January 2017 Card Buffet

Happy New Year everyone!  What a great start to a new year.  A new president and administration.  A new Occasions catalog along with Sale-A-Bration.  And it's a very beautiful day here in Fort Worth - sunny and 64 degrees.  That's picnic weather, right?  Maybe not, but it sure is beautiful.  This is the time of year I break out the Valentine sets to create some cards in plenty of time for Valentine's Day.  The new Occasions catalog has a wonderful stamp set along with framelits that I am loving.  I think this Occasions catalog is the best one I've seen in a long time.  With every $50 you spend from either the Annual or Occasions catalog you can choose a free item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  There is an adorable chicken stamp set which we will be using this month.  So I hope to see many of you this month to create some cute cards together.

Happy Valentine's Day - aren't the little envelopes just the cutest!

Valentine #2 - Valentines can be a little "grungy".

Happy Day Chicken - with new Hexagon embossing folder

inked and made to look like chicken wire

Dragonfly Dreams - another new stamp set with 

matching framelits

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

January 2015 Card Buffet

It's been a couple months since I've been able to post.  Computer problems are no fun!  But many thanks to a friend's husband.  He was able to clear out many of the problems and viruses.  I now hope it stays this way for a long time.  I hope you are are doing well at the beginning of the new year.  It will be great to see everyone again and create together.

Love card - It's almost Valentine's Day

  Heart Tree

Feathers - The kindness you show

has no end...

Thanks to Teneale Williams and her card at

tenealewilliams.com.au

Lotus Blossom - new stamp set that you

can earn for free with a $50 order during

Sale-A-Bration.

Ship Birthday card - very masculine or for

anyone who loves to travel.

Thanks to Lisa Young at

addinkandstamp.blogspot.com for her 

lovely card.

January Card Buffet

Thinking of you Valentine

Be my Valentine

Happy Birthday Cupcake - Found this idea on Pinterest.  Thanks to Julie at kewlstamps-n-more.com.  When I saw this, I said "I have this paper!"  I just changed up the sentiment to what I had on hand.

Birthday Wishes - This card can be used for many occasions simply by changing the sentiment.  Another Pinterest find.  Thanks to Susan at susanstamps.wordpress.com.  I had this chevron ribbon in Island Indigo, so I changed up the colors to Island Indigo and Pear Pizzazz. 

Lattice window card - Thanks to Dawn Olchefske at dostamping.typepad.com.  She makes awesome cards, and she is the upline of a dear friend of mine, college roommate and fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator, Cheryl O.  Too bad they both live in Minnesota. 

There you have it.  It's a new year with many new possibilities to spend time with wonderful friends and get creative.  And what a better way to start then with making some Valentines.  I love Valentines day.  It holds a very special meaning to me.  And my goal this year is to make many more cards for Operation Write Home and cards to share with family and friends, to give some encouragement or to just say "HI".  Can't wait for you to join in the fun with me!