Halloween!

Well the past few weeks have flown by and here we are in the first week of November already, and Halloween is behind us. I still have a hard time realizing that November is here because of the beautiful weather we are having. It's so warm today and the kids have been playing outside all day. I do like the cold though, and it can't be Christmas if it's not snowing! I know, I'm a weird Truman that likes the cold. Anyway, here are our pictures of Halloween. I had lots of fun dressing up Eva, she was a Garden Fairy. She only left the flower in her hair for about 10 minutes though, and Case was a Fire Fighter. I think he looked great. I hope all of you had a great Halloween, and sorry about not posting anything interesting lately! Stampin' Up! does have some great things going on right now, and I hope you all don't care that I post those things, but I do love what I do and I love to share it with you. See you soon!


Here are some pics of the Pumpkin Patch at Case's school.  They had the pumpkins scattered on the grass and the kids got to pick their own punkin.  It was fun, and a great day to be outside.

Case and his buddy, Hesston.  He's not too happy though cause the boys tackled him, so this is the face I get for pictures.

Here we are carving punkins.  Case is not a fan of the punkin guts.  I was having fun of course and he wasn't enthralled with cleaning it out.  Once that was done, he seriously got into carving the dang things.  The carving tools were out for 2 straight days on the kitchen table so he could carve.  He carved a total of 3 punkins.  It kept him very busy!

Eva was definitely into carving this year.  She had her own little one and liked getting her hands in it!

Here I am carving mine----

Here's all our cute carved punkins!  It's a tradition to put them in a row on our swing on the front porch.

Here's Case and Eva all dressed up ready to go to the Carnival at the school!

Case had lots of fun at the Carnival.  He's pretty good at all the games too!  He got lots of prizes and some cute pics with his friends!  Eva had fun running around!

Case and Kindy

Case and his two friends Keldon and Ryker.

Case really liked the Dart Throw---

the Football Throw---

Here he his surrounded by his girly cousins, Hali and Lila.

Getting ready to go Trick-Or-Treating in Enterprise.

And here's scary Aunt Tessa!  She has the Thriller Zombie thing down pat!  This year she even got scary contacts!  They were all white except the little black center.  Way freaky!  She was in charge of a Halloween Dance at school so she only got to scare the little trick-or-treaters for a few minutes before she had to go. 

Deals of the Week

Hi Everyone,
Sorry for not posting for a long long time, but I have some more Stampin' Up! business for you. They are offering 'Deals of the Week' and here they are:



Let me know if you are interested in any of these. It is a great deal on these items.

MY DIGITAL STUDIO

Hey Everyone! Guess what? Stampin' Up's My Digital Studio is available for you to purchase as of right now! Today! I hope you have been on Stampin' Up's website or mine and looked at all the great things you can do with it. It's basically all the stamps, cardstocks, and embellishments in one place- on your computer. I'm way excited to see the things that you create with My Digital Studio. For those of you that complain that scrapbooking or cardmaking takes up too much room, or that you don't have enough room for all that stuff, complain no more, because My Digital Studio will solve that problem. It's everything in the current catalog at your mouse tip! And, the professional printer is right here in Utah, so no waiting forever to get your book. You can print 12 x 12, 8 1/2 x 11, 8x8, 6x6, and every size of greeting card you can think of. If you are at all interested, please contact me!!!!!!!!! :)

Create, Create, Create!

Well, I have another post of some very fun creations that I have done lately! I hope you enjoy them and that it inspires you to do some creating of your own! (Or book a workshop with me and I can show you how! :)


These first pictures are of a wood album that I made in a class at the Scrapbook USA Expo that my mom and I attended a couple of weekends ago. We go every season to the Expo and love every minute of it. The Expo was great this year, probably the best one yet. I took 3 classes, and this was one of the classes. I put the whole thing together in one hour. I LOVE this little album! Of course I am so proud of it that it sits on my kitchen table in a cute easel. Gotta show it off! (even if it's just me that looks at it every day).




















































































These next three cards are ones I got at Convention.
This one I received as a swap: (love the embossing folders for the Big Shot)



















This one was created by my upline, MaryLynn Riggs. Love it for fall!















This one I made at a get-together with all my upline at Convention. I just ordered the Flower Folds XL die- can't wait to start using it. Oh, and the polka-dot Real Red ribbon- I can't get enough! I used it to hang my sunflower wreath on my front door and it just added so much.



















DEFINITELY DECORATIVE
These next pictures are ones using some of the Definitely Decorative elements from Stampin' Up! I love that they are unique to Stampin' Up! and they definitely make a statement.
My friend Rashann used the Lollipop Flowers in her house. She's so creative- she used it on a corner! Awesome!




















This Definitely Decorative is above my front door with my awesome clock.



















When I saw this cute vinyl saying, I knew I had to put it on my little boy's toybox. I love it!
I will be adding another picture when I get the wall done in Eva's room------





























SCALLOP CIRCLE QUILT
Okay, so it has taken me awhile to get pics on here of this amazing quilt, but here they are. This quilt was created by an amazing lady, Jill Olsen. She is the queen of all quilt creations. What the best part is, is that it was put together using the Big Shot and circle dies from Stampin' Up! How great is that! She told me that she loves creating using cardstock and stamps but fabric is where her heart is. She taught a class featuring this quilt, and I had to have it. And it was sooooooooo easy. You literally glue the scallop circles together, add your borders and take it to the machine quilting lady! I love the jumbo ric-rac for the binding, and especially the Minky on the back. My mom made one also with different material, and my sister is doing a baby sized one using different material as well. I will post those later!




























Case had to hold the quilt for me!




















Extras:
I love my 6x6 scrapbooks. They are perfect for those snaps that don't need a full sized 12x12 page. I have done 12 6x6 double page spreads the last 3 days. I had to show this cute element, using the Scallop Circle punch on Kraft Cardstock, with Crystal Clear embossing powder over the whole thing, then set a Designer Hardware White Jumbo grommet in the center, and tie some linen thread through a cute button, and voila! A way cute accent for the top of your page.

Love this page! So Happy stamp set, So Saffro and Purely Pomegranate Cardstock.

This set was one of the very first ones I purchased after being introduced to Stampin' Up! It is totally retired, but I pull it out every summer for the cute watermelon!

My mom's workshop was on Saturday the 19th and my sister-in-law had us do this fun Sweet Treat! I love this set and the little cups that go with it. The best is that you pull on the 'eek' tab and the cardstock slides out so you don't have to rip the thing up to get your treat! Case will be giving these to all his friends at school for Halloween. Go to my website- www.tiffanychristensen.stampinup.net for further instructions!

The next 2 cards are ones that I am doing at the Stamp Camp in Vegas on October 10th. If you are interested in going, go to my website for more info!

Another amazing creation from my amazing Sister-in-law, Tami.

Crestline, Dress Up, First Day of School and....... Squirrels?

Here are some pictures of our fun this past week!

We all went out to Crestline on Labor Day to have some fun and see if there were any trains. There wasn't but we had fun!

Mr. Quade

Me and Eva enjoying the shade

Leena tending Quade, all he did was pinch her cheeks!

Eatin' some snacks---

Grama Fleen and Quader

Grampa Troy and Case shootin' bottles across the tracks. This is Case's favorite! This has been a tradition since I was little. We collect the bottles from the side of the road on the way out and then set them up and target shoot with our .22's at them. Cheap entertainment!

Kyle waiting----

Hali and Case have been getting along so well lately. A little too well, we think. She is Princess Hali and Case is her 'Prince' as she calls him. Deb has some dress ups and so I dressed them up to take a picture. How cute!!!

Casey Boys first day of Preschool (second year.) He was all excited and posed so cute for me on the porch. How handsome!

Standing by his door. Have fun bud! I love you!

Grandma Katherine called Kyle the other day and said she could hear things under her house. So Kyle and Crea discovered that it was squirrels. So they have been trapping them and today they drowned out 10 from a pipe. EEWW! I don't like those little rodents, and Grandma was even happier they are no longer under her house! Kyle and Crea are quite the squirrel hunters. And you don't even need a permit! HaHa. They were pretty proud of their string of squirrels.