Hello Friends!
I’m blessed with a cute little 7-year-old granddaughter, named Kambria, who loves, loves, loves to craft with Grammy. She definitely got my genes when it comes to pretty paper, ink, rubberstamps, and lots of embellishments! She and I can pass an entire day away in my craft room NO PROBLEM!
In fact, this little cutie began scrapbooking with me when she was 3-years-old. I’ve been a “scrapper” since my children were babes and she loved looking through my albums when she would come to see us. I didn’t work Fridays, and so before she was of school age, she would come hang out with Grammy & Papa every Friday while Mom and Dad worked.
Noting that she could spend hours looking through scrapbooks and looking through all of my pretty paper piece by piece by piece; and drawer upon drawer upon drawer of “embellishments”, I introduced her to papercrafting at a very young age. It wasn’t long before she was asking, “Can I scrapbook with you, Grammy?”
Though everything is digital these days, I still have a lot of my pictures made into prints (someday I’ll get around to scrapbooking all of them…) and so I’d let her look through the envelopes of pictures and pick out several that she wanted to scrapbook.
As a paper lover (hoarder), it was very difficult for me to let her have free pick of my paper stash, ribbon, gems, etc. But, with some guidance and eventual reorganization of my supplies, i.e. you can use anything in this cupboard, this tote, this box, this drawer…I did learn to share!
A darling little grandchild can make any paper-hoarding grandma share her stash!!! 
Here are just a few of her scrapbooking beginnings. Washi tape and glitter glue were big on these first pages!
As time has gone by and my focus turned more to card making, hers has likewise shifted that direction. Now the second she hits the front door, the first words out of her beautiful little mouth are, “Hi Grammy! Can we make cards today?”
And that leads me to the here and now! She spent the day with us a few days back, and I was putting together a shaker card. As a girl after my own heart, who loves a little “bling”, the sequins in my shaker card were quite “swoon-worthy” to my little princess, and she wanted to make one too.
Soooo, of course we did!
She decided hers would be for her friend, and her friend likes cats…”I mean, like REALLY likes cats, Grammy!”
Without blinking an eye, I knew in that moment, I had to bring out “the good stuff”. Yep, current Stampin’ Up catalog stuff. If Kambria wanted to make a shaker card with cats, by golly, she was going to have the best cats I had!!!
And just like that, I handed over my “Playful Pets” suite of products. So much for “This is your paper, stamps, ink, embellishments to play with!” At age 7, with four years of paper-crafting experience behind her, I guess she’s earned the right to graduate to “the good stuff”. She’s had a good teacher after all! 
Of course, letting go is never easy, so we’re testing the waters carefully with a paper-hoarding Grammy’s ever-watchful eye as to exactly WHAT & HOW MUCH she’s using! LOL!
She wanted to make her shaker card in the same layout that I’d used, so that was easy.
She then proceeded to tell me exactly what she wanted in terms of cardstock, DSP, sequins, and she wanted her window to read “BFF”… “with hearts, Grammy”. This little girl was suddenly in charge of the craft room and completely in her element! With a little help on measurements and guidance on how to put it all together, 7-year-old Miss Kambria made her first shaker card for her “BFF who likes cats…I mean, REALLY likes cats!”
Oh how I love days with my grandkids; and finding something that we enjoy doing together IS PRICELESS! I have many fond memories of crafting with my grandma…it just runs in the family I guess! Kambria will look back at her early-years scrapbook and smile someday, remembering the time spent crafting with Grammy.
And that, my friends, is how you make a paper-hoarder share her stash!
My card features the stamp set Butterfly Wishes; Artistry Blooms DSP; Square Vellum Doilies; Playful Alphabet Dies; Whale Of A Time Sequins.
Kambria’s card features Playful Pets DSP & Dies, Playful Alphabet Dies; Be Mine Stitched Dies; Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack; Poppy Parade Sequins.
A list of the products with links to my online store are noted below.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Until next time, I hope you get INKY!
Janet
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I love it!!!
Thank you, Krista! Kambria’s got a bright (paper-crafting & everything else) future ahead of her! She’s so much like her Momma – not afraid to assert herself and take challenges head-on! Grandkids are the best!
Omg, this is so adorable. She did a great job on her cat card. I lover her name. I have never met anyone with that name before. I’m all about uniques names. I must say you are just like me. I am such a hoarder. When my kids ask to use my paper craft stuff I’m like okay wait let me see what you can use…lol I hate partying with my good paper and stuff. However, I do love the fact that my kids have a love for paper crafting.
Thank you, Dawn! I’m so bad with regard to paper hoarding that sometimes I don’t even let MYSELF use some of my pretty paper…it’s just so pretty – and if I use it, it’ll be gone! LOL! I’m trying to get over that…I have to tell myself, I must share the beauty – make that card!!!! (And, I WILL buy more pretty paper…I MUST make more room!!!) 🙂 Honestly, I have more “good stuff” than I can use in my lifetime, so letting my grandkids help use it shouldn’t be so hard! I’m on the slow road to paper-hoarding recovery … I too love the fact that my little Kambria loves paper-crafting and spending time with me!