This week, I’ve been posting lots of card ideas using the new Forever Fern stamps and coordinating Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. Both of items, plus the entire coordinating Forever Greenery Suite will be available to purchase in the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog on June 3, 2020. Today, I’m sharing two more cards with an entirely different color palette. The Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper comes in a pack of… Read More »
It’s time for two more 2021 Desktop Calendars! I design and make these 4″ x 6″ calendar pages throughout the year, so by the time December rolls around, I have eight full sets to give out as gifts to family and friends. They love getting them, and it’s one more great excuse to use my stamps and designer series papers!!! May 2021 Calendar: For May, I used the Above The… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the September Creating Kindness Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA. This is an exciting day for me, because it’s both my birthday AND I’m guest designer for Creating Kindness! Wahoo!!! What a fun coincidence! The Creating Kindness Blog Hop includes designers from around the world who come together to inspire kindness through cardmaking and paper crafting. This month, the theme of the hop is… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge!!! This week, the challenge is to use splatter. Oh boy, I love getting messy. How about you? For my project, I pulled out a new bundle I had just recently purchased — the Tasteful Textures Cling stamp set and Tasteful Background Dies. I thought the bold background shape would be a great backdrop for my splatter creation. I created my background… Read More »
OK, I think I have a little bit of explaining to do. Back on June 21st, when I posted my June 2020 Desktop Calendars, I indicated that I had already designed the July ones and was nearly finished. Then, nothing happened … until today. Well, at the beginning of July, I got Shingles:( I seriously had NO IDEA how sick I would get or how long it would take to… Read More »
Welcome to the July Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! I’m Tami Hewlett from Stockton, California, and I’m so glad you dropped by to visit my blog today. This month, we are featuring the Above The Clouds stamp set! You can find this stamp set on page 89 of the 2019 Annual Catalog, and it coordinates with the Hot Air Balloon Punch. (Purchase both in a bundle for 10% off!) To continue… Read More »
I love discovering new coloring techniques! This weekend, I was playing around with the new Pigment Sprinkles. You can find them on page 179 of the Annual Catalog. They come in a box of six colors, and they are highly concentrated color crystals in powder form. To activate, just add a little water and watch with wonder at what happens! All my examples below, except the bottom, right use one… Read More »
It’s Friday, and that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a fun sketch, so I decided to break out my brand new Above the Clouds stamp set! Wahoo!!! The challenge sketch layout is below. It’s nice and simple, leaving room for interpretation. I decided to change the layout to landscape, size down my banner proportionately, and change the shape of the punch. The Above the Clouds stamp… Read More »
Welcome to the June Color Fusers Blog Hop! Each month, we have this blog hop with a different color combination. It’s so fun to see what all the designers come up with using the same colors!!! So be sure to follow along. You can see a list of all the blog hop participants at the end of this post. I have to be honest that I was a little stumped… Read More »
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 favorites, and especially with the prior year’s In Colors, for infinite possibilities! So, here they… 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. I’ve also designed my project to coincide with the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog,… 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 me of the fairies from Sleeping Beauty!) I started pulling out matching designer series papers… 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 piercing, including selecting a die cut pre-formatted with stitching or piercing, using a sewing machine… 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 »
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 »
It’s time for a new What Will You Stamp? Challenge! This week, we are featuring the oh so cute Spirited Snowman stamp set. (You can see it on page 38 of the Holiday catalog.) When I first saw it, I totally fell in love with the cute images and greetings in this set. It was a must have for me. To see all the designers’ projects featuring this set, be… Read More »
One of the best things about going to a Stampin’ Up! Convention is swapping projects with other demonstrators! I participated in several swaps during the convention with groups that I’m affiliated with, such as design teams (What Will You Stamp? Challenge and Exclusive Project Tutorials) and fellow team members. All of them received a variation of the card below. I ended up bringing 25 of these cards to the Convention,… Read More »
It’s Friday! That means time for a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have an inspiration challenge from the photo below. When I look at this picture, I see country vintage, Fall, and lots of wood textures. I also see a chalkboard and the following color combination: Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, Granny Apple Green, and Basic Black. If you look real close, there’s also checkerboard, and while I didn’t… Read More »
Remember the card I created yesterday with the Winter Woods stamp set? Well, I decided I loved it so much, I would use the same basic concept to create a November 2019 desktop calendar page! I changed the colors to coordinate with a sheet of the Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper, and I think it’s one of my favorite calendar pages to date! I printed the calendar page on Shimmery White… Read More »
This week, the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Winter Woods stamp set! You can find this beautiful stamp set, as well as the coordinating In The Woods Framelits Dies on page 27 of the Holiday Catalog. (Save 10% when you purchase them in a bundle!) Visit the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog to see all the designers’ projects using this stamp set. I immediately fell… Read More »