Aloha, all! This coming Sunday is the Fourth of July. Of course, no matter where you are, it's the Fourth of July. But in the United States, the Fourth of July is celebrated as our Independence Day. With the colors of our flag being Red, White, and Blue, and with a flag filled with stars and stripes, how could I not pull out my long-neglected Stitched Stars Dies!? Stitched Stars Dies Are … [Read more...] about Celebrate Independence Day
Handmade Cards
Stampin’ Up!’s Papers Make Cardmaking Easy
Aloha, all! It's the last Wednesday of the Month of June. So it's time for Island Hopping, my monthly online get-together with my Maui sister Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Cheryl Hamilton. This month we chose to feature Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Papers -because Stampin' Up! papers are going on sale tomorrow! Designing with Papers is Fun and Easy With all the fuss I make about … [Read more...] about Stampin’ Up!’s Papers Make Cardmaking Easy
Mini Catalog Products Are Selling Out!
Aloha, all! Do you know what Stampin' Up! stamp set I used for this project? Maybe what's important isn't so much that it's called, "Wrapped Bouquet," but that it's no longer available for us to buy. You see, it's one of the stamp sets in the Stampin' Up! January - June 2021 Mini Catalog that's already sold out. That's because, during the last couple of weeks of any catalog's sales period, … [Read more...] about Mini Catalog Products Are Selling Out!
A Little Something To Cool You Off!
Aloha, all! I originally made this card to feature it in a "Christmas in July" post. But after I've been reading all about the triple-digit temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, I decided today was a great time to bring on a little something cool. I hope my son and grandson, both of whom live in the greater Portland/Vancouver (Washington) area, are cool on days like today. A Returning Oldie … [Read more...] about A Little Something To Cool You Off!
All Squared Away Is Not Just for Grids
Aloha, all! Looking at the All Squared Away bundle in the Stampin’ Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog, you’d think that the only way to use this bundle is to create a 2 x 2 grid. But I’m here to tell you today and a grid like that is far from the only way to use this bundle First The Colors One thing that I do like about the pictures in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog (p. 117) is that all three of the … [Read more...] about All Squared Away Is Not Just for Grids
Cut and Emboss At The Same Time
Aloha, all! Did you get the "Sand and Sea" suite from the January - June Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog? Wasn't it fun to have a die AND an embossing folder with the same image. First you ran it through your machine to cut it. Then you stamped the images. And finally you ran the cut and stamped image through with the embossing folder. What fun that was? But with the Art In Bloom Bundle, you can … [Read more...] about Cut and Emboss At The Same Time
Turtle Friends and Give It a Whirl
Aloha, all! Last week in my monthly Island Hopping article, I shared a picture of this card (click here). The focus of that post was the paper that I used for the card front. It is a sheet from the Stampin' Rewards collection of products in the Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. Today, though, I'm sharing it so you can see how I created the card to work with both the Turtle Friends Bundle … [Read more...] about Turtle Friends and Give It a Whirl
I Love Interactive Cards
Aloha, all! Have you noticed the Give It A Whirl Dies in the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog? Neither did I. I usually look through the front part of the catalog, ooh-ing and aah-ing over the gorgeous projects the Stampin' Up! designers make. Then I think about buying things so I can try them, too. But with no young children in my life at the moment, I hardly stop at all at the projects that … [Read more...] about I Love Interactive Cards
One of My Favorite Designer Series Paper Sets
Aloha, all! I made this card with one of my favorite sets of Designer Series Paper in the Stampin' Up! January - July 2021 Mini Catalog. It's called Hydrangea Hill and has the most gorgeous collection of purple flowers that I've seen in a long time. Oh, and there's a little bit of blue in there, too. But today I'm featuring the purples. Hydrangea Hill Patterned Papers Are … [Read more...] about One of My Favorite Designer Series Paper Sets
Another Double Diamond Fold With Seashells
Aloha, all! Earlier this week I shared one of the recent Double Diamond Fold Cards I've made. It featured the new Stampin' Up! Hand-Penned Petals Suite of products. Today's project has some stamps, paper, die-cuts and embossing from the Sand and Sea Suite from the Stampin' Up! January to June 2021 Mini Catalog. That catalog will end as of June 30, 2021. But the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp … [Read more...] about Another Double Diamond Fold With Seashells
A Mega Pack of Paper for Stampin’ Rewards!
Aloha, all! Welcome to the monthly Island Hopping featuring projects by Cheryl Hamilton, from the Island of Maui, and by me, who hails from Hawai'i's Big Island. Today our featured Stampin' Up! product is the special new set of patterned papers, Pattern Party. What's so special about this paper? First, it's a pack of 48 sheets of 12" x 12" paper. That's four times the number of sheets in … [Read more...] about A Mega Pack of Paper for Stampin’ Rewards!