I stumbled across a toy mouse my Dad gave me for my 40th birthday. My husband had bought me a laptop for my birthday and when my parents asked what I wanted for my birthday, I said a mouse for my laptop. When they came out for cake and ice cream, my dad gave me this silly toy mouse that made me laugh. He was always doing something fun. I remember growing up and opening a coat for Christmas....(if you're old like me, you'll remember that the cool thing at the time was zip off sleeves) well, my dad had zipped off one of the sleeves and wrapped the coat. When I opened it, he pretended that he didn't know that one of the sleeves was missing. Anyway, now that he's gone I wanted to record that memory along with my thoughts of "Who Knew" that we didn't have that much more time with him and that silly toy mice would become a permanent fixture in my scraproom to remind me of him......
I'm going to enter it into these challenges:
http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-me-monday-75.html
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-30-indian-summers.html
Scrapbookaholic By Abby Challenge #12 - http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/2011/08/last-scrapbookaholic-by-abby-challenge.html
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/pink-elephant-tpe114.html
http://www.patchesofpink.com/2011/08/thursday-favorites-and-link-up-party-8.html
I love the paper in your layout. But love the sentiment even more. What a precious memory!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great layout. I love the colors and that paper you used is fantastic. Thanks for joining us at DCD.
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Patty
creativediva98.blogspot.com
Such a terrific story. I love the LO. Thanks for sharing with us at DCD. -Yvette
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What a sweet layout. Love the paper. And I love the story of your dad. How cute is he!
ReplyDeleteThanks for crafting with us today at FCCB. We hope to see you again.
Carissa
www.happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com
What a touching story!!! Your LO is amazing...I am so happy you joined us this week at DCD!!
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Die Cuttin Diva
what a great memory and a fantstic layout to record it. TFS with us at FCCB.
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