House this past Saturday and everyone LOVED them 🙂

  9. fran macdonald says

    I read your directions for the shirt. This is a great card but I don’t understand what you mean when you say that score at 1-1/4″ and “cut off the entire strip that is ‘inside’ the card (see first thumbnail) and one inch in on each side on the remaining 1 1/4 inch panel. What do you mean by “inside the card”? If you cut off the entire strip then you have two pieces. Sorry, I don’t quite understand this part of the directions. Your help would be appreciated. thanks!

  10. Bronwyn Eastley says

    This is such a simple but very cool idea!! I used this for a stamp class and have just linked your instructions on my blog. Thanks for sharing your creativity!