Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! Hope you enjoyed a great celebration yesterday with friends and family and are recovering from too much turkey and pumpkin pie. It’s Black Friday here in the states. I’m not much of a shopper … honestly, I’d rather shop online and stay in my craft room away from all the crowds. Ha!… Read More »
I have something fun to share today! It’s a preview of one of the new stamp sets from the upcoming Mini Catalog (products available to purchase January 3 to June 2, 2020!!!) I won this stamp set indirectly through prize patrol. The actual winner, Kimberly Morris, received two stamp sets and was instructed to pick… Read More »
Hi Friends! Today, I’m sharing a baby card that I made for a sweet family member. In fact, she was the flower girl in my wedding 29 years ago!!! She and her husband just recently had their second son, so I wanted to make a special card to celebrate. I don’t make a lot of… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!’s 3-day Online Extravaganza starts today!!! For full details, download the flyer HERE: The sale includes 15% off ink pads and cardstock in: Neutrals Collection, Regals Collection, 2018–2020 In Colors, and 2019–2021 In Colors (except Purple Posy). Take an additional 5% off the original 10% discount: 8 bundles, Neutrals Classic Stampin’ Pads Assortment, Regals… 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… Read More »
Hello Friends!!! I just got back from an amazing weekend in Las Vegas attending Stampin’ Up!’s Onstage Local event, as well as a VIP Pre-Party hosted by the TGIF Challenges Design Team. It was SO much fun, and I have lots of photos to share from both events. It all started with our TGIF pre-party.… Read More »
Hello Stampers and TGIF!!! Today, a bunch of the designers from the TGIF Challenges Blog Design Team are in Las Vegas hosting our big VIP Pre-Party Event! (Tomorrow is Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage Event.) I’m so excited to see these wonderful ladies in person, as well as to meet many of my demonstrator friends from all… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to the November Stamping Sunday Blog Hop hosted by Sara Levin! I’m Tami Hewlett from Central California, and I’m so glad you stopped by today. This month, the theme of the blog hop is the Brightly Gleaming Suite of products starting on page 30 of the Holiday Catalog. I decided to focus… Read More »
I’m working on wrapping up my 2020 Desktop Calendars! I actually worked ahead and got November finished last month before I took off on vacation. I absolutely LOVE the entire Come To Gather Suite of products on pages 46 to 48 of the Holiday Catalog, so it was an easy choice to feature for this… Read More »
Welcome to the November Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have an absolutely gorgeous color combination of Copper, Pretty Peacock, and Cherry Cobbler! I am currently obsessed with Pretty Peacock. I think it’s one of my all-time favorite Stampin’ Up! colors. For my card, I used a couple holiday products from the Annual Catalog,… Read More »
Hello and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a color challenge that includes Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, and Calypso Coral. It just so happens that my 29th wedding anniversary is coming up in a few days! We were married at the little chapel in Yosemite Valley, and one of the things… Read More »
Happy Halloween!!! I can’t believe it’s already the end of October! This month just seemed to fly by. I’m probably thinking that, because I spent most of the last two weeks playing on vacation!!! My husband and I just got back from an awesome vacation to Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Palm Springs, Joshua Tree and… Read More »
It’s time for another 2020 desktop calendar! For the month of October, I designed my calendar page around the Spooktacular Bash stamp set and coordinating products, featuring my favorite little mummy. If you’re new to my blog, I design these 4″ x 6″ desktop calendars each month for the following year. That way, by the… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! Is having a 24 hour sale on October 23, 2019, when select stamp sets will be 15% off. To see the list of stamp sets that will be on sale, click HERE. The list includes some of my favorite stamp sets from the Annual Catalog, including some great holiday favorites. During the sale,… 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… Read More »
Welcome to the October Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett, an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator from California, USA, and I’m so happy you could drop by. This month, the blog hop is focusing on a cool new product — Snowfall Accents Puff Paint!!! You can find it on page 19 of the Holiday Catalog.… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the October Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we are featuring a color combination that’s perfect for Halloween, including Grapefruit Grove, Terracotta Tile, Cajun Craze and Basic Black. When I first saw these colors, I immediately thought of festive treats!!! I created two boxes filled with candy to give my son… Read More »
Hello and Happy Friday! This week, TGIF Challenges has a color challenge with a combination perfect for Fall! It includes Pretty Peacock, Grapefruit Grove, and Crumb Cake. At first, I wasn’t so sure I was going to like this combination, but once I started playing with it, I was hooked! If you think about it,… Read More »
One of my favorite suites in the Holiday Catalog is Feels Like Frost on pages 40 to 42. I seriously love everything about this suite, especially the gorgeous Frosted Frames Dies and Feels Like Frost 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. The beautiful, photographic images are so inspirational! Creating with these products makes designing… Read More »
It’s time for another 2020 Desktop Calendar! For September (my birthday month!), I chose two of my favorites … Floral Essence stamps and Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper. I love watercoloring, and these stamps bring out the inner artist in me. Plus, the coordinating paper is simply the most gorgeous I’ve ever seen. Speaking of… Read More »