Welcome to another TGIF Challenge Friday! This week our challenge is “What would you do … without a sentiment?” I laughed when I saw this, because I frequently find myself finishing up a card and realizing that I forgot the sentiment! I get so focused on the card that the sentiment becomes an afterthought. So, this was a fairly easy challenge for me. My card features the Apple Blossom Dies… Read More »
Welcome to the Commonwealth of Colour (#commonwealthofcolour), a tribute to the recent passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II brought to you by my Artisan alumni friends and I. My Artisan friends from the UK and Commonwealth Nations created this lovely tribute, and I was happy to join in. While I was born and raised in the U.S., I have both English and Scottish heritage. My grandfather Sam lived in… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing my September Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Boughs of Holly Suite. This is an absolutely GORGEOUS suite, definitely one of my favorites from the JD Mini Catalog! I literally love everything about it and was so excited when I received this assignment! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ beautiful… Read More »
Happy Friday! For today’s TGIF Challenge, we have the inspiration below. It was the perfect opportunity to try out the Perched In A Tree Bundle. I particularly love the Aspen Tree Die background and have been dying to use it. I had a lot of fun with this card, because the Perched In A Tree stamps include both a large splatter and a small dot splatter that are great for… Read More »
This October, the Crafty Carrot Collective has invited me to be a Guest Designer! Participants will be able to access five live Facebook tutorials throughout the month featuring the Spruced Up Bundle. There’s also Sneak Peek inspiration and participant sharing for even more inspiration! You can sign up at https://craftycarrotcollectiveblogspot.com. My presentation will be on Friday October 7 at 6:00 PM PDT. Today, I’m sharing my Sneak Peek project. I… Read More »
Happy Birthday to our baby boy and first born! (He’s definitely not a baby anymore, but he’ll always be ours!) He loves to barbeque so I think he’ll get a kick out of this card. I used the He’s the Man Suite Collection. It’s chalked full of coordinating stamps, dies, papers and embellishments making it so easy. I was inspired by a card made by Cindy Schuster during her Crafty… Read More »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for September 2022. This month, we have a color combination of Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss, and Pale Papaya. Wow, aren’t these great colors?!! I never would have thought of this combination on my own, but it’s so pretty! Whether you just started here or are already following along, be sure to click the navigation buttons at the bottom of this post to continue… Read More »
Happy Friday! This week’s TGIF Challenge is a color challenge including all the 2022-2024 In Colors. I LOVE these colors, so this is going to be a fun one. They include Starry Sky, Orchid Oasis, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, and Sweet Sorbet. If you’re new to Stampin’ Up!, let me explain In Colors. Each year, Stampin’ Up! adds five trendy colors to it’s standard 48 color palette. The In Colors… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing my August Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Decorated With Happiness Bundle. This bundle is super versatile and includes beautiful watercolored images and a variety of great dies. I really enjoyed working with it! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ amazing projects featuring this awesome bundle. You can find the… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is BEACHES!!! Yay, I’m such a California girl at heart and love the beach. I love smelling the salt air, walking in the sand, listening to the waves, and feeling the warm breeze … literally everything about it. So when I saw this challenge, I jumped for joy! I’m featuring one of my favorite stamp sets from the JD Mini… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, we had a sketch challenge designed by Jennifer Frost. I love sketch challenges, because all I need to do is pick a stamp set and a color combination and I’m ready to go! I thought this sketch was really unique with its three focal points and scattered nature. To see all the designers projects using this sketch, go the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Facebook and Instagram pages. We’d also… Read More »
Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA and today I’m sharing a fun background technique that I created with Stampin’ Blends Markers for the Stampin’ Up! Facebook and Instagram pages. Here’s my completed project featuring the Friends Are Like Seashells stamps and coordinating Seaside Seashell Dies and Seashells 3D Embossing Folder. I also used Deckled Rectangle Dies for the main panel and sentiment. As you… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Color Challenge! This month, we have a bright, beautiful color combination of Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie, and Melon Mambo. I love bold, happy colors like this, they just put a smile on my face:) My card is fairly simple, but sometimes that’s what you need to do! It features the Happiness Abounds Bundle and one of my favorite Sale-A-Bration products, the Silver & Gold 6″… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for August 2022! Do you ever need a little crafting inspiration? Color challenges are a great springboard! I know I tend to gravitate to the same colors, and these challenges really push me to break out of the mold. I NEVER in a million years would have picked this color combo on my own, but I ended up loving it in… Read More »
One of my favorite things about handmade cards is texture! I love the dimension of layers, ribbons, and embellishments. Today, I’m sharing two cards with lots of texture. I made these cards last month, and my goal was to make a birthday card for my son’s fiancé, Josie. She told me her favorite colors are mint green and a cool light blue, so I used a color combination of Soft… Read More »
Hello and welcome. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing projects I designed for the July Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Lovely & Lasting Bundle. This bundle includes images with big, beautiful flowers, as well as a great coordinating punch. Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ projects featuring this awesome bundle. The Lovely & Lasting Bundle includes… Read More »
Our TGIF Challenge for this week is “My Favorite Things” so I chose to create a card with watercoloring (perfect for World Watercoloring Month!), blue tones, florals, and a pretty feminine style. I had so much fun with this one!!! To start out, I decided to watercolor a pretty background on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. It was very random and included the following colors: Starry Sky, Orchid Oasis, Tahitian Tide,… Read More »
Hello and happy Friday! For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, our theme is Flower Power! I LOVE floral stamp sets, so this is right up my alley! For my card, I chose the Season of Chic Bundle. This bundle has elements for all four seasons, including great florals, and I adore all the dies for layering and texturing. To see all the “Flower Power” projects created by the design team… Read More »
Welcome to the July Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is paper perfection. Don’t you just love pretty papers? One of my favorite things is perusing the beautiful designs in a new catalog and thinking of all the possibilities. What’s funny is that I end up ordering a bunch and then wanting to keep it in my stash just to look at it!!! I have to force myself… Read More »
Hello! This week, we have a sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges. I chose the Sunkissed stamp set from the new July-December (JD) Mini Catalog. I’m still in Summer mode, so I was delighted to see this cute stamp set on page 69 of the Mini. It’s intended for stampers who spend the holidays in warm weather, but it’s got some great year-round sentiments that work perfectly for right now! The… Read More »