Cottage Lane Stamper

Do you have a "gear head" in your family?  My dad was one, I hung out with them as a teenager and one has married into my family. This is the week of my son-in-law's birthday. He love's his Chevy's, so did my dad.  He's a great husband.  I couldn't have picked out a better husband for my daughter, if I would have had any say in it.  Haha!  And he's a great father. Matt is always working on his cars or doing woodworking (he's a talented woodworker) and is constantly busy with the projects my daughter has for him.  He's actually a software engineer and also a train lover but I've probably given him enough train cards. My son-in-law and daughter sure have given me some beautiful grandsons.  But most of all my grandson's are polite.  Which is hard to find.  When we were out to lunch on his birthday date, one of my grandson's, waited for me to get back to the table before he started eating.  How many 7 year old boys would do that?...

As soon as I saw this in the new Occasions catalog I new that I had to have it.  There are so few masculine card sets that I like.  This one is part of a suite of products, called "Classic Garage".  It's on page 43 of the catalog.  xWhat makes is a Suite instead of a Bundle.  A bundle is the stamp set and coordinating dies or punch.  A suite comes with coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper), embellishments and ribbon.  Each suite would have different coordinating items. Classic Garage Suite pg. 43 My son-in-law has a birthday this week and is a car buff so I thought of him when I saw it (even though it looks more like a Mustang than a Camaro, haha, he's a Chevy guy). I love all the options that the dies have!  Lots of gears, a car emblem,a gasoline can, tool box and car signs.  My only wish is that it had a birthday greeting to go with it, though it does have a Father's Day sentiment. I used the one tha...

Well January is off to a rocky start.  I hadn't had classes since October due to the death of my mother, the holidays and then some health issues afterward.  Seems one of my conditions decided to rear it's  ugly head the morning of my Wednesday a.m. class so I had to cancel at the last minute. Happy news is, I had a new face at class on Tuesday night and possibly a new hair stylist!  And she lives in the neighborhood!  It was also  good to reconnect with class members/friends again on Tuesday night. This is one of the cards we made using the "Geared Up Garage" bundle, which is part of a suite of products, including embellishments, DSP and ribbon which can all be found on page 43 of the Occasions catalog.   Purchase this bundle with the DSP, embellishments or ribbon and get a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog! I CASE'D this from Frenchie Stamps.  There are so few masculine Valentine cards and I really love thi...