FUN WITH PUNCHES

Hello friends.  Would you believe that we had snow last night?  Just enough to cover the ground AND our new car, but SNOW.  A week ago it was 82 degrees and we were opening the pond and raking the yard! Just Crazy.

An oval, three elongated hearts, and two star burst punched pieces.

Added the feather and punched circles for eyes.  Beak is made by folding a small

square to form a triangle and gluing just the bottom portion down.

I was fooling around with punches today and made these cute little Easter cards.  Not so sure about the lamb, but loving the bunny and the chick.  I have seen various forms of the bunny online, most recently at Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.  The chick and the lamb I just winged it.

Rounded the corners of a rectangular piece for the head.  Ears are two different sized ovals.

Circle punches for eyes, nose, mouth, and cheeks. Scalloped oval for the curly head.

Used distress ink around the edges of all these.

See Dawn's video for instructions using link about.

I have several little friends that I send cards to, and they are going to love these guys.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a great Palm Sunday.  Until later........

JUST LIKE MAMA

Hi friends.  Thursday already, where does the week go!  Today's card is for the challenge at

Mo's Digital Pencil 2 and the theme for this challenge is a photo inspiration.

I took my inspiration from the flowers in the picture.

My card Recipe

Digi = Mo's Digital Pencil 2

Papers - my stash

Tag - Whimsy

Die - Spellbinders

Border punch stamped around the page - Martha Stewart

Flowers are die cut from Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations 12

inch strip die

Vine die is Cheery Lyn

Sentiment - Wordsworth

Colored with Copics

Art Institute Glitter on shoes and purse

Hope your Thursday was wonderful.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later...........

SYMPATHY CARD

Hi friends.  Today I'm posting a card I made to send to my dear friend in Texas who lost her Mom last week.  We were lucky enough to have met and spent time with "Grannie" as the kids called her when we visited and have some very fond memories.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to my friend Clara and her family as they gather to celebrate the life of their Mom, and Grandma.

Card Recipe

Flower Stamp - Penny Black Cling (set of three flowers)

Sentiment -  The Stamp Barn, Canada

Paper - Bazzill Swiss Dot

Butterfly stamp - Magenta Rubber Stamps

Butterfly adhered to the card with an Action Wobbler

White dots - Sharpie Poster Paint Marker

Flower colored with Copics

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME

Wow, this day has gone by so fast! I intended to post this card much earlier, but just got busy.

It was cold today only in the low forties, and we had a hard frost overnight.  Apple and Cherry growers were on the news saying that Cherries were hit harder as the buds are more mature due to our high temps last week......

Today's card is for the challenge at Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar Challenge #149 - More than one Fold is the theme.

Card Recipe:

Stamp - hAnglar + sTanglar

Paper - Base card Pool Party, Stampin'Up

Designer Papers - Doodlebug-Hello Spring

Border Punch/ birds punch/leaf punch - Martha Stewart

Flowers - Bridal Dept. Michael's

Sentiment front - Dollar Stamp Michael's

Happy Birthday Stamp - Inkadinkado

Die Cut - Memory Box

Ribbon - Pizazz Aplenty

Button and twine my stash

Distress ink

Colored with Copics

Hope your Tuesday went well.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later...........

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE # 116

Welcome to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 116

The theme for this challenge was chosen by our talented teamie, Dorte.

Let's Have A Party

However you wish to interpret this theme is up to you.

I chose to make a card with a beach party going on.  These two Gruffies are all set for a

day in the sun. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - House Mouse Design

Papers - Citrus Stack, DCWV

Flowers - Prima

Shell and Sea Horse - Stickers K & Company

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Colored with Copics

Star Dust Stickles on the sand and waters edge

Glossy Accents on the ball

Our Sponsors for this challenge are:

House-Mouse Designs has generously offered a $25 Gift Certificate to their online store.

Di's Digi Downloads has generously offered $ 10 voucher to their online shop

We want to thank Suzi and Jane for joining us for our March Challenges and their wonderful cards and projects.  It has been great having you design along with us.

The gals on the design team have come up with some great cards/projects on the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge site, so go have a peek and be inspired to join us.  Remember you must use a House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper image on your creation.

Hope you find time to join us, we love visiting and seeing what you came up with!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Monday.  Until later.........

BSS MONDAY IDEA - WHAT'S IN AN ENVELOPE

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF

MONDAY IDEA.

Both of today's cards are made from envelopes.

There is a great tutorial at

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/crimpedenvelope/

This first card is made from a white, 41/4 x 51/2 envelope.

Seal the envelope, cut 1 1/2 inches from one end. Run the

remaining piece of the envelope through an embossing folder (they use a

crimper in the tutorial), decorate as desired, made an insert just a little smaller

than the bottom of the card.

Here is a picture of the card and the insert.

The stamp used is Penny Black, Delicate Florals 40-103

Paper is Cosmo Cricket, Tea for Two (6X6 Stack)

Inside sentiment unknown

Border punch is EK Success

I made a second card, with a green 5x7 envelope.

Again, I ran the bottom portion of the envelope through a Sizzix embossing folder.

The Stamps are both from Northwoods. Papers are Doddlebug Designs 6x6 inch Stack,

Hello Spring. The adorable border is a die from Cheery Lyn Designs, Bunny and Chick (B171)

Colored with Copics. White Sparkle glitter on eggs in basket.

This picture shows the inside insert and cute poem stamp by Northwoods.

These are easy to make and you can't even tell they are made from a simple envelope.

Hope you have time to try one of these cards.

Have a great Monday.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Until later..............

EASTER BUNNY

Good Sunday Morning. We are getting rain and our very warm temps have dropped into the normal range for the next few days.

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge #194, and the theme for this challenge is EASTER EGGS-TRAVAGANZA!

I have used this vintage Penny Black (my favorites) of an adorable little girl and bunny.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Penny Black

Papers - The Paper Studio, French Country Cottage

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Ribbon - Paper Pizzazz

Pearls - Melissa Frances

Colored with Copics.

Have a great Sunday.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later..........

EGG-STRA SPECIAL

Finally Friday and everyone is looking forward to the weekend!  Supposed to get rain for our Saturday and Sunday, but with the beautiful weather we have had this week, can hardly complain.

 

Today's card is a Magnolia Easter stamp of Tilda in an egg.  She is so cute.

Papers - Doodlebug Design - Hello Spring

Corner die, Memory Box, Circle die, Spellbinders

Small flower punch and tiny circle punch for flowers

Sentiment - Peddlers Pack Rubber Stamps

The little chicks are the cut outs from a Memory Box Die

Colored with Copic Markers

Hope you had a great Friday.  Enjoy your weekend.  Until later...........

IT'S SPRING

Well, it was HOT here today.  It hit 82 degrees today, a record for this date.  We did some yard work this morning and cleaned up all the leaves around and in the pond.  Fish are loving the warm weather, but they follow me around the edge of the pond because they want me to feed them, but water temp has to be 50 and it's not there yet, so have to wait.  A couple of more days of these temps and I can feed them.

Today's card is a beautiful daffodil stamp from Technique Tuesday.  I stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Colored with Copics.  Ribbon is from Pizzazz Aplenty.  The die cut is by Spellbinders.  The card stock for the base of the card is glitter yellow.

This stamp also comes with sentiments, inside sentiment is Enjoy The Day.

I hope you enjoyed your day today.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later............

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE 115 MIDWAY REMINDER

Just a quick reminder that it's the midway point in the current challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #115, a photo inspiration.  You can see the photo on the main challenge blog.

I used two small single mouse stamps to create this card.  Added the cupcake

from the designer paper.

Embossing folder from Cuttlebug. Paper from my stash.

Colored with Copics.  Lace and Stickles.  Flowers were made using

a die from Tim Holtz Alterations collection from Sizzix.

Sentiment, Savvy Stamps.

You have until Saturday March 24th at Midnight EST to enter.

There are two prizes up for grabs.  Would love to see what you come up

with for this photo inspiraiton challenge, so get inking up those stamps!

Remember you must use a House Mouse, Gruffie, or Happy Hopper to enter.

Have a great week.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....

BSS MONDAY IDEA - MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Hello. Today's idea is to make your own flowers. And to help you do this

easily, I'm going to feature the new Tim Holtz, Alterations die from Sizzix,

Tattered Flower Garland ((657824).

It's a 12 inch strip die with lots of flower shapes and some leaves.

I ran different color strips of card stock through the die cutting machine to create lots of

petals to play with.

The cute little chick is from Stampendous (cling Bonnet Baby) CRH283

Designer paper is Jillibean, Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup.

Sizzix die is Label Four

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder

Pink and white baker's twine

Distressed edges and inside of the flowers with distress inks

Close up of flower and leave

Each petal has a hole in it for using a brad to put them together.

Another shape that is included in the die.

It's nice to have this die on hand for when you want flowers.

Lots of combinations.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great Monday.  Until later...........

THE BIRDS

Hi, hope everyone is having a great Sunday.  Warm and bright today.  The birds have returned to

New York and the sound of them chirping in the morning is such a nice reminder that Spring is upon us.

Today's card is a beautiful stamp by Northwoods.

Stamp - Northwoods Rubber Stamps

Paper - Red Textured card stock, Nantucket Stack, DCWV

Martha Stewart bird border punch

Colored with Copic Markers.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks for the visit.  Until later........

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Remember, if you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough!

Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later.........

NIGHT-TIME FRIENDS

It's finally Friday!  Everyone is looking forward to the weekend.  We are supposed to get some fantastic sun filled warm days this weekend, looking forward to that! Don't you just want to get out in the yard and start cleaning it up!!!

Today's card is for the challenge at Craft a Scene # 3, and the theme is Moonlight.  I am so enjoying getting back into scene stamping.

The large stamp of the birch tree forest is from Rubber Monger (no longer in business??)

and the deer and bunny is Northwoods rubber stamps.  I used the Ranger sponge  applicator to lay down color and colored with Tombow markers.  Started with light blue ink and went to black.

Placed a circle of paper to form the moon.  Paper from Bazzill, Basic Gray and white cardstock base.

Leather flowers from the sewing department at JoAnn's.

Have a great Friday and wonderful weekend.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later...........

EASTER BONNET

Happy Hump Day.  Didn't hear from my daughter today, so assumed both kids felt better today and went back to school.  But guess who was sick to her stomach this morning............yep, the nurse from yesterday, ME!  It passed as the day wore on, so hopefully it's just a one day thing!

Today's card is for the challenge at Outlines #43 and the theme is EASTER.   We are supposed to get temperatures into the 70's in the next week, so everyone certainly has Spring fever.

My card Recipe

Stamp - Outlines

Paper - DCWV - Garden Party, textured yellow card base

Punches, border and bunnies - Martha Stewart

Color with Copics

White fine Sparkly glitter

I stamped the image twice and colored and fussy cut the flowers on the hat

out and popped them up on the hat.

Have a great Wednesday.  Enjoy the warmer temperatures.  Thanks for stopping by

Until later..........

HERE COMES THE BRIDE

 Hello.  hope everyone is well today.  Yesterday, my daughter called at 7 am to say that our Granddaughter wasn't feeling well and could she drop her here for the day.  So at 8 am she took up residence on the couch with an upset stomach and just didn't feel well.  At 9:30 am the phone rang and it was the elementary school and our Grandson was in the nurses office with an upset stomach, so Rick went and picked him up.  So we spent the day trying to get them to at least eat some jello and to drink.She was still not feeling well when they left today.  I guess we will see what tomorrow brings.

Today's card is for the Challenge at Saturated Canary. They want you to use a doily on your card and one of their digis or a Simply Sassy Rubber Stamp.

Lots going on on this one

Digi - Saturated Canary

Paper - DCWV Valentine Stack (old)

Square doily cut in two triangles

Pink flower around frame is a Memory Box Wreath that I cut

Roses are prima

Butterfly is from Michael's floral Dept.

Sentiment is a clear stamp set

Star Dust Stickles

Kaiser Pearls

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful Tuesday.  Until later..........

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 115

Welcome to the House Mouse and Friends

Monday Challenge # 115

The theme for our challenge is a photo inspiration

So, whatever inspires you from this photo is what we are looking for.

And, was chosen by our fabulous teammate, Lorraine, also known as LOLS.

Lorraine is in England with he husband who has had surgery.  Hope you get to come home soon friend

and that Ray is recovering nicely!

I covered a white gift bag from the dollar store with paper from Michael's Reflection Collection.

The cupcake was made using brown corrugated paper for the bottom, a paper lace insert

and topped with a swirly frosting cutout of glitter paper.  I used a copic marker to make the lines of the swirls and to ink around the edges.  The sweet bear getting ready for the party tag is a Gruffie, and the mice who got into the cupcake is House Mouse Designs.

Our generous Sponsors this week are

Simon Says Stamp - A $25 gift for their online store

Sweet Stamp Shop - $ 10 gift for their online site

We are welcoming two new guest design team gals for the month of March, Suzi and Jane.

Along with the regular design team, there are some awesome examples for inspiration at the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge  blog site, go take a look, and then ink up those House Mouse, Gruffies, or Happy Hopper stamps and join us for this photo inspiration challenge.  Can't wait to visit and see what you came up with!  This challenge runs through Saturday, March 24th 12 midnight, EST.

Have a great Monday.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later............