Cottage Lane Stamper

For December's class my customers wanted to not do Christmas cards.  I think stampers, by the time the middle of December arrives, are a little Christmas'd out.  Personally I was looking forward to playing with some of the new things I got in my preorder for the new Stampin' Up!® Mini catalog that debuts January 3, 2020. One of the sets is from the Annual catalog, "Young At Heart".  I love this set! I paired it with a  sentiment from one of the new sets in the Mini catalog, "Thanks for the Laughs"  which says "No one is as entertained by us as us,"  It reminds me a couple of friends and I and also my sister cousins.   It's a great set for friends and family.  I'm sure a lot of people can identify with this sentiment!  Haha!  Below is the card we made. It uses some DSP from  also from the new catalog.  The DSP is from the Painted Poppies Suite.   All of the supplies and instructions for the three card...

Do you ever find you have an idea for something and that leads to something else?  That's what happened to me this week.  I had an idea for a stain glass image with one of my Christmas stamp sets and, while looking for some ideas on that, I got sidetracked with an idea to make some smaller ornament sized "charms".  That led me to videos on scissor charms. Sometimes looking on Pinterest is like going down a rabbit hole!  Haha! When I saw the scissor charms, I thought what a good idea for a small gift for my class members at our next class.   I ordered some white shrink film/paper "Shrinky Dinks" from Amazon and it was delivered the next day!  Woohoo! When watching the videos, everyone kept mentioning how slippery this white film is.  Boy is it!  In my video you will see the results of my first attempts.  There is also a clear film, which has a rougher side.  I used this before and didn't seem to have as much of a problem....