Cottage Lane Stamper

Hi fellow stampers! The second card we made at our October stamp club is a Christmas Card. This is one of my favorite stamp sets and DSP from our 2016 Holiday catalog. I think this little gingerbread man is so adorable! You can also use the punch for the Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set.  With the Cookie Cutter Christmas you can also makes some darling Santa's, a child in Native Alaskan dress, a teddy bear and a deer!  Oh dear?  So many possibilities!   The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock, the background layer is Whisper White and on top of that is the Candy Cane Lane DSP.  This DSP is so popular that I noticed yesterday when placing an order that the inventory was low on it.  But never fear, I'm sure they will be getting more in.  We still have a ways to go in the holiday card making season. On top of that is a paper doily affixed with Snail.  Layered on top of the doily is a Crumb Cake banner with a Whisper White...

  Well I hope you are not tired of my posts featuring the Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle.  I'll give you all a break and make this one the last one for a bit.  The main part of this card I made for a Collage Swap, that I ended up not going to but I thought it was so cute I decided to make it into a card. I like the little gingerbread man peeking out at his friend the penguin.  The base layer is Real Red.  The Whisper White layer is embossed with the Brick Wall Textures Embossing folder.  Then I placed a strip of Candy Cane Lane DSP, I thought the little white dots looked like snowflakes.  The base of the top layer is Cherry Cobbler, with a layer of Crumb Cake on top of that. The little Gingerbread man is stamped in Soft Suede (I like them a little darker, looks like real gingerbread to me) and the penguin is stamped in Basic Black Archival ink.  The igloo is punch out with my 2" circle punch and the 3/4" circle punch was used to make...

For my first Stamp of the Month I'll be featuring the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set.  You will also have the option of getting the bundle with the Gingerbread Man punch or the Suite, which also includes the Candy Cane Christmas The Cookie Cutter Christmas coordinates beautifully with the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set and the Candy Cane Lane DSP. Of all of the sets in the holiday catalog these are my favorites.  I could just play with these all day long!  There are so many options.  Not only does the Cookie Cutter set have a gingerbread man, but a deer, a Santa Claus, and cute little Eskimo child and a darling little teddy bear. The teddy bear would be great for baby or children's cards.  The alternate cards, included in the kit, will use two of these stamps.  In your kit you will get all the makings for 2 cards shown above including embellishments, as well as a pdf with pictures & instructions.  You will also get two oth...

If you have been following my blog you know that I have been working on little projects for the upcoming craft fairs.  Today's is a cute little gift box for the tea lover's in your life.  The only requirement is that the tea bags must be the kind that are enclosed in the little foil packets.  One, so your recipient knows what kind of tea it is and two for obvious reasons, sanitation.  Brown and Bigelow have a nice selection of teas in the foil packets as well as Twinnings and both are readily available in most grocery stores.  TIP: If your gift recipient does not like tea you could also use Folgers coffee bags, I've found them at most major grocery stores.  I can only drink decaf and when I visit, my friends don't always have decaf coffee, so if I put a few of these in my suit case I can still have my decaf coffee with my friends in the morning. I think they taste pretty good too! I used my Stampin' Trimmer to do my scoring but you could also use yo...

  Thought I'd play around with  my Jar of Cheer stamp set today to see if my idea of gift tags would work.  I also used the Jar of Love Stamp bundle.   Here's the final product.  I used the medium jar stamp from the Jar of Love stamp set and the corresponding Framelit.  Using a piece of cardstock 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 folded in half, I stamped the Jar in Mossy Meadow.  The gingerbread man is from the retired stamp set Scentsational, the candies are from Candy Cane Lane stamp set and the rest are from the Jar of Cheer. The gingerbread man is stamped in Crumb cake, the others are stamped in Cherry Cobbler except the snowman, he's stamped in Basic Gray and colored with Cherry Cobbler, and some retired markers that I had.  You can't see it but I also used a bit of Wink of Stella on him.  The jar rings are stamped in Cherry Cobbler also.  Oh the little bow tie on the gingerbread man is from the Snow Place stamp set. When I...