Katrina's Kreative Heart: Buffalo Check

October 9, 2018

Stampin' Up! Buffalo Check Goes Plaid

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I have a fun project to share with you today using one of my favorite stamps, the Buffalo Check background stamp from Stampin' Up! I just love the versatility of this stamp and in today's project, I made it into a plaid background by using a ruler and a Stampin' Write marker.

To begin, I started with a standard card base of Early Espresso cut 8.5" x 5.5", I then cut a piece of Whisper White 4" x 5.25" and stamped it with the Buffalo Check background stamp and Mango Melody. Then, using a ruler and the Early Espresso marker, I drew lines down the center of the Buffalo Check rows containing white squares, I then turned the paper .25 turn, and repeated with the ruler and the marker. I adhered this panel to the card front then punched the cat from a scrap piece of Early Espresso and added a double bow from Linen Thread to the cat's neck. I then stamped the sentiment from Rooted In Nature using Early Espresso ink onto a piece of Whisper White cut .5" and trimmed it down and added to the card front.

That completes today's project. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope it inspires you to pull out your Buffalo Check stamp and begin playing with it. See what other patterns you can come up with and feel free to share. I'd love to see what you do.

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Buffalo Check Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[147797]

$20.00

Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147794]

$15.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

[147093]

$7.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$7.50

Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers

[147158]

$30.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

September 18, 2018

Stampin' Up! Dashing Deer and Buffalo Check

Good afternoon and Happy Tuesday! I'm getting so excited, this weekend coming is my first ever full day stamping retreat and I can not wait to spoil my stampers! It actually makes me giddy just thinking about it!

Anyway, today I want to share a fun card with you, using the Dashing Deer bundle and the awesome background stamp, Buffalo Check. But what I think really steals the show here is the Swirls & Curls embossing folder! It came as a surprise really just how amazing this embossing folder is when I got the card all put together.
To create this card, I used a Cherry Cobbler card base cut 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded at 4.25; I then cut a second layer of Cherry Cobbler 5.25" x 4" and stamped the Buffalo Check image with Blackberry Bliss ink. Amazing right? The Blackberry Bliss actually looks Black against the Cherry Cobbler. I then cut a strip of Gold Glimmer paper .5" x 4" and adhered it to the left edge of the 4" x 4" Whisper White panel that I embossed with the Swirls & Curls embossing folder. I then attached them to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. I cut the Reindeer from Gold Foil paper and added him to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals and added a double bow made from Linen Thread. I then stamped the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White measuring 3/4" x 3" in Versamark ink and embossed it in Gold Embossing powder with my heat tool, flagged the left edge and added it to the bottom right of the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed today's card as much as I did. I have a great day and until next time,
Happy Stamping,

Product List

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Bundle

[149935]

$50.25