Glitter Window Card

Hello everyone!

Saturday morning we went for our Christmas family photograph. I had them take some of Brandon alone too since he will be 3 in a couple weeks. They turned out pretty good. We'll get them back in week or so.

My creation I am sharing with you today is a little out of the ordinary for me. I would never use purple for a Christmas card, but the patterned paper led me to do so. It's a shimmery paper from Reminisce cut into a 3x3 square. I used Stampin' Up! Lovely Lilac for the base of the card and ran it through my Big Shot using a snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder. I mounted the 3x3 patterned paper square on pop dots to the embossed card base.

The center of the card is the fun part! I cut out a Nestabilities scallop square for the frame and then used a smaller regular square to make a window for the center. I stamped in Lovely Lilac ink a snowflake from the SU! Snow Swirled set on white cardstock. I took about a 3 inch long piece of clear packing tape and shook Dazzling Diamonds glitter over the center of the tape. I wrapped the tape around my stamped image making sure the glitter part covered my snowflake. I glued the glitter snowflake piece to the back of the frame and adhered it to the card.

For a finishing touch I chalked in white (Stampin' Pastels) the snowflakes and the edge of the scallop frame.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to drop me an e-mail. Coming up next is a snowman card made out of Lake Erie beach glass! Wait until you see this!!!

Have a wonderful day and thank you for dropping in!

Tiffany

Christmas Party Invitation

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was very nice. Everyone complimented my meal on how delicious it was, but doesn't it always taste better when someone else makes it? Why is that? Oh well.

Were you out Black Friday shopping today? I usually work the day after Thanksgiving, but decided not to this year. It's nice to have a long weekend and a break. I hope to get my house all decorated for Christmas this weekend because I am having a holiday party next Saturday.

Pictured above is the invitation I made for my party. My husband & I host a Bible study once a month and every year I host a Christmas party for them and cook up a big meal all myself. It's my Christmas gift to them.

The card was created by using Bashful Blue Stampin' Up! cardstock. I had some gorgeous silver mirror-like paper that I layered on next. Then I took some Melissa Frances patterned paper and ran it through my Big Shot using the Top Note Bigz Die (SU!). The tree (SU! Snow Swirled - on sale through Tiffany's Cardtique this month-see sidebar) was stamped and embossed in silver. I also embossed "You're Invited" (SU! Sincere Salutations) in silver as well. My invitees were very impressed with this invitation. I love that!!!!

Don't forget about the big Stampin' Up! sale going on right now - Holiday Extravaganza! There are some really cheap prices on products. Take advantage of the sale. It ends December 1st. Supplies are limited so don't wait too long. You can e-mail me your order tiffanymiller1@verizon.net or order online directly through my SU! website.

Enjoy your Black Friday!

Tiffany

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Scallop Punch Turkey

I wanted to make a handful of Thanksgiving cards to mail to my out of town family and a few other people like my mother and babysitter who I am so thankful for! My mother is always there for me and my sitter takes the best of care of my most precious gift in life - my son! I cannot thank them enough for all they do!

In a recent Stampin' Up! demonstrator magazine, they provided us with directions to make this adorable turkey. Check out the instructions below. It's so easy!

I embossed the front of this card using my Big Shot and chalked the stems in green. I used a large circle Nestabilities to cut out a window in the front and a green circle to layer the turkey on inside.

So how are your dinner plans coming along? I am in good shape! My turkey is safely thawing in the frig. My husband is extending the table today and bringing up the chairs from the basement. I am taking my son to get his hair cut after work and tomorrow night I get mine trimmed. We're getting there!!!

Have a great day and I hope you have some time to make some of these turkeys! Thanks for stopping by!

Tiffany

Supplies for card:
Stampin' Up! Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Garden Green, Black, Really Rust
Stampin Pastels (chalk)
Stampin Up! Punches- Scallop circle, Circles - 1/4, 3/4, 1 3/8
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Pumpkin Harvest
Nestabilities - Classic Circle
Hero Arts Stamp - Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Place Cards

Are you ready for Thanksgiving? I am! I finished up getting groceries today. My refrigerator is overflowing! The turkey takes up the most space. I don't mind cooking Thanksgiving because I love turkey leftovers!

Here is a last minute idea for your Thanksgiving table - place cards! These are really quick and easy to make. I used my new favorite die from Stampin' Up! called the Top Note Bigz Die. It was
on back-order for awhile so I just got mine last week. I've used it so much since last week I can't even believe it.

Anyways, I used the new Autumn Vine Designer Series Paper from the SU! Holiday Mini Catalog. I ran the paper and die through my Big Shot and then folded the die cut in half. I used the SU! Curly Label Punch Bundle, which kinda matches the shape of the Top Note Bigz Die, to punch out a smaller piece to write the name in. Then I grabbed this awesome pack of leaves I picked up at Target awhile back on clearance. The leaves have an embossed outline and a pop dot on the back of them. Just peal & stick. I also stamped on the inside of the place card a greeting. That's it!

Now it's time to clean house. Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Tiffany

We Give Thanks - Thanksgiving Scrapbook Layout

You're never going to believe this, but it's snowing again! We are due for 1-3 feet between tonight and Saturday. I live in PA, not Alaska! Winter has arrived way too early!

Photographed here is a scrapbook page I promised to share earlier this week. It's Thanksgiving day last year. The turkey hat was great! My sitter made it for him and at first he wouldn't wear it. Once he started getting some attention from it, he wouldn't take it off. He greeted all our guests at the door wearing the turkey hat.

I used an awesome line of scrapbook products called Renae's House by Creative Imaginations. The paper is double sided and thick. The chipboard pieces coordinate with the paper and just add a little something to the page. The only other product I used were rub-ons for the word "We" at the top of the page. They are from JoAnn's.

I will share another layout this weekend where I used all Stampin' Up! products to showcase our first snowfall this winter. I also have a Thanksgiving item to share that you can create last minute, like me. There will be more Christmas cards coming too. Stay tuned!!! The next few weeks will be fun!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tiffany

Simple Christmas Cards

We received a foot of snow yesterday! Can you believe it? The drive into work yesterday morning was fun. I'm being sarcastic of course! My card today corresponds with what we have here in Erie, PA - a winter wonderland.

I think I mentioned before, I have to make approximately 50 Christmas cards this year. I'm almost half way there. I made a bunch this past weekend using some of the Stampin' Up! patterned paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

The paper I used here is from the SU! Ski Slope collection. Isn't it pretty? My photograph is a bit washed out (too much light), so the paper is actually prettier in person. I added some Martha Stewart ribbon over the seam. It matches perfectly with this paper. Bonus!

The punch and stamp is the new Curly Label Punch Bundle (item# 112966), from the latest Stampin' Up! catalog. If you don't have it, get it! It's so cute and versatile. You get 4 stamps and the punch for under $35. I love it!!!

I layered the stamped punch out on top of a snowflake from the Stampin' Up! Little Felt Flurries (item #113697). I embossed the bottom portion of the card with my snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder. Quick and easy! Here are some more pictures of similar ones I made with different papers and colors, but the same design.

I hope this gives you some ideas for your holiday cards!

Stay tuned for some scrapbook pages!!!! I completed several scrapbook pages this weekend and finished a second scrapbook of my son. I'm only 1 year behind now. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Tiffany