Cottage Lane Stamper

Yesterday I saw a posting by one of my fellow demonstrators of the Vintage Leaves stamp set, done on watercolor paper .  When I expressed how much I loved it she replied she wanted to see mine. She did hers in Cherry Cobbler . So thought I'd better give it a whirl before I got distracted and forgot about it.  (Seems to happen a lot since I became a "senior citizen".  I stamped the leaves, in Cajun Craze on watercolor paper and then with my Aqua Painter , brushed the each leaf, taking care not to get my brush too wet.  The middle one I stamped off once, the other two are stamped full strength. The one in the upper left hand corner I stamped in Tangelo Twist ( retired ).  The sentiment is from Butterfly Basics and stamped in Soft Suede .  the background layer is Early Espresso , and the base is Whisper White .  I love the Stampin' Up! Aqua Painters and I don't say that lightly, I recommend something only when I belie...

Last Tuesday was our regular monthly stamp club.  This was the first time we tried a 3D project.  Last month I had shared with them the ones I was working on for the craft fair and asked it they would be interested in trying to do something like that.  They were eager to try so the one they picked out was on of my Milk Carton/Baker's Box projects. Milk Carton/Baker's Box I created an instruction sheet for the Milk Carton and if I could figure out how to upload a pdf file to my blog I would post that for you too.  In the meantime, if you are interested in having it, send me an email and I will email it back to you.  We also made two cards, a black and white sympathy card using the Detail Floral Thinlet dies and a cute Get Well card using the Weather Together bundle.    Weather Together Bundle "Wishing you brighter days"   Black & White Sympathy with Detail Floral Thinlet, Butterfly Basics  (butterfly) and Te...

This week it's one of my cousins' birthday.  I have 33 first cousins on my dad's side and 57 on my mom's side.  Needless to say, I am not close with all of them.  Most of them are much older than me. But Sunday, I had breakfast with one of them who lives fairly close and we got a chance to catch up a little.  We only see each other maybe twice a year.   During our conversation of gardens, kids and lefse she mentioned it was her birthday this week.  So on Monday morning I made this card for her.  (I have a lot of cards on hand but it never fails, whenever it's for a friend or family member I always make a new one with them in mind.) This is one of my favorite bundles from the current 2016-2017 Stampin' Up! annual catalog. It's called Jar of Love.  I have an affinity for fruit jars.  I have a collection of a few of the old blue ones displayed in my kitchen.  I used to can, mostly fruit and a few vegetables....