Hannah and Caleb have a shared birthday. On January 30th, Hannah turned 2 and Caleb turned 7. It's the first year in many that we were not present for the birthday celebration. We did share the lighting of the candles and singing of "Happy Birthday" via FaceTime. When we were here in October I gave Sarah two sparkler candles from Paper Source in the shape of 2 and 7. A friend had told me about them and said they were what they used for each of their children's birthdays. I thought they were really cool, but it didn't turn out so well. As soon as Sarah lit the sparklers, Caleb jumped out of his seat and took off, and Hannah started to cry. There's no blowing out sparkler candles, so we just had to wait for them to die out! By the end, they were watching with some trepidation.
Thanks to Adam for the photos
We waited until we arrived on Saturday to give them their gifts and cards. Caleb is quite an artist, and wanted to know if I'd colored in the images in his card. I got a "Good job, Grandma!" response when I said I had. Hannah tried to figure out how to get the fairy off the card, but Sarah explained how the card was put together, and it survived the inspection.
Here's the inside of Caleb's card. Given the circumstances, it was the perfect sentiment. It's also from the Winnie and Walter set.
I purchased this Neat and Tangled stamp set ("Later, Alligator") with Caleb in mind, but expected to use it to make a card with a favorite expression of his, "See you later, Alligator." I was going to leave it with him when we go home. But instead, I used it for his birthday card, and thought the alligators would look cute holding the banner from Winnie and Walter's "Wish Big" stamps. During the Black Friday sales, I purchased a small set of the Picket Fence "Life Changing Blender Brushes." I have to say, ink blending is easier with them, although I ended up using a Tim Holtz "Distress Blending Brush" as well on the grassy area to add a bit of texture. All the cloud dies are from Papertrey Ink.
The minute I saw the December Hero Arts Stamp Kit, I knew it was ready-made for a grandma with four granddaughters. This card is a close CASE of one Nichol Spohr posted at the tune of the kit's release. The patterned paper is from an old Studio Calico 6X6 paper pad and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's "Balloon Bash."
Hopefully, you can seen the addition of the glitter pen to many of the stars on the patterned paper, and the Nuvo glitter to the wings. I also added a sparkly Amuse raspberry star to the sentiment. (It's funny how tilting the card makes the left side of the card base appear blue.)
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