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 »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, we have a theme of stripes or spots. It’s a broad theme allowing lots of creative interpretation. I decided to incorporate both into my project by using some striped Granny Apple Green paper from the Brights 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper pack and a dry embossed spotted background using one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folders (an Online Exclusive.) To see all the… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing my September Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Boughs of Holly Suite. This is an absolutely GORGEOUS suite, definitely one of my favorites from the JD Mini Catalog! I literally love everything about it and was so excited when I received this assignment! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ beautiful… Read More »
Hello and happy Friday! For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, our theme is Flower Power! I LOVE floral stamp sets, so this is right up my alley! For my card, I chose the Season of Chic Bundle. This bundle has elements for all four seasons, including great florals, and I adore all the dies for layering and texturing. To see all the “Flower Power” projects created by the design team… Read More »
Hello and thanks for visiting. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing projects I designed for the June Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Texture Chic Suite Collection. This collection is absolutely fabulous! Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ projects featuring this gorgeous suite of products. The Texture Chic Suite Collection includes the Season of Chic Photopolymer Stamp… Read More »
Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing projects I designed for the May Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Wisteria Wishes Bundle. Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ projects featuring this gorgeous bundle. The Wisteria Wishes Bundle includes the Wisteria Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set and Wisteria Dies (purchase in a bundle to… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Today, I’m sharing projects I designed for the Stampin’ Up! Facebook Page. As a member of the Artisan Design Team, I occasionally get this amazing opportunity!! It’s such an honor, so I try to put forth my best effort. I designed two slimline cards featuring the Flowing Flowers Stamp Set and Slim Card Dies. Both can… Read More »
Welcome to the April Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have a lovely color combination of Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, and Bumblebee. The first two colors immediately made me think of the ocean, so I decided to pull out a stamp set I’ve been wanting to use for a while called Oceanfront. Whether you just started here or are already following the Color Fusers Blog Hop, be… Read More »
Hello and thanks for visiting my blog. I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing cards from the March Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Seas The Day Bundle. Be sure to go to the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ inspiring projects featuring this beautiful, underwater-themed bundle. The Seas The Day Bundle is in the January-June Mini Catalog on page 38. It includes the… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from the Artisan Design Team and today I’m sharing one of my favorite stamping techniques. Occasionally, Stampin’ Up! asks the team to contribute these ideas to its Facebook page and Instagram feed and today is my turn! My favorite style is watercoloring so I love any technique that makes that process easy. I think you’re going to love technique and be amazed at how easy it… Read More »
Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing cards I designed for the February Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring the Flowering Rain Boots Bundle. Be sure to go to the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page and check out all the artisans’ projects featuring this fun bundle. The Flowering Rain Boots Bundle includes the Flowering Rain Boots Cling Stamps and Rain Boots Dies. The stamps are what I call… Read More »
Happy Christmas Eve and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, the team is focusing on the masking technique. I think this might be the very first stamping technique I ever learned as a beginner, so it brings back good memories:) The concept is fairly straightforward. Stamp the item you want to show “in front.” Then stamp the image again on scratch paper (a Post It note works great)… Read More »
Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m Tami Hewlett from the Artisan Design Team and today, I have my first official Tip & Technique post. Stampin’ Up! shared this project on its Facebook Page today, so this is super exciting! I chose to share one of my favorite techniques, which is “watercolor stamping.” I use this technique a lot on my projects and in my classes, so it seemed like… Read More »
Welcome to the April Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have a color combination of Seaside Spray, Old Olive, and Real Red. I absolutely ADORE Seaside Spray, but I have to admit that I usually only use Old Olive and Real Red together around Christmastime, so that threw me for a loop. Then, a lightbulb went on, and I thought STRAWBERRIES!!! Weather you just started here or arrived from… Read More »
Hello and welcome to my blog! Today, I’m sharing my monthly projects for the Artisan Design Team Showcase featuring A Touch of Ink Photopolymer Stamps. This stamp set is a Sale-A-Bration product that you can earn for free with a qualifying purchase of $100 USD through the end of this month. To see the entire February Artisan Design Team Showcase, see yesterday’s post on the Stampin’ Up! FaceBook page! The… Read More »
Hello! As a member of the 2021 Artisan Design Team, I occasionally have the honor of contributing to the Stampin’ Up! Corporate Facebook page. Today, I’ll be sharing two of those projects, featuring the Back To Back Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set and Happy Thoughts Cling Stamp Set. Back To Back Blooms: The Back To Back Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set is a reversible stamp set, which means you can stamp both… Read More »
Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to the first Color Fusers Blog Hop of 2021! Wahoo!!! This month, we have a bright color combination including Mango Melody, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, and Pacific Point. When I saw it, I immediately thought of bright flowers and a gorgeous blue background. For my card, I used the new Art Gallery Bundle (156227 for $50.25 USD) on page 34 of the January-June Mini… Read More »
I’ve designed a new online class featuring the In The Pines Bundle! It includes lots of fun techniques to create beautiful backgrounds and use these awesome watercolor style stamps and fun dies. There are two ways to participate. 1) You can join me on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 6:00 PM (PST) for a live Zoom meeting, where I will demonstrate step-by-step how to create the four class projects. The… Read More »
Time to share my last two 2021 Desktop Calendar pages!!! Each year, I design these 4″ x 6″ calendar pages, so by the time Christmas comes around, I have eight sets to give away as gifts. The individual pages fit in a standard frame. I always feel such a sense of accomplishment when I finish the last ones! The November calendar features the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set and the December… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have the beautiful inspiration challenge below. I absolutely love the soft, subtle pink and green colors against the bold, black background! And who doesn’t love a pretty wreath? For my project, I used the Arrange A Wreath Bundle. I had stashed it away for the perfect moment, and this was it! The bundle includes the Arrange a Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set… Read More »