Happy Friday! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have the sketch below. I love a good sketch; it’s a great way to jump start a project. I needed to make some masculine birthday cards, so I decided to use the In The Grove Bundle. The mountains, pines, and aspen die-cuts are perfect for my family. To create the rectangles, I used the Deckled Rectangle Dies with a little manipulation. The… Read More »
Happy Friday! We have a new inspiration challenge at TGIF Challenges this week using the photo below. Since I’ve been creating a lot of flower cards lately, I decided to switch things up and use the basic layout of the sketch below, but with leaves. My card features the Leaf Collection Background Stamp as well as the Sweetly Scripted Stamp Set and Sketched Butterflies Bundle. As you can see, the… Read More »
Happy Friday and welcome to a new TGIF Sketch Challenge. I love our sketch this week! It’s so different because all the focus is on the lower portion of the card, and it really inspired me. I decided to use the new Seaside Wishes Bundle from the upcoming 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. This bundle immediately caught my eye, as I’m sure you would have guessed. I’m known for loving all ocean-themed… Read More »
One of my co-workers recently welcomed a new baby boy into his family! I decided to whip up a quick card for all of us to sign and thought I’d share it today. I confess that I don’t own a lot of baby-themed stamp sets, so I had to get a little creative. I ended up using the Sea Turtle Stamp Set, because it includes cute little baby turtles, and… Read More »
Welcome to the July Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Bish, Bash, Bosh” or tips (for us Americans – haha.) Our creative design teammate Mikaela Tithridge from the U.K. came up with this great idea. It should be a lot of fun! I can’t wait to see what the team dreams up!!! I decided to focus on tips/techniques for easy watercolor stamping. I used the Tropical Leaf… Read More »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for July 2023. This month, we have a bright and beautiful color combination of Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight, and Pumpkin Pie. Why haven’t I used Azure Afternoon more before this? It’s absolutely gorgeous! For my project, I used the (#162253) Translucent Florals Bundle. It’s a new bundle coming out in the next Mini Catalog this September. I had pre-purchased it for Stampin’ Up!’s… Read More »
Last Saturday, Stampin’ Up! hosted a super fun online event for demonstrators called Creativity Now. This annual event just keeps getting better. It included four hours of crafting, presentations previewing new products, and behind the scenes videos from the home office. It was such a nice change of pace to just sit back, relax, and let others teach while I got to follow along and craft. Creativity Now is open… Read More »
Happy Friday!!! Our theme for this week’s TGIF Challenge is “Use Your Scraps.” This theme raises a big question, do you keep your scraps? I know stampers who keep every single scrap, no matter how small and others who don’t keep any. I tend to fall in the middle. I keep larger scraps, especially basics. For colored cardstocks, I only keep larger scraps because I don’t like the mess. And… Read More »
Happy Friday!!! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have a theme of “Magical.” When I saw the prompt photo below, it brought back memories of my daughter when she was little and loved unicorns. She even dressed up like a unicorn one Halloween. Needless to say, she’s grown up now. In fact, she’ll be turning the big 25 soon! All these thoughts prompted me to design a fanciful, and magical,… Read More »
Welcome to the February 2023 Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have a sweet color combination of Calypso Coral, Pale Papaya, and Balmy Blue. I think Calypso Coral and Pale Papaya were made for each other, they go together so beautifully. And of course, Balmy Blue is gorgeous on any project. Whether you just started here or are already following the blog hop, be sure to continue on for… Read More »
I felt so honored when Stampin’ Up! asked me to pre-record a presentation for its big 3-day OnStage Event in Vienna, Austria held earlier this month! My presentation featured the new Sweet Citrus Bundle, which is included in the upcoming January-June Mini Catalog going live on January 5, 2023. Over the next three days, I’ll be sharing all the projects I created for my presentation. While I wasn’t able to… Read More »
7 Days of Christmas : Day Five My Artisan alumni friends and I are kick starting our holiday crafting with seven days of inspiration on Instagram. To see the daily projects, go to Instagram and search for #sevendaysofchristmas. My fifth project features the Trees For Sale stamp set and elements from the Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack. I love the wood embellishments in that pack! You’ll probably laugh… Read More »
7 Days of Christmas : Day Two My card today features the Ringed with Nature stamp set and coordinating Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder, which includes both an embossing folder and coordinating dies. One of the dies fits inside the embossing folder to both cut and emboss at the same time! During Sale-A-Bration earlier this year, I grabbed some of the coordinating Rings of Love Designer Series Paper (DSP.) I… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, our challenge is “What would you do without black ink?” Ha, that’s easy for me!!! I rarely use black ink unless I’m coloring with Stampin’ Blends or watercoloring a detail image. Typically, I use lots of color and love embossing in white, gold or silver. My card today is a SUPER special one for my hubby. Our 32nd anniversary is coming up… Read More »
I have a new online class scheduled for Friday, November 4th at 6:00 PM PDT featuring the Leaves of Holly Bundle! Come join me to get a jump on your holiday crafting and explore some fun, creative ways to use this stamp set and die bundle. During the live Zoom class, I’ll demonstrate the four class projects step-by-step, so you can follow along, and make them with me. The class… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for October 2022. This month, we have a super pretty color combination of Early Espresso, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Bermuda Bay. This is definitely another color combo I never would have dreamed up myself, so once again, I appreciate these fun challenges. The brown and gold colors made me think of Fall and the changing seasons, so I decided… Read More »
Happy Friday! For today’s TGIF Challenge, we have the inspiration below. It was the perfect opportunity to try out the Perched In A Tree Bundle. I particularly love the Aspen Tree Die background and have been dying to use it. I had a lot of fun with this card, because the Perched In A Tree stamps include both a large splatter and a small dot splatter that are great for… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing my August Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Decorated With Happiness Bundle. This bundle is super versatile and includes beautiful watercolored images and a variety of great dies. I really enjoyed working with it! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ amazing projects featuring this awesome bundle. You can find the… Read More »
Hello and welcome. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing projects I designed for the July Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Lovely & Lasting Bundle. This bundle includes images with big, beautiful flowers, as well as a great coordinating punch. Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ projects featuring this awesome bundle. The Lovely & Lasting Bundle includes… Read More »
Hello! This week, we have a sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges. I chose the Sunkissed stamp set from the new July-December (JD) Mini Catalog. I’m still in Summer mode, so I was delighted to see this cute stamp set on page 69 of the Mini. It’s intended for stampers who spend the holidays in warm weather, but it’s got some great year-round sentiments that work perfectly for right now! The… Read More »