April Fools...well kinda?

Hey there ladies, Frances here!  As you are quite aware, today is April 1st, and my handy-dandy design team calendar says that I am supposed to be blogging about April's fabulous sketch.  Well, I created the sketch and it is total POOP!  In the past, I think I have really done a pretty good job of creating the monthly sketch, but this month it is awful!  And just to avoid the blog post where I have to show-off my POOP sketch and layout, I am taking the liberty to spare you today!  I know...you can thank me later.    With Mother's Day and Father's Day quickly approaching, I thought I would share a little gift that I created for my sweet hubby for Father's Day...take a look!

U R the BEST daddy because...

So my dear husband is a business man (he likes it when I call him that...LOL!) and sits behind a desk all day long (doesn't like it sooo much when I say that...hehe).  And since he is confined to his poor office all day, I thought why not brighten up his day with a few pictures of the people for whom he works so hard! (Really don't feel bad for the man...it is a huge office with his own bathroom and he is surrounded by the sweetest ladies ever...just trying to set the mood ;)  So I asked each of the kids why they thought daddy was the best daddy and designed a mini-album, if you will, with my Bind-It-All that can be displayed as an accordion frame...cute huh?  Here are a few close-ups...

 

 

 

First off, I used the Oh-so precious Super Stud line by Bella Blvd. to create my project.  I simply covered a chipboard album with patterned paper, front and back if you want to display it as a frame...you don't want your guests to stare at boring chipboard on the back, and connected each of the pages with my Bind-It-All.  Make sure that you bind it before you embellish it because it may get to thick to slip it into the machine.  I then laid the frame flat and got to work.  Everything that you see, with the exception of some stash ribbon, came from Right at Home!  All of Bella Blvd's lines come with adorable patterned paper, a "Bit of Bella" paper, which is a piece of patterned paper made up of strips and cute little sayings, and cardstock stickers.  They were all just perfect to create this little gift for my "SUPER STUD"...sorry, he reads my posts, and girls gotta do what a girls gotta do...ya know what I am saying? 

Well, I hope I inspired you to create a little something for your special mother or father in time for their special day.  And April Fools!  Just so you know...my sketch is ca-ute!!!  I will be back on Saturday to share...have a great day!  

Comments

[Kathy]

Cute, cute, cute and thanks for reviving the sketch in the end... since I just finished my layout using your sketch! (was gonna have to kill ya!)

[Lisa-Right at Home]

Frances, love the mini book, very cute!

[Ashley Newbert]

Frances I think I'll have to try that with my Bind-It-All! What a great idea!

[Lynn Kopas]

Adorable mini-album !! Ditto on the sketch ... I did mine too ~~ LOL !!