Father's Day and a Few RAKs

I hope those of you who celebrated this weekend had a wonderful time with your fathers. I celebrated twice this weekend. On Friday, we treated my husband at Uncle Betty's for the first time and the food was so good. We will definitely be going back there! On Saturday, my son made this Octonaut-themed card for his Dad.

He chose all of the different elements, including the colours and shapes, but he asked if I could assemble it for him. Here's the inside. He's particularly proud of the colouring he did here and he dictated a super sweet message for me to write to his Dad.

My parents were here for dinner tonight for the usual salmon steaks and I paired them with caesar salad and stuffed pasta. I baked blueberry oatmeal bars and my Mom brought a couple different desserts, too. We were stuffed! I presented my Dad with this card.

Ever since I got the new Stepping Stone Alphabet stamps, I wanted to try them out so this was a perfect opportunity to do that. As I've mentioned before, my Dad has a massive garden but this is the first year he couldn't care for it because of an inoperable hernia. I made sure to put a flower on his card. I added a photo of me, my Dad and my sister from the 70s to it and that was the part he loved most. Everyone thought it was really cool. I guess having a printer is a good thing! ;)

Since we're on the subject of Father's Day, I realized that I didn't post two of the cards my husband made for me in my last Cards from Friends post. Several of you had asked where they were so here's the one he made for Valentine's Day. It's from him and our son, hence the two penguins. Heehee.

This is the card he made me for Mother's Day. It's his home made Octonaut scene using stamps (whereas the one our son made this weekend was printed). Our son calls himself Captain Barnacles the polar bear, my husband is Kwazii kitten and I'm Peso penguin because I'm the family medic. LOL

And if you'll bear with me, I've received a few more cards from awesome friends so I'll share them, too. This first one is from Glenda Wyatt. Her sweet card is full of yummy Hero Arts stamps and washi tape! I love the little button and tiny clip, too.

This next card is from Jen Wills whom I had the pleasure of meeting last summer. I can't wait for her next trip to Toronto or maybe I will end up in Bermuda instead. LOL I love the beauty of this card and the meaning behind it.

Next up is a card from Angela H. who happens to be the Growing in Unity Gal this week so hop on over to her blog starting tomorrow for loads of aweome Unity projects and a chance to win stamps! I love this clean and simple scene Ang created with embossed Hero Arts houses.

This last card is from Caroline Bredeson who also sent along a bundle of flannel with penguins on it! She wanted my son's Pinguini to have a little blankie of his own. Isn't that the sweetest? Caroline's card is so pretty! I could never make a card like this so I love having one to hold and admire in person.

Thank you, friends, for gracing my home with your amazing creations! Your mail hugs mean a lot to me.