Caleb turned 11 today, and Hannah turned 6. Their birthday celebrations began as they usually do with scavenger hunts. Hannah’s clue were photographs, and Caleb asked for “really hard” coded clues. They were, indeed, very hard and it took him awhile to find his gifts.
Looking for the next clue in the Christmas tree.
All in all, it was a fine day. Caleb received a fabulous Lego set with over 1200 pieces that he assembled before he went to bed, and lots of kitchen play items for Hannah–a mixer, a blender, a coffee pot and a Playdough kitchen set as well. Friends came over this afternoon for cake and ice cream.
One of Caleb’s gifts from us was another year of Grandma’s Book Club. Each month he gives me a title or two and I send him the books. As I did with the three girls, I made him a gift card holder. I wasn’t thinking when I chose the gift card as it’s a Christmas theme rather than a birthday gift card, but he never noticed.
Both the nifty book dies and the sentiment are from Waffle Flower. The gift card holder is from Pinkfresh Studio.
Here are the cards I made for them this year.
This very fun stamp is from Jane’s Doodles, and it’s the first stamp I’ve owned from that company. I had a lot of fun coloring it with Copic markers, but had to fussy cut it as I don’t have the dies. I used a full-card die from Reverse Confetti for the background as well as a couple of cloud dies from Papertrey ink.
I added a bit of sparkle with a glitter pen as well as some white dots to some of the gifts on top of the car.
I’ve owned this stamp from Colorado Crafts for ages, and never used it. Like Hannah’s, it was also colored with Copic markers. I wasn’t quite sure what to do with the background, but decided on the star die from Simon Says which I backed with metallic silver paper. I added a few of the stars that were die cut to the card front as well.
We had no difficulty getting to Wisconsin. The NY Thruway was still closed, but we took a southern route and encountered no bad weather at all. Tomorrow we’re off to Milwaukee for a musical presentation of Bluey, and then to neighbor’s for a New Year’s Eve celebration.
I hope your year is ending on a high note! I’ll be back with a new Color Hues Challenge on New Year’s Day.
What a fun way to celebrate their birthdays. I think I’d like to copy Hannah’s wardrobe – pink girly PJ’s & crown – it doesn’t get any better! I like the mice of Colorado Stamps. Glad to hear travel wasn’t bad. Safe returns home.
Karen, I was so glad to read that you found a safe route to Milwaukee after seeing the weather reports about all the snow in the Midwest and East. Looks like fun times with the grandkids and I was especially impressed and inspired by your “book club” gift to your grandson. Such cute cards for them too!
Very cute cards! And they look like a happy duo. Glad your trip went well.
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