Cottage Lane Stamper

When I saw this next card, by Diane Hughes, I fell in love with it!  So elegant.  It takes a little bit of die cutting but well worth the result.  I am absolutely in love with everything in this suite. Especially the little poppy sequins! The back of the flowers are vellum from the Perennial Essence suite in the Annual catalog.  I love this vellum, since I don't have to color it.  The DSP vellum package comes with Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Petal Pink.  We used both the Old Olive and the Daffodil Delight vellum in this card.  If you don't have the colored vellum you can use regular vellum and color the background with Stampin' Blend alcohol markers.  I prefer these over the Stampin' Write markers since they dry faster and tend to streak less. You could also sponge the backs, just make sure that you wipe off the excess ink with a tissue.  This card is probably for the more avid stamper.  For class I had the dies for th...

How has your fall been so far?  Mine has been busy, busy, busy, with gearing up for craft fairs and classes.  I also had a couple health issues which interfered with my stamping.  So, I have been a little remiss in updating my blog.  I have been posting things to my Facebook Group Page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends, but not everyone is on FB. So my dear FB free friends this is for you.  I want to share with you what I have been up to.  So many beautiful sets in the Holiday catalog. Not enough time to play with them all but I'm trying!  Hahaha! Here's what I've been  playing with.  If you click on the photo it will take you to a mini site and show you the items needed to make it and you can shop from right there.  Also, I am making pdfs for my classes cards and a few others, which are found in the files section of my group FB page.  Since there isn't a way for me to post them here, let me know if you are interested and I...

Make this beautiful card for someone special in about 10 minutes.  Four elements of the Perennial Essence suite were used in this card.  The Floral Essence stamp set,  the Perennial Flower Punch, the gorgeous  Perennial Essence DSP and the beautiful Perennial Flower centers.  All the instructions, dimensions and supplies are available on a pdf you can find in the files section of my Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends group page. Be sure to join to get updates on Stampin' Up!® products and events.  Or click here  to see how it's made and shop for the supplies.

I've been waiting to finish my craft fair items to play with my new suites from the new catalog. One of those was the beautiiful Pressed Petals Washi Tape. They were so popular that they were on back order during our preorder period.  I put together this simple and quick card with the two pieces of the Pressed Petals DSP, the Pressed Petals Washi Tape and some of the Scalloped Lace Trim.  The background is a piece of Crumb Cake stamped with the Crackle stamped in Crumb Cake ink. The card base is Very Vanilla.  The Washi Tape flower is made with 6 of the petals from the washi tape, which are sticky on the back. I put them on a 1" circle of Blackberry Bliss, popped it up with a Dimensional and accented it with one of the gold Faceted Gems. (To make the backs of the petals less sticky I just dabbed them a little with my Embossing Buddy.)  The sentiment is from the Perennial Essences stamp set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Very Vanilla. I die cut it with...