Cottage Lane Stamper

I have a little tip for you when lining up the Hibiscus flowers from the  "Timeless Tropical" stamp set and the coordinating   "In the Tropics" dies from the Tropical Oasis Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog . I found myself twirling the die round and round when going to die cut the stamped image.  Here' a little video I put together to save us all a little frustration.  Maybe you have no trouble with this, but I'm all for making my life a little easier.  Let me know if this helps you too. 

I think of all the cards we made in class this month, featuring the Tropical Oasis Suite,   from the 2020 Mini Catalog , this was my favorite. It's fairly quick and easy too. I just love the background, the little flowers and of course, the palm trees remind me of Florida.Thoughts go to somewhere warm always this time of year in Minnesota.  SIGH..... CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SUPPLIES My favorite, favorite part of the card are the little flowers. When you die cut them,  (the  die has three flowers connected   but cuts three separate flowers)  there are tiny little stars from the center! Couldn't throw those away, no way!  I used them as embellishments on the card.  Two of the flowers are on the front and one is in the inside, you can just see it peeking out. The since the flowers have a tiny star cut out of the center, I needed to cover the Mini Dimensional and what better than a pearl from the ocean! I used the splotchy...

Recently, I was making a valentine for one of my grandsons, punching out a bunch of circles for records.  (I'll show a card like it later). I had all these left over circles and it reminded me of a technique from a few years ago.  That led me to this card, which, when I finished reminds me of the hippie era, my 20's and all the flower children. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE SUPPLIES I die cut a bunch of flowers with the die from the " In the Tropics " die set, in the " Tropical Oasis " suite. I adhered them to a Soft Suede layer and then ran it through the Big Shot with the " Coastal Weave " 3D embossing folder.  When I finished it seems to be reminiscent of something from the 70's! The sentiment,  I chose from the " Timeless Tropical " stamp set, really seemed to fit " a friendship like ours is timeless ". Have you tried this technique before? 

Don't you love quick and easy cards when you don't have much time or need it at the last minute?  This month the Tropical Oasis Suite was featured in class.  CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SUPPLIES This is such a quick card, with a little Tropical Oasis DSP (Designer Series Paper©), including a strip that was cut off when cutting the main layer, another piece of cardstock for a background layer, a label die and another scrap of Whisper White for the sentiment.  Do you save your scraps?  I do, I used them all the time! Find a PDF for this card on my Facebook Group page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends for the measurements and instructions, in the "files" section. Make sure you subscribe to get all my updates!

Have I mentioned that I love the Tropical Oasis Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog ?  I do! I had brilliant idea using the tiny little flowers, I have mentioned that I love those too!  Haha! CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE SUPPLIES Today's card uses one of the Memories & More© cards from the Tropical Oasis Suite.  I had this brilliant idea of trying to make a lei from the flowers and thought this card went well with that inspirational idea.  I die cut a bunch of the flowers, using the "In The Tropics" coordinating dies, in an assortment of colors that are in the suite & used only the smallest ones.  I strung them on a piece of thin Baker's twine from a previous PP kit.  They are attached to the card with a couple of Glue Dots and one pearl to cover the center of the flower at the top. Of course I had to use the little stars from the center of the flowers as an additional embellishment! I attached them with just a dot of the Multipurpo...

This morning when I woke up, I walked into my craft room, as I often do, and found I still had some of extra pieces from the February Paper Pumpkin kit on my desk.  I also had parts of  the coordinating SAB stamp set, "Happy Birthday To You" laying in a basket waiting...... So I started playing around with the bits and pieces and came up with this card. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE SUPPLIES USED Funny thing is, one of the pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit I planned on using, I ended up not using but had chose the  Pretty Peacock cardstock as my card base because of it.  The background layer is Petal Pink . I colored the flowers with my Stampin' Blends in Petal Pink and Old Olive . The Petal Pink layer is die cut with the second largest die from the "Stitched Rectangles" dies.  The flowers in the upper corner are from the Happy Birthday stamp set, die cut with the coordinating "Birthday " dies. The colors I used are Pretty Peacock,...

This month I'm featuring the Tropical Oasis Suite    I love Hibiscus flowers, since my first visit to Florida for my 50th birthday.  My cousin had them growing in his back yard.  Somewhere I have a photo of me next to the tree. The tree was lost long gone to Katrina and well, I've changed as well.  :-) I do love this suite!  I have plans to use it with a couple other sets, Tropical Chic stamp set and the coordinating Tropical dies  which are still in the current catalog.  A couple other retired sets I'm going to pair this with is "Humming Along" and "Botanical Blooms". CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SUPPLIES If you give this a try, I'd love to see your creations!  Please share them here or on my Cottage Lane Stamper Facebook page.   There will also be a PDF in the files section for this and the other two cards from this months class.  Make sure you join my Facebook group page to gain access to all my PDF's.

The February Paper Pumpkin® kit "A Lovely Day" coordinates with the FREE  "Happy Birthday To You"   stamp set from the 2020 Sale-A-Bration catalog  the "Birthday" dies.  There are other items that coordinate with the Sale-A-Bration  and 2020 Mini  catalogs that will be available Mar. 3, 2020 in a second release brochure. Click HERE for the list of coordinating items as well as the Second Sale-A-Bration Release brochure located in the "files" section of my Facebook group page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends . You do need to join the group to have access to these files. Join me, as I put together the put together this month's Paper Pumpkin kit.  Pick up a tip or two and get a chuckle from my many bloopers! Here is a card I created with the coordinating "Happy Birthday To You" stamp set and coordinating " Birthday dies " available for purchase.  Here are cards from the Paper Pumpkin kit! Aren't...

As I was going through the Memories & More cards from the Tropical Oasis Suite this morning I was struck with inspiration for this card!  It seem to cry out to me, "this would be perfect for a pineapple". Pineapples are a symbol of Hospitality in Hawaii.  I thought this card would be perfect for someone going to Hawaii or for a thank you, or just to say "Aloha". Click here for the products used I saw a pineapple on Pinterest by Cheri Stojkovich, that had used a different technique for coloring the pineapple so this is my attempt.  Our pineapples look way different!  Haha!  She used pigment crystals.  I still have some of the crystals we sold in the past to I thought I would give it a whirl. I cut two small rectangles of Watercolor paper, one for each of the " In the Tropics " pineapple dies from the Suite. In The Tropics Dies I spritzed both of them with water and then sprinkled them with the pigment crystals , one with yellow and t...

This card was so super easy with the Tropical Oasis Memories & More card pack !  Great for a quick birthday card at the last minute. Click here for a list of the supplies The card is the background layer for the sentiment.  I used Granny Apple Green for the card base, Mango Melody for the card background layer. I stamped some of the flowers in Mango Melody, on a circle, using the smallest flower from the Timeless Tropical stamp set. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede.  I also stamped some of the flowers on a scrap piece of paper for the banner. The flower is die cut from Poppy Parade.  Super sweet and easy! I also used one of the Elements from the Memories & More card pack on the inside. Give it a try, let me know how you like it!

I love all things related to the beach. Just ask my friends.  The ocean, beach side cottages, shells, salt air, the flowers, the colors of surf and sand and then there is surfing! When I was young I wanted to move to California and try my hand at surfing, just like Gidget, my favorite show at the time.  Well, that is a dream that will never come to pass, I never made it farther west than the Rockies. When I saw the Tropical Oasis Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog I knew I had to have it!  Today I'm using the coordinating Tropical Oasis Memories & More Cards .  And there is a card that says "Let's Go To The Beach"! Click here for the products I used My absolute favorite paper in the suite is the paper with the "woody" cars. I love those old cars! When I had to cut this sheet of Tropical Oasis DSP for this card I almost went into shock!  It was like cutting my son's hair for the first time! No going back! It's such a quick and eas...