BSS MONDAY IDEA - Tab Side Card

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Today's card is a tab side card.  I saw it on pinterest and went with my own design, since there was no tutorial.  But I did find one on Dawns Stamping Thoughts Blog, Here

Front of card

Card Opened

Sweet image

Card Recipe

What I used

Papers - Green and White cardstock

Designer paper is Graphic 45 Little Darlings Collection

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio - Mouse on Presents C1373

All die cuts Spellbinders Gold Labels Four S5-159

small butterflies are a small paper shapers punch

Cuttlebug embossing Folder

Versamark onyx black used to stamp image,

clear embossing powder

White embossing powder for sentiments

Colored with Copics

Base card is cut at 5 x 8 inches scored at 5 inches

The short side is the front of the card.

For the tab, I used the third smallest die from the set

and cut it in half lengthwise.  Lay the tab in place on the

card, centering each piece, so they touch.  Adhere

the left side under the mat on the front panel and on the right

side under the panel on the inside of the card.

Punched a medium round hole on each side to feed the ribbon through.

If you have a tab die or punch use it, but you can use any shape,

even a half circle.

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

Purr-fectly happy

Hi friends.  Turned out to be a nice day, cool, but sunny as opposed to all the rain we got yesterday.

More and more I am seeing flowers finally popping up, tulips, daffodils, and crocus.  So nice to see.

I bought this adorable stamp awhile ago on clearance on line and just now getting around to using it.

I don't put them away until I ink them up and make a card first, have a whole shoe box of stamps waiting for me...........not enough hours in the day, and I'm retired. 

 Have been doing some genealogy again and once you get into it, hours pass quickly and before you know it, it's the middle of the night, but pleased with what I have found in the last week.

On to the card..............

Such a sweet stamp.......

Card Recipe

Stamp - Cutie stamp set - Crafter's Companion

Sentiment - Whipper Snapper Designs

Card base and circle dies - Spellbinders

Paper - Reflections, Michaels

Ribbon lace and fabric roses from Walmart, sold

by the reel, really reasonable.

Pearls - Want to Stamp

Pink Velvet ribbon through lace, Michaels

Colored with Copics

Entering this card in this challenge.

Crafty Girls Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

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

HMFMC 168 - POP IT UP - Mid Way Reminder

Just a quick post to remind you that the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge is at the mid way mark.  You still have until Saturday, May 3rd at Midnight EST to enter a card or project for our

POP IT UP challenge.

Aww, what a friend this little mouse is.  I popped up all the layers,

the chicks, and the flowers.

Closeup.

Card Recipe

Stamp - House Mouse Designs, Stampabilities

Papers - Basic Gray and Wild Rose Studio

EK Success border die

Button from my friend America

Butterfly and double bow ribbon from Michael's

Purple twine from JoAnn's

Colored with Copics

Two fabulous prizes up for grabs, $12 gift voucher from Di's Digi Stamps

and dies from Marianne Design.  

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You have to be in it to win it, so come on join the fun.

The design team has come up with some great inspiration for you, go check it out

at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - Pop Up Box Card

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Card in a Box

If you troll the internet and others blogs often, you probably have seen these adorable

Card in a box designs.  What fun they are to make, and the best thing is, they fold flat for mailing.

Here  is a link to the directions for this card on Split Coast Stampers.

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

The first set of directions make a card that needs a 6x9 envelope to mail, but just

below those instructions are the measurements for a standard A2 card.

This is a great link because it has step by step pictures AND a video.

Here is my card.

This is the front of the card.

Front turned slightly.

The back of the card.  Room to write a message and sign.

Card folded closed (hard to photograph, but it does fold

flat.

Looking down into the card, so you can see how the decorations you

add to the box look.

Card Recipe

Stamps - A gift for you - Penny Black (hedge hog) (1447H)

Sentiment on the back - Stampendous (47598)

Papers - It's a celebration by Carta Bella 6x6 inch pad

Base card is mint green pearlecent card stock

Dies - Candles on the sides - Elizabeth Craft Designs (732 Candles)

Punches - Party Hats and Cake - Paper Shapers, Cupcakes, EK Success 

Small butterflies are the cutouts from an EK Success border punch.

I used small strips of Acrylic to mount them on so they wiggle when you open the

card, giving the illusion of flight.

Balloons is an old stamp no longer available.

Flowers - Prima tiny flowers

Stickles, Star Dust, yellow, red, and green.

The box goes together quickly and decorating is so much fun.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until later.

The Butterfly

Hi friends.  Hope you're enjoying your Sunday. 

I made this card for today with some new bling I just received in the mail.

I have the Wonderful Wings Butterfly dies from Spellbinders, and just found

out this week from Linda Lucas (Lovely Linda) who designs for Spellbinders, who makes these

dies that a company called Want2Scrap sells rhinestones that exactly fit some of

the spellbinders dies, including the butterflies.  I ordered them one day this week and

they came in the mail today.  I also order some others in pearls and rhinestones on clearance for

.99 cents each.  I'm in love.

Stamp - Impression Obsession

Paper - DCWV

Die - Marianne Designs

Leaf Branch - Cottage Cutz

Butterfly - Spellbinders

Bling on Butterfly - Want 2 Scrap

Close up of the beautiful bling on the butterfly.

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

First Communion Card

Hi friends, hope you're enjoying your weekend.  Damp and rainy day here today, but the sun is trying to peek out from the clouds.  Good day to spend in the craft room.

I made this card for a little friend who is making his First Communion tomorrow.  His Mom is one of my Godchildren.  Time flies!!

A simple card.

A 5x7"  light blue card base from Stampin' Up

Spellbinders Die (S5-189) in white card stock

Center section sponged on the edges with light blue dye ink

Beautiful Cross die is Tattered Lace (D118)

I cut it from some thick silver mirror card stock.

All of the cutouts in the cross didn't cut on the first pass

through, but I liked it so much, I didn't run it through again

and used it intact.  It is very intricate when you

do cut all the small cuts in the cross.

That's it for me today.  Have a great Saturday.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Until later..........

HMFMC #168 - POP IT UP

Time for a new House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, it's #168, and our talented teammate, Lori has chosen the theme

Pop It Up

You must have at least 1 element on your project that is popped up.

I fussy cut and "popped up" (pun intended) the popcorn in the pot and

the ones flying through the air.

The front of the easel card.

The inside of the card.

Stamps - House Mouse Designs, Stampabilities

Red and yellow card stock and popcorn designer paper is DCWV

Bakers twine and button.

Star Dust stickles

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Spellbinders dies

cloth rick rack

Colored with Copics

Proudly Sponsored by;

http://disdigistamps.com 

 CHALLENGE Prize is a $12 Gift Voucher to Di's shop. 

Di's BIO:  {I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like-minded people.  I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue! }

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The design team has come up with some great inspirations as always for you, so
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You have until Saturday, May 3rd at midnight to enter a card for one of the two fabulous prizes on offer.

Hope you make time to join us for this POP IT UP challenge.

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