Cottage Lane Stamper

For those that know me well, you know that around this time of year, one of the things I love to make is Lefse, that Norwegian "delicacy".  The first time I made it, I didn't have all the tools.  I made it by rolling it out on my table with tons of flour.  Needless to say, it was a little tough and dry. About 5 years ago two of my Norwegian cousins and I got together to make lefse at my cousin's house, he's a chef.  One of my other cousins (I have about 55 on my paternal Norwegian side) joined us. They both wanted to learn how I made it. I have a little story about my chef cousin and this first time, but I don't want to embarrass him. It's cute, and I couldn't believe I taught him something! We try to get together every year so make lefse. This is my cousin, the chef, and I the first time we got together. I get a little messy. For many years I would make lefse and sell it to my coworkers in New Ulm, I also made Krumka...

Last weekend I had the honor of babysitting my 3 grandsons.  I say honor because I don't get the opportunity very often and they are the 3 best kids I know.  They are so well behaved, don't get me wrong they still get into stuff, but it's usually stuff that makes me laugh.  They are 2, 6 and 10 and adorably cute.  At least in my "unbiased" opinion.  ; The 6 year old loves interactive cards so I thought - oh, a magic card!  I always wanted to make one.  So I made three Halloween magic slider cards, they always get their own individual cards for the holidays.  When I delivered them, they didn't quite know what to do with them.  It did have the 10 year old baffled for a little bit.  I think I liked them more than the boys did.  So back to the drawing board for Christmas.  Here are the cards that I made. I used two of the new Halloween sets in the 2016 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog, Jar of ...

If you've hosted a Stampin' Up workshop chances are that you bought the Holly Jolly Layers stamp set as your hostess gift or are planning on it.  This stamp set is exclusive to hostesses or you can earn it with your Stampin' Rewards.  It has such nice sentiments and beautiful designs.  As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to add it to my Christmas stamp collection. We used this set to embellish our gift card holder in our class last week.  This stamp set pairs beautifully with the Layering Circle Thinlits.  We used two Thinlits on this project, a scallop one for the green layer and a round one for the sentiment, top, layer.  These go together so fast you could really turn out a lot of gift cards in no time at all!  I'm so glad we did this at class, we had two ladies, new to my class, one who each had the Envelope Punch board and weren't sure how to use them.  Now, they both are excited to try it out on their own....

Hi stampers, This is the third and final card that we made in Tuesday's Stamp-A-Stack class.  What caught my eye on this card is the beautiful blue, Stampin' Up's Pacific Point.  This is a pairing of the stamp set, Merriest Wishes and the Merry Tags Framelits.  Once again, I always recommend getting the bundles, so many more options and they add so interest and dimension to the cards. This is a simple one layer card.  Starting with the Whisper White cardstock, stamp the background (underneath the tag) with the square "flurry" stamp from the Merriest Wishes stamp set and then also stamp the sentiment at the bottom, both in Pacific Point. Punch out a circle in Pacific Blue with the 2" circle punch. With a small square of Whisper White die cut the deer tag with the Big Shot. Using the Die Cut brush, run the brush over the back of the Framelit to release the negative pieces from the back of the Framelit.  TIP: I keep my Big Shot die brush and sponge...