Cottage Lane Stamper

  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...

This week it's one of my cousins' birthday.  I have 33 first cousins on my dad's side and 57 on my mom's side.  Needless to say, I am not close with all of them.  Most of them are much older than me. But Sunday, I had breakfast with one of them who lives fairly close and we got a chance to catch up a little.  We only see each other maybe twice a year.   During our conversation of gardens, kids and lefse she mentioned it was her birthday this week.  So on Monday morning I made this card for her.  (I have a lot of cards on hand but it never fails, whenever it's for a friend or family member I always make a new one with them in mind.) This is one of my favorite bundles from the current 2016-2017 Stampin' Up! annual catalog. It's called Jar of Love.  I have an affinity for fruit jars.  I have a collection of a few of the old blue ones displayed in my kitchen.  I used to can, mostly fruit and a few vegetables....