March Card Buffet

He is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed!  Using the Hardwood background

stamp and cutting it into strips gives the perfect look for the cross.

Somebunny is saying Happy Easter!  This will be the perfect card

for my granddaughters.

It's Spring and time for flowers to bloom.  Here is a card that can be

used for Easter or a birthday or get well or whatever you need

a card for.  I love the soft colors of the designer paper.

How is this for a fun birthday card?  I bet you all know someone who can't

live without their phone, and would love this card.  And you can choose

between one for a female or a male.

Decorative bag topper and tag - No matter what the season or occasion,

you can use your Designer paper and make a beautiful addition

to your gift bag. 

February Card Buffet

It's Sale-a-Bration time!  Here is a card that shows off some of the products

you can receive with a $50 order.  There is Sweet Sorbe Designer paper, or a new

embossing folder with funky dots (I love it), or a new punch that will

create all the little flags your heart desires.

It won't be long and Easter will be here.  Here is the new Easter stamp from

the Occasion catalog.

The old with the new.  Lovely as a Tree is my oldest stamp set that is

still in the catalog.  I hope it never leaves.  Now it is combined

with the new Woodgrain background stamp.

The woodgrain stamp makes a perfect tree for our cute owl punch.  The "woo-hoo"

comes from our new Just Sayin' stamp set in the Occasion catalog.

Ombre color card with the new embossing folder. 

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!

November Card Buffet

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone!  This is one of my favorite times of the year, when we stop to give our thanks to our Heavenly Father for everything He is and has done for us.  As a bonus, we don't have to give gifts either.  It's a time for families to be together and share in God's goodness.  It the world of stamping, it's a time to finish up with making Christmas cards.  I still have a long way to go before I will be finished, but I love it and am so thankful to God for being able to do what I love and share it with others.

Aren't these the cutest mini coffee treat cups?  Thanks to fellow demo Teresa Goff 

for this idea.  They would make great stocking stuffers, teacher gifts, office worker

gifts or even adapted for other occasions.

Merry Christmas Snowflakes - Here is a new technique, at least to me, where you

sponge your white paper with color and then spray the stamp with Stampin' Up 

Stampin' Mist.  It acts like a bleach.

Merry Christmas Polka Dots - Thanks to DeAnn Rauzi at 

stampinonthecamasprairie.blogspot.com for some of the 

ideas for this card.

October Card Buffet

Cards and Bows!  Yes, it is never too early to start thinking about Christmas when it comes to card making and crafting.  I love sharing card ideas with all my friends, and this is the time of year when I make lots and lots of cards.  I volunteer at a local food ministry, and I have been making their Christmas cards for the last 5 years or so.  It is a real blessing to me and I hope to all that receive the card.  I have 170 to make this year along with some sets of cards for a craft show.  So...I better get going.

Even with all the holidays upon us, birthdays still happen.  Wouldn't this be cute for a December birthday with Christmas Designer paper?  Hmmm...I just might have to try that.

 O Holy Night!

Shimmery Snowflake

Peace on Earth - Can you see the sparkly paper?  It's an easy, fun technique.

Bows!  Learn to make your own custom bows from Stampin' Up Designer Paper.  

It's easy, fun and so cute.

September Card Buffet

 Fall is just around the corner, so it's time for Pumpkins!  I love all the Pumpkin recipes I see on Pinterest.  Here is a "pizza box" treat box that can be used for a small gift or even a gift card.  Place one at each place at Thanksgiving filled with your favorite treat.  

(Sorry...pumpkin candies not included)

 Thanksgiving...my favorite holiday.  Show your loved ones you care by remembering them with a handmade greeting card.

 I bet we can all find someone that deserves our thanks.  This card uses some of the Designer Paper from the Fall collection in the Holiday mini catalog.

Even with the holidays upon us, there are still birthdays to be celebrated.

It's never too early to get a start on Christmas cards.  Here is the dove from the new stamp set called Calm Christmas. 

Labor Day Weekend VCMP!

 
Hello and welcome to my blog.  It's an honor to be a hostess for one of the VCMP challenges.  I hope you have been enjoying being creative, and just maybe you have learned something new along the way.  Since I live in Fort Worth, Texas, I always look forward to Fall.  It comes a little later here then when I lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  So my challenge for you is to create a card with a Fall theme, but not a Thanksgiving card.  Use a leaf motif with fall colors - rusts, yellows, golds, red, dark greens, etc.  As you can see below, Sketch #64 is what I chose.  Your card can be an I Love You or I Miss You card, or even a Thinking About You or Thank You.  Can't wait to see what you create!  Have Fun!

My card is created with the Emboss Resist technique.  The leaves were embossed with Pewter embossing powder first onto Vanilla cardstock.  Then the colors are sponged in a random pattern.  The 3.5 x 4.75 panel was put on a Cajun Craze panel and then mounted on a Midnight Muse card.  All products are from Stampin' Up. 

Don't forget to link up your beautiful card with the inlinkz thingy
down below.  And keep on stamping!