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
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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
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
Stamp, Ink, Paper – and Turtles
Aloha, all! I mentioned earlier this week that my friend, Donna, has been visiting for a while. The first thing she did when she came to visit me was to go through the Stampin' Up! 2021-22 Annual Catalog. She and I have stamped together a lot in the past (we were both impacted by the Kilauea Volcano eruption in 2018). So I was pretty sure that which stamp sets and accessories would catch her … [Read more...] about Stamp, Ink, Paper – and Turtles
“Case”ing With a New Catalog Product
Aloha, all! When I order a brand new product from a Stampin’ Up! Catalog, it’s frequently because of how it’s displayed in the catalog. When it came to the brand new stamp set, Seascape, what first caught my eye was the card below. It’s on page 12 of the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. What I loved most about it was the sense of depth and movement about everything in the … [Read more...] about “Case”ing With a New Catalog Product
Island Hopping – What’s Old Is New Again
Aloha, all! I just cannot believe it's almost the end of April! It's not just that it's the end of the month. It's April! How have four months of 2021 gone by already? The good news is that today is a Wednesday - the last Wednesday of the month. And that means it's time for Cheryl Hamilton and I to get together for our monthly Island Hopping blog posts. This month, of course, we're both … [Read more...] about Island Hopping – What’s Old Is New Again
Just a Week From Tomorrow – New Colors
Aloha, all We have only one more week to wait before the new Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog is released to the public. By this time, my Craft Room has been almost completely cleared of any products that were in the last Annual Catalog that will not be featured in the new catalog. Not quite, though, because there are two stamp sets that I'm thinking about allowing to hang out with the … [Read more...] about Just a Week From Tomorrow – New Colors
Sneak Peek At New Papers
Aloha all - On Monday I mentioned that I might be sharing some projects that I've made using new products in the upcoming Stampin' Up! 2021-2011 Annual Catalog. And here is the first - of what I'm sure will be many! Look What's New Isn't that Designer Series Paper gorgeous?! I can hardly wait to tell you all about it - and I do believe telling you about this will be one of my first blog … [Read more...] about Sneak Peek At New Papers
Happy Easter, Happy Spring!
Easter is a great occasion for sending cards to friends and family. It's also a time of the year when I really and truly switch from the darker colors of the fall and winter holidays to the light and cheery colors of Spring. Even if this card didn't say it out loud, you have to know that it's welcoming us to the delights of the season of new beginnings. Aloha, all! Even here in Hawai'i I'm … [Read more...] about Happy Easter, Happy Spring!
A Dragonfly Garden Birthday Wish
For a garden lover Aloha, all! A favorite stamp set in the current Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog is called, Dragonfly Garden. And my favorite image in the stamp set is a group of flowers, growing in a garden, which is exactly what I think of when I want to attract Dragonflies to my garden. Of course, in my perfect Dragonfly Garden, there has to be a pond. But I can make believe there's one there … [Read more...] about A Dragonfly Garden Birthday Wish