I always have mixed feelings during this time of year. So many stamp sets I love are being retired, but the new catalog has so many exciting new options that I can't wait to play with. One of the stamps I'm going to miss is Blended Bloom. This is a beautiful stamp colored or just left as an outline stamp as I've ...
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It’s My Party Gift Bag
I stopped purchasing gift bags several years ago. I hated paying over $5 for a bag that was mass produced. They were never a cute as what I could come up with myself. My daughter got a fancy water bottle for a friends birthday party. I used a blank Wine Gift Bag and decorated with the soon to retire It's My Party ...
Father’s Day Blog Hop
Welcome to the Team Stamp It Father's Day Blog Hop!! The list of bloggers is at the bottom of this post, just click on each name to go through the list of blogs with all their wonderful creations. For my Father's Day card I chose to use the elk from The Wilderness Awaits stamp set. This would make a great birthday ...
Retiring Best Thoughts
There are so many wonderful products retiring with the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog. My current favorite stamp is one of them. Hostess stamp set Best Thoughts was the first stamp set I ordered from this catalog a year ago. It's so wonderful to color! The other products retiring on this card are the Honeycomb ...
Retiring Six Sided Sampler
Sad to say good-bye to the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set. I really think this was an over looked stamp set. I love the color combination of So Saffron, Pear Pizzaz and Pool Party....very spring. Also leaving us from this card is the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack! These are the sweetest little ...
Stampin Scoop – Preview Oh Happy Day Kit
Stampin Scoop Recap Episode 8 Today Tami & I played with the upcoming "Oh Happy Day Card Kit" from the new Stampin' Up! 2016-2017 Annual Catalog coming in June. The colors included in this kit are: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron, Tangerine Tango, white Are you a new ...
Live Card Swap / Stampin Scoop – Episode 2
Some how I seemed to miss blogging about our 2nd Episode for the Stampin Scoop when we did showing how we run a card swap. (Might have gotten lost during my blog transfer ) So here are the replay video's from Episode 2. [fbvideo link="https://www.facebook.com/stampwithtami1/videos/10153656450038763/" ...
New Catalog Preview: Painter’s Palette & Affectionately Yours DSP
New Products! I had the pleasure of designing some cards for my upline, Tami White's demonstrator meeting, and she let me play with some of her new products. I wasn't able to attend OnStage in Salt Lake City, UT, so I need to wait for May 3rd to order my catalog pre-order. The new products on this card are the ...
Stampin Scoop Recap – Top 10ish “Must Haves” from the Stampin Up Retirement List
Check out what Linda & Tami think are the top 10ish product from the Stampin Up retiring list! Linda & Tami have a different idea of what #1 will be.....do you agree? What do you think should be #1? Is there a product that we didn't mention the you feel should be on the list? Hope you enjoy our show and ...
Private Party Thank You & First WordPress Blog Post
Hi, I've officially moved CraftyStampin.com over to Wordpress. It was a little bumpy, but I think I have worked out most of the issues. I still have some things I want to set up and fix, but I believe that the blog is accessible and fully functional to everyone. If you subscribe to this blog via a third party ...
CraftyStampin.com is moving to WordPress from Typepad & a Card
I'm so excited!! I'm moving CraftyStampin.com to Wordpress from Typepad. I've have used Typepad as my blogging platform since 2010 and it's been great, but it was time to move to a more robust platform. What does this mean to you, my blog readers? Very little. You will still type in CraftyStampin.com ...
Mother’s Day Blog Hop
Team Stamp It is hosting a Mother's Day Blog hop. I'm not participating this month, as I'm in the process of changing my blog over to a new blog platform and need a little extra time. Please take a moment to see all the great project that my wonderful teammates have created. Leave them a comment on ...
Tuesday Stampin’ Scoop Recap – In-colors Yummy Samples – Last Weekly Deals
I hope you got a moment to join Tami and I on this mornings Stampin Scoop live on Periscope. If you happened have missed it, don't worry, I've got the replay and the links right here for you! First - What is Periscope? Periscope is a smart phone app where you can view live broadcasts and interact with us live. ...
Out going In-Colors
This is it. The end is near! Well the end of the 2015 - 2017 Stampin' Up! In Colors. Get your in color product before they become "while supplies last" on April 18th. Click on the graphic below to go the the shopping site for the InColors. ...
Little Dear & Blog Hop Winner!!
I love this little deer from the the Made with Love stamp set. This is the perfect gender neutral paper card! The Team Stamp It Spring Fling Blog Hop winner is: Congrats Rachael!!! Happy Stampin' CARD SUPPLIES: Made With Love ...
Tuesday Stampin’ Scoop Recap – LOTS of Yummy Samples!!!
Did you catch today's Stampin' Scoop? Tami and I had a great time playing in my craft room!! We shared some BIG news about the Weekly Deals, the Retirement List and the New Annual Catalog Transition. Click the links to see all the details about those items. We also made one last reminder about the FREE Paper ...
Stamp Set Organization & Indexing
Do you struggle to find stamps you already own in your personal supply? Check out my Periscope broadcast where I show how I organize my stamps in my craft room, and how I index them in Evernote so I can find every stamp I own in minutes. Make sure you subscribe to my Periscope Channel @craftystampin so you don't ...
Go Wild Birthday Card
I see zebra strip and I think bright pink. I'm loving this card more and more every time I look at it. Most times when I design a card I need to make it, set it aside and walk away. When I come back in a few hours I can look at it more constructively and figure out what I need to change to make it work. ...
Hamburger Box
The Hamburger Box Die is one of the items on this weeks Weekly Deals. I showed off the three Hamburger Boxes above on the periscope "Stampin' Scoop" I did with Tami White yesterday that I included as part of yesterdays post, click here to check that out. Here is a closer look at each of those boxes and a quick ...
Stampin Scoop Recap / DSP tour and samples / DSP organization / Weekly Deals
[fbvideo link="https://www.facebook.com/stampwithtami1/videos/10153656518293763/" width="750" height="400" onlyvideo="1"] [fbvideo link="https://www.facebook.com/craftystampin/videos/1443399959019142/" width="750" height="400" onlyvideo="1"] WEEKLY ...
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