Cottage Lane Stamper

For the last 15 years I have been making these Mini CD Jewel case calendars.  These are the designs for this year.   For me coming up with designs are the most difficult part.  Sometimes ideas come to me in the middle of the night and everything goes smoothly, then sometimes it takes me forever to come up with a design.  This year I had the December design in my head before I even started January.                         For the first time I kept track of the amount of time and the supply costs. I always knew that if I charged my customers the labor involved no on would want to purchase my calendars, even if I used minimum wage as the labor cost.  Just the coloring along for October took me 8 hours.  Uffda!!! I'd love to hear which are your favorites.  I also have m...

Well, it's been a while since I posted or had a FB Live "Tuesday's At Two" .  I've been sick for six weeks.  Doctor is not sure if it was COVID or not.  All I know is I really felt exhausted.   With the below temps for the last week Today's FB live featuring a little spring!  The "Hello Dear Friend" All-Inclusive card kit.  And it is all-inclusive, the only thing you will need is a pair of scissors.  It even includes a stamping block for the photopolymer stamp set. You can find it in the January - June 2021 Mini Catalog.  I also did a comparison of the new Double Oval Punch to the three previous oval punches, the Extra Large Oval, the Large Oval and the Scalloped Oval.      Now, during Sale-a-bration if you buy the Double Oval punch #156261 and the Hello Dear Friend card kit  #154573, you will be able to pick one Level 1 item from the Sale-a-bration catalog! Here is the video from my FB Liv...

With Halloween coming up I wanted to give the ladies in my stamp club a little treat.  I saw this by several people on Pinterest, so here is my version. These are so easy and quick to make, you could literally pump out quite a few in an hour.  I filled mine with Hershey Nuggets with almonds, both in Milk and Dark Chocolate. Here's a little video and below are some written instructions with a few photos. Instructions: Start with a 6" x 6" piece of DSP, I used the Halloween Night Specialty DSP available in the 2016 Holiday catalog which coordinates with the stamp set and Edgelits.  Stampin' Up! is doing more of this, calling them Suites, where everything goes together, cardstock, inks, DSP, markers, etc.  Using your Envelope Punch Board, line up the left edge of the paper at the 1 3/8" line.  Punch and Score. Slide the paper over to the 4" mark, punch and score Rotate the paper to the left, lining up the score lines with the marker on the p...