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
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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!
Double Diamond Fold – With Hand-Penned Petals
Aloha, all! Have I mentioned how much I just LOVE the new Stampin' Up! Hand-Penned Petals Suite of products in the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog? I think I must have as I've already shared several project using the papers and stamps. Now I'm hooked on using the papers and stamps to make some fancy fold cards. The Double Diamond Fold I've shared this fancy fold with you before. But this is … [Read more...] about Double Diamond Fold – With Hand-Penned Petals
A Seascape With Watercolor Shapes
Aloha, all! As you can imagine with my living in Hawai'i, the new Seascapes Stamp Set is an early favorite from the new Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. In the past, to make a sea-themed card, I've used whatever background image might be in the stamp set or an embossing folder Stampin' Up! might have in its catalog to create a background. With this catalog, however, there's another stamp … [Read more...] about A Seascape With Watercolor Shapes
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
Layering Color and Contour
Aloha, all! Do you recognize this stamp from yesterday? I've used the Color & Contour Stamp Set a lot since the Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog went live earlier this month. I like it so much, that I used it in my first in-person class after enough of us had Covid vaccinations that we could really enjoy being together. This is a Two--Step Stamp This single-stem floral image is … [Read more...] about Layering Color and Contour
“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