I am writing this on Father's Day while I am packing to come to the states. Ted is traveling for business and has spent the last week in China and this week he will be in Hong Kong so he is not here for Father's Day. Since we have our Sunday on Friday here in Saudi Arabia, it has made for a really strange day.
The girls and I wanted Ted to come home to some Father's Day surprises, (I hope he does not keep up with my blog or it won't be a surprise for him when he gets home). Chaylee make him his favorite cake, Bryn made him a card and all of them helped me journal this little Father's Day scrapbook.
I used the Big Shot and the scallop square die. I cut 2 chipboard squares for the front and back and several cardstock squares for the pages. I decorated the chipboard covers with the Nautical Expedition Desginer Series paper found in Stampin' Up!'s Summer Mini catalog. I stamped the ship from Stampin' Up!'s The Open Sea stamp set and oval cut it with the Oval Big Shot die. I punched the holes with the Crop-a-dial and used rings to hold it together.
I took the journaling idea from Stacy Julian. She asked her boys three questions: 1. How are you like Dad?
2. What do you want to know about Dad, when he was your age -- what would you ask him, if you could?
3. What has Dad taught you that you are grateful for? I used these questions for my girls and loved the answers I got. You could use these same questions over the years and note the changes.
I added some group pictures and a page for each child with their journaling and some other Father's Day quotes. I think Ted will really like this little Father's Day Scrapbook.
To order the supplies to make this book go to my Stampin' Web site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net
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