April 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit

Does this ever happen to you? You finally get some time to yourself to craft, but you’re too tired to think, let along design? I had one of those day last Saturday. I spent two-thirds of the day cleaning and doing chores. When I finally sat down, my brain was mush after a long work week. Then, I spied my April Paper Pumpkin kit just sitting there waiting for me… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop for May 2019

Hello and welcome to the May 2019 Color Fusers Blog Hop! If you are already following along, then you’ve just come from the fabulous Barb Mullikin. If you’re just starting, then be sure to continue on for more color inspiration! All the projects feature the following colors: Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy, and Grapefruit Grove. I’ve also designed my project to coincide with the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog,… Read More »

#TGIFC210 – Color Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday! We have a very beautiful color challenge at TGIF Challenges this week, including the following colors: Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, and Pool Party! I love these pretty pastels! My mind immediately went in two directions, a basically pink card with blue accents or a blue card with pink accents. (It reminds me of the fairies from Sleeping Beauty!) I started pulling out matching designer series papers… Read More »

May Newsletter

It’s almost May, and that means lots of things happening at Stampin’ Up!  Some products are retiring (see my retiring post and download lists HERE) and lots of AMAZING new products are coming out in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog on June 4th!  For demonstrators, that means we can start pre-ordering select new products starting May 2nd!!!  So over the course of the next month, you’ll see me showcasing some of… Read More »

April 2020 Desktop Calendars

It’s time for another edition of my 2020 desktop calendars. I try to design one of these 4″ x 6″ calendars each month for the following year, so I have eight sets to hand out to friends and family as gifts at Christmastime. Making these calendars is a great way to showcase my favorite products of the season and get full use of retiring products. So for April, I decided… Read More »

Sweet Easter Treats!

Hope you had a Happy Easter!  Today, I thought I’d share some quick treat boxes I made for family and friends.  I got the idea of creating these boxes using the Envelope Punch Board from Artisan Designer Sylwia Schreck.   I love the Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper, and the colors are so perfect for Easter! Each box has a coordinating belly band and retired Sale-A-Bration ribbon. I also used some… Read More »

#TGIFC208 – Paper Piercing

Happy Friday! It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge!!! This week, we are challenging you to use paper piercing. Paper piercing is a great way to add interest to your projects. It’s usually quite subtle, because it’s tone on tone. But it also adds a great wow factor. There are many ways to use paper piercing, including selecting a die cut pre-formatted with stitching or piercing, using a sewing machine… Read More »

Retiring Lists

Stampin’ Up! has released the retiring lists of products from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog. These products are available to purchase at my online store until June 3, or while supplies last. If there are items you really want, I highly encourage purchasing them as soon as possible. You can download PDF versions of the retiring list for the Annual Catalog HERE and the Occasions Catalog HERE. To… Read More »

#WWYS215 — Flourishing Phrases

Happy Monday! It’s April 15th!!!! Wahoo! That’s cause for celebration in my family, because it means tax season is over, and we can finally see my husband again! Yay!!! This week the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Flourishing Phrases stamp set from the Annual Catalog (p. 18). This stamp set coordinates with the Floursh Thinlits Dies (p. 217). It’s definitely one of my favorites, because of… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Flowering Desert

Hello, and welcome to another Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! I’m so glad you could join us. My name is Tami Hewlett, and I’m an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the Central Valley in California. On the second Sunday of each month, I get together with some of my fellow demonstrators from around the world to design projects for this blog hop. This month, we are featuring the Flowering Desert stamp… Read More »

Thank You For Your Service

My husband recently asked me to design some thank you cards for veterans. He has been working on an amazing service project for sometime, and he needed some cards to go along with it. The only requirement for the card was that it include a flag, which will make more sense when I explain the project below. While Stampin’ Up! does not have a flag stamp, I remembered that I… Read More »

#TGIFC206 – Color Challenge

Happy Friday! It’s time for a new color challenge at TGIF Challenges. The colors include Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay, and Granny Apple Green. I can’t wait to see what all the designers create with this beautiful combo!!! I decided to use the Beach Happy stamp set for my card. I’m a big fan of palm trees, so when I saw this set, it went straight to the top of my… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop for April 2019

Hello, and welcome to the Color Fusers Monthly Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett, and I’m so glad you could join us today!!! On the first Monday of each month, a group of my fellow demonstrators and I design projects for this blog hop using a different color combination each time. This month’s colors include Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Melon Mambo, and Very Vanilla. That sounds like a recipe for a… Read More »

Last Day For Sale-A-Bration!

Today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration! That means the last day to earn free products with purchases of $50 or $100, the last day to earn extra host rewards, and the last day to earn free products in your Starter Kit when you join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator. It’s also the last day to order the limited-time coordinating products that are only available during the month of March.… Read More »

Galaxy Birthday Wishes

Yesterday was my nephew’s birthday. He’s a senior at UC Berkeley studying Astrophysics. I had a birthday card all set aside for him, and then I saw all the beautiful “galaxy” cards that the designers at TGIF Challenges created last week, and I was so inspired that I just had to make one. It was just too perfect! There are many ways to make galaxy cards. Go to the post… Read More »

Newsletter

Hello! I’m writing my April newsletter a little early, because there’s some exciting stuff going on at Stampin’ Up! that I wanted to share. Storage by Stampin’ Up! First, Stampin’ Up! announced a new product line called “Storage by Stampin’ Up!” that will be available to order starting April 1, 2019! (All the storage products will also be featured in the 2019–2020 annual catalog. ) Storage by Stampin’ Up! is… Read More »

#WWYS212 — Wonderful Romance

The What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Wonderful Romance stamp set this week! When I initially looked through the Occasions catalog, this whole suite of products was the one that really jumped out at me. You can find it on pages 10 and 11, including the stamps, coordinating papers, die cuts, and embellishments. They are so pretty and feminine … just my style. For my card, I… Read More »

Pop of Petals for Easter

Happy Sunday! I have a quick post today so I can enter the color challenge at the Global Design Project the week. I told myself at the beginning of the year that I was going to try to participate more in these challenges, and this is the first one this year! OK, better late than never, right? (Ugh, too many things to do and too many commitments. Haha!) The challenge… Read More »

#TGIFC204 — Stampin’ Blends

Hello and Happy Friday! This week, TGIF Challenges has a product spotlight featuring Stampin’ Blends Markers! I was so excited to see this challenge, because these alcohol-based markers are one of my very favorite coloring tools. I had a hard time deciding which stamp set to choose for this challenge. (There are so many!!!) In the end, I settled on the Lovely Lattice stamp set. It’s one of my favorite… Read More »

March 2020 Desktop Calendars

Ready for another 2020 desktop calendar page? I’m actually on time for March!!! Wahoo! Each year, I try to design a page each month for the following year, so that by December I have eight completed sets ready to give away as Christmas gifts. When Stampin’ Up! introduced the limited-time Painted Seasons products, I knew I wanted to use them for my calenders. The stamps are DistINKtive, which means they… Read More »