Camping with Riley

Good morning! One more day until the long weekend. I can't wait! I am going to visit family over the weekend. It should be a lot of fun and the weather is looking good.

I had some leftovers from my layout I posted the other day so I thought the paper would work perfect with this Riley stamp. I may use this card for a Father's Day card. We have a firepit in our backyard that we love to sit around and roast marshmallos. I love the burned ones! How about you?

Have a super day! God bless!

Tiffany

Recipe - Paper - Sandylion, Stamp - Hanna Stamps, Burlap, SU! Markers - YoYo Yellow, Bordering Blue, Going Grey, Creamy Caramel, Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, Only Orange, Real Red.

I got a little monkey on the mind!

My husband drives me crazy from time to time. Men and women are so different! All in all, I do love him. I am always making cards for other people and he kinda gets left out. Not tomorrow! I am going to leave this for him on his desk tomorrow morning. The front reads "always on my mind" and inside "forever in my heart". I think he'll appreciate it especially since we haven't been on the best of terms this week.

The stamps are Changito from Stampendous and phrase from SU! Always. Punches are SU! Patterned paper from Reminisce. The card size is a little one, 3 x 3.75. Cards come in all shapes and sizes so try playing around with different dimensions!

I hope your week is going well! Enjoy!

Tiffany

Camping for Kids

Every summer, my husband & I donate a week of our time to be assistant directors of Royal Family Kids Camp. It's a weeklong camp for abused or neglected children in the foster care system. We are lucky enough to be able to bring our son with us! The first year with Brandon was rough - lots of crying and little sleep. Last year was his 2nd year. As you can see from the layout, he did a lot better.

I hope your weekend was fantastic! It's been cold and rainy here which gave me the perfect excuse to finish this layout. Like I need an excuse!!!

Tiffany
Recipe for layout: Sandylion Green Wilderness and Camping Phrase patterned paper, Autum Leaves journaling stamp.

Graduation Time - Celebrate Life!

Happy Saturday! I hope your weekend is going nice and slow. Don't you hate how the week can just drag and then you finally get to the weekend and it flies? You gotta make the most of your time off.

We have a graduation coming up that I needed a card for. I decided to use Beate's WSC #48 to make this card. I love the layout she provided. I used all Basic Grey (Blush) patterned paper for this. The stamp goes perfectly with this paper. It's from Art Impressions. The brad is from Making Memories. I used Colorbox Chalk Cat's Eye's to ink the edges and distress the paper a little more. I think it will make a nice graduation card for our friends daughter.

More tomorrow!

Tiffany

Happy Birthday!

My big sister is 40 today! Happy Birthday Heidi! I sent her this card, but couldn't post it until she got it.

I used all kinds of stuff to make this card. The stamps are Stampendous and Studio G. The paper is from Pebbles Inc, Making Memories brads, and the paperclip is from Doodlebug. I think that covers everything. On the inside I stamped "40" in large number stamps from Autumn Leaves.

I am falling more and more in love with clear stamps. I think the quality of them is getting better as far a stamping a crisp image, and the storage of them is so easy and takes up less room.

Hope your day is going well!

Tiffany

What's the buzz word?

Stampendous Bee's!

Aren't they cute? I made this little notepad to use as a grocery or to-do list and attached a magnet to the back so it could go on the refrigerator. It's so easy to make. I layered yellow & black cardstock on the back of the little notepad. Then I cut a strip of yellow & black to layer on top and glued it to the binding part of the pad. I did run the black piece of cardstock through my Sizzix with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. It just added a little texture to it. Then I stamped and colored the bee's and layered them on cardstock. Very fun and quick & easy!

American Idol tonight! Who is going home??? I think the finale will end up being the two David's. What do you think?

Have a good one!

Tiffany

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope you are having a wonderful Mother's Day! You deserve it, especially if you are a mom.

Brandon painted me the cutest little birdhouse at his sitters. He was so excited for me to open it. My sitter said he spent an hour painting it! For a 2 yr old, an hour is a long time to work on a project. He just loves to paint.

I've only been a mother for two years now and it's the most challenging and rewarding job there is. One day you feel like you are totally screwing this child up, and the next they are hugging you and telling you they love you and you think to yourself that you're doing ok. I definitely thought before I had kids that it was going to be a breeze. I grew up wanting 6 kids! Today, I can't imagine more than one. Maybe I'd have another if I didn't have to work full-time. It's really hard being a mom today. You have so many hats to wear in a given day. Hats off to all moms today!

I had a little time today to do Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I dug out an old paper pad I had from K & Company - Brenda Walton. It's so soft & pretty looking. You know me, I love anything floral. I took the saying from SU! Friendship Blooms set. The little pearls are so cool. They are flat on one side and have adhesive on them. I got them when I went to Archivers. They are by Mark Richards.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and had some time to create!

God bless!

Tiffany