Shhhhhhhhhhh!!!

**Whisper!** Let's keep this on the 'down-low' okay, so don't tell Al I put this page on my blog, 'cause he'll kill me!! But isn't he cute??? I did this page for a challenge during January Virtual Scrapbooking Night on Splitcoast, and I won the Gold Medal!! Cool huh?? (He thought it was pretty cool too!)

The challenge was to create a scrapbook layout about your partner and can you believe that I had never done a page about my honey?? *Gasp!* Shame on me!! I also had to use the mirror image or reverse image technique somewhere.

So I chose this picture of Al with our old dog Mandy, who has since gone to doggie heaven. He loved her so much and they both look so happy in this shot! I get teary just thinkin' about good ol' Mandy! Then I used Basic Grey Dasher paper, because I thought it looked manly!! I used different sized pieces of the matching patterned papers and used the direct to paper inking technique on all the edges, to make them stand out. I did the mirror image on the tag of his name, using a window sheet, added some ribbon, a sanded distressed button and the metal slider. The bullets at the bottom say: - husband, - animal lover, -brother, - joker, - computer nerd, - son, - father, - friend.

I love him! *sigh*

Okay, snap out of it!! Back to our regularly scheduled stamping!!! Has anyone noticed that I am close to 5000 visitors on my blog??? Well, I sure have!! Keep yer eyes peeled for something special tomorrow!!! Maybe a little treat??!!! Heehee!