10 Reasons Why I Love My Dad

Continuing our tribute to the special men in our lives, I decided to do a layout about my husband and son. They are so alike in so many ways, that I wanted to do a special layout to capture those similarities.

Scrappin' Sports & More Papers
#1087 Hop, Skip & Jump
#1186 Defining Boating
#1269 Mother/Mom (red)

For the "Handy Man"....

My dad is the ultimate "handy man," always puttering and fixing.  So, what better Father's Day card than a card that looks like a measuring tape?  I made a simple box out of black cardstock and then decorated it with my Scrappin' Sports & More papers.  I cut two strips of the Racing Paper (yellow), put them together end to end, marked the "ruler marks" and stamped "lots and lots, and lots, and lots...." on it.  It's actually almost two feet long when it's pulled out.  I also rolled up some of the Cheering Paper (gray) and attached it to the tape as a little handle to pull on.  We will sign the back before giving it to him!

Products Used:
#1240- Cheerleading Game
#1247- Racing Game

Have a great day!
~Nicole~

Scrapping out of context

The photos on the layout were taken at an outdoor concert last year.  They were not intended to document a relationship or any other emotion, but when I started looking at them, they showed a very candid moment between my husband and my son.  So many times these moments happen and we don't think to take a picture.  I call this my happy accident. 

Another element to this layout is the quote.  I searched high and low for words that would express their relationship.  I finally found it in this quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/ .  Instead of adding a title, I enlarged the quote and emphasized a few words to convey the meaning of the layout.  No journaling needed. 

Another happy accident is the shirt my husband was wearing.  The writing on the shirt was camoflauge.  I added simliar paper to bring the colors across the layout.  How wonderful that Scrappin Sports and More had just the right papers.  Who knew a paper with a hunting theme could work so well on a Father's Day layout? 

~Shannon

Scrappin Sports and More
Products Used:
#1273 Grandpa-Papa Paper
#1274 Uncle-Aunt Paper
#1245 Huntin Game Paper

June Celebrates Special Men

This month we are going to honor the special men in our lives.

I decided to honor my husband, who is a fantastic father and husband - who probably isn't thanked nearly enough for everything he does for our family.

I have two layouts I want to share with you today.

The first one is called 'you give him wings'.  I love the butterfly trails on this paper so to emphasize them I hand-stitched over the trails.

Journaling:
you guys spend so much time together being pals yet still being a great father teaching Seth to become a great man.  May 2010

Products used:
Defining Summer Paper #1223
Classic Cheerleading Paper #1148

My second layout is called 'coach dad'.  I created this layout as a tribute to my husband who is an assistant coach on all three of our son's sports teams.  Being a coach isn't easy but season after season he commits to the team and to the athletic growth of our son.

Journaling:

I know Seth really enjoys having you as an Assistant Coach on all three

of his sports teams -- football, baseball and basketball.  I know it isn’t 

always easy - working at every game and every practice or the

complaining parents but you are setting a great example to Seth while 

creating a wonderful relationship with lots of memories!  Photos: 2009

Products used:
Football Double Sided Paper #1257
Baseball Double Sided Paper #1255
Basketball Double Sided Paper #1256


Thanks for stopping by our blog and be sure to come back to see more layouts by our fabulous Design Team!

~Carolyn