Blogging Friends Blog Hop

Hello my hopping friends.

You guessed it!  It's the first of the month and you know that what means.....Blog Hop time with my Blogging Friends Blog Hop!  AND we have a good one for you!

I bet you are wondering what we are featuring this month on our hop....it's our favourite retiring stampset.  If you love some or all of the stampsets we are featuring, you have ONLY until May 30th to get your hands on them.

Which one is my fav?  Well, its Sassy Saulutations!  I think it is a must have for any card maker - it has 6 of the top greetings every card maker would need and they are the perfect size for the front of a card!

Here is the card I made for our hop this month...

 
So, have you ordered everything you wanted from the Retired list?  No?  Me neither, but I tell ya, you want to think about doing it NOW!  I have already missed one of my must have framelits and now it's gone and gone for good! ugh. My advice is to get your order in.....only the stampsets are guaranteed to be available until May 30th. You can order through my on-line store here.

Thanks for hopping by!  Be sure to hop on through to all the stops.  There are some really great projects to be seen! 

Next up is Rick Adkins.  You can click the icon below OR click on his name in the list at the bottom of the post.

Happy hopping!

Tammy

1. Crystal Komara
2. Anna Masciovecchio
3. Libby Fens
4. Anne Power
5. Mary Blocher
6. Danica Ferrante
7. Deborah Smart
8. Jessica Mink
9. Jodi Horsley
10. Leanne Johnson
11. Michelle Clark
12. Lorene Yoshimura-Tanigawa
13. Mary Ann Rossiter
14. Tammy Gill - You are here!
15. Rick Adkins 
16. Lisa Reber 

Paper Players PP246

Hi there stampers, 

 For my regular card class this week I needed a little bit of help for a card design - so I turned to The Paper Players for an idea.  Here is the sketch they had for us - great isn't it?

  

 So with the sketch in hand, I was on my way.  I knew I wanted to use some more of that beautiful paper in the DSP stack called Painted Blooms.  After all, it is retiring in just 6 days!  From there, I picked my colours for the card base, the layers as well as my ink!

Here is my card.....

I used two stampsets for on this card - Painted Petals and Butterfly Basics. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Roger's TV show Daytime - Springtime projects!

Hello stampers,

Today, I wanted to share with you all of the projects that I created for my latest appearance on Roger's TV! 

I am a VERY lucky demonstrator who gets to feature Stampin'UP! products on the Roger's TV show Daytime.  It airs in my local area - Barrie, Ontario, 3 times per day - and I get to join them a few times a year.  While there I promote Stampin'UP!, the fabulous products we have and direct people to find their local demonstrator through the Stampin'UP! website.  SO, if you are reading this and you are a demonstrator - be sure to keeps your DSW active!

 This show my focus was on Springtime projects, so I wanted to focus on the beautiful Butterfly Framelits, the wonderful Painted Petals and Butterfly Basics stampsets, the Painted Blooms DSP, the Curvy Keepsake Thinlit as well as the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits.

Here are some pictures of the projects that I made...

This first picture is of my whole display.  I have lots of great things here.  You can see the tools that I used to make the creations in the picture.  I have this on display while we create the projects on air!

Here is a close up of two of my projects.  I made some treat bags for the folks behind the scenes - the camera folks are so kind and helpful and I always try to bring them a little treat.  I used the Ornate Tag topper punch to help make the tags, the Butterfly Basics stampset gave me a nice little greeting and fern image and I used my Bitty Butterfly Punch to add a little dimension.

I wanted to use one of the pages from the Painted Blooms DSP to create nice spring shadow box.  Here I used my Butterfly Thinlits to create a big beautiful Monarch butterfly for the center of attention.  I also used the smallest thinlit and some vellum cardstock for a few other butterflies.  I added some strings of pearls on each one to pretty it up a little bit more.  

Here is a picture of a pocket card.  We didn't make this live on the show, but we did talk about it and talked about how great it would be for an invitation - imagine it done with Vellum Cardstock - beautiful!

This card is a simple one using the the Spring Flowers Embossing folder, some DSP from the Painted Blooms DSP and I punch my greeting out using the Decorative Label Punch.  

And last but not least, these beautiful butterfly curvy keepsake boxes.  I CASED this idea from my stampin' idol, Erica Cerwin.  She is so talented!  Check out her video on how  to make these here.

Thanks for stopping by.  Which project is your favourite?  Please leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Retro Challenge!

Hello my stampin' friends,

Today, I have a card for you that we made at my last workshop and I fashioned it using the Retro Sketches Challenge!  

Here is a picture of the sketch....

 

I have been wanting to use my Feel Good stampset for a while - I just love the sayings that it has!  I made this card for a friend of mine who has opened her own flower shop!  She is SO talented and I know that this has been a dream of her for some time.  Her shop is beautiful!  And she even sells some of my cards for me - thank you Kyla!  If you are in the southern Ontario area, be sure to stop by to see her shop - Jo-Dee's Blooms & Things!

Anyway, on to my card!  Another one of my new tools that I wanted to use for this card was the Lovely Lace Embossing folder!  So pretty - perfect for a flower shop owner, don't ya think?

I finished it off with some Bitty Butterflies and of course some ribbon!

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy 

Work of Art

Hello my stampin' friends!

Glad you stopped by today!  The card I have to show you today is one I have been wanting to try for a while now - do you have a card like that on your list?

I have seen different versions of it online in many places and I just loved it!  So it is a CASE (create and share everything), but I am not sure who to give the credit to for the original creation.  

I have been waiting - not sure why - for the opportunity to use this new set from the Annual Catalogue.....Work of Art!  I have seen SO many great uses for these wonderful images!  I think it has to be one of my favourite stampsets!

  

The tip I have to offer for this card, is to start with the bottom colour first.  For some reason, I was able to fit all the colours on the card when I started at the bottom and not the top - yep this was my second try.  ;)

I chose the colours from the brights collection so there wasn't any stress to match colours - I love that about our colour collections!

I hope you like my version of the card.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy 

Fairwell Secret Garden

Hello my Stampin' Friends! 

Thank you for stopping by!  I can't believe SO much time has past since I have posted for you!  Very sorry about that!  It has been a really exciting time at Stampin'UP! with SO much to share with you!

First, Stampin'UP! has released their Retired Lists for this year, and if I could say, OH MY!  So many wonderful things leaving us!  You can see the retired lists here....

Retiring Stampsets

Retiring Accessories

Retired products are available only while supplies last!  If there is anything that you are wanting, don't wait, things are sell out fast! You can shop on line here.

So why does Stampin'UP! retire products?  Well, we are gearing up our new Catalogue and a new Catalogue means some exciting new stamps and toys to play with!  And as a demonstrator, I get to have sneak preview!  *squeal*

But before they arrive, let's say farewell to some favourites, shall we?  Here is one I have really enjoyed......Secret Garden!  I LOVE the flowers and it comes with a matching framelits - buy them both to save 15%.  This one is going to stay in my collection for quite some time. 

Here is a card I have made using Secret Garden and the framelits.....

Here is a close up of the greeting - you can never have to many 'thank you' cards.  And this greeting is from the set Lots of Thanks, truly a must have!  I also took this opportunity to use 2 of my favourite punches.....the Bitty Butterfly and the Elegant Butterfly punch!  A really great combo!

Well, thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Easter Blessings and Stampin' Royalty SR #223

Well ,hi there, thanks for stopping by!

 

I have an Easter card for you today.  While I was over at the Stampin' Royalty blog, I noticed that they have an Easter Inspired picture challenge, so I thought I would join the fun.  Make sure you stop by to see what they have created.

 

I had the distinct pleasure of stamping with some ladies from our local church earlier this week!   They do so much for our community including fundraising to make the church more accessible for those that can't walk the stairs in the 100 year old building...So they needed a fun night just for them!  They wanted to give card making a try and asked me to teach them some card techniques!  How lucky am I?  Here is one of the cards that I designed for them to make - what do you think?

 

 

I just love the purples during this time of year - perfect for advent celebrations and anything that symbolizes Easter!

 

I started with a Very Vanilla Card base, used a layer of Wisteria Wonder dry embossed with the Framed Tulips embossing folder, I used my Ovals Framelits in Perfect Plum and Very Vanilla for framing my sentiment, which by the way, is one of last year's Easter stamps (now retired), sorry. 

 

I couldn't resist using the two butterfly punches and some of that fabulous Chevron Ribbon in Wisteria Wonder! 

 



 

I just love how this card turned out.  Not a great 'mailable' card, but really pretty.  The ladies from church loved it too!

 

Have a wonderful day!  Happy Stampin'

 

Tammy

Birthday and The Paper Players #189

Hello there my stampin' friends! 

 

I have a quick post for you today.  It is a card I had made a while back but thought it needed a little something before I showed it to you.  Do you ever have any of those...you have an idea in your head, you put it on paper but it still isn't quite right?  Well, here is an example of that for me!

 

 

 

 

I wanted to use the hexagon punch - it was a part of an old challenge - and well, I couldn't get it to come together.  When I added the Bitty Butterfly punch and some sponging it REALLY made a difference!  Sometimes, life just needs some sponging! 

 

 

And a luck would have it, I received a reminder e-mail from The Paper Players about this week's challenge - a tic-tac-toe.  My card fits into the match of Birthday card, punch and ribbon or twine!  Make sure you stop by to see all of the great creations people have come up with!

 

I hope my card inspires you to plow through the ones that don't turn out exactly as you had planned!

 

Happy stampin'

 

Tammy

Whisteria Wonder and Pals Paper Arts 196

Hi there my stampin' friends. 

I found this awesome sketch challenge over at Pals Paper Arts.  Make sure you stop in there to have a look at all of the great cards that were made using this sketch as inspiration. 

Here in southern Ontario, we had yet another dumping of snow on the weekend - I'm talking 'bring out the snow blower' amount of snow!  UGH!  I am so done with winter! 

So, I decided to use my card as a spring pick- me-up!  I used some Whisteria Wonder and some pretty butterflies to create a little spring feeling. 

Here is the card I created.  I like how it turned out.  What do you think?

I started with Whisteria Wonder card base, a layer of Elegant Eggplant, a layer of Whisper White and then a layer of Whisteria Wonder DSP.  I also made a Whisper White tag using the new Scallped Tag Topper Punch - it is an awesome punch to have in your collection!  Imagine the possibilities!

I made a layered butterfly using the Elegant Butterfly punch with Eggplant cardstock and using the Bitty Butterfly punch with some scraps of DSP.  My greeting is from the Perfect Pennants stampset from the Occasions Catalogue.  I finished the tag with some Chevron Ribbon in Whisteria Wonder and some white Baker's Twine.

Thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Stampin' Celebration #70 at Camp!

Hello there my Stampin' friends!

 

Thank you for stopping by today.  I have been bitten by the challenge bug at camp!  My two fav things combined into one!

 

 

Once a year, I join the best girlfriends a girl can ask for, at a Women's Wellness Weekend at Camp Kitchikewana on Beausoleil  Island, here in Ontario.  It has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth! 

 

Here are the views from our cabin...

 

 

 

 

It is the perfect time for women to come together to relax and try new hobbies and well, learn how to be well!  It is my favourite weekend of the year!

 

 

This year my good friend Gena and I hosted a card class at Camp!  A perfect fit, right?  I just happened to use the colour in the Stampin' Celebration Challenge.  Click here to see all of the talented folks at Stampin' Celebration! and this is the card we made....

 

  

 

 The supplies I used.....

 

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Old Olive Cardstock

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Designer Series Paper

Calypso Coral Chevron Ribbon

Honeycomb Embossing Folder

Bitty Butterfly Punch

Elegant Butterfly Punch

Decorative Label Punch

Rhinestones

 

 

 Until next year Kitchi!

 

Mojo Monday 309 Contest!

Hello my Stampin' friends!

I have a birthday card to share with you today and I chose to participate in the Mojo Monday 309 contest!  It is SO much fun!  I just love the inspiration that these designers provide!  So if you are missing your MOJO - give Mojo Monday a try!  If nothing else, stop on over and see the great talent that is posted there!

I used some DSP (Designer Series Paper) to help with my colour choices - easy peasy right?

  I also took this as an opportunity to showcase our Butterfly punches!  Why not take advantage of the Butterfly Bundle Promotion - an extra 15 % off - whoozers! 

And so here is my card..............

The supplies I used are:

Marina Mist Cardstock

Whisper Whit Cardstock

Midnight Navy Cardstock

Daffodil Delight Cardstock

Primrose Petals Cardstock

Raspberry Ripple cardstock

Designer Series Cardstock

3/4" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Primrose Petals

Word Play Stamp Set (retired)

Elegant Butterfly Punch

Bitty Butterfly Punch

2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch

2 1/2" Circle Punch

To order any of these products click here!

Happy Stampin

Tammy

Tiny Tiny Wishes

Hello my Stampin' Friends!

 

For today's post, I have a card I created for my most recent card class and for a sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Crew!  I was SO excited to be able to participate in my first challenge....you know, I thought long and hard, I planned, I promoted it in my card class and then whammo!  I realized I was too late to participate!  Oh well, better planning next time.  Well I promised my friends from class that I would post it on my blog and so, here it is....I hope you like it.

 

 

Well, I had great fun creating this card we had great fun making it too!  Go ahead and check out Paper Craft Crew.  They are a very talented bunch with some awesome sketch challenges!

 

Here are the supplies I used:

 

Paper: Very Vanilla Cardstock, Early Espresso Cardstock, Limited Edition Designer Series Paper (retired), Marina Mist Cardstock, Marina Mist Designer Series Paper

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Established Elegance (retired

Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits, Marina Mist Ribbon (retired), Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Tammy