Get Carded: Many Happy Birthdays

Hello! Tomorrow's a big family birthday celebration - my dad's 92nd, plus the honoring of some nieces' birthdays as well. My family is too big to celebrate birthdays as them come, so we just lump them together in one big bash every so often.

The first two cards are for youngsters, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old:

Materials used:

• white card stock
• scrap of vintage sheet music, painted
• art paper scrap
• game piece from vintage children's game
• happy birthday stamped in black ink

In a similar vein:

Materials used:

• white card stock
• scrap of vintage book page, painted
• piece from vintage children's game
• circle, flower and letter A cut from art paper scrap
• happy birthday stamped in black ink

Yes, I used very similar materials for both cards. Once you have a bunch of supplies out, it's easier to use them for more than one card rather than having to start all over with other supplies. 

The 2-year-old's big sister is part of the birthday gathering as well. She's several years older than her little sister, so her card looks different:

Materials used:

• white card stock 
• cake shape cut from scrap of vintage atlas, painted
• frosting, flame and letter Z cut from art paper scraps
• happy birthday stamped in black ink

Now for the oldest of the birthday relatives, my dad - as I'd said, he turns 92 tomorrow. Here's his card:

Materials used:

• White card stock
• scrap from vintage ledger book page,  painted
• art paper scrap
• DAD cut from 1943 booklet on money-saving tips during WWII
• Happy Birthday stamped in blue ink on white card stock scrap, then affixed to card

I got a special kick out of using that WWII-era booklet, since my dad is a veteran of that war. 

But I also got a kick out of crafting with that vintage ledger book. A Milwaukee teacher had kept his records with it over 130 years ago. Every time I use some paper from his ledger book, I wonder what he'd think about that.