The Triplets each get a day with Grandma Crafting, Anna, Connor, Justin - Family Vacation 2025

Anna asked to have a crafting day by herself without the brothers, as she calls them.  When they are all here, it's very hard to have the 3 of them in my craft room all at once.  I try to say only two at a time, but it somehow seems to end up with all three, all calling out "Grandma" and trying to get my attention to help them.  Mostly, when they are all together, they all do their own thing, making their own cards, using some of the stash that I give to them.  But I usually do the taping.  I tried giving them their own Crafters Tape, but they kept trying to use them the wrong way and we wasted a lot of tape.

I had made a card for Anna and left it on their table, and she figured out how to fold it for the fancy fold card she made. I was quite amazed, because I wasn't here, she just did it on her own.  These are the 2 cards she cased from a couple of my cards.  She actually did all of the work on these two cards. The only thing I did was to go over a little in the blended oval, but for the most part she did it all.  I am really proud of her and thought she did a fantastic job.  She picked the colors, and the stamps and stencils.  It was fun watching her and realizing how things looked when she would take the stencil off.  She would say, oh, I really like this. 

 We used all Gina K. products.

So, Connor was up next, and he picked out the fancy fold but made it his own using a guitar from The Good Life and Tropical Sunshine for the other card.  He also made 3 bookmarks, one for each of them.  He had fun watching me do foiling but did his own stenciling and stamping and did a great job.

  

And Justin finally had his overnight this week.  First of all, Justin made a card on his own.  Then below are the two cards he made doing most of the stamping and blending.  So, we had a disappearing act happen with the blue blended background and had to start over again.  We looked everywhere and I even continued the search after he left and the next day.  So, I ended up doing most of this blending on the second one.  They all did a great job on their cards.  I really thought that Justin would get bored after a bit, but he was all in it.

And look what I found two days later, the missing blended sheet, the one that Justin made himself.  It was under my glass mat.  I was sure I had looked there more than once.

I am very proud of all 3 of them.  They all did a great job.

Newport Beach, Or 2025

We were able to get everyone except two here for a family reunion.  This is my two boys and their families and Rhonda and her son.

It was such a fun time as we all hadn't been together since 2020 at my dad's service.  Unfortunately, the boys and their half-sister lost their father in May, but it turned out to be a great bonding time for the 3 of them. Erin, their sister and her husband were even going to join us but had to cancel because she had a medical problem.  We were so sad for them and missed them.

Kelly's family lives in Arizonia and were all freezing.  The weather was mostly sunny and in the low 60's.  Most of the rest of us were fine.  Rhonda's son and Brad's two older girls live in Washington

My heart was so full having everyone together. 💖

Ramie had arranged to have a professional photo session to update our family photo.  These are a few of the pictures.  They turned out great.



Justin, Connor, Anna

Back Row:  Maddy, Petrina, (Yuki Petrina's Dog), Ramie, Kyaa, Avery, Me, Rhonda, Brad, P-nut, Shawn, Kelly, Brennan

Front Row:  Kailey, Alexis, Anna, Justin, Connor

Brad, Me and Kelly

Kelly's Family

Brennan, Alexis (his wife), me, Kelly, Petrina & Kyaa

P-nut, (Kailey's Boyfriend) Kailey, Maddy, Me, Kyaa, Alexis, & Brennan

Connor, Anna, Justin and Avery

My Grandchildren

Brad's Family

P-nut, Kailey, Me, Maddy, Brad

Connor, Anna, Justin, Avery, & Ramie

Shawn & Rhonda

Shawn, Kelly & Brad

Yuki

   Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #311 Jules - No Flowers

Jules is our host for the first challenge in August for STB and she would like us to make a card not using any flowers.  WHAT haha?

I am mostly a flowers or butterfly girl so another challenge for me.

Come look at all of the inspiration from the DT's and join us for this challenge. 

I used Gina K's The Good Life and Tropical Sunshine with Gina's inks.

Our "Topping" option this time is...

No Flowers

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Karen Letchworth is joining us again for the month of August. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #310 - J0Ann - Your Favorite Color

The STB Challenge is hosted by JoAnn and she would like us to use our Favorite Color.  Red and Purple are my favorite colors so I picked purple for my card.  I struggle getting a true red color to turn out.  Come see what all of the other DT's have created to inspire you and join us in the challenge. 

I used a new birthday gift from Col, a stamp kit with stencil, die and stamp set. SSS Butterfly Blossoms with Gina K's ink light, medium and dark lilac.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Karen Letchworth  is our Surprise Party Guest for July.

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #309 - Glenda - Food and or Drink

  Glenda is our host at STB and she would like us to make a card with Food/and or Drink.  This was quite a challenge for me as I don't have many food/drink stamp sets.  I also ended up making a fairly busy card for me.  I tend to go for CAS cards.

Come see all of the inspiration from the DT's and join us in our Challenge.

I used PF Citrus Twist Stencil and stamp/die set embossed in gold, using Gina K. Inks.  I also used Gina's The Good Life, stamp and die set colored with Copics.

Our "Topping" option this time is...

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

We have Karen Letchworth joining us for the next two months.  

Welcome, Karen, we're so happy to have you designing with us!

Along with Karen, we have Julia joining us; she won the previous challenge using the Topping.  Happy to have you both with us! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #308 Cathy - Silhouette

Cathy is our hostess for the 2nd Challenge in June for STB and she would like us to use a Silhouette on our cards.  Silhouette cards are so easy and fun to make and create such a pretty card.  Just sponge in a masked area and then stamp an image in black.  Come look at all of the inspiration from the team and join us in our challenge.

I used Gina K's Blue-Sky ink, and the top 2 images are from her Friendly Silhouettes.  The bottom image is from Penny Black Delicate Silhouettes.  The embellishments are from Scrappy Tails.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Our Party Guest is Wanda Cullen again.  Welcome Wanda.

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize The Birthday #307 - Barb - Fancy Fold

The STB challenge is hosted by Barbara, and she would like us to do a Fancy Fold Card.

I picked one of Gina K's Fancy Fold cards from her 3/18/25 video 

It was pretty easy and fun to make 

I used Gina's Poly Glaze and Stencil set from Wishful Florals, ML#1, 13, 14, 19 for the panels and Gina's inks.

PF Ribbons and Balloons sentiment.

Please come see all of the inspiration from the DT's and join us in our Challenge.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Surprise Party Guest

Wanda Cullen

Thanks for stopping by.

Color Hues #111 Coral and Green & Darnell's NBUS #75

It has been a long time since I have entered any challenges.  I was inspired to enter Color Hues challenge using Coral and Green, coral being one of my favorite colors.

I used Gina K's new Ruffled Blooms kit, stencil and die, with her Coral inks.  The sentiment is from Gina's, Build a Greeting stamp set and die.  This floral is so big and does not quite fit on an A2 card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #306 - Ashwini - Use a Frame

Our hostess for today's STB is Ashwini and she would like us to use a frame on our cards.  Come see all of the wonderful inspiration by our DT's and join us in our Challenge.

I used Pinkfresh's Notched Corner Fames with a Gina K Snowy Background stencil and Gina's Inks on PF's Butterfly Stencil that I had in my stash.  The gems are from Pretty Pink Posh.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Our Surprise Party Guest for May and June is Wanda Cullen.  Welcome Wanda.

Thanks for stopping by.

Seize the Birthday #305 Flowers, Vicki

Our first challenge for May at STB is hosted by Vicki and she would like us to use flowers on our cards.  Perfect for me as that is one of my favorites. Come by the blog and look at all of the inspiration by our talented DT's.  We would love to see your cards. 

I used PF Fresh Florals stencil with Gina K. ink, ML #1, Gina K. Twirl It-checks Stencil for background.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Our Surprise Party Guest for May and June is Wanda Cullen.  Welcome Wanda.

Thanks for stopping by.