Saturday, March 12, 2011

Irish eyes are smiling

St Patrick's Day is almost here . . . it was my dad's favorite holiday! I made this page in loving memory of Clyde Owen Hand. He passed away when he was 70 years old from
a secondary leukemia, after surving colon cancer for 20 years.
He was a feisty and Irish, and definitely a fighter!


I created this layout for a the "darker side" challenge over at scrapbook.com. Celina always comes up with incredible and inspiring challenges - you should go check it out:
http:www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtipic.php?tid/1554131/
I used a sketch from my April issue of ScrapbooksEtc on page 113
entitled "Just Born" and the Lime Rickey kit from Basic Grey.
(gotta love those vibrant and dark colors!)


Happy St. Patrick's Day, Clyde!

21 comments:

  1. Gorgeous page and a beautiful tribute! Love it!

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  2. I love those colors too! Very vibrant! Great design and a nice tribute!

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  3. I loveeeeeeeeeeeee this!!! AWESOME tribute to your Dad and loving all the green and the circles! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  4. Hey Sharon this layout is awesome.I´m a follower now and thanks for visiting my blog too yours is beautiful too!!

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  5. What a sweet tribute to your dad...and beautiful layout. That BG paper is PERFECT!

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  6. Such a wonderful tribute page Sharon. I'm so very sorry for your loss. Your Dad sounds like he was an incredible guy!

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  7. This is great. He was a very handsome man. Love the picture of you--fitting quote!

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  8. This is so lovely! The mix of patterns is awesome! Love the green...how apt! :)

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  9. Hello Sharon! Thanks for the sweet words you left on my blog! Your blog is gorgeous. Love the Lime Rickey collection, the dark blue paper you used as background is just lovely...See you soon! XOXO, Mija

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  10. Beautifully done Sharon! Love the photos & the lime rickey! How nice to see you both side by side!

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  11. I love this, Sharon! So sad, but you really made it so beautiful and bright! I really like the Big Picture photography class. I would like a little more advance info, but it's coming. I'm so jealous that you'll get to be with Lisa! How exciting! Let me know how it goes!

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  12. What a fabulous layout! Also, I just wanted to say a big thank you for stopping by my blog and "following" me. I really appreciated your comments too! Hope you have a great week!

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  13. Sharon, the pics of you and your dad are great! I also love the dark blue and bright greens- very vibrant.

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  14. hiiiiiii Sharon!!! yay! I'm excited to see your blog!!! now I can come over and oooh and ahhhh over your work! I always enjoy what you come up with! gorgeous stuffs!!!

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  15. What a sweet LO. The pics are awesome.

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  16. I'm up to my eyeballs in Irish potatoes (my grandmother's recipe!!, yummy Soda bread!! And making my gal into an Irish lass ( i just made a dress from a St. Patty's day t-shirt!!!)!!!!!!---3/17/11 would have been my Irish dad's 80th b-day!!!!!! Beautiful!
    BA

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  17. Happy St Patty's Day! WONDERFUL tribute to your Dad, Sharon...love the photos of you both! I LOVE the color and pattern mix on this page, as well as the distressing. Erin Go Bragh!

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  18. Gorgeous page Sharon,what beautiful eyes you both have...lov ethe green

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