My honorary granddaughter's #4 birthday card

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity! a personal crafting-focused blog

who: I'm Becca S, a 60+ year old who loves to do lots of creative expressions through fine arts and practical arts. I love flower arranging and interior decorating. I enjoy sewing and some textile crafting such as felt and burlap banners. During my school years, I did many years of band, choir and 3 high school musicals. I also took Art I in high school plus during Junior High and early High School years, my sister and I did some winter art workshops on Saturdays (2x) at the county YMCA. Piano lessons for 9 years were also completed! I also was a 4 year member for Future Homemakers of America (now it's FCCLA) and a 3 year member of the yearbook staff. Then in college I was part of the yearbook staff for 3 years and serving as a section editor for 2. 

where: this is non-design team related so it is not for a commitment to a challenge blog

when: her birthday party is on Saturday April 4th. I'll be blogging this on either April 4th or 5th. 

why: this birthday card is for our honorary granddaughter who we have been very blessed to be caregivers for most of her life! We did our first babysitting for her when she was only a couple of days old! Then at about 5-6 weeks until she was 6 months old, her mom changed several jobs and times per day/week. We did our best to accommodate. So up until this past July, we were seeing her regularly every week day for at least 4 hours and sometimes for a few more hours during the weekends. Since July we often see our sweetie several evenings per week for golf cart rides or to take her to a park! Once every 6-8 weeks, we try to do a weekend sleepover! 

what: 4th birthday card for a little girl who currently says green is her favorite color, but two months ago it was pink....who also loves the book and other ones in the series + YouTube videos "Llama, Llama, Red Pajamas".....

and inside view of the center section =

and a side view of the wide card = 

how: 

1. neon orange CS; half sheet folded into sections = Astrobrights/Neenah

2. white CS panel = Georgia Pacific

3. yellow CS strip/scrap cut = also Astrobrights/Neenah

4. green paper scrap cut = Hello Hobby paper pad by Walmart

5. striped ribbon = spool from Crafter's Square

6. markers (orange, blue olive green & yellow green, yellow & bright pink) + colored pencils (gray, mint green and beige) = stash box

7. "HB" stamp is from a birthday theme stamp pack = Crafter's Square

8. llama and cacti + middle inside panel, I used a sitting llama stamp from a dreamers & llama stamp pack = Crafter's Square

9. "4" was stenciled in pencil first x 4 times then colored with different markers= lowercase letters and 0-9 plastic stencil template is a very old product from Tupperware...1980s!!!

LINK-UPs:

a. All About Papercraft Challenges; new on Fri April 3rd; theme is All About Birthdays; see image prompt

link = https://allaboutcraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/all-about-challenge-4.html

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b. Creative Friday; midway on Fri April 3rd; theme of birthdays

link = https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2026/03/creative-friday-408-geburtstag.html

c. Krafty Chicks; new on Apr 2nd; week 1 theme of birthdays

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-814-birthday.html

d. Seize The Birthday; midway on Fri Apr 3rd; theme of birthdays (opt of inc a tag); My easel #4 birthday card is just for A.G. birthday theme

link = https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2026/03/seize-birthday-323-add-tag.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

***this is non-design team related 

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