BSS MONDAY IDEA - DIE CUT ORNAMENT CARD

Welcome to another Monday Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Idea.

This week's card idea, is the use of this ornament die cut from Memory Box. There are two die cuts, one for the solid part of the ornament and one for the cut out part. I didn't have the solid one, so I just cut out solid pieces to match the cut out ones.

My Card Recipe

Stamps - Snowflakes - Martha Stewart snowflake set

Papers - Me and My Big Ideas

Gold mirror paper for the ornament cutouts

Red mirror paper for the inside of one ornament

Glitter paper for the other two

Gold ribbon

I tapped Versafine watermark ink around the edge of the paper

and embossed with Powder Keg Sparkling Ice Embossing Powder

The die cut "Deck the Halls" is from Sizzix and came in a set including that die and

the Reindeer (657290). It's also cut with mirror gold paper.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope everyone isn't getting too stressed about Christmas!

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

THE MITTEN

Where did the week go?  Hard to believe that Christmas is only 24 days away!  I'm feeling so unprepared this year.  I think I got more done when I worked and sooner.  Perplexed about what to buy everyone too.  Kids are getting bigger, so buying for them is harder, oh so much easier when they were little....

I made this gift tag by tracing the mitten from one of those large foam stamps.  You could also use a coloring book with large images, google mitten shape and see what you get, might find something that way too.

The snowflake paper is DCWV Winter Magic Stack. Both the snowflake border and the Snowflake are die cuts from Memory Box.  I sponged the edges with Ranger distress Iced Spruce (limited edition Christmas colors (3) and they are NOT making reinkers for them! I made the back of the mitten a pearl blue matching paper and stamped Merry Christmas and To and From with Versafine watermark ink and embossed in white.  Silver ribbon for attaching to a gift.  You could easily make this a gift card Holder.

This delightful little snowman is a candy bar wrapper.  I measured the candy bar and cut a piece of gold paper to wrap around the bar.  I trimmed the top with decorative scissors.

The three circles were cut with Marvey punches, but you could just make different sized circles with die cuts or trace anything that is round and cut out. The faces were made by adding eyes and mouth and button with a pencil eraser, just use the eraser end of a pencil like a stamp.  The carrot nose was hand drawn and colored with Copics.  I ran the circles through a snowflake embossing folder (Darice), sponged the edges with Broken China distress ink (Ranger).  Cheeks sponged with pink ink.  Added a punched elongated heart from glitter paper and some eyelash gold yarn for his scarf.  I am making 20 of these for my daughter's first grade class for Christmas.

Have a great rest of the evening.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....

TRIM THE TREE

I'm trying to make Christmas cards, now that it's crunch time!  I must confess, I bought a couple of boxes of cards while I was out shopping on Black Friday.  Seems every year I think I am going to make all my cards, but it just does not happen.  The cards that I blog are too embellished to mail, I use them for people I am going to give a gift to so I can hand deliver them.  I must work on making cards that can be mailed with a regular postage stamp......can make that my New Year's resolution, along with losing weight and getting more organized, my standard ones.........

Here's where you put your sunglasses on, because this card has bling!

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge #179, and the challenge is to use Christmas+Red+Embossing.

My card recipe

Stamp - Penny Black - Simply Ornamental

The red and white striped paper is a die.  I used it at my local

stamp store.  This is a5x7 inch card, so it is a big die.  I will find out who makes them

and update this post.

The Christmas tree is holographic foil which I embossed.

and the gold star garland, both from the dollar store.

The stars where cut using a sizzix die, then I ran them through an embossing folder.

Stamped the sentiment and embossed with white embossing powder on red mirror paper.

Colored the image with Copic Markers

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
Pile it on Challenge - Sugar and Spice
Totally Paper Crafts #94 - Christmas
Simply Create Too #1 - Christmas

Have a great Hump Day.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....

BSS MONDAY IDEA

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF MONDAY IDEA.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF USING THE NEW HERO ARTS HOLLY STAMP AND MATCHING SIZZIX EMBOSSING FOLDER SET.

This is how I used this great set.

On the green paper. I stamped the holly/swirl stamp using Versafine watermark ink only, then embossed using clear embossing ink. I then ran it through the matching Sizzix embossing folder.

On the white card stock, I inked the stamp with Adirondack, Meadow green ink. I then used a small corner of a baby wipe to remove the green ink from the berries. Using a water based marker, I colored the berries with bright red. I then stamped and when the ink was dry, ran it through the matching Sizzix embossing folder.

On the inside of the card, I just inked the stamp with the same Meadow green ink.

Added a sentiment by Wordsworth on white card stock and sponged around the

edges with the same ink.

My card recipe:

Stamp - Holly - Hero Arts, with matching Sizzix embossing folder set

Winter Marci by LA LA Land

Red dotted ribbon.

Snowflake die by Memory box (outside of card)

Snowflake punch, Martha Stewart (inside of card)

Green ink, Adirondack Meadow green

White glittered flower soft on the hat and pocket of the coat

Red sparkly Stickles added to the berries.

Marci, colored with Copic Markers

These Hero Art stamps and Sizzix embossing folder sets come in holiday and non- holiday designs. Love the look it creates, hope you can see the embossing in the picture.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Enjoy your Monday.  Until later............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEIDI

Today was our daughter's birthday!  She and I spent the day at the Outlet Mall in Niagara Falls shopping, then we met her Dad at her house and had leftovers and celebrated her birthday with her husband and children. This is the card I made for her.

The sentiment is a digital image from the seventh round in the progessive challenges at the Crafter's Digital Art Center.  The image is by Sending Treasures.

Card Recipe

Digi Sentiment - Sending Treasures

Pink Cardstock - Stampin' Up

Border Punch - EK Success

Dies - Spellbinders

Corner Punch - Paper Shapers

Cuttlebug embossing Folder

The inside sentiment was computer generated and said

"A daughter is a little girl that grows up to be a friend"

Happy Birthday to our daughter, our friend.

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

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY AND EVERYDAY.

Stamps by La La Land

DON'T EAT TOO MUCH TURKEY!

DEAR SANTA

Hi, cooked a small turkey today so we can have cold sandwiches on Friday, sure did smell good cooking. Making pies and a couple of side dishes for tomorrow to take to our daughter's house for Thankgiving dinner. Busy time of the year. Trying to make some Christmas cards too.

Today's card is a beautiful stamp I purchased yesterday on my trip to my LSS!  These La Blanche stamps are silicone stamps mounted on foam.  The owner of the store, Sharon, assured me they stamped wonderfully and she was right.  I inked with Versafine Onyx and embossed with clear EP.

 

My Card Recipe

Stamp - La Blanche

Papers - DCWV, Red Card Stock

Die cute deer and holly - Sizzix

Distress inks, Vintage photo and Wild Honey

Colored with Copics

Hope you're having a good Wednesday.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later............