TTIC #50 Charlie

Happy Tuesday to you!!
My greatest friend in the whole world, one of the sweetest people I know, talented, inspiring, beautiful Donna has given us this weeks Twilight Tuesday Challenge!

Here is what she says....
“One of the best things about Charlie is that he doesn’t hover.”
This has to be one of the most memorable lines from both Twilight the novel and Twilight the movie…
Let’s face it, we all love Charlie….. And Stephanie describes this quite and thoughtful man’s personality and temperament in this one single sentence. As we all know, Charlie’s relationship with Bella changes from starting out as strangers thrown together in an awkward situation and then slowly grows into a bond that any father and daughter would be envious of.
So, this week my challenge to you is simple…"

Craft Portion: Create a project that represents Charlie’s and Bella’s relationship or a relationship you have with a ‘father’ figure in your life.

Comment Portion: Tell us about your relationship with a ‘father’ figure and why this bond is so special to you

To say this challenge is a tough one is an understatement...here is a little of my story about my father. I have never had any men in my life that were a father figure, my dad was about it....

I unfortunetely did not get to meet my father till 1999, I was 21 years old. I reached out to him, found his address and wrote one of the hardest letters I have ever had to write. but he called me as soon as he got it and my new life started then. He was a sweet hearted man, cared for me deeply. I spent every holiday with him, stayed for a few days at his house...it was a great 3 years...and the reason I say that is because tragically he passed away in early 2001 of a heart attack at 45 years old... but I look back (as I am crying writing this post) that those were three of the best years of my life. He was a huggy feeling type of guy and always had an encouraging word. He was so proud of the woman I was and he loved my children so much...and even though they were so little I am sure my dad made an impression on them. I still miss him so terribly 8 years later.

I chose to make a card reflecting Charlie from Twilight. Hopefully in time I will be able to begin to make scrapbook pages remembering my father, for now the few pictures I have stay safe in the album I was given.

But I will share two pictures, one is of my dad and I in 1999 one of my first visits with him (I know, I went through a "I can be blond" stage! haha)

and the second one is of the infamous card nights..I am on the right side next to my dad...I am the oldest cousin on that side too so I got to play late into the night, spades and poker..drinking a beer with my dad LOL! This was thanksgiving and all the family was in town. So it was me, my dad, uncle mike, uncle scott, aunt kim, uncle kelly and grandma connie. It was really fun! A great memory.

And my dad was somewhat similar to Charlie, my dad loved fishing and was comfortable wearing rugged shirts, flannels and was pretty laid back.

Here is my card...

I used another Mojo Sketch and brought the flannel patterned paper out! :) I used paper from BasicGrey, june bug and Recess lines. I layered them in the background. I used Kraft, enchanted evening and vintage cream cardstock from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Unity Sept 09 KOM, stamped in Not quite Navy. I thought this phrase was very fitting...
Two stacked buttons round this card out. Edges are distressed of all layers, with a combo of Chocolate chip and not quite navy ink.

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A big hug to my girls who have lost a parent or a loved one...Big group hugs..we can pick each other up when we need it. Love you all.

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a wonderful day and squeeze or call your loved ones.

Till Later!