Christmas Gathering #1

We had our Christmas gathering with Cameron's family yesterday.

It finally snowed on Thursday and we had enough snow to go sledding.

While I didn't sled (I needed to keep an eye on the meal!), 

I did go along for a little bit so I could take some photos...

Sage got off to a good start...

.... but got a little turned around on the way down!

Jonah did better (he's in brown on the red sled)...

It was so gorgeous, overlooking the golf course, with the frost on the trees! 

It looked like a black and white photo.

After sledding, everyone came to our house, where we did our secret santa exchange.

I had my great-niece, Gloria, and bought her a "first Christmas book", 

which tells the story of how Jesus was born on the first Christmas

and it rhymed, which was even more fun!

Here's how I wrapped it:

I chose some fun snowman wrapping paper and wanted to make a tag to go along,

but since the paper was so busy, I didn't want it to be too busy as well.

I decided to use my Reverse Confetti goodies to make it...

I started by diecutting some kraft cardstock with the large tag from Tag Me Confetti Cuts

and stamped the sentiment from With Love in chocolate brown.

I thought this sentiment was so perfect for a secret santa exchange!

Then, I ran it through my diecutting machine with my Let It Snow Confetti Cuts

and my embossing mats to impress the snowflakes into my tag. 

I love the texture and detail this adds!

And here's a picture of Gloria opening her gift...

She's such a cutie!

  

I'm linking up my tag to the

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Tag It.

Thanks for looking!