Happy Halloween!

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Tiffany

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend.

This weekend I completed a gift set I have been meaning to do all month. One of my online pals mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2006. Recently, she is considered to have Stage IV cancer and she can only be treated for pain and will receive injections every two weeks in hopes to keep the cancer cells from spreading.

I made for her this little card and decorated gift box with pink M&M's inside to hopefully keep her spirits up. Although I have never met in person my online pal Kris, or her mother, they have been in my thoughts and prayers. In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, drop a little note or card to someone you know (or even don't know) to put a smile on their face. If you would like to do this and need assistance in finding someone to send something to, drop me an email and I'll share with you Kris's mother address.

Also, please click HERE for women to get free mammograms!

Have a wonderful week and God bless you!

Tiffany

Supplies:

Stampin Up - Pretty in Pink Cardstock, Berry Bliss patterned paper, Crystal Effects

Clear Dew Drops

Prima Flowers

Making Memories brad

Ribbon

Nestabilities

White pencil box

Teacher Gift Idea - Coaster Calendar

Hello everyone!

Are your wheels starting to turn about what to get everyone for Christmas, or better yet, what you are going to craft this season for gifts?

I have received several requests for teacher gift ideas. In a recent article called "What Teachers Really Want", from FamilyFun.com, they say:

Some schools issue guidelines on gift giving and getting. Parents are urged to keep it simple, with presents such as handmade art projects or cookies. They are also warned to be sensitive to religious and cultural differences.

I have a great idea that would be within most school guidelines - a desk calendar! This desk calendar is made out of two coasters. I simply attached this chalkboard-like patterned paper from Provo Craft with Mod Podge. I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch 3 holes in each coaster and attached the two coasters with some thick ribbon to match the paper.

On the inside, I stamped on black cardstock a sentiment from Stampin' Up! Best Yet hostess set and added a little ribbon and flower. I adhered a little tear off calendar on the other side and that is it!I have another desktop calendar idea you can make for your friends coming up in another posting so stay tuned.

I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be back this weekend! Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Tiffany

Christmas & Sizzix!

Hello friends!

If you need to make mass quantities of Christmas cards, like I do, your Sizzix Big Shot can be a big helper. In the current Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini, they have this big Sizzix Scallop Circle Bigz Die. It was love at first sight for me. You will see me use this quite often I'm sure!

I used the scallop circle die to make a bunch of these Christmas cards. I cut out one scallop circle and cut it in half to get two cards done at a time. Then I used my circle Nestabilities to cut out a circle to stamp my holiday sentiment on and layer on top the scallop.

My Christmas paper stash is out of control. Can you relate? I have like 15 sheets of this beautiful holly paper by Anna Griffin. All I did was layer it on a couple pieces of Stampin' Up! cardstock and stuck my circles underneath it. I covered up the seams with cream colored ric-rac and attached a Making Memories poinsettia. What do you think?

Can you believe Christmas is approximately 2 months away! The time is going to fly. Have fun crafting and stamping over next couple months. I love to bake so on top of crafting, I will be baking tons of cookies too!

Have a wonderful day and God bless you!

Tiffany

So Glad We're Friends

It's the weekend, and don't we all just love the weekend? I sure do! The only problem is I try to do way too much and the time just flies. I wish it went that fast when I am at work. Oh well.

I have a couple friends with fall birthdays so I made some fall-like birthday cards today. I just love the look and texture of this line of paper from Daisy Bucket called Sweet Marabella. It's double sided and almost has the texture of wallpaper, but thinner. It's very cool. I decided to pair it up with Stampin' Up! cardstock in Kraft for my card base, Whisper White, and Garden Green. The antique looking brads are by Making Memories, chipboard flower by Maya Road, and orange flower by Bazzill. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! called Best Yet. It is a hostess stamp set that you get free with $150.00 purchase or more. It is a wonderful set with 6 sentiments including a Christmas one. I've only owned it for a few months now and can't begin to tell you how much I use it!

I have a really simple but elegant Christmas card to show you in my next posting using one of the Sizzix dies in the SU! Holiday Mini. Stay tuned!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

Tiffany
P.S. Don't forget, SU! Season of Friendship stamp set is -20% the month of October only. You have two more weeks to take advantage of the sale. E-mail me at tiffanymiller1@verizon.net.

Supplies used to make card:
Patterned Paper - Daisy Bucket/Sweet Marabella
Cardstock - Stampin' Up! Kraft, Whisper White, Garden Green
Chipboard flower - Maya Road
Orange flower - Bazzill Wings
Brads - Making Memories
Stampin' Up! 1" circle punch
Stampin' Up! Mat Pack - for even paper piercing (awesome tool!)

Little Boys Just Wanna Have Fun Too!

Hello everyone! Here are the pictures I wanted to share with you from last weekend.

My husband & I took our son to a Fall Festival at Peak n Peak Resort in Clymer, NY. They had a train ride around a parking lot where the little kids could sit in these barrels. My son, Brandon, thought it was the greatest! I snapped picture after picture as he smiled at me and waved. I am such a sap when it comes to this stuff.

The other picture here was at a local farmers market called Mason Farms. I let him pick out his own pumpkin and he chose this adorable one with a long stem that is just right for him to carry. He carried it through the whole store so proud.

I am just loving age 2 going on 3! It's wonderful to look at life through the eyes of a child at this age. Everything is new and exciting! He just wants to be loved and independent.

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back to posting cards and gift ideas soon. Thank you for stopping by and God bless!

Tiffany

Halloween Test Tube Treats

Martha Stewart has got it going on! I adore her line of craft products. Have you seen the new punches out? OMG! That is another story.

My nephews are 3 & 6 and I always send them some goodies for Halloween. This year I collected for them Halloween tattoos, Halloween flashlights with different designs they can attach to the end to light in different shapes (ghost, bat, etc.), a shirt, and these test tube favors I decorated up for them. The test tube favors are from Martha Stewart and the possibilities with these are endless!!!! I decorated these with Halloween papers and cardstock stickers which I wrote their names on. I also added an "E" for Evan and "R" for Ryan to the top of each tube using a alphabet glitter sticker. I filled them with Halloween colored M&M's to match the patterned paper of course! Like Martha, we have to match everything. :)

I have a couple pictures to share with you this week from the weekend. We went to a Fall Festival at Peak & Peak Resort in Clymer, NY. My son had such a good time and I took some fun pictures I want to share with you.

I hope your week is going well! Feel free to drop me an e-mail with a picture of something you created. It may appear on my blog!!!!

Have a wonderful day and God bless!

Tiffany


Supplies used for this project:
Test Tube Favors: Martha Stewart Crafts
Patterned Paper: Creative Imaginations
Cardstock Stickers: Sandylion Halloween Collection
Alphabet Glitter Stickers: K&Company Halloween Glitter Alphabet
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Only Orange
3/4 inch circle punch