Cottage Lane Stamper

Wow, today my oldest grandson turns 10!  Hard to believe.  I've always told him he was my birthday present, he was born a day before my birthday.  He's a wonderful, polite and thoughtful young man, and, as you can tell, I am very proud of him. Now that he's 10, and moving toward adulthood, I need to adjust my ideas of birthday cards for him.  No more baby cards.  So this is what I came up with.     The blue card base is Night of Navy.  Cut to 11" x 4.25" and scored at 5.5" The DSP is cut to 5.25" x 4" The Crushed Curry layer is cut to 5" x 3.75 The white, top layer, is cut to 4.75' x 3.5"  It's made with several stamp sets.  The sentiment and cake are from "Big Day" stamp set, from 2015 Sale-A-Bration (by the way only 10 more days to get in on the FREE products).   The DSP (Designer Series Paper) is retired paper.  The birthday hat is from this years Sale-A-Bration "Hello" stamp set. Th...

    A very good friend of mine gave me the honor of making a birthday card for her sister, who turns 75 next month.  She wanted something with birds and flowers, since her sister loves both.  I found a few samples on Pinterest and she like this one, so I CAS'd it. (Copy and Share Everything) The card is Whisper White, cut to 11" x 4.25", then scored and folded in half.  The background layer is Marina Mist cardstock cut to 4" x 5.25" and run  through my Big Shot with my Tulip (retired) embossing folder. The small blue floral rectangle in the back, is cut to 2' x 3" and is a scrap piece that I had.  The white layer with the script is also cut 2" x 3", using a script background stamp is inked it in Basic Grey. Tip: with a large background stamp it is best to ink the stamp upside down.  Lay the stamp rubber side up on the table and ink it pressing the ink pad onto the stamp.  Carefully lay the card...

This Stampin' Up Thinlet was so popular that I didn't receive my backorder until way after Valentine's day. But the beauty of it, is that it can be used anytime of year.  This card could be for a close friend or wedding.  I was so excited to get it and use it I came up with this. This Bloomin' Heart Thinlet is available alone or bundled with the Bloomin' Love stamp set.  I bought the bundle, saving 15%. I always buy the bundles, it just gives the you so many more options and ways to be creative The card is the standard A2 (4.25" x 5.5") size.  The card base is Mint Macaron and the pink background in Pink Pirouette.  I  cut the Mint Macaron to 4-1/8" x 5-1/4. I then used the Bloomin' Heart Thinlet, centered it just a little below the top about 1".  One thing I haven't received yet (but it is in my next order) is the Big Shot Die Brush that comes with a pad. For these intricate dies it makes it much ea...

It's Throw Back Thursday!     Do you have those retired sets that you just love?  This is one of mine.  "What's Brewin'"   This card was divinely inspired. (Hehe)  I was in church last night for Lenten services and there was a graphic on the screen of a latte viewed from overhead. The latte had on of those hearts that you get from those gourmet coffee shops. The cup was in a saucer and on the saucer rested some coffee beans scattered around the cup.   Well, try as I might I was not able to recreate what I had in my mind.  In the process I pulled out this retired set and played with it for a while and this is what evolved.   The cups, coffee beans, sentiment and steam from the right cup are from the "What's Brewin'" retired Stampin' Up set.  The spoon, which if you have read a previous post, I love, love, love is from the 2016 Occasions catalog "Cups and Kettle's" Framelit.  I bought this bundled...