365 Cards Sketchy Sunday!

Hello There and welcome to Sunday! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I am excited to 'see' you again and get started on today's sketch. Wonderful Pam gave us this to work with:

I completed my card early this week and thought I was such a rock star only to find out that I did it all wrong!! Apparently I need my eyes checked ; ) SO  I went back to the craft room and fixed it up right. Here is my card:

I made a monogram card because I got these fabulous G.C.D. Studio chipboard letters from the Paper Crafts Blog. (I LOVE winning stuff!)  I thought it went pretty well with what I was trying to do.
Here is a close up. You can kind of see that I metered the corners. Made me feel like I was quilting again! That is all for today. For those of you who are wondering about the 5k race yesterday you can see a little glimpse of it HERE (on my personal blog). My kids were so cute and helpful, although my oldest was really bummed that I didn't win a medal. I decided it was a perfect time to teach him about NOT being the best at something, and that it's ok. He just said "Go get one, I want to wear it!" Hilarious child of mine.

Ok. That is all. I hope you guys have a great day and get your crafting done! Summer is finally here and the busy-ness has been kicked up a notch (or at least thats what I feel!) But it is SO much fun and my favorite time of year!

Thanks for stopping by!

k

Deets:

Stamps: Pink Paislee Fancy Frames

Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip

Paper: S.E.I Pattern Papers, Stampers White by PTI

Accessories:Chipboard Alpha G.C.D. Studios, Ribbon from stash, glue dots

Father's Day

Fathers Day is coming up and I put a lot of thought and heart into a gift for Patrick from me and the boys. I like to stamp and scrapbook and have really been addicted to it as of late, so I crafted up something that I thought he would like.

Now he's not a cutesy, kitchy, or crafty kind of a person. He is a designer. Which means, modern, clean, new and innovative things get his attention. I think maybe secretly he doesn't like stuff that I do, but he is way too nice to actually say anything about it. In fact he is very helpful and views all of my things with a positive and creative eye. That's love for ya. Well, when thinking about what to do for him, I wanted to give him something personal, yet something not too "cute" that he could take to work with him so he can have a pic of his boys.

I picked up an accordion scrapbook by Martha Stewart at Michael's (see my local craft store link). The great thing about the accordion is that you can open it to just one page and then have several others to choose from so you can change it every once in a while and also not take up too much desk space. I then used DP from S.E.I. from the line called dill blossom. I also used the stamp set Father Knows Best from my favorite company Paper Trey Ink. I love this company because they have such clean designs with a lot of modern elements. I think they are a perfect marriage of my love for stamping and my DH's love for design. I thought they fit him perfectly.

I wanted to photoshop some of the pics to share, but since my skills are REALLY rusty, I usually have Patrick help me. And of course that was a problem because I couldn't allow him to see the end product until the actual day, so I tried to fix them up myself. I didn't do as good of a job as I had wanted. So bear with them. Anyway, last night, he was helping me with some other photos and found these ones too. SO, the cat is out of the bag, yet again... In all 8 years of marriage I have yet to surprise him with a single gift. Not one! And that is no exaggeration. It's just sad. I guess I will have to try harder.

So with with endless love Patrick, I present your Father's Day gift. Thanks for being such a great husband and dad. We love you!!