Dancing Ballerina

Good Morning.  Hope everyone is doing well this COLD Sunday Morning.

I purchased a couple of the die sets from Uchi's Designs.

They are unique and eye catching.  I made this card

for a young lady celebrating her 11th birthday today and

she is a dancer.  I'm sure she is going to love this card.

I had hoped to show you how the ballerina dances but my video

doesn't play for some reason.

Go to this link and click on the ballerina card to see how

it works.  

I tried to follow the directions for making one of their cards, but

I didn't like how it looked when finished and it was too 

complicated to do.  So I made this one.  It doesn't open 

like a regular card, but I added a white panel on the back

with a birthday message and a pocket for a birthday cash gift.

You have to have the grid to make the cards, but they are now

selling small dies to use with the smaller stamps like butterflies

to make your own grids.  I'm sure they will be making new

improvements to this system, but still, it is a lot of fun

and who doesn't love cards with action!!

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

Christmas Panel Pull Out Card

Hi friends.  Today was the second and last leaf pickup in our area.  This time I raked them to

the street.  I was out there again for three hours, and the chestnut trees are about 3/4 dropped.

We are going to be in the 20's come Friday, so that should do it.  With a frost, the leaves will

completely fall.  Bumper crop of horse chestnuts this year, deer and squirrels love them, but not

edible for humans.............

I found the design for this card on SplitCoastStampers.  It's called a Panel Pull Out Card.

It's fun to decorate with all the panels.  I made mine a bit bigger than the directions

so it would fit into a 5x7 inch envie.

Lots of die cuts and scraps of Christmas paper I have kept in a tray, hate

discarding pretty paper scraps.

If you would like to check out the tutorial, here is a link

Thanks for taking a peek today.  Have a great day.  Until later......

HMFMC # 253 - MIDWEEK REMINDER- ANYTHING GOES/OPTIONAL THEME PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS

 Challenge # 253 continues for another week at the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Our talented Teammate and Hostess is  : aNNie 

Anything Goes 

OR 

Optional Theme "Preparing for Christmas"

Please remember you must use a House Mouse
Design Image on your entry.

My Midway Card

......This is just about what happens at our house when we get the lights out to test each strand for bulbs that no longer work......

Stamp - House Mouse Designs - Light Wrapping - Stampendous (HMCP51)

Die Cut - Gina Marie

Matchy background paper is over 20 years old and from my stash

Holographic green paper mat from my stash

Snow flakes Tim Holtz Sizzix dies

Bow - Hobby Lobby

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 Generous SPONSOR for this challenge is 

House-Mouse Designs(R)

We are also thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)
 

HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site! Eeeeek!!  How exciting is that? :)

...AND.....

Our generous hostess, Annie is offering this gorgeous Christmas House Mouse Design stamp to one lucky winner... called Cling Leaf Sledding.

Requirement is you need to be a follower and use a House Mouse, Happy Hoppers or Gruffies image...and enter our challenge. [Anything goes or option theme is up to you]

Thanks Annie, what a cute stamp!

The design team has come up with some great inspiration for this challenge.  So, scurry on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog and check

them out, then get busy and enter a card of your own.  Wonderful prizes on offer.

We love to visit  you to see what you come up with and inspire us!! 

This challenge ends, Saturday, November 11th at midnight EST.

BSS - Christmas Baubles

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Idea.

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?  Do you make them year round

so that you are ready when you need them?  I have a zillion Christmas

stamps, and love everyone of them, but never seem to get enough made

to send to everyone on my list, So this year I am trying to get them

made a few at a time so I have enough.  The other thing is designing

them so that you don't have to pay extra postage on them!!

Here is a card I made with a wonderful set of dies.

Close up of ornaments

Die Set - Kaisercraft-DIY Cuts-Layered Baubles (4 pieces)

Paper - Gold Mirror, Green and Red Glitter Paper

Embossing Folder - We R Memory Keepers Quilted

Distress Oxide Inks - Worn Lipstick and Lucky Clover

Gold ribbon

Tiny white self stick pearls

Gold Mirror Mat on a 41/4 x 51/2 inch card base.

Loving this beautiful die set, can't wait to use it

in so many other ways.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Until later........

Christmas Doves

Hello, hope your Sunday is going well.  Was out all day yesterday shopping, grocery, then my niece called and wanted to know if I wanted to go for some retail therapy, and of course I did.  Was nice to shop with her for her little Grandkids for Christmas and I picked up some things for myself. 

I am trying to make Christmas cards that will go through the mail without

having to add a ton of postage.  Got four new dies from Tutti, a new brand

to me at Bitsey on line.  Here is one of them.

The die is Tutti

Backed with gold glitter paper

and green and red card stock for the holly corners

mounted on Gold Mirror Paper

Corners are a die by La La Land

Gold Mirror Holly die is Impression Obsession

Snowflake is Tim Holtz

White card stock base is 5x7 inches

It is pouring rain here today, and dark and dingy.

Off to the craft room to create!!

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

Christmas Village

Hello friends.  Taking Keeya to the Vet this afternoon for her yearly checkup.

Not her favorite thing to do.

Today's card is really simple.  I used one of the new 3D embossing

folders from Crafters Companion called Christmas Village.  All

I did was run it through the machine, ink it with some blue dye ink,

and mount it on a blue card base (5x7 inches) with a white mat.

I added a poinsettia die cut flower with some silver mirror leaves and

branches to one corner, that's it.

These embossing folders are awesome, I am in love with them.

Bought a couple more you will be seeing during the holidays.

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

Christmas Ornaments

Trying to get some Christmas cards made this week.  I must be stuck on ornaments, as I bought

three dies with ornaments recently.  Here is one of them............

Closeup of  card front

The ornament is a Stamp & Die Set by Spellbinders (SDS-090)

The snowflake swirl stamp is  Inkadinkado.

I have been playing with the new Oxide Inks from

Tim Holtz and that is what the background is.  After the ink dried,

I stamped the snowflake swirl then the ornament  with Versamark

ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

Added rhinestones and sequins.

Also added a row of rhinestones at the top and bottom of the card.

I am loving the oxide inks, such fun to play around with and

they blend so beautifully.  Plan on seeing more of them soon, I made

a bunch of background pieces to use!!!

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