Last Chance for Butterfly Brilliance Bundle

All the savvy Stampin’ Up! crafters know that bundles are one of our best ways to save. A number of bundles from the 21-22 Annual Catalog are retiring, but their components will continue to be in the catalog. What does this mean? It means you have just a short time to save 10% by purchasing the bundle before it is no longer available.

Butterfly Brilliance is a perfect bundle for getting a lot done in a single turn of the Stamp Cut and Emboss machine. The stamp is a large format, and the images fit into a single die yielding 6 butterflies with one crank! I tried the butterflies with both Stampin’ Blends and Watercolor Pencils, and was surprised how much I preferred the pencils.

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Butterfly Brilliance Watercolor Pencils Dragonfly Garden
  • Stamps: Butterfly Brilliance, Dragonfly Garden, retired sentiment
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Sahara Sand, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
  • Accessories: Big Boss, Brilliant Wings dies, Blending Brush, Watercolor Pencils (sets 1 and 2), 21-23 In Color Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The image is stamped in Sahara Sand. I found the pencils easier to use on this detailed image, and I liked having the ability to shade even in a very small space. By layering colors I could create transitions, and I had a great time choosing colors for this never-found-in-real life butterfly.

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Butterfly Brilliance Watercolor Pencils Dragonfly Garden

To keep the focus on the butterfly, I used a Basic White panel on a Basic White card base. The panel is popped up on dimensionals, as is the butterfly.

This is the version with the Stampin’ Blends. Do you see the difference? What do you think?

I’ll tell you what I think. Blends or pencils, you need this bundle before the chance to save is gone!

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Last Chance 21-22 Annual Catalog

It’s that time of year! The Annual Last Chance list is out, and many products from the 21-22 Annual Catalog are available at savings up to 50%

Last few days to save on the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine as well as select stamp-and-die bundles sized to fit perfectly in the Mini!

This hard working little Baby Boss is your perfect travel companion and at 20% savings, you’ll thank yourself again and again for adding it to your crafting tools. This sale is WHILE SUPPLIES LAST and ends on March 31, 2022. Do I need to say it? DON’T WAIT!

Choose a bundle – oh my goodness, choose many bundles – because you’ll save on them as well. Take special note of the Art Gallery, Celebrate Sunflowers, and Garden Wishes bundles. These items were featured in a previous catalog and are not currently listed as bundles. They’ve been re-bundled for this event so you save even more!

Waves of the Ocean has arrived in the Online Store! Don’t wait to get your hands on this gorgeous suite, although if you just want some of these goodies, you can buy them individually as well. This is another 2022-2023 Sneak Peek, and pay close attention: the stamps and dies will be in the new catalog, but the Designer Series paper, the foiled papers (swoon), and the gems are exclusive to the Sneak Peek and are only available until May 2, 2022. Check it all out HERE!

The All Together Suite includes Here Together stamps, Here for You dies, All Together Designer Series Paper, and our brand new Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends combos! They’re available as a suite, bundle or individually – but only the Blends will be available after May 2, 2022. The Light and Medium Light Blends duos are currently unavailable due to supply chain concerns, but all other products are currently in the warehouse and ready to ship to your doorstep!

Be sure to subscribe by April 10th for your Craft Escape in a box! Paper Pumpkin subscriptions deliver ready-to-go projects to your doorstep every month, but you have ultimate control to skip or cancel 😱if you decide it’s not for you. The April kit will make 9 coordinating cards and envelopes that you can tailor to your card-sending needs. Don’t wait!

February 2022 DIY: Driving By

If you’re not on sunny Maui, you might need a bit of Sunshine and Rainbows today. How about a whimsical VW bus driving through your February DIY Calendar?

Maui Stamper Stampin Up February 2022 DIY Easel Calendar Driving By Palms dies Sunshine and Rainbows desktop calendar
  • Stamps: Driving By (Sale-a-bration 2022v1), Paradise Palms
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Memento Black, Calypso Coral, Mango Melody, Gray Granite, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight
  • Accessories: Sunshine and Rainbows Designer Series paper (Sale-a-bration 2022v1), Big Boss, Palms dies, Basic Borders dies, Stampin Dimensionals, Stampin’ Blends, Stampin’ Write markers, Watercolor pencils

I used the paper piecing technique with the bus. I stamped it once on one of the striped patterns from the Sunshine and Rainbow DSP, and then again on a piece of Basic White. I used Blends to color the top, wheels, bumpers and windows of the bus. Then I removed the top, wheels, bumpers and windows of the bus from the DSP version and adhered it to the Basic White version.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up February 2022 DIY Easel Calendar Driving By Palms dies Sunshine and Rainbows desktop calendar

I made a road using the curve from the Basic Borders dies and the White Watercolor Pencil. I measured another piece of the Sunshine and Rainbows DSP to fit behind the bus and the road and used multipurpose glue to adhere all of those layers – except the bus, the bus had to be on Dimensionals.

If we ever stop carrying Stampin’ Dimensionals I will be unable to function.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up February 2022 DIY Easel Calendar Driving By Palms dies Sunshine and Rainbows desktop calendar

The palms – oh my gosh, Stampin’ Up! has heard me mutter – those palms were inked with Stampin’ Write markers and cut out with the dies. It took me a hot minute to figure out how I wanted to line everything up, but lah-dee-dah, I am pretty pleased with the results! What do you think?

You can make your own Easel calendars with my handy-dandy print-yer-own pdf. It’s just $5 and I create one every year. Message me if you’re interested. There’s also a Pinterest board where you can find years of inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, pop over and see what Cheryl and Crystal have done for February. And when you’re done, do yourself a favor and take yourself shopping (the Paradise Palms bundle is a great place to start) and then add that VW Bus to your order for free. You’ll thank yourself over and over! (Be sure to get the English version of Driving By, unless of course you happen to speak French.)

Everybody loves FREE!! Choose FREE goodies from January 4 to February 28, 2022!! Shop HERE.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Sale-a-bration Join FREE STAMPS

Before you place that order, consider the Very Best Deal – joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator! If you join by February 28, 2022, there’s a super opportunity. Choose 2 FREE stamp sets PLUS:

  • $125 additional product of your choice for $99
  • Free shipping on your kit
  • 20% savings on your own purchases
  • 6 months to try us out without risk – continue with just a $300 quarterly minimum
  • Earn Sale-a-bration and host rewards on RETAIL price not your discounted price
  • An incredible community of crafters
  • Early access AND sneak peeks (you know you want to know!)

Join by February 28th for those two free stamp sets! Message me if you have questions or want to chat.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin February 2022 Safari Celebration kit

Be sure to subscribe by February 10th for your Craft Escape in a box! Paper Pumpkin subscriptions deliver ready-to-go projects to your doorstep every month, but you have ultimate control to skip or cancel 😱if you decide it’s not for you. The February kit will make 9 playful cards with envelopes that you can tailor to your card-sending needs. Don’t wait!

Blessings of Home: New Stamp SNEAK PEEK

I’ve spent the past few days with a few thousand of my favorite people in the world – Stampin’ Up! demonstrators! Our convention this year is virtual, and we’ve heard presentations from the Home Office as well as other demonstrators to inspire, delight and surprise us all. One of our events was a Stamp and Share event of a brand new bundle from the 2022 January June mini catalog called Blessings of Home:

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Blessings of Home ONSTAGE@HOME

I can’t wait to spend more time with this suite! There were 3 projects, but I couldn’t watch and create quickly enough – this is the only one I finished.

  • Stamps: Blessings of Home*
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Garden Green, Misty Moonlight, Cinnamon Cider
  • Accessories: Big Boss, Flowers of Home dies*, Heart & Home DSP*, Blender pens, 3/8″Denim Ribbon*, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Glue

* All available on January 4, 2022 in the 2022 January – June Mini catalog – or sooner if you are a demonstrator. And it just so happens that there’s a fabulous opportunity to join the Stampin’ Up! family right now!! (Just sayin’)

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Start With Savings Demonstrator Promotion November 2021

How would you spend $75? Through November 30, you can sign up to save on every order you place – and join a community of friendship, inspiration and fantastic support. Your $75 turns into $125 of Stampin’ Up! product that YOU choose – free of shipping – and is your ticket to the Maui Stampers and the inside world of Stampin’ Up! Contact me with your questions or join now!

In the News You Can Use department, our seasonal sale is coming up! Mark your calendar and order early, as I predict these essentials will fly out the door. Save on

When you order your ink pads, be sure to add the coordinating ink refill to your order. It’s just a few extra dollars, and trust me, you’ll be so glad to have it on hand! Plan your orders in the Online Store so you’re ready to go on November 16th.

  • Card stock 10%
  • Stampin’ Up! ink (exclusive of bundles) 15%
  • Dies – yes, dies – 20%
Maui Stamper Stampin Up Edens Garden

Don’t forget the gorgeous Eden’s Garden Suite, available now as a sneak peek from the January – June 2022 Mini Catalog.

Bloom Where You’re Planted

I’ve been working on clearing out the stamp room and I found a package of printed card bases with coordinating envelopes from a Sale-a-bration long past. Bloom Where You’re Planted was on my craft desk too, as were some odds and ends from the Pattern Party DSP. Before I knew it, I had a card!

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Bloom Where You're Planted handmade card
  • Stamps: Bloom Where You’re Planted
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Memento Black, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Soft Suede
  • Accessories: Big Boss, Perfect Plants dies, Scalloped Contours dies, Pattern Party DSP, Bakers Twine Essentials, Stampin’ Dimensionals, retired card bases

My card stash is running low, and I’ve been working on relatively simple designs that I can produce in groups. I don’t like mass production, and I don’t like having a LOT of one card, but working in groups of 4 suits me well. It’s not too tedious to stamp and die cut in fours, and I can almost always use that many of one design. I can easily set up 4 cards-in-process in my craft space, making assembly go quickly.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Bloom Where You're Planted handmade card

I snipped the ends of the sentiment panel with my snips – that’s not a die, although somewhere deep in my brain I think we have or had one in this shape. I separated the threads of the Black Bakers Twine so the knot wouldn’t be too thick, and everything else is just Stampin’ Dimensionals. You can see how easily this went together.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up November 2021

Would you like to save with every order you place? Join the Maui Stamper team – wherever you live – and take advantage of an incredible offer this month. You’ll choose a fully custom kit worth $125 in product for $75 with no further commitment required. But wait, there’s more 😁 You’ll gain access to early releases, an incredible online resource, exclusive demonstrator events, and a community of wonderful people who love crafting as much as you do. Contact me at the Maui Stamper with your question, or visit the Online Store to get started.

24 Hour Stamp Sale

It’s live, it’s today, it’s a 24 Hour Stamp Sale!

Here’s your chance to stock up on beautiful Cling Red Rubber stamps at 15% savings. All Cling stamps from the Annual Catalog (with the exception of Host Reward stamps) are included in this sale – but run don’t walk! This sale ends at 11:50pm Mountain Time – ask Professor Google to convert that to your local time.

Take a look at all of these stamps! Pull out your Annual Catalog, or pop on over to the Online Store and check out Stamp Sale!

2020-2021 Annual Catalog RETIRING LIST

It’s the moment we find out who will stay and who will go – and it always makes me nervous! The list has been published and there are plenty of great deals, but don’t hesitate! When these products are gone, they are GONE.

Great deals – be sure to notice that some bundles are NOT retiring, just being split. That means the individual items will be available in the new catalog but the bundle price will not.

You’ll also see Tear n Tape on this list but DO NOT FEAR!!! It will return, slightly repackaged – just this item number is retiring. 

My tech skills have their limitations, but I can give you a link! Click HERE to see a pdf – or just head over to the Online Store to see images and details!

Whale of a Time under the Sea

Here’s a challenge for you: create a card without using any stamps. Our Designer Series Papers are the key!

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper

This design is a CASE of one featured on the Stampin’ Up! FaceBook page during the Designer Series paper sale last fall. I made a few but not many adjustments, but the overall concept is very similar. Here are the supplies I used:

  • Stamps: None! (I will add a stamped message inside when I’ve decided to send this)
  • Color Palette: Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, and all the colors in the DSP
  • Accessories: Paper snips, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, retired color dots

I created this card for a group, and I was able to get 24 very similar sets of supplies with one package of DSP. You might be able to get more, but 24 was what I needed so that’s where I stopped! The color dots that I used on this particular card are retired so that I could send my supply of current dots out to the group. I recommend the 2020-2022 In Color enamel dots, but there are loads of other options – I love the idea of using the Opal Rounds too.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper

The turtles were easy to trim from the DSP, and there are jellyfish and whales you could choose as well. I also trimmed the wave on the dsp, and I roughed some but not all of the paper edges.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper

I love the richness of these hues and the range of tones in this paper! The Whale of a Time DSP is 6×6, and there are many other beautiful papers I didn’t choose for this project!

The card dimensions are 3 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. I cut the following:

  • card base (Pool Party) 8 1/2 x 7 scored at 3 1/2
  • mat layer (Pretty Peacock) 8 1/4 x 3 1/4
  • construction base for the panel (White) 8 x 3
  • DSP panels were all 3 inches wide. The top panel is 3 x 3, and subsequent panels down the design range from 1″ to 1 1/2″ tall.

I hope you’ll do me the honor of CASE-ing this project! The hardest part is choosing the DSP, I promise. It goes together very easily.

Ready to shop? Find the DSP and so much more at the Online Store. Don’t forget to add your Sale-a-bration choice when you get to $50!

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Sale-a-bration 2021-JaFe

BASIC WHITE IS IN THE (WARE) HOUSE!

Great news, crafty friends!

Basic White, our new paper crafting staple, is in the warehouse and ready to order!

What’s even better is that the Baby Boss is also in the (ware)HOUSE. This little champ is the perfect size for your craft space – check it out!

Shop HERE for Basic White and HERE for Baby Boss. And don’t forget to add your Sale-a-bration choices when your order reaches $50!

Giant Year End Clearance Happening NOW!

Run don’t walk to the Online Store! Deals like this won’t last long!

There’s plenty of time to shop for Holiday 2020, or perhaps to stock up for (gasp) 2021! There are lots of products that span the seasons as well, but with discounts of up to 50% these deals will fly out of the warehouse. Shop HERE.

The Clearance Rack has been updated too – find those deals HERE.

October 2020 DIY: Stitched Triangles (and a DSP sale!)

I visited two Maui State Parks and a National Park last week, and big trees were on my mind when I started thinking about my October DIY Easel calendar. Stampin’ Up! has Designer Series paper on SALE this month, and the Stitched Triangles dies gave me a way to tie it all together:

Maui Stamper Stampin Up October 2020 DIY Easel Calendar Stitched Triangles
  • Stamps: None
  • Color Palette: Whisper White, Basic Black, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Just Jade, Pretty Peacock, Shaded Spruce, Soft Sea Foam, Seaside Spray
  • Accessories: Stamp Cut & Emboss, Stitched Triangle dies, Forever Greenery Designer Series paper, Stampin’ Sponge
Maui Stamper Stampin Up October 2020 DIY Easel Calendar Stitched Triangles

I used a Stampin’ Sponge and Seaside Spray and Soft Sea Foam ink pads to create a light color wash on the calendar page. I cut a bunch of tiny triangles (our new Stamp Cut & Emboss machine is a dream!) and started arranging them on the sponged page..and arranging them…and arranging them.

Maui Stamper Stampin Up October 2020 DIY Easel Calendar Stitched Triangles

Eventually I settled on this arrangement, but honestly, any of them would have worked!

Visit Cheryl and Crystal to see what they’ve done for October.

The Forever Greenery DSP is my absolute favorite this year, and it’s one of many on sale in October! Check the list HERE, and shop HERE to see the gorgeous designs included in the sale.

Finally, here are a few pictures from our adventures last week:

Maui Stamper Pīpīwai Trail Kīpahulu District Haleakalā National Park
Waimoku Falls at the top of the Pīpīwai Trail in Haleakalā National Park (Kīpahulu District)
Maui Stamper Pīpīwai Trail Kīpahulu District Haleakalā National Park
Pīpīwai Stream in Haleakalā National Park (Kīpahulu District)
Maui Stamper Wai'ānapanapa State Park
The Black Sand Beach at Wai’ānapanapa State Park
Maui Stamper Redwood Trail Polipoli State Park
The Maui Stamper – with Mr. Maui Stamper – on the Redwood Trail at Polipoli State Park

Hope you enjoy! We certainly did – one of the small pleasures of the pandemic has been how calm the island has been. Tourism is our lifeblood, but we have enjoyed this little silver lining in the Covid Cloud.

If you’d like to make your own DIY Easel calendar, click on Contact the Maui Stamper above and send me your email. The pdf is just $5 and you can make as many as you’d like!