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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Welcome to the July Control Freaks Blog Hop! This month, our theme is Summer Lovin’! Wahoo, I LOVE Summer! I love warm weather, hanging out by the pool, beaches, and vacations … especially relaxing with a pretty cocktail!!! Whether you just started here or came from Cindy Elam’s blog, be sure to continue on by clicking the button at the bottom of this post! I created two fun cards using… Read More »
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!!! Hope you have a well deserved day of relaxation and recognition for all you do! I’m writing a quick post to share a card I made for my daughter to give my husband today. When she was younger, she got the nickname “The Orange Mermaid” after a snorkeling trip at Molokini Crater in Maui. She had on an orange rash guard… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for June! This month, we are featuring products from the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I selected a fun, “beachy” stamp set called Seaside View found on page 46. If you’re already following the bog hop, then you just came from Melissa Davies’ blog. For lots more inspiration, be sure to continue through the entire Control Freaks Blog Hop by clicking… Read More »
Hello! I have a special post today, because I’m a Guest Designer for 3-D Thursday. 3-D Thursday is a fantastic Facebook Page chalked full of inspirational 3-D projects. Be sure to check it out! My project today focuses on the new Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes found on page 152 of the Annual Catalog. They come in packets of 10 for only $7.50 (USD). I love how easy they are to… Read More »
Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop and Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!!! I’m Tami Hewlett, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator from California, USA, and I’m so glad you could drop by. This month, the theme of the blog hop is favorite retiring products. While it’s hard to let go, I’m excited to have another chance to play with these awesome products!!! My projects feature two retiring… Read More »
Hello Stampers! It’s TGIF Challenges time!!! This week, we have a technique challenge to create projects with belly bands. Belly bands work great for wrapping around cards or boxes to secure them closed. What’s even better is that they slip off easily, so upon opening, your lovely artwork stays intact. My favorite use for belly bands is wrapping boxes. On this gift box, I cut a strip of Bird Ballad… Read More »
Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for April! This month, our theme is celebrations using products from the January to June Mini Catalog. What perfect timing, because my daughter’s birthday is this month!!! She always inspires me to create my best work. For this blog hop, the designers have a choice to design either: A card and a 3D project or, A beginner, casual, and avid card. This month,… Read More »
Hello and Happy Friday! Today, I have a quick post to share two Easter gift boxes I made for my kids. I love creating pretty gift boxes, and Stampin’ Up! makes it so easy… For both boxes, I started with Stampin’ Up! Mini Shipping Boxes. These are good sized boxes. I fit an entire bag of Dove chocolate eggs in one and an entire bag of Hersey’s chocolate eggs inside… Read More »
Happy Friday! This week at TGIF Challenges, we have an inspiration challenge including the whole Best Dressed Suite! I have to be honest, this suite didn’t originally appealed to me much. But then, I bought a couple items when I saw this challenge was coming up, and the more I used them, the more I fell in love. Now, I’m completely crazy about the whole suite! Those little purse dies… Read More »
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope your day is filled with love! One of my favorite things to do is create Valentine’s Day treats. It’s a perfect way to share some love and chocolate! This year, I filled some Clear Tiny Treat Boxes and decorated them with coordinating colors. I have three versions of the same basic design. The first version uses a color combination of Real Red and Gold. I embossed… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the February Stamping Sunday Blog Hop!!! I’m so glad you could join us! This month’s theme is to combine a stamp set from the January to June Mini Catalog with other supplies from the Annual Catalog. Well … I totally misread that one. Whoops! I did manage to combine supplies from the two catalogs, but I forgot to start with a stamp set from the Mini.… Read More »
On Christmas Eve, we spent a wonderful evening at my sister-in-law’s house. We fondly call her “Martha Stewart,” because she ALWAYS has a gorgeously decorated table and cooks dishes that would rival any Master Chef. I’m afraid to admit that by comparison, my talents are sorely lacking, OR you could just say that my talents lay elsewhere. I AM good at baking desserts and fattening food! Haha! I’m also good… Read More »
Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, the design team is focusing on our Holiday Favorites. Favorites??? Oh my gosh, it’s so hard to choose … there are so many! However, when I look back at all my holiday projects, one suite really stands out … the Peaceful Boughs Cling Stamp Set and coordinating Beautiful Boughs Dies. I’ve used them a lot, and I love each and every… Read More »
Hello and welcome to Swimming In Stamps. I’m Tami Hewlett, an independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator from California, and I’m so excited to be a new member of the Control Freaks Blog Hop! This is a long-standing blog hop that includes some really talented designers, so I felt very honored when they asked me to join the team. This month, the theme of the blog hop is Winter Wonderland. You may… Read More »
Happy TGIF!!! This week, TGIF Challenges has a Halloween inspiration challenge, and in fact, I took the challenge a step further and used the colors in the photo below as additional inspiration. I created this fun mini pizza box, filled with Halloween treats, for my daughter, who’s in Southern California at college. It features both the Gather Together and Spooktacular Bash stamps, as well as the Gathered Leaves and Seasonal… Read More »