Category Archives: Handmade Gifts

Artisan Design Team — Seas The Day

Hello and thanks for visiting my blog. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing cards from the March Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Seas The Day Bundle. Be sure to go to the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ inspiring projects featuring this beautiful, underwater-themed bundle. The Seas The Day Bundle is in the January-June Mini Catalog on page 38. It includes the… Read More »

#TGIFC352 – Inspiration Challenge

For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we are taking inspiration from the image below. I decided to get a head start on making Valentine’s Day gifts for my loved ones by focusing on the heart image, watercolored background, and position of the sentiment. I designed three different boxes, two feminine and one masculine. For the feminine ones, I used the new Love & Happiness Bundle, which includes the Love & Happiness… Read More »

Artisan Design Team — Classic Cloche Bundle

Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA and today, I’m sharing projects I designed for the Stampin’ Up! Facebook Page. The members of the Artisan Design Team occasionally get this opportunity, and I have to say it’s a real honor!!! So, I try my best to come up with something unique and inspirational. Since the holidays are right around the corner, I decided to design some Christmas cards and a… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Small Gifts/Tags

Hello and welcome to the November Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is small gifts and tags, which suited me perfectly! I love creating pretty, festive gifts to hand out to friends and family during the holidays!!! My husband does too, in fact he brings a lot of them to work to give to clients. Coincidentally, my husband had just brought home a huge bag of Ghirardelli peppermint… Read More »

Eden’s Garden — Exclusive Early Release Collection

I have exciting news! The Eden’s Garden Collection of products is now available to purchase!!! This is an early release promotion of a new bundle that will appear in the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog, along with some exclusive coordinating products. To kick off this promotion, the Artisan Design Team has created an amazing showcase of inspirational projects including cards, scrapbook pages, home decor, and gift wrapping! You can see all… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop — November 2021

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for November! This month, we have a color combination that includes Merry Merlot, Misty Moonlight, Cinnamon Cider, and Early Espresso. This color combination was a challenge for me. I had to put a lot of thought into my project The Merry Merlot made me think of Christmas, and I have a lot of Christmas cards to make. It was the browns that sort… Read More »

Artisan Design Team — Whimsy & Wonder Suite

Hello and welcome! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA and today, I’m sharing my projects from the October Artisan Design Team Showcase. They feature the incredibly gorgeous Whimsy & Wonder Suite Collection! Be sure to check out the entire showcase on the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page. The team has truly outdone themselves this month, there are so many beautiful and inspiring projects. The Whimsy & Wonder Suite Collection is located… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Celebrate

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September. This month, our theme is “Celebrate,” which is just perfect, because my family has four birthdays this month including my son, husband, nephew and myself (lots of Virgos!) For this blog hop, the designers have two choices. We can design 1) three versions of a card for beginner, casual, and avid stampers, or 2) a 3D project and a… Read More »

Artisan Design Team — Sweet As A Peach Bundle

Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, U.S.A. and today, I’m sharing my July Artisan Design Team Showcase projects featuring the Sweet As A Peach Bundle. This month’s showcase features loads of amazing, inspirational projects, so be sure to click over to the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page and check them all out! This bundle includes the Sweet As A Peach photopolymer stamps and Peach Dies for 10% off. Both the stamps… Read More »

Stamping Sunday — Ombre’

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for June! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA and this month, our theme is “Ombre’.” Ombre’ patterns are so soft and pretty! I love using them on my projects, whether I create them myself with Blending Brushes or Stampin’ Blends Markers or use one the many ombre’ products currently available to purchase from Stampin’ Up! For this blog hop, the designers… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! — Flowers of Friendship Bundle

Hello and welcome! I’m Tami Hewlett from the United States and today, I’m sharing my May Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Flowers of Friendship Bundle! These projects were shared by Stampin’ Up! on its Corporate Facebook page yesterday in the Artisan Design Team Showcase. Click over to that sight for loads of inspiration! The Flowers of Friendship Bundle is so pretty! It includes the Flowers of Friendship Cling Stamp… Read More »

#TGIFC310 — Color Challenge

Happy Good Friday! Since Easter is this weekend, I used this week’s TGIF Color Challenge to design a special treat box for my daughter. (I also made a masculine version for my son using different colors. See below.) This week’s colors include Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, and Pool Party. They screamed girly, girl Easter to me:) For my treat box, I decorated a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box using the Arrange… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! – A Touch Of Ink

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today, I’m sharing my monthly projects for the Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring A Touch of Ink Photopolymer Stamps. This stamp set is a Sale-A-Bration product that you can earn for free with a qualifying purchase of $100 USD through the end of this month. To see the entire February Artisan Design Team Showcase, see yesterday’s post on the Stampin’ Up! FaceBook page! The… Read More »

#TGIFC304 — Sale-A-Bration

It’s TGIF time again! This week, the TGIF Challenge Designers are focusing on Sale-A-Bration. Sale-A-Bration ends this month, so be sure to take advantage of this great promotion. I decided to focus on the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper. You can earn this paper for free with a qualifying purchase of $50 during Sale-A-Bration. It’s so beautiful!!! Many of the sheets include hand painted florals in vibrant colors, set… Read More »

January Artisan Design Team – In Bloom Bundle

Hello and welcome to my first official 2021 Artisan Design Team blog post! How exciting!!! This year, Stampin’ Up! has made a few changes to the Artisan Design Team. Instead of monthly blog hops, Stampin’ Up! is posting Artisan Design Team projects on it’s Facebook and Instagram feeds. These projects appeared in the Artisan Design Team Showcase January 2021 on Facebook yesterday. For these monthly projects, the 21 members of… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Holiday Table

Hello and welcome to the December Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is Holiday Table. How fun is that? I can’t wait to see what all the designers come up with! One of my favorite things about the holidays is the decorations, and that includes a beautiful table. I designed three projects for my Holiday Table: 1) a simple napkin holder, 2) decorated candles for a centerpiece, and… Read More »

#TGIFC287 — Halloween Treats!

Hi Stamping Friends! Did you know that Stampin’ Up! is having a great Designer Series Paper sale? Select papers are discounted 15% during the entire month of October, including the beautiful Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper that I used on these Halloween treats. For more details on the sale, click HERE. I was on a mission this past weekend. Since Halloween is only a week away, I was… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Texture Time!

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September! This month, our theme is texture and ribbon! I love adding texture to my projects; in fact it’s one of my favorite ways to step-up projects and give them the WOW factor. And, it’s so easy! Add some ribbon, embellishments, heat or dry embossing, crystal effects … the list is endless. For this blog hop, the designers have a choice of… Read More »

Retirement Goodies

A co-worker and good friend is retiring at the end of this month, so I decided to make a few extra gifts for her last day. She loves white chocolate, so I dressed up a large chocolate bar and filled a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box full of her favorites. The Nothing’s Better Than stamp set and coordinating Love You More Than Dies were perfect for this project! (Purchase in a… Read More »