Cottage Lane Stamper

I recently listed my Mini CD Easel calendar template and the cases on Etsy. One of my customers wanted to know my recommendation on how to color them other than just stamping.  For me, because I make a larger quantity to sell, I prefer to just stamp as much as I can, because the process is time consuming when I do so many.  I have in the past have done some coloring, and die cutting, and embossing (both heat and dry - with embossing folders).  So Kathie, this video is for you.  I hope it answers some questions for you. If you have more, just let me know.  The tools I cover in this video are: Stampin' Blend Markers Watercolor Pencils used with a Blender Pen     Blender Pen with an ink pad and re-inker     With all of these I used Black Memento Ink for the basic outline image.  This is what I used to clean my stamps with, it's called a Stampin' Scrub and the cleaner, Stampin' Mist, that you spr...

 Well, hard to believe summer is in it's last month, at least here in Minnesota.  It's this time of year I start preparing to make my Mini CD Easel Calendars.  Right now I'm taking preorders for my finished calendars.  I started making these about 10 years ago.  I stumbled across them, when I was buying some stamps and other stamping supplies from someone off of Craigslist,  She had one of these setting out, and while she was gathering my things, I took a look at it, fell in love with it and asked her about it. And as they say, the rest is history. This calendar is one of my favorite January designs.  I'm sadden that I sold this cute snowman a few years ago. I will take you through my process, in case you are interested in making these for yourself or are interested in ordering a premade one. Every month has a different design and I try not to duplicate the months from one year to the next, but this year I might do a year of my favorite designs from th...