Cottage Lane Stamper

April has always been a busy birthday month for me.  About 2 or 3 cards a week about 12 in total.  This month would have also been my mother's 95th birthday, we lost her a year and a half ago. In addition, I have also been sending out cards for sympathy, 5 so far this month, all not related to the pandemic.  A friend lost her father, a cousin died of cancer so cards for his two brothers and wife and  a former coworker his son. I've also sent out Thinking of You cards to people who are alone and shut in and a Get Well card to a friend from church who fell and injured herself. I also just remembered I need to make a card for my grandson, marking the 1st anniversary of his baptism. The other day I was looking for card ideas and clicked on this link, not even sure how I got there.  :-) But it was for a fun fold she called a Side Panel card.  It was in a 5" x 7" format.  Since all of my cards, typically are of the A2 size 4-1/4" x 5-1/2.  I de...

This bundle "Hold on to Hope"  it's a great bundle to keep in your permanent stash.  It's on page 27 of the 2018 Occasions catalog. It has beautiful messages, inspirational and uplifting.  The Framelit set has so many beautiful crosses!  One very intricate, a simple one that matches the stamp in the stamp set and two others, one tiny one and another with a beautiful stylish simple design. I love that it has a beautiful flourish of flowers with a matching Framelit, to use alone or as an accent piece.  We have a similar flowery flourish stamp in another stamp set but it doesn't have a Framelit. The Framelit adds elegance & dimension to your card. Did you ever have one of those days?  I did when making this video, after 3 false starts on my video, I finally got one down and thought I had done a pretty good job.  Later when I went to edit it I found that when I went to used my Big Shot, I paused the video and then forgot to start it up again....