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 »
More To Sale-A-Brate Happy August! We are officially half way through Sale-A-Bration and I have some great news, Stampin’ Up! has added some additional items from the 2022 Annual Catalog to the list of products you can earn for FREE with a qualifying purchase from now until August 31, 2022. Click here to download the PDF. (Please note that the items have unique Sale-A-Bration item numbers. To earn them for… 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 »
I have a new online class scheduled featuring the Wisteria Wishes Bundle on Friday, September 2nd, at 6:00 PM PDT! This is a beautiful and versatile bundle that’s one of my favorites. The class will include various watercoloring and ink blending techniques and a fun variety of cards for different occasions. I hope you can join me! During the live Zoom class, I’ll demonstrate the four class projects step-by-step, so… 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 »
Hi and Happy July! Better late than never right? I just waned to make sure you were aware of all the fun promotions in July. August Paper Pumpkin – Sweet Sunflowers: First, Stampin’ Up! has a really fun looking Paper Pumpkin scheduled for 8/10/22. Subscribe now or re-activate your subscription to receive the Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit – Item Number: 161120: This kit includes: All the supplies you need to… 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 »
Happy Independence Day to everyone in the USA, and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for July! This month, our color combination includes Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, and Smoky Slate. I have to admit that it was a bit of a challenge for me. At first, this combo made me think of Valentine’s Day and I struggled to think what to do with it. It’s definitely not a combination… Read More »
I’ve heard of Christmas in July, but Christmas in June? I know it seems early in the year to be sharing Christmas projects, but I recently had the amazing opportunity to present these projects during Creativity Now, a Stampin’ Up! crafting event for demonstrators. My presentation featured projects designed with the Sweet Candy Canes Bundle and Sweetest Christmas Suite. (Both are in the new July-December Mini Catalog going live on… Read More »
Hello and thanks for visiting. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing projects I designed for the June Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Texture Chic Suite Collection. This collection is absolutely fabulous! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ projects featuring this gorgeous suite of products. The Texture Chic Suite Collection includes the Season of Chic Photopolymer Stamp… Read More »
Hello and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a great inspiration challenge — Tone on Tone. This is such a fun, subtle technique that’s often overlooked. I love mono-tone cards, concentrating on one beautiful color or no color at all. I can’t wait to see what all the other designers create! Since I just attended Creativity Now last weekend, an online crafting event for demonstrators, I… Read More »
I know it’s the first day of Summer, so it feels a little strange posting Christmas cards already. But there’s a reason why. Last weekend, Stampin’ Up! hosted a super fun event called Creativity Now for demonstrators. It included four fun-filled hours of crafting featuring new products from the upcoming July-December Mini Catalog. I was thrilled to be asked to present during the event! My projects featured the new Sweet… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE shipping tomorrow, July 21, for one day only! Start getting your wish list prepared and take advantage of this great offer! The minimum qualifying amount to receive free shipping is $75.00 USD (before tax.) Also, please remember that sale hours fall between12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m (MT) . Happy Shopping!