Cottage Lane Stamper

I have to admit I saw this idea on a Facebook page for demonstrators and love it.  I thought it would be such a cute idea to tuck in the Valentines cards for my daughter's family.  All five of them love books from the 4 year old to the almost 12 year old as well as the parents. When I made these I used a some retired stamp and Framelit sets as well as current and parts from the January Paper Pumpkin kit.  I will list them below.  But I'm sure you would want to personalize these for your own friends or family. This is what the cards look like using the instructions in the kit: Images: Stampin' Up!© Cut the pocket card at a diagonal on the bottom. Then on the other half cut about one inch from the rounded end, all the way across, creating another triangle and secure one of the sides with some Tear & Tape.  The top left uses the new "Apron of Love" from the 2018 Occasions catalog, this one is for my daughter, who loves to bake ...

Hi all, it's hard to believe that Valentine's day is right around the corner. The January Paper Pumpkin is a beautiful, elegant kit.  Not your typical red valentines. This month's Paper Pumpkin kit has black pocket cards 8 with white stripes and 8 with tiny copper foil hearts. Calypso Coral and Rich Razzelberry are the accent colors..  There are also highlights of copper foil on the white tags.  Join me as I unpack this month's kit:  

Hi ya'll.  Today is a great day in Minnesota, it's going to be about 40 degrees!  And it's January! Well, it's one of those nights when I can't sleep past 4:30, so I  get up and go to my craft room and play with one of my new toys from the 2018 Occasions catalog.  This morning I chose the Barn Door bundle.  When I first saw this set, I knew I wanted it.  I love old barns,  so I chose a DSP, that's retired, unfortunately, that looked weather, like an old barn.  Though to be honest, I've not seen a lot of blue barns.  :-) If you are a fan of any of the HGTV shows, like Fixer Upper (love Chip and Joanna Gaines), and other shows like that, you've probably noticed that barn doors on the inside are very popular!   I love it when a stamp set has dual sentiments, one for the front and one for the inside.  Or in this case, one for the left and one for the right.  I put together a little video so you can see how t...

  Hi!  I can't wait to share with you one of the cards we made in my regular classes this month.  We used the "Sure Do Love You" bundle from the "Painted with Love" Suite in the 2018 Occasions catalog.  Remember this is also Sale-a-bration time, so with every $50 purchase from the Occasions or Annual catalog you get to pick one free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog and there are so many cute things to choose from.  I'll share with you in a later post a stamp that that everybody LOVES! I absolutely love this DSP, if you are a DSP hoarder like me I will order some more before the catalog expires in March. On the card in the photo I used some Rich Razzleberry ribbon.  In the video you will see me using the gold tinsel that is also in the suite. I used Glue Dots to secure the ribbon to the DSP, then used snail for the gold foil heart and the white heart, stamped in Berry Burst, is popped up with some Dimensionals. I have another vi...

This week in our class one of our cards was a card where you have 3 layers of white cardstock of different sizes and then stamp all three layers at once.  This is the card we made with the beautiful stamp, "Heartfelt Blooms" from our 2018 Sale-a-bration catalog.  (This photo does not do justice to the stamp image. I found when stamping the three layers of white cardstock that there were spaces between each layer, up to 1/4".  One of my ladies was a little dissatisfied with this result, as was I.  So I tried to find a solution. So this is for you Amanda! The way the I found to get around this is a little time consuming but it does create better result.    This might give you a better idea of what I am talking about.  If you look closely you will see the white spaces on the top right hand corner.  I think my card is a little crooked because I tried to make it match better on the bottom. You will need a Misti (I haven't gotten my new ...

I hope you get a chance to check out the 2018 Occasions catalog!  There are some beautiful products there.  One of my favorites is the Painted with Love Suite, that include stamps, Framelits, DSP (Designer Series Paper), embellishments, darling spools of tinsel ribbon in Powder Pink (though it looks like Rich Razzelberry to me) and gold.  I love, love, love the beautiful DSP with its gold foil flourishes on one side of each sheet.  I believe the each sheet was actually painted by hand and then reproduced as our beautiful designer paper. This beautiful Suite of products are on page 18 of The 2018 Occasions catalog  https://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/catalogs/2018%20Occasions%20Catalog/20180103_OCC18_en-US.pdf One of the adorable things in the catalog is a "Lots to Love" box.  You can use it for some treats or a little gift.  There are even some note cards and envelopes that fit inside the box. Here are so...