BSS MONDAY IDEA - DOUBLE DUTCH FOLD CARD

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Today's idea is to make a Double Dutch Fold Card.

There is a great tutorial here

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/doubledutchfold/

This card opens from the bottom up and also has two small dutch doors that open like a gate fold at the bottom.

This view shows the inside of the card with the front of the card folded over and the

two small doors opened.

A close up of the oval cut from an embossed piece using a new embossing folder by Crafts Too.

Card Recipe:

Stamps - Alex in the Snow with Puppies, Stampavie (WDS711) Tina Wenke

Inside Sentiment - Whipper Snapper Designs (IW860)

All papers - DCWV Winter Magic

Sparkly die cut - Spellbinders

Die cut with image on it and inside oval with sentiment - Nellie Snellen

Snowflake border, and punched snowflakes, Martha Stewart

Punched oval with snow scene from embossing folder is painted with a light coat

of Ice Crystal Glamor Dust, by DecoArt

Image colored with Copic Markers

This is a pretty easy card to put together, and fun to decorate.

Hope you have a chance to try it.

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

BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

Hello, a quick post before we head out for a late lunch, early dinner and the Hockey game (Buffalo Sabres).  Will return to our house to ring in the New Year after the game.

This adorable image is from Priscilla Styles Store.  I colored her with Copics and

made a pretty simple card.  Inside sentiment says, "It's cold outside, but thoughts of you warm my heart", love that!!!

Happy New Year's Eve Everyone.

Thanks for stopping.  Stay safe and enjoy the night however you celebrate.

DRESS FORM WITH WINGS

Hi, sorry so absent, but busy week.  Rick came down with a bad cold and ended up having to get anitbiotics and missed three days work, Doctor"s orders.  This is his last day at work, as he is retiring, so he was really not liking going out like this.

Here's a closeup of the emobossing folder, Dress Form with Wings, by Couture Creations.

Oh what fun this one is. It embosses the dress form and the two bottom corners.

I used Spun Sugar distress ink around the edges and on the dress form. I distressed the edges before applying the ink. Colored the pole with a dark brown pencil. I used a Gelly Roll clear sparkle pen to highlight the wire frame. Gold Stickles on the buttons and necklace and chain. The felt buttons are from my stash. The spool of gold thread is from a Sizzix die cut (Tim Holtz) and I added some gold thread and a stick pin. And, the best part for last, I added some beautiful fluffy white feathers over the wings, they just dance when you move the card! Mounted it on a patterned paper 5x7 inch card.

Inside sentiment is "Thanks "Sew" Much" by Stampabilities (QR1054).

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Friday and weekend.  Until later......

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