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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
This week, the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Vibrant Vases stamp set (see Occasions catalog p. 23.) This stamp set has a lot of great options and is made to coordinate with the Vase Builder Punch from the Annual Catalog. Initially, I forgot to order the coordinating punch and was very disappointed. So learn from my mistake!!! I decided to keep things fairly simple for this… Read More »
Happy Monday! This week, the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the So Hoppy Together stamp set. This is a Sale-A-Bration stamp set that you can earn for free with a $50 purchase through March 31, 2019!!! It’s so cute! You are definitely going to want to check out all the designers’ projects this week. For my project, I created a fun box that I gave away as… Read More »
Welcome to the March Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett, and I’m so glad you dropped by. This blog hop is really fun, because each month we take a product, such as the Crackle Paint background stamp, and show how to create three versions of the same card, one for beginner crafters, one for casual crafters, and one for avid crafters. That way, no matter what your skill level… Read More »
Time for a new sketch from TGIF Challenges! Wahoo!!! For my project this week, I used the Hello Cupcake stamp set and coordinating Call Me Cupcake Framelits Dies to make a birthday card for my boss. You can earn this stamp set for free with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration (which ends March 31, 2019!) The coordinating dies are available to purchase for a limited-time only during this month! I… Read More »
Today is a fun day, because I’m doing two challenges in one! The Color Fusers are having their monthly Blog Hop, focusing on the above three colors. You can navigate through the blog hop for lots of color inspiration by using the buttons at the bottom of this post. In addition, I’ve added a list of all the blog hop designers at the bottom, just in case you get stuck… Read More »
Third Release Sale-A-Bration Products! Who wants even more free Sale-A-Bration products? During the month of March 2019, you can now earn the following additional products for free when you make a $50 purchase. Several of these items are from the Annual Catalog, so be sure to use the item numbers listed below when ordering. (Click on the photo to download the flyer.) I love that you can now earn the… Read More »
Every year, I create desktop calendars for Christmas presents. My goal is to design one calendar page each month for the following year, so by the end of the year, I have eight sets to hand out to family and friends. Some months seem to slip by WAY too fast (like January), so I’m working on catching up! Today, I’m posting both the January and February 2020 calendar pages. They… Read More »