It’s Friday and that means a new TGIF Challenge! The product challenge for this week focuses on either the Mosaic Mood or Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper. You can find both of these gorgeous paper packs on pages 166 and 167 of the Annual Catalog. I hope you can join us for this week’s challenge. Simply create a project, post it on your blog or social media, and then link… Read More »
Our son turned 25 yesterday!!! No way … a quarter century? It’s crazy how quickly the years go by! I’m super proud of the young man he has become, but I can’t help missing that sweet little boy too… My sister took this precious photo during a vacation in Maui just after Samuel had turned two. Maybe I’m feeling a little nostalgic, because I decided to make a goofy, fun… Read More »
Welcome to the September Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, the theme of the blog hop is the new Mercury Glass Designer Acetate, which can be found in the Holiday Catalog on page 33. This fun new acetate has a faux mercury glass finish. It comes in a pack of 4 sheets measuring 12″ x 12″ including 2 each of 2 designs. For lots of inspiration using this unique new… Read More »
It’s TGIF time! This week, TGIF Challenges has a color challenge including Basic Black, Merry Merlot, and Very Vanilla. I have to admit that this color combination stumped me a bit. It really only includes one “color” (Merry Merlot), as the other two are neutrals. In addition, both Basic Black and Merry Merlot are very dark … not a combination I would typically choose. With that in mind, I decided… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the September Creating Kindness Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA. This is an exciting day for me, because it’s both my birthday AND I’m guest designer for Creating Kindness! Wahoo!!! What a fun coincidence! The Creating Kindness Blog Hop includes designers from around the world who come together to inspire kindness through cardmaking and paper crafting. This month, the theme of the hop is… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to the September Color Fusers Blog Hop! I participate in this blog hop on the first Monday of each month, along with a great group of fellow demonstrators, to share different project ideas using the same color combination. This month, the colors include Rococo Rose, Merry Merlot, Night of Navy, and Mossy Meadow. If you’re already following through the blog hop, then you’ve just come from the… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge!!! This week, the challenge is to use splatter. Oh boy, I love getting messy. How about you? For my project, I pulled out a new bundle I had just recently purchased — the Tasteful Textures Cling stamp set and Tasteful Background Dies. I thought the bold background shape would be a great backdrop for my splatter creation. I created my background… Read More »
Last weekend, I had time to play with some of the new products from the upcoming Holiday Catalog! (Products available to order on September 4, 2019). I seriously think this Holiday Catalog is my all-time favorite. So how about a little sneak peek of my favorite new suite called Feels Like Frost? The Feels Like Frost Suite includes the Frosted Foliage stamp set, Frosted Frame Dies, and GORGEOUS Feels Like… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to the August Stamping Sunday Blog Hop hosted by Sara Levin. This month, the theme is “All Tied Up,” which means different ways to tie ribbon on our projects. The designers for this blog hop have two choices. We can either 1) design a card and a 3-D project, or 2) design three different versions of a card geared towards beginner, casual, and avid crafters to show… Read More »
Hello friends, and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a sketch challenge that’s clean and simple, and just about perfect for any stamp set! So come join us!!! I used the new Seaside Notions stamp set, paired with a fun background I created previously with Pigment Sprinkles. (Click HERE to see the blog post explaining how I created the background.) I really love this beautiful ocean-themed… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for August! This month, we have my favorite color combination of all time!!! I literally screamed with delight when I saw these colors. They are GORGEOUS!!! I’m such a “turquoise” girl. I can hardly wait to see all the beautiful projects the designers create. If you are already following the blog hop, you’ve just come from the lovely Melissa Kerman. See… Read More »
It’s Friday, and that means time for a new TGIF Challenge. This week, the challenge is to make a shaker card!!! How fun is that? I love shaker cards, and I’m so excited to see what all the designers come up with! Shaker cards can include all sorts of fun elements, such as sequins, trinkets, buttons, glitter, candy, … you name it. I decided I wanted to do a beach… Read More »
Do you like to color? I was crazy about it when I was a kid, and I don’t think I’ve ever grown out of it. In fact, one of my favorite things to do on the weekend is to sit in my craft room, listening to music and coloring. It’s my happy place. Today, the Stamping Through the Catalog Challenge (#sttcchallenge) is featuring the Over The Moon stamp set. This… Read More »
Welcome to the July Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett from Stockton, California, and I’m so glad you dropped by to visit my blog today. This month, we are featuring the Above The Clouds stamp set! You can find this stamp set on page 89 of the 2019 Annual Catalog, and it coordinates with the Hot Air Balloon Punch. (Purchase both in a bundle for 10% off!) To continue… Read More »
Happy TGIF Friends! This week, the TGIF Challenge Blog has a great sketch that’s perfect for layering and florals!!! I’m still obsessed with Pigment Sprinkles. They are so bright and beautiful. I particularly love how one color of sprinkles turns into multiple coordinating colors when mixed with water. Until now, I had only used Pigment Sprinkles for backgrounds. So I decided to venture out and use them as a coloring… Read More »
Today, I’m playing with the Royal Peacock stamp set. This stamp set coordinates with a whole suite of GORGEOUS dies, designer papers, and embellishments on pages 24 to 26 of the 2019 Annual Catalog. The Royal Peacock stamps and coordinating Detailed Peacock Dies are so versatile. There are numerous ways to stamp and color them, but if you know me, you know I love to watercolor. So, I have two… Read More »
Welcome to the July Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we are using a beautiful, soft color combination, including Soft Seafoam, Seaside Spray, and Purple Posy! For more inspiration using this color combination, be sure to use the navigation buttons at the bottom of this post to continue through the whole blog hop. This color combination was a little bit of a challenge, because the Purple Posy ink pad and… Read More »
Hello! It’s Friday, so that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our focus is on a type of card we all need — sympathy cards. I don’t know about you, but I tend to make lots of happy occasion cards and forget about the ones like this that come up suddenly. I seriously NEED to get better at creating an inventory to stash away for a rainy day.) Be… Read More »
I love discovering new coloring techniques! This weekend, I was playing around with the new Pigment Sprinkles. You can find them on page 179 of the Annual Catalog. They come in a box of six colors, and they are highly concentrated color crystals in powder form. To activate, just add a little water and watch with wonder at what happens! All my examples below, except the bottom, right use one… Read More »
It’s Friday, and that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a fun sketch, so I decided to break out my brand new Above the Clouds stamp set! Wahoo!!! The challenge sketch layout is below. It’s nice and simple, leaving room for interpretation. I decided to change the layout to landscape, size down my banner proportionately, and change the shape of the punch. The Above the Clouds stamp… Read More »