Cottage Lane Stamper

What is Stampin' Surprise Saturday you ask?  Well, the 1st Saturday of the month we get together, via Zoom. I love being able to craft with my friends near and far, no matter the weather.  There is not a class fee.  When you have signed up, by the previous Sunday, I will send out a list of supplies needed & the Zoom link on Monday. You have a week to  gather your supplies together, cut and score etc. and then we meet on Zoom that next Saturday.  You choose your colors, embellishments, DSP, stamp sets etc.  I will give a suggestion as to what I'm using and when get meet on Zoom, we put them together.   Today's Stampin' Surprise Saturday is a fun fold.  I love to do fun folds for Saturdays, because stamping and Saturdays should be fun!!!!  And the surprise is you don't know what your card will look like when you are done. For this card I used a base of Basic White, a background layer of Night of Navy and DSP from "Beauty of the Earth" ...

 Wow today's Zoom class was another technical challenge. Always something new.  LOL.  Today we made 3 cards using the Poinsettia Place Suite.  I have a favorite, but I'd love to hear what yours is. Click here for a list of the supplies  for this beautiful easel card. This card is an easel card and can easily be adapted to an easel card with a peel off calendar.  And since they fold flat are so easy to mail. CASE'D from Tranquil Bay Our second card with the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and Poinsettia dies is equally beautiful. I love that some of the dies fit both images on the Poinsettia DSP and the Plush Poinsettia DSP.  Love this angle cut, it looks to elegant and you can use the left over parts to create another card, which I will do later. Click here for a list of the supplies  of this elegant angle cut card.  CASE'd from Laura Milligan Our third card uses the Plush Poinsettia DSP and the dies.  Love, love, love the Red Velvet cardsto...

Starting October 1, 2020 through Oct 31 Stampin' Up! is having their DSP sale on select DSP patterns.  Save 15% just in time for the holidays!  Below are photos of all the papers and the sale prices. Click on the link below the photo and it will take you directly to my store and that item for more details.   Artistry Blooms #152495 Annual Catalog sale price $9.78   Forever Greenery #152492 Annual Catalog sale price $9.78   Heartwarming Hugs #153492 Aug - Dec catalog sale price $9.78   Tis The Season #153489 Aug - Dec catalog sale price $9.78   Poinsettia Place #153487 Aug - Dec catalog sale price $9.78   Trimming the Town #153491 Aug - Dec catalog sale price $9.78   Toile Tidings #150432 Aug - Dec catalog sale price $9.78   Peony Garden #152483 Annual catalog sale price $9.78   Whale of a Time #152460 Annual catalog sale price $9.78 ...

I was working on some of my Baker Boxes for the upcoming craft fair. When it came to one "flavor" I couldn't decide on the embellishments for the tag.  I had already made the tags from the Brushed Metallic cardstock that is part of the Gilded Autumn Suite.  When I looked at the suite again I thought that the punches with an acorn, maple and oak leaves would be great.  My initial idea was to punch them also from metallic paper.  So I ordered the pack of punches. When they arrived in the mail they were a little larger than I expected. Then a light bulb went on and I wondered if the punches would match up with the images on two of the different pattern papers in the suite.  I had to wait overnight to try because I was working on sleep deprivation. So this morning I meandered into my craft room, brought out the DSP and cut out a small section.  I didn't want to cut too large a piece in case my idea didn't work. Was I thrilled to find out that they mat...

As soon as I saw the Peony Garden Suite Collection in the catalog I new I would be ordering it.  When I lived in New Ulm I had a beautiful row of deep pink peonies that bordered the edge of my yard and driveway.  Every time I drove into my driveway I would stop to admire them  It saddens me to say that the people that bought my house didn't have the same affection for them as I did.  They removed them. 😞 I CASE'd this card from Rachel Tessman, another Minnesota demonstrator, who's very talented. Mine is a little different. This one is Purple Posy cardstock and sponged with Highland Heather. I made 4 different cards.  The first two I did ahead of time with the Petal Pink on Petal Pink and the Flirty Flamingo on Whisper White. The Whisper White background layer is embossed with the Subtle 3D  embossing folder as is the banner on which the sentiment is stamped. I inadvertently forgot to order the coordinating 3D embossing folder, Dainty Diamonds...