Sunday, June 17, 2007

Happy Father's Day!


Oh man.... I'm THE worst at last minute stuff. Good thing my husband had to work today.. not that it was good he had to work, but good that I had more time to put something together for him. We had a nice dinner yesterday at the lake with my parents and family for Father's Day, but my husband needs something special so that he knows how much we appreciate and love him. He really is "DA BOMB" of Dads... just ask the kids, they still think he's cool!

This whole little card/album is made with the new designer paper out of the Fall Pre-view brochure from Stampin'Up! I used some Chocolate Chip and River Rock card stock to layer, but the rest is all the DS Paper.

You can find the instructions at Maria's blog... it's amazing. It's her ATC Accordion Holder Tutorial. I just glued the inside pieces together and added photos instead of ATC. She has lots of different versions. Thanks Maria!!! AWESBOMB tutorial!!!

The letters on the front are done with my Cricut cutting machine. I did double up the front and back flaps with another layer of DS Paper, and then sewed the sides. I really didn't need to, but it added that extra
shazam.... and not just because I CAN sew! *giggle*. Okay... I did it just because I have to sew on everything because I can. LOL I'm busted. I can't believe I almost didn't order the paper..... I LOVE this paper.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Stamp of Authenticity, Baroque Motifs, That's Nice, Snap Stamps
Paper: Brocade Background DS Paper, Chocolate Chip, River Rock
Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Wild Wasabi
Other: Round Tab Punch, Vintage Brads, Cricut, Janome Sew Mini Sewing Machine.
©Stampin'Up 1990-2007
I hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day weekend. The weekends go by way too fast don't they? Happy Father's Day to you Dads out there!!!

Thanks for coming by for a visit. I appreciate and thank you for all the nice comments. :)

~Cambria

33 comments:

Stampernmore said...

what a great idea for a father's day present. I should make a late one for my fil!

Louise (KardKrazy) said...

What a great gift! You did amazing job with it.

Stefanie Staniak said...

Cami, I find it very hard to believe that this was last minute. This is beautiful and I bet it brings a tear to his eye !! As good as a Dad he is, I'm sure your just as good of a Mom !! This gift sure shows it !

Heather P. said...

Love this!! What a fantastic gift idea... :)

Michele Kovack said...

Great gift! I'm sure he loved it and felt very loved!

Joy said...

OMG!!!!! You are totally amazing! Awesbomb my friend. Absolutely Cami-licous!

Alhambra Club said...

This is great, what a wonderful gift

Bevie Pearl said...

THUD!!!!!!!!!! I just fell off the chair.....what an amazing project for your Man!!

Anonymous said...

This is fantastic! I bet your DH absolutely loved it. Don't you love that new paper!

Elaine said...

That is really really cute, Cambria!! WOW!

Shabbychick Junk said...

OH OH OH MAN! OH MAN GIRL! HOLY CRAP!

Shabbychick Junk said...

OH OH OH MAN! OH MAN GIRL! HOLY CRAP!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous gift for dad.

Anonymous said...

I love, love, love it...
now I want it.
I have something I made to hold my kids wallets (larger wallets), but this is so much nicer. I am definately going to have to try this for myself. Thanks for sharing.

Sharon Harnist said...

What an adorable book for your hubby, Cam -- I'm sure he loved it! And what a great idea!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous gift -- what dad wouldn't love it?!? Thanks for sharing the tutorial -- I'm gonna have to try it!

Anonymous said...

You had to have scored HUGE brownie points with this one! Just gorgeous Cambria!

Rhonda

Pam said...

OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!! THUD.........

Ila said...

Wow! Fantastic Father's Day gift!! I bet he loved it!!

Debbie G said...

This is absolutely beautiful and you picked out such nice PP!! Beautiful gift for a special dad!!

Carol (HB) said...

I'm gonna have to ditto Piris' comment:
OMW!!!!! thud.......
Love ya Camilicous!!

Anonymous said...

WOW!! This is awesome!!! I love it!

Anonymous said...

This is just fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing it, Cami!

Anonymous said...

Wow! This is great! Looks like you've got some sweet pictures in there, too. I wish I was this good with last minute stuff!

Anonymous said...

It's wonderful!! Your creativity is amazing, TFS.

Claire said...

Love the mini book - you do 'kast minute' so well :) Thanks for the inspiration as always.

Shannon McGann said...

This is adorable! I can't believe you just "threw it together"!

Christine said...

Wow, I love it. Thanks for sharing. I am going to go read that tutorial right now. I agree with you. That paper rocks. I didn't get it in my first order so I guess I will have to place another. Bummer. He he. Love your blog. Have a great day!

Rose Ann said...

Oh my gosh, Cambria...this is so awesome!

Kristina Lewis said...

WOW! You are so talented! This is amazing!

Anonymous said...

I can not get the link to Maria's blog to work, can you help me?

Tip Junkie said...

Amazing!!

Donna in Louisiana said...

Wow, what a cute little book. I would love to view the tutorial but can't get the link to work. Can someone help with that please.