What makes a good dad?

What makes a good dad? I don’t know but if you ever met my husband Frank you would definitely know that he is a top contender for Father of the Year. These pictures are of him sitting out on the deck on a lazy Sunday morning with our Daughter Faith. What is he doing??? Painting her fingernails. I thank God every day that he brought Frank to us. I couldn’t ask for a better father for my daughter let alone a husband for me.

Frankie and I will be celebrating 9 years of marriage on Friday. On September 13th we celebrated 10 years of being together. I can’t imagine what happened to all the time that has just flown by. We are blessed to have found one another and still thank Lori and Tony for helping seal the deal. With some gentle prodding from our friends we were able to meet and make something out of it all and I am so glad that we did.

Swap for this month's stamp club.

At stamp club this month the title of the swap was Halloween Treat Containers. Here is my take on it. I used the Halloween definition in the EAT DRINK AND BE SCARY stamp set for the scallop circle, after punching it out I edged using basic black. Then I adhered the black 1 3/8” circle and used the Stampin dimensional to pop up the pumpkin cut with the 1”circle punch. Behind this “tag” is a 1” x 12” strip folded in a fan back and forth fashion and adhered in a circle and attached with a Stampin Dimensional onto a 1” strip of designer series paper. The bucket they are adhered to can be found at your local discount store. The supplies are as follows and all from Stampin UP!
Paper:
Pumpkin Pie
Glossy White
Basic Black

Ink:
Pumpkin Pie
Basic Black

Punches:
Scallop circle
1 3/8” circle
1” circ
Stampin Dimensionals

Stamp Set:
Eat Drink and be scary

Designer Series Paper:
Chills and Thrills

Butterfly mobile

When Tammy and I were at convention we saw this beautiful butterfly mobil that inspired me.

A couple of weekends ago I made this one for my tenant who is fixing to have a baby any day now. It was difficult to figure out at first but once we got rolling on it we had fun. I used Stampin up Candy Lane paper, dazzling diamonds glitter, Stampin Up's exclusive butterfly Sizzix die, crystal effects, and their on board chip board. The string we used was from a craft store used primarily for bead work but it worked great for this project as well.

It's a cat's life for me.

Hang on to your hats I am actually posting today. I have a couple. Sorry it has taken so long. We are just getting back into the swing of school and life in general after the summer is over.

I was sitting here yesterday admiring the view from my window when my youngest cat Rudy popped into the window and it got me thinking. How nice would it to be a cat. After snapping these shots I decided it's a cat's life for me.

Birthday Card

Good Morning! It has been crazy around here with Back to School and trying out all of the exciting things that we learned at convention.





I am dabbling with a new style of working with my cards and scrapbook pages using some of the new things available in the market today.



Here I have used So Saffron, Cranberry Crisp, and Very Vanilla Paper (Stampin UP!)
as well as so saffron ribbon. The chipboard is from one of my many Stampin Up! sets I have and the ink I have used is Cranberry Crisp.

The other technique that I have used is with a new spray product that I obtained at my local scrapbook store here in Fredericksburg, VA.

Inside I simply stamped Fabulous Friend from the Really Retro stamp set from Stampin UP! I am still learning the technique of using the sprays and masks. Tammy and I saw this at the scrapbook store last weekend and loved it. We figured out how to make masks using the sizzix machine. I will show you more on that later.

Gotta run to work. Have a great day.