Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea. 

I suppose with all the HOT weather we have had this summer, Christmas

is the farthest thing from your mind.  But, if you want to make your

Christmas cards, you need to get started early, and the store is

brimming with new stamps and dies.

I chose this wonderful stamp and die set from Stampendous.

The stamp set includes three birds, the berry branch, the holly sprig

and a free stencil of the tree.

The die set includes the bird dies and the holly sprig die.

Stamp Set - StampendousWinter Tweets (CR55092)

Inside Sentiment Stamp - Northwoods Rubber Stamps

Die Set - Stampendous - Winter Tweets (DC55092)

White card base is 41/4x51/2inches

Paper - White, Red, and light Blue card stock

I stenciled the tree onto the side of the card

with a finger sponge using grey and black ink

Added white embossing powder to areas I wanted

snow using a Versamark embossing pen.

Stamped the berry branch several times and colored in

with Copic marker

Bird was colored with Copics and cut with the die set.

Popped him up on the branch.

I  used a Color Box cat eye ink pad to brush

across the card to look like blowing snow.

A white Sharpie Poster Paint Marker to dot the card

for the snow effect.

What a fun set these little birds are.  The other little birds

look like a robin and a chickadee.

No time like now to start thinking about making your

Christmas cards.

Don't forget, the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff will have

a booth at the Scrap and Stamp Show at the Hamburg

Fair Ground on Saturday and Sunday.  Sharon has

discount tickets in the store, and she always has

a lot of new stuff at the show.

Thanks for stopping by today.

  Have a great week.

Sue Drees