RED HOT HEARTS

Hi friends, hope you are enjoying your Sunday.  I made a card for the challenge at Mo's Challenge Blog challenge  #141, Straight from the Heart.

I used the adorable Alisa with Roses digi.

A simple card, The background is

a thin metal sheet of bright red soft metal that I ran

through the heart embossing folder (called Venus Crest) by

Couture Creations.  I've had this metal in several colors

a long time and can't even remember what I did with it originally.

It is on a roll and came in a plastic tube, made by American Art Clay Compnay, Inc.

and is called Art Emboss Colored Foils. They have it in several places, but here is

a link to Dick Blick Art Supplies.  Just Google Art Emboss Colored Foils and

a ton of places come up, if your interested.

Colored with Copic Markers.  Heart was punched out of the same metal.

Love how the light hit the metal and made it look like it glows!

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

Wedding Anniversary

Hi Friends, today is our daughter Heidi's and son in law Brian's wedding anniversary.  Wow how time flies.  Congratulations kids, we love you and wish you many more happy anniversaries.

I made this card for them to wish them a happy 16th. 

The die is a new one for me, it's Spellbinders, Floral Oval, I just love it

and you can bet you will be seeing it again soon.  The flowers were cute with a die from Tim Holtz by Sizzix, it's a 12 inch long 2 inch wide strip die and has flowers and leaves on it.

The leave clusters is also a Sizzix die.  Added pearl centers to the flowers and some Star Dust Stickles.  That beautiful pearlized paper is from the Paper Studio, from Hobby Lobby.

I used the colors from the wedding.

Have a great Friday.  Try to stay cool!!  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....

LONDON

Hello blog friends.  Geez this week has just flown by.  Seems there was something to do everyday this week.  And the hot weather has returned, ugh! 

I have made this card for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge,# 207, and they want you to use a bunting or flag or banner on your card.

I bought a couple of the special Olympic collection stamps from Penny Black, and this one of the double deckered bus is my favorite.  And, the entire critter gang is on the bus going to the Olympics.
We love watching them on TV and can't wait for them to start.

Stamp - Penny Black

Paper - red stripped glitter paper, DCWV Nantucket Stack

Starts are a punch

Gold ribbon

Banner I made myself and hung it on gold cord.

Colored with Copics

Hope you had a great Thursday.  Tomorrow is our daughter's wedding anniversary, gotta go make her card!!

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

HOUSE MOUSE CHALL 122-1000 FOLLOWERS

If your looking for the House Mouse 1000 followers post it's HERE

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE MW REMINDER

Just a quick post to let you know that the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 122,
Liquid Refreshment for summer is at the midway point.  You still have until Saturday June 30th
at midnight to join us.

Don't forget, besides our great Sponsor prizes, some of the design team have candy on their blogs to
give away in celebration of going over 1000 followers.

I think this little mouse flying off the cork of the wine bottle is one

of my first and favorite stamps.  I colored the mouse and cork twice and popped one up over the other one so it looks like he is airborn.

I used glossy accents on the bottle.

Hope you have a chance to enter the challenge.  We love to visit and see what you come up with.

Check out the samples by the design team on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge site.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - Embossing

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF

MONDAY IDEA

Today's idea is to use embossing.

I used an embossing folder from Sizzix , Ornate Frames Set (656989)

I hope you can see the detail on this embossing frame.

I just adhered it to an aqua card stock and cut the front

1/4 inch shorter so I could add designer paper (My Mind's Eye, Howdy Doody)

just to the inside edge of the card so it shows.

The sentiment is Penny Black (4176H). Butterfly die is Memory Box, Vivienne Butterfly 98265.

I put Diamond Stickles on the butterfly.

Embossing adds such beautiful texture to a card.

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

A Visit to Niagara Falls

Just wanted to post a couple of pictures of a visit to Niagara Falls today.  The visit was made especially sweet because I met my teammate from the House Mouse Design Team, America Kuhn and her family there.  They are on vacation and Niagara Falls is one of their stops.  How lucky was that for me that I got to meet her in person.  We were both thrilled to actually meet, but I think our husbands and her kids may have been a bit bored after a while.

My hubby took this first shot of us and of course had to say something funny

just before he clicked the pic, hence my wide open mouth!!

America and her family

America and her kids

Such a sweet girl, loved meeting her in person!!

And her kids and hubby were such fun too.

Thanks America, glad you came.