February Card Buffet

What a beautiful Saturday here in Fort Worth.  It's hard to believe it is still February because it certainly feels like spring or early summer.  We are in the middle of Stampin' Up's Sale-A-Bration.  With every $50 order, you can choose a FREE item from the special brochure.  This month we will be using a few of these products to create some fun cards.  I hope you like them and will send them to someone special in your life.

Tropical blooms on a brick wall

Ice Cream Birthday

Just a Note

Tasty Trucks

Here we are in the middle of summer with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees.  Oh for a trip to the mountains.  But that is not possible so card making in my air conditioned apartment will have to do.  And what is a favorite summer snack or picnic staple - fruit or fruit salad.  This new stamp set - Fresh Fruit - has become a new favorite of mine.  These cards were such fun to make and I hope you will enjoy them as well.

Peach Note Card

Strawberry Thank You

Lemon Hello

Pear Birthday Card

 

June Card Buffet

Without really planning a theme for this month, it sort of ended up being "flowers".  I really love flowers,  The varieties and colors are endless.  Apartment living doesn't lend itself very much to growing flowers.  And the Texas heat can sure wilt them in no time at all.  The building next to my apartment used to be the Plant Shed nursery.  It was so nice looking at all the wonderful living things in the back of their building.  Now I mainly create them with paper.  Please join me and we will create lovely cards together.

Botanical Bloom tag card

Birthday Blossom

Thank You Blossoms

Celebrate the 4th of July

May Card Buffet

It's that time of year again when new Stampin' Up products are about to make their debut.  That means some older products need to be retired.  So it's time for my annual "Going, Going, Gone" card buffet.  These cards are using retired stamps, inks, papers, punches, etc.  You have until May 31st to place an order for retired products.  The new comes in on June 1st.  Change is never easy, but without change, there would be no butterflies.

Swallowtail

The Open Seas

Make a Wish

Hello Hexagons

March Card Buffet

Spring is definitely here in Fort Worth.  The bluebonnets are blooming, and that is always a treat for us.  The oak tree outside my window has budded and all the recent rain has certainly "greened" everything up.  Now it's time to get creative.  Hope many of you can join in on all the fun.

Happy Birthday - The new Botanical Bloom set

Thinking of You - Sentiment can be changed to suit your occasion

 

Happy Birthday Bow

 

 Just for You - Can be a card for many different occasions

You're Special - Perfect for a birthday or just to encourage someone

January Card Buffet 2016

Welcome back ladies!  Another new year to start new things and maybe even finish a few old projects.  With the new year comes the new 2016 Occasions catalog and the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  This is always one of the most fun times in the Stampin' Up year.  Remember, with any $50 or higher order, you can choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  Have a $100 order?  Then you can choose 2 FREE items.  January also brings the right time to make Valentines.  Take a look at the 5 choices for cards for this month and send me an e-mail with your choices.

 Happy Valentine's Day - New Have a Cuppa Designer

Series Paper Stack, Bermuda Bay 1-8" Stitched Ribbon

 You are so loved - Love Blossoms Designer Series 

Paper Stack, Timeless Textures Stamp set

 Know what I love? - SAB What I Love stamp

set, Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack

 Thank You - SAB What I Love Stamp set

Happy Birthday - Rose Garden Thinlet dies, Rose Wonder

Stamp set, SAB Perfectly Artistic Designer Series Paper

September Card Buffet

 As summer comes to an end, we start to focus on the upcoming holidays.  I truly miss the changing colors of the leaves that I so enjoyed in Minnesota.  So I love to make cards with colorful leaves, using Stampin' Up's new Vintage Leaves set.  And it's never too early to start thinking about Christmas cards.  Come join in the crafting fun and make some homemade cards to bless your friends and family.

 Feeling Special

Happy Birthday

Give Thanks

Birthday Leaves

Christmas Joy

July Card Buffet

In one week it will be August.  That means we are another month closer to Fall and cooler weather.  I long for this time every year.  The heat and humidity and I do not get along.  But on a positive note, there is no snow and ice.  And before we welcome August, we have one last Thursday in July for our Card Buffet.  And with a new catalog comes new stamp sets, cardstock and designer series papers.

Friends

Good Thoughts

Birthday Butterfly

Thanks

Feeling special - birthday card

June Card Buffet

Can hardly believe that tomorrow is the official start of Summer.  Here in North Texas, summer has been around for a while already.  But it's cool inside and time to create.  Instead of 5 separate cards to choose from this month, you will be making a set of cards in five different colors.  You will choose which embossing folders to use and which sentiments you want on each card.  And each card has an embellishment, and you will be able to choose the ones you want to use.

If you don't need a baby card, you can make them a birthday or get well 

or thank you with a flower of butterfly embellishment.  It's your choice.

Thanks to Pinterest and Mary Jo Price-Williams at 

technostamper.blogspot.com for the ideas for these cards.

May Card Buffet

It's that time of year again when Stampin' Up is ready to release their new catalog.  Woo Hoo!  It's always an exciting time.  This is also when we say good-bye to some products, some of which we will really miss.  But change is a part of life I guess.  So the cards this month contain retiring paper, or ink, or stamps. 

Just for You - Good-bye to Maritime DSP and Coastal Cabana ink and paper

Think of you - Good-bye to Painted Blooms DSP, Four Frames stamp set and

Blackberry Bliss ribbon

You're How Old? - Good-bye to Just Sayin' stamp set and matching framelits, 

Baked Brown Sugar ink, and Retro Fresh washi tape.

You're in my Thoughts - Good-bye to Four Feathers stamp set and Framelits,

Baked Brown Sugar cardstock and ink, Painted Blooms DSP, and 

Truly Grateful stamp set

Life - Good-bye to Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack.

April Card Buffet

You're in my Thoughts

I saw this cute card on Operation Write Home, and I knew I

could re-create it using Stampin' Up products.  

 Many Thanks

Two of my favorite stamp sets - Lovely as a Tree and

Work of Art.  Special thank you to

www.juliedavison.com

Happy Anniversary

When I saw this card on Pinterest, I fell in love with it (so to speak).

Thanks to Debbi at debbisdesign.blogspot.ca.  I added

the anniversary sentiment when I thought of my in-laws coming

58th anniversary.  Marriage is definitely a journey.

 Thinking of You

Washi tape adds a lot of color and the new Bow Builder

punch is so cute and fun.

Happy Birthday

We always need more masculine cards, and the sentiment

can be changed to fit the situation.