Wow – It’s been awhile since I posted! My husband lost his grandfather last month – so we travelled North to visit with family and attend the services. Nadya enjoyed visiting with her great-grandmother for sure – there were always surprises and fun at Grandma’s house! In addition to playing at Grandma’s house and spending time at the hotel pool (with waterslide), she was thrilled to experience “winter” since we don’t normally have really cold temperatures or snow in the Desert…until this past week!  The cold arrived Tuesday and decided to stay awhile! Today is the first day we have been above freezing outside.  The cold air and ice caused a bit of trouble for our power company, so today is also the first day we haven’t had rolling blackouts!  I am very fortunate though – my husband installed a transfer switch a couple of years ago so we were able to run on generator power as needed to keep the house warmer and the basics running.  He’s definitely a keeper!

Anyway – on to the reason you came to visit me today – my Doodle Pantry project! With this release, Laurie has included a template set (with SVG files) and some cute SVG corners along with her always fabulous digital stamps.  I knew right away that I wanted to “play” with her Pyramid Treat Box!  It’s really easy to assemble – even though I messed up the scale a bit on my first go round.  I was doubly excited because my Echo Park Paper Be Mine kit arrived – I ordered it from my friend Bunny – so if you need crafty supplies – check her blog – she can order just about anything for you!!!!  Nadya was napping when I started working with this awesome double-sided paper, but happily proclaimed she “loved” my music boxes when she finished her nap.

I love the music theme and I love even more that it has a complimentary pattern on the reverse side – this way my box is pretty on the inside as well as the outside and I could reverse the accent cuts and have a coordinating theme with ease! The small pyramid has a Hershey peppermint kiss inside – it fits perfectly! I left the larger one empty so you could see the pattern inside. These will definitely be on the list for quick gift packaging – and I think they would be perfect for housing mini cupcakes and brownies…oh the possibilities!

Recipe:

• Digital Cutting Files: Doodle Pantry Pyramid Treat Box
• Paper: Echo Park Paper Be Mine
• Other: Tombow Mono Adhesive; Elmer’s Glue Dots; Ribbons; Make The Cut Software, Ribbon, Puff Paint
• Tools: Fiskars Paper Trimmer; Score-It Score Board; Cricut

I guess that’s all from me for now. I have a few more Doodle Pantry projects to show you before my term ends at the end of the month.  6 months have flown by for sure!

Have a fabulous Saturday!

Just a quick post this morning – we have a million things to do!  We had a Christmas party for the staff at the preschool this week.  My last gift to my secret Santa partner was a gift card and some truffles. Sam’s club did a beautiful job with the truffle packaging so O wanted the gift card to be equally presented. I used the Pretty Packaging set from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff along with Make The Cut to create this little surprise holder:

Those who know Miss Mel, know gold and sparkle are definitely “her” – so this went together beautifully.  And…my friend Bunny would be so proud of me – I used my Ranger Alcohol Inks and Mixatives to make the shimmery mat paper!  Here’s a peek at what it looked like starting out:

And then after I used Caramel Alcohol Ink and Gold Mixative:

Recipe:

• Cutting Files: Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Pretty Packaging
• Paper: SU Brushed Gold, Shimmer Paper from Stash, DCWV Glitter and Textured Metallic Gold from Mat Stacks
• Other: Scor-Tape; Elmer’s Glue Dots; SU Birds & Blooms Sizzlits Die Set and Gold Brad; Adhesive Pearls; Ranger Alcohol Ink and Mixatives (Caramel and Gold)
• Tools: Make The Cut; Cricut; Scor-It, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Big Shot; Ranger  Alcohol Ink Blending Tool w/ Flannel pad

If you missed last week’s sale – take heart – Lindsay has one last Holiday surprise for you!

Don’t forget to stop by Lindsay’s blog for inspiration, treats, and the links to the DT blogs.

Happy Crafting!!!

Good Morning! Another Thursday is upon us, so that means today is Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Day!  If you’re looking for the Tiffany Doodles blog hop – click here or scroll down. For this week, Lindsay challenged us to use the theme Sweet Treats – here’s what I came up with: I used one of Lindsay’s Halloween Favors cutting templates and Make The Cut (MTC) software that I purchased through Designing with DieCuts (and let me tell you I LOVE this new version – WOW – what a powerful and easy to use tool) with my Cricut to make the holder. I decorated it with “tinsel” – a really fabulous ribbon from my stash – but I thought it needed something else.  I looked all over for my tiny Christmas ornaments and couldn’t find them  then I remember I had the Santa’s Toyland Tags set from SVGCuts.com so I used MTC and my Cricut to cut out the bottom layer of the Stocking (I welded a circle over the tag hole so that it was one continuous layer) and cut from red DP.  I embossed the stocking with my Argyle Cuttlebug folder and then added the “fur” top with my Quickie Glue pen and white Stampin’/Fun Flock.  The test tube is food grade and filled with mini M&M’s – this was my test run and I think it’s cute and easy – now I need to make 10 more for the teachers/staff at Nadya’s preschool!

Recipe:

• Cutting Files: Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Halloween Favors and SVGCuts.com Santa’s Toyland Tags
• Paper: DCWV Holiday stack from my stash
• Other: Scor-Tape; Elmer’s Glue Dots; Sakura Quickie Glue Pen; Stampin’ Flock; Ribbon; Food-Grade Test Tube
• Tools: Make The Cut; Cricut; Scor-It

If you don’t have this or any other of Lindsay’s products – today is the perfect day to grab them as everything is on-sale – 40% off TODAY only!!

If you haven’t been to Lindsay’s blog – be sure to stop by – you know she’ll have inspiration galore along with freebies and the links to the other DT projects. Also, if I could ask a favor – stop by our dear DT Micki’s blog and leave her some love – as there’s been a death in her family.  We you Micki!

Have a fabulous day! Wish us a little luck too – tonight is the Christmas Program at Preschool and Nadya’s 1st time on stage – I’m not sure how she’s going to react since I was incredibly shy at that age.