CHRISTMAS HORSE

Making more Christmas cards.  Yesterday, I purchased some Chrissy Armstrong, Whimsy Digis. I 

have some of the actual stamps, I love this artist.  Her animals are so adorable.

My niece bought a horse this past year, a long time dream come true.  I tried to make the horse 

the brown and white like her beautiful Willow.

I colored with Copics

Snowflake dies are Martha Stewart, I used two and layered them.

Gold Paper is embossed with a Crafters Companion 3D embossing

folder

White sparkly glitter paper mat on a red scalloped 5x7 card

So you know where this card will be going..........

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

HMFMC #254-ANYTHING GOES/OPTIONAL THEME "FROSTY"

A New Challenge # 254 begins today
At the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. 

Our Talented Teammate, Diane, is Hostess for an  

Anything Goes 

OR 

Optional Challenge Theme  

 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? :)

One lucky persom will be winning this super cute stamp from our hostess Diane called "Hang On Tight".

My card

Stamp - House Mouse Design, Stampendous-Window Wonder (HMCR105) 

Wooden Snowflake - Kaisercraft, 

Liquid Pearls for snow

Snowwriter on the branches along with lots of

glitter.

Blue Twine

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 prize on offer.

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

This challenge ends, Saturday, November 25th at midnight EST.

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

BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF IDEA

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Idea.

Did you put an extra blanket on your bed this past weekend?
I got the down comforter on there and we were toasty warm.
Guess it's inevitable that it's going to get colder, but sure
seems like a surprise when it does!!

Speaking of colder....here is my card for this week!

Stamp and Die set - Polar Bears (CLD07) Stampendous
Background is done with Distress inks and sponge applicator
Stars which are included in the set, stamped with Versamark watermark ink
and embossed with white embossing powder.
The bottom of the card is embossed with clear sparkle WOW embossing powder
but doesn't show up in the picture very well.
I adhered the Mama bear to the card directly, and the babies I
popped up.
I colored the polar bears with Copics and cut them out with
the die that was included in the set.
Matted with a purple sheet and mounted on a light blue 4 1/4x51/2 inch
card.

That's me for today.  Thanks for stopping by today for a peek.
Have a great day.  Until later.......

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........