Aloha, all! It’s time once again for Cheryl Hamilton, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator extraordinaire from Maui, and I to share projects across the channel between our islands – it’s Island Hopping Day! The brand new Christmastime Is Here suite of products is available beginning this coming Friday, November 1st! What I found great about this… [Read More]
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Sympathy for the Loss of a Friend
Aloha, all! In the middle of everything that’s been going on this month and last, I was very sorry to hear of the death of an old friend. Clarence’s widow, Denise, is really the person whom I think of as my friend. But wherever Denise was, there was Clarence. I belong to a group to… [Read More]
One Design – Two Cards!
Aloha, all! The week before our windows were to be done was a usual kind of week around here – hectic and disorganized. One of these days I’ll get it together. Anyway, all of a sudden I realized that (not suddenly) I needed both a birthday card and a get well card, and I needed… [Read More]
A Belated Happy Birthday!
Aloha, all! Of my four brothers, only my two youngest brothers are still alive and kicking. Both of them are quite a bit younger than I am, and both live a long ways from Hawai’i – Maryland and Massachusetts. But I do get to see them occasionally, and I get to catch up with them… [Read More]
The Holiday Haul Stamp Set – And How to Get It!
Aloha, All! Every year the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog has such fun host-only stamp sets, that I make sure that my very first order is at least $150 so I can buy at least one of them. This year is no different! I fell in love with the Holiday Haul Stamp Set the minute I… [Read More]
Coloring Colored Paper? Yes!
Aloha, all! Earlier this month, I entered a challenge to add my own colors to one of Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers to show how they can be changed to make our own unique project. I had just finished a project using the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper set, which includes designs that are just white… [Read More]
We’ll Have a Blue (Plaid!) Christmas!
Aloha, all! I had so much fun at Cheryl Hamilton’s stamping event last month, and got some great inspiration as I work to design my own Christmas cards this year. For one thing, since I first saw the Wrapped in Plaid Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalog, I’ve thought of it as a… [Read More]
