BSS MONDAY IDEA-HEART POP OUT CARD

Welcome Friends, to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

This weeks idea is a POP OUT HEART. Since Valentines Day is this week, thought we could offer one more sweet Valentine Idea. But, you could use this for other occasions too.

I found this idea on Paper Craft Planet and there are instructions too.

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/profiles/blogs/tuesday-3d202-challenge-8211-pop-out-card

The front of the card. This card is made with Authentique Paper from the Lovely collection.

Spellbinders Classic hearts die, and the Bingham Heart-Memory Box 98499.

Three white half pearls from Kaiser. The entire card is made from an 8 1/2x11 sheet of paper.

The inside of the card. I cute up the image from Northwoods, 08946.

All three baskets of hearts are on one stamp. Colored with Copics.

Matted with white then brown card stock. Inked the edges of the images with

Spun Sugar distress ink. The Memory Box LaRue Heart 98255 fit over the template

perfectly, so I glued it right over the top of the cut out. Top Border punch

is EK Success.

The beauty of this card, is that the paper is two sided and a lovely hot pink (same as border)

and it shows through the opening.

This card could not be easier, and don't you just love cards that move!

Hope you have a chance to make one for someone special.

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

 

Busy Weekend

Hi friends.  We have had a busy weekend.  First it started snowing Friday Morning and didn't stop until we had about 13 inches on the ground.  It sure looked pretty if you didn't have to go out in it.

Our puppy loves the snow.  She sticks her nose down in it and runs through the highest drifts in the backyard like a deer.  Hard to get her in, she just wants to play in it.

 

Snow much fun!

My daughter Heidi and my Grandson Mike playing with her in the snow.

She is getting so big, 9 months old in two days!

 

 

Secondly, my hubby had an emergency apendectomy on Friday.  We spent the entire day in the emergency room, waiting for tests and scans.  We went in at 10am and surgery was at 6:15PM.

He has a VERY HIGH tolerance for pain.  He did not have any of the classic symptoms, vomiting and fever, just a slight pain in his side.  But, he had had apendisitis 33 years ago, but it went away and they decided not to operate.  Anyway, it's done, four small holes and he came home from the hospital around noon today.  And guess what.....he is at the Hockey Game tonight with my daughter and her family!!!!!!!!!  They got the tickets as soon as the walkout was over.  He was telling the doctor this morning that he was so disappointed that he couldn't go....and the doctor said, if you feel well enough to go you can!  I'm sure tomorrow he will be exhausted and will want to rest, but

do you believe this man!!!

 

Well, that's my weekend.  Wish I had pictures of me digging my car out when I came out of the

hospital on Friday night at around 9 pm.  It looked like a loaf of bread, you couldn't even see the car.

 

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  Tomorrow is House Mouse Monday, and I have a fun card for you, and my local stamp store post also with a cute card idea.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Looking forward to normalcy this week!!  Until later........

 

THE NEST

Hi friends.  Bright sunny cold day here today.  Might be getting some of the storm that is coming up the Atlantic coast, they are predicting snow for us.

My blogging friend Dora from the Netherlands sent me this drawing that she made of the baby birds in the nest.  I had admired it when she posted it and was totally in awe that she did the drawing.  Well, she used the drawing on a card without making a copy, so when I told her how much I liked it...ready for this.....she did the drawing over again!!!  I have had it for a few weeks, printed and waiting to be colored, and was kind of intimidated about coloring it.  Well, she posted it today on her blog and I was inspired to make a card with my copy.  Thank you Dora, you're a very talented young women, don't stop drawing, you are awesome at it!!!

 

Card Recipe:

 

Drawing by Dora

Background Stamp - B Line Stamps with Sheet Music (Cornish Heritage Farms)

stamped here and there.

Spellbinder's oval die (Grand)

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Leaves stamped with dollar stamp from Michael's

Flowers are pulled from a silk bush from Michael's

Dotted grosgrain ribbon

Colored with Copics

Light Green textured card stock base

 

Have a great Wednesday.  Thanks so much for stopping by for a peek.  Until later..

LOVE HER

Hi friends.  Hope everyone had a good Tuesday.  I had my card 90% done yesterday, then got side tracked and never finished it until tonight.

 

This card is made using an old Hampton Art Stamp.  I love her, and if I had to pick only a few of my many stamps to keep, she would be in that lot.  I've used her over the years for many occasions and I never tire of seeing her looking back at me from the shelf.

 

See what I mean, that face!!!

 

A simple card, Spellbinders dies for scalloped squares (Grand)

and the fancy label that the teddy girl is mounted on.

White textured card base.  Pale Pink Satin bow.

Hearts from a small punch.

Colored with Copics

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Color Me Creative Challenge Group - Color with Texture

2 Sisters Challenge - White Red and or Pink

A Gem of a Challenge #65 - Gingham or Checks

All Sorts Week 192- Let's Get Cute

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Until later..............

 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 137- Midweek Reminder

Happy Monday folks we're back with a Mid-week Sqeak for our current challenge #137

ANYTHING GOES WITH A SPECIAL CUT

Have fun with this theme create anything using special cuts - made with your favorite cutting dies,or show off a

special shaped cut, or use any HM&F image featuring CUTS. any type of a special cut will do...even haircuts. LOL ...

 

Card Recipe

 

Card is a Z-fold

Stamps - Heart Breaker (HMJR1093)

Sentiment - Indadinkado (90399X) Polkadot heart - Hero Arts

Papers - Bo Bunny, DCWV, Reflections

Pink cardstock base

Dies - Circles - Spellbinders, Heart cutout - Memory Box

Border Punch - Top of card - EKSuccess, bottom, Martha Stewart

Ribbon - American Crafts

Roses - Bridal Dept- Michael's

Pink Bush - Melissa Frances

Colored with Copics

 

 

SPONSORS

We are honoured and want to give a very warm welcome to these amazing Sponsors:

JOANNA SHEEN LTD.,

JS LTD., is offering a a £10 voucher to One Lucky Winner for spending on the website at www.joannasheen.com

(in full or part payment) for some crafting goodies.
 

and

 

H M STAMPS

http://www.hmstamps.com/
A Great New online website offering the complete line of HOUSE-MOUSE and SNOOPY stamps! Check them out!!

H M STAMPS is giving away a $10 Gift Certificate to One Lucky Winner.

 

and

 

America will be giving away these 3 House-Mouse Designs stamps to one lucky winner.

Be sure to check out America's Blog for all the Candy details HERE.

Sooo, that's Three Prizes, and that means, you will have Three chances to WIN a prize!

Ok, you have another week to join the fun.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.
Thanks for stopping by today, have a wonderful Monday.  Until later........
 

BSS MONDAY IDEA - Simple Banner Cards

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Have you been noticing all the cards with banners lately. I love the trend and

have seen so many beautiful ones.

Today's idea is a couple of simple Valentine banner cards.

Yikes, no stamping, except for the sentiments!

This simple card was made with a black card stock base, a hot pink dotted mat, and three banners cut from white card stock. I decided how many banners I wanted and how long I wanted them. Embossed each one with a different embossing folder, from left to right, Cuttlebug, Couture Creations (Venus Crest), Darice. I stacked them all together and cut the bottom all at the same time so they would all be alike. Adhered them to the designer paper mat. Ran a ribbon around the mat, tied a bow off-side, and secured the mat to the base card. Stamped the sentiment, Stampabilities (QR1053). Added a small punched heart to the center of the bow.

For the second banner card, I cut three strips of beautiful Authentique paper from the Lovely collection. Again, decide how long you want them to be. I used a punch, but you could cut

the hearts with a die also. I punched the heart at the bottom of each strip. Then on the remaining

part of the strip, cut across just leaving the top of the heart shape in place.

Glue the strips where you want them, add the hearts just underneath. Small crystal hearts (I love these things) are Prima, Say it with Crystals, Cream colored bow. The bottom of the card was

embossed using the stripes from the Tim Holtz , Alterations, 4th of July embossing set.

Lots of possibilities with this simple application. On the second card, you could use butterflies, flowers, perfect for Spring cards, or snowflakes would be fun too. Banners can be any size, or a combination of sizes on one card.

And you could run them from side to side instead of up and down!

Hope you have a chance to try a card soon using this fun banner technique!

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

 

 

Poodle Pup

Hello friends, TGIF, one more day before the weekend!  Hope you are keeping warm if you are in the areas that are getting cold and snow.

 

I made this card for my sister for Valentines Day.  She lost her two year old standard poodle Vinny in November, very suddenly.  She believes the dog was poisoned.  The poor dog died a horrific death and it was so sad.  Her husband surprised her with a poodle pup for Christmas, just eight weeks old, so when I saw this Mo's image, I just had make a card for her.

Awwwww, right?

 

 

Card Recipe

 

White textured card stock base

Papers - Reflection 6x6 paper stack, Valentines

Paper lace doily, Hobby Lobby

Brown Grosgrain ribbon

Red Gingham bows on pup

Say it with Crystals, Prima hearts

Hero Art I love you stamp

Flat back Shiny silver embellishments, Pizzazz Aplenty

Colored with Copics

 

I'm entering this card into the Challenge at Mo's Digital Challenge #170 Lace and Ribbon.

 

Have a wonderful Friday.  Thanks so much for stopping by for a peek.  Until later.........