Are you excited about the new In Colors? They are one of my favorite things about a new Annual Catalog. I mean, who doesn’t love to play with new, beautiful colors? Each year, Stampin’ Up! introduces five new, trendy colors that will only available to order for two years. They coordinate with all the longstanding… Read More »
The May Paper Pumpkin Kit was a super special one! It was designed with the help of Stampin’ Up!’s very own co-founder Shelli Gardner focusing on her special style, which includes vintage elements, soft neutral tones, and birds! I was so excited to open mine and start playing!!! You can see the contents of the… Read More »
The new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog will be going live next Tuesday, June 4, 2019. That means that some of your favorite items will be retiring soon and you only have a few days left to purchase them. The good news is that Stampin’ Up! has now discounted some of those retiring items, so be sure… Read More »
Happy Memorial Day! This week the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Timeless Textures stamp set. This is a great stamp set for creating unique backgrounds and textures. It will be retiring in a few days on June 3rd, so I was excited to have another opportunity to play with it! For… Read More »
Happy Friday! This week, TGIF Challenges has a theme after my own heart … paper flowers!!! I love creating pretty paper flowers with punches or die cuts. What’s even better is that there are some great new products coming out in June that are PERFECT for this challenge. And, it just so happens that I… Read More »
Hello and Happy Mother’s Day!!! Best wishes to all the lovely moms out there. Hope you have a wonderful day!!! Today is also the May Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, the designers are featuring our Retiring Favorites! It’s a bittersweet time of the year, because we’re excited about new products coming out in the… Read More »
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… Read More »
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.… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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!… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »