The Godfather

Nope, this is not the tale of a gruff spoken Mafioso, who leaves equine presents in your bed, this is the tale of my kiddos Godpapa. They love him to bits and tomorrow is his birthday. So today we had a little get together to celebrate the man. Here's the card I whipped up for him and a few pics from our celebrations.

My brother-in-law has been having trouble sleeping of late and on top of this, has had a nasty case of Pertussis - Whooping Cough. So what he really needs is to be well again and then to have some serious R&R. He's a surfer, though hasn't had a chance to do much of that lately. I think it's so easy in life to get caught up in the nine to five, so his present was wrapped with this message on it. 

Our pressie hopefully will help him in that direction as it had a little something to get him surfing again. It's the heart of Winter here right now though, so perhaps he'll wait 'til it's a bit warmer before he ventures out. Although, die-hard surfer, he'll probably just don a wet-suit!

Here's the man opening his card and my Georgie sharing the birthday fun.

Here's a closeup of the lovely Whiff of Joy stamp.

Finally, here's Alec being the awesome Godpapa that he is
and serving his Godbabbies, the first bits of cake!

Now here's the recipe for the card:

Backing Paper: Marianne Design - Sweet Romance

Sentiment Die: La-La Land Crafts - Stitched Tabs

Sponged Ink Blue Sky: Memento Summer Sky

Colouring Medium: Promarkers/Flexmarkers

Sentiment Stamp: Lili of the Valley Stamps

Image: Whiff of Joy - Lazy Summer Days

Fence Die: Magnolia Doohickey

Corner Die: Whimsy Stamps

Clouds: Memory Box

Base: Craft Card

Challenge Entries:

Whiff of Joy Challenge: #160 Summer Fun

Southern Girls Challenge: #74 Animal Antics

A Little Bit Crafty: Summer Sun

Crafts & Me Challenge: #139 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday: #280 Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays: #131 Anything Goes

Crafts Too Challenge: #2 Summer Days

A Gem of a Challenge: #91 Anything Pearlescent (Puffy clouds - pearlescent paper)

Pollycraft Challenge: #4 Fun in the Sun