Girlfriends

Hi friends.  Hope your Sunday was a good one.  Was warm here today, although most of the day it was overcast.  We did manage to get a puppy walk in, which is a good thing, a puppy walk makes the puppy tired and less rambunctious!  She is getting better, but has a way to go.  Turned 8 month old on the 12th!

 

Today's card is for the challenge at Art Impressions.  It's challenge #95, Bling it On, All Things Sparkly.

 

I chose the Girlfriends Stamp,

 

 

click to enlarge to see the bling

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamp - Art Impressions (Girlfriends)

Paper - DCWV Citrus Stack which is glittered

Paper Border with yellow glitter strip

Flowers with Rhinestones - Michael's dollar bin

Image is colored with Copics, cut out and popped up on

a Spellbinder's die, Decorative Labels Eight.

I glittered parts of the gals pj's and all their slippers and earrings.

So sparkly in real life!

 

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

Skating Snowman

Hi blogging friends.  Hope your Saturday was wonderful.  Is anyone else having trouble getting back into crafting after the holidays?  I have rearranged my rooms, the desk is about as tidy as it gets, and I have some new goodies I haven't gotten into yet, and I am still sitting staring into space.....I'm going to blame it on after the holiday let down!!!

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge.  The January Challenge theme is "January Blues" (How appropriate after what I just said)

Love this guy.  He's an oldie, but a goodie!!!

 

 

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamp - Penny Black (FROSTY 1552K) 1999

Digi - "January" - Bugaloo

Snowflake - Memory Box

Paper - Designer paper - Little Yellow Bicycle

Silver paper for ice, used a stylus to make skate marks

Colored with Copics

Glitter - Crystal Snow - Stampendous

Snowman popped out with an Action Wobble Spring, so he

bobbles on the card.....too cute.

 

I also want to enter this card in the following challenges.

 

365 Cards - Day 12 -Wiggle it

Simply Create Too - #28 Let It Snow

Stampin For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafting by designs - Use a Snowman

Creative Belli - #160 - Winter/Snowman

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks so much for your visit.  Until later........

 

Lady Bug Bear

Good day, friends.  We are experiencing some warm temps here.  We are used to being insulted about the amount of snow we get and how cold it is in Buffalo, New York, but for the past few winters, we have been like the new south!  Not good for the ski areas though.  But today we are going to walk the dog down by the river, so this weather is okay with me.

 

Today's card is for the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's. It's challenge # 148, and the theme is "let's Keep it Simple"  They want to seee Clean and Simple this week.  This is ALWAYS a challenge for me, but I love the look.

 

 

 

Image - Lady Bug Bear

White base card 5x7

Spellbinders die, image and mat

Adorable stamp is Hero Arts

Rhinestone and Lady Bug button embellishments

Glittery twine bow.

Colored with Copics

 

Thats it for today.  Hope your Thursday is great.  Thanks for stopping by today. Until later.......

 

BSS MONDAY IDEA - CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

 

Today's idea is called the Chalkboard Technique.

 

You stamp your image(s) on black cardstock and emboss using white embossing powder.

Lastly, you ink around the edges of your completed piece with white ink, to resemble chalk dust.  I used a white frost cat eye ink pad.  Use your finger or a small piece of paper towel to smudge the ink around.

 

 

Sentiment is by Serendipity (145E)

The textured snow dot is an old stamp, but you can get the same result by dotting with a Versafine water mark pen and embossing with white embossing powder.

 

 

 

Here is a view from a distance.  Doesn't it look like a drawing on a chalkboard?

 

 

Here is a closup and card Recipe

 

Stamps - Deer, Penny Black Forest Friends (40-077)

Sentiment - Serendipity Stamps (145E)

Black and medium blue Card stock

Spellbinders M-Bossibilities(EL-014)

Impression Obession Pine Bough Die - (021-N)

White embossing powder

Black and white Bakers Twine

 

Hope you have a chance to try this technique.  It's fun and love the effect.

 

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

 

Sue Drees

Toboggan Run

Hi friends.  Hope you're enjoying your Sunday.  Kinda lazy day here, still hauling boxes down to the basement with Christmas decorations, but almost done.

Today's card is for the challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil 2 Challenge.  It's challenge 167, and it's anything goes with a Mo's digial image.

 

I used this adorable toboggan run digi from Mo!

Bella is hanging on for dear life!

 

I made a step card.  Trees are an on the edge die from Sizzix (Tim Holtz)

Used a snow writer to add snow to the branches.  Image is cut on a Quik Kutz die Oval.

Paper is from my Christmas scraps.  Lace is on a bolt from Walmart.  Plastic

Silver snowflakes from JoAnn's button isle, though they are not buttons.

Star Dust Stickles.  Gold Ribbon.  Colored with Copics.

 

Hope you had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by today. Until later.........

 

Snowman

Hi friends.  Finally got the decorations and tree down.  Still need to put everything away, but at least it is all down and boxed up.  It is so much more fun decorating than it is to take it all down!!

We had some snow, only about 5 inches or so, but put me in the mood to stamp a snowman.

 Is this the greatest sentiment!  I LOVE IT.  It's a digi from TLC.

 One of my favorite snowmen from Rubber Cottage, Medina, Ohio.

Card Recipe

Papers are Bo Bunny

Snowflake border (corners) and Snowflakes, Martha Stewart

Spellbinders die

Colored with Copics. 

Sparkling Reflections embossing powder over entire image.

This is a New Years Card for my friend who loves snowmen as much as I do.

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

Blogger Trouble

Good Morning.  Hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start.  I have a couple of cards to
share with you, but I am unable to load any photos on blogger.  I went to the help page and they are aware that some users of Internet Explorer (ME) are having this problem.  Will post again as soon as I can.  Have a great weekend.