BSS MONDAY IDEA - EMBOSSING FOLDERS

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Today's idea is a new embossing folder. Lots of new embossing folders in the store right now.

Embossing folders are a great way to make beautiful cards quickly.

Both of these cards were made from a new Snowflake border embossing folder

The center label is right in the embossing. The deer are a die from Memory Box.

The blue paper used in the embossing folder for this card is core'dinations.

It has a white core, so I lightly sanded the snowflake edges. I also ran a piece of plain

white card stock through the same embossing folder and cute out the center only and

glued it on over the blue paper.

For the second card, I ran a piece of red card stock through the same embossing folder.

I used a Pearlescent Poppy, Dew Drop Brilliance pad to lightly ink over the snowflakes, then embossed with clear embossing powder. Then distressed the edges with Fired Brick distress ink from Ranger. Added the deer in white, some snow from a DecoArt snow writer and white glitter. The sentiment is Hero Arts.

Two completely different looks from the one embossing folder.

I'm working on a card with a great new embossing folder of a dress form. Will post pictures

this week, so come back for a look.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Now, on to the New Year!

Enjoy the rest of the holiday season.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Very Merry Chirstmas.

Hope you're able to be with those you love.

Enjoy every minute of the day.

I STILL BELIEVE

Just a quick post in between baking and last minute running.  I sat yesterday afternoon and colored up this wonderful Santa.............needed a coloring session was getting gittery from not being in the stamp room enough.  Can't believe how few of my wonderful stamps for Chirstmas got inked this year, must join the Chirstmas Challenges that do a card every week all year so I can use them and have more cards when I need them.

Hope your catching up with the many things to be done at the last minute.

Thanks for stopping by.  Until later...........

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY REMINDER

Just a reminder that this would normally be a House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, but we are on a holiday break until January 2nd.  You have until January 1st to enter the challenge, which this month's theme is Warm and Fuzzy.

This is the December Stamp of the Month, Candy Gram.

How cute is this and Warm and Fuzzy too.

Spellbinders die used.  Colored with Copics.  Papers, DCWV.  Border punch is Martha Stewart.

Sentiment stamp is Stampabilities also.

Hope you join us for our Warm and Fuzzy Challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday.Some great prizes at stake, but you gotta be in it to win it!

Have a great Monday.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sue Drees

BSS MONDAY IDEA - FAUX BURNT EDGES TECHNIQUE

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF MONDAY IDEA.

Today's idea is to create a faux burnt edge. I used to burn the edges of wedding invitations and decoupage them to a decorative board and paint flowers as gifts for brides. The burnt edges were to make them look aged. I used a candle and had lots of burnt fingers along the way.

This technique is done with distress inks!

There is an explanation of the technique here

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/try-new-technique-f44/tlc227-faux-burnt-edges-%7B6-29-09%7D-t445347.html

Close up of edges.

Pretty simple technique. Rip the paper toward you so it leaves ragged edges.

I used Frayed Burlap first, then Black Distress ink, just on the very edges, to achieve

the burnt edge look.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Snowman, Northwoods, Sentiment, Stamp A Mania

Gingham - Impression Obsession, Cover a Card, CC006

Papers - Dark Brown textured card stock, Carmel Colored Glitter Paper

Snowman and Gingham stamped on cream colored card stock.

Flower is cut from Burlap and Gold Sparkly net from a

Tim Holtz Sizzix die, Tattered Florals

Small snowflake punch and twine bow

Tree brad from my stash

This is a great technique for aging a project or card.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a chance to try this technique.

 

TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

Hello, finally have a card today.  Have been busy trying to get everything done, as I know everyone else is doing at this time of the year.  Tree is finally up and decorated.  Had to laugh, it took us two nights, and years ago when our daughter was little we carried on a family tradition from my family.  We put the tree up after she went to bed on Christmas Eve, because we were raised to believe that Santa decorated the tree.  So Rick would get home on Christmas Eve, sometimes late (he is a truck driver) and we would get her to bed and go to work.  Sometimes we worked well into the night putting things together and trimming the tree, now it takes us two days to finish that task!!!!!!!!!!

Card Recipe

Stamp - Inkadinkado

Stamped on glossy card stock

Colored with Ranger Distress inks and sponge applicator

Mounted on blue metallic card stock

mounted on gold paper from my stash which has been distressed on the edges

mounted on a white card base.

Hope your not too stressed out about the holidays.  I feel like I am running on a treadmill and going no where, but in the end it will all get done.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - MAKE A PINE CONE ACCENT

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF MONDAY IDEA.

TODAY'S IDEA IS TO MAKE A PINE CONE TO DECORATE CARDS WITH.

Close up of the pine cone.

I saw this pine cone on this blog site.

http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-punch-pine-cones.html

I didn't have the punch that she used (Stampin Up) so I search through my punches and

found a small egg punch and used that.

My Card Recipe:

Spellbinder's oval die used for easel card

Papers - S.E.I.

Pine coat coated with DecoArt Glamor Dust, then a DecoArt Snow Writer for the

snow accents on the pine cone.

Ornament die is Sizzix

Glitter paper cutout in back of ornament

Gold Pearls

This is a great accent for cards, and fun to make.