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]
Big Island
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]
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]
A Fun Card for Every Stamper!
Aloha, all! Once again, it’s the last Wednesday of the month, and it’s time for the monthly Island Hopping Blog Hop featuring me, Robin Messenheimer, from Hawai’i’s Big Island and Cheryl Hamilton from the island of Maui. This month we’re featuring not only an upcoming holiday (Halloween), but we’re showing off how stampers at all… [Read More]
Another Perfect Stamp – From Stampin’ Up!
Aloha, all! Last time, I wrote about using stamp sets outside of the Stampin’ Up! catalog. I do this when I find the “perfect stamp set” someone else. But for today’s card – for our grandson, Carson, I didn’t have to look further than page 100 of the Stampin’ Up! 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. Dino Days! While… [Read More]
