Cottage Lane Stamper

 Today's "Tuesday At Two" features the adorable "Ice Cream Corner" Suite.  I just love the fun papers, with ice cream cones, and watercolor washes.  The suite includes an ice cream cone punch.  I love that one of the DSP (pattern papers)  has a waffle cone pattern.  Love, love, love that! The suite includes the "Sweet Ice Cream" stamp set, the "Ice Cream Cone" builder punch, some adorable "Ice Cream Corner" sprinkles, and some gorgeous "Blackberry Bliss Striped Ribbon.   This adorable ice cream suite is great for birthdays and other ice cream events! 😉 I've seen the ice cream part of the punch used for Mickey Mouse ears, and the cone can also be used for party hats and banners!   I made several cards a couple them I CASE'd and added my own twist.   CASE'd from Julia Quinn     CASE'd from Cindy B Designs     CASE'd from Tracy Bradley   ...

Do you get frustrated when stamping multiple things like Christmas cards?  There have been years, when making my mini cd calendars for craft fairs, that I thought I would never finish.  I would keep messing up, sometimes over and over!  So much wasted paper, time and energy.  This year, I'm blessed to say, that I'm already up to August and haven't had to reprint anything!  All due to the Stamparatus!  I've done videos on this before but today I thought I would show you how easy it is to use, when making my calendars.  The stamp set I'm using, Painted Harvest, is not an easy one to line up, but today it was, dare I say, a breeze!  Hope you enjoy this video. You can purchase the Stamparatus here for a list of the products and to   shop for your Stamparatus here! The template for the calendar is available in my Etsy store:  Cottage Lane Stamper

This is the second card we made in our January class.  The stamp set we used, is one, that I am happy to say, carried over from our 2018 Holiday catalog.  It's called "Wishing You Well" We used the Stamparatus on this, stamping the greenery in Old Olive and the flowers in Blackberry Bliss. The sentiment is stamped in Memento Black.  I'm wishing I would have done a second stamp of the greenery, which is so easy with the Stamparatus!  I marked off the area for the card stock on the grid paper for easier alignment. TIP: When using your Stamparatus you will get better impressions if you place your cardstock in the middle of the base, instead of the corner on the hinge side. The bow in this stamp set is what attracted to me to it right off the bat!  Love that it looks like organza!  The bows were stamped in Blackberry Bliss. I stamped them all for the class and used my NEW ScanNCut to cut them all out for the class.  Or they can be fussy cut....

continued! Yesterday I shared with you a couple of reasons why I love my Stamparatus!  Today I was reminded of another reason why I love using this tool! I'm working on my February mini calendars and wanted to use my retired Sealed with Love stamp set and the Love Notes Framelits.  I'm making little envelopes for the calendars and little tiny notes to put into the envelopes.     I wanted to stamp the little row of tiny hearts at the top of each little note.  Hmmm, I thought to myself, I wonder if I can stamp a row of the hearts, move the plate down to the next notch and stamp another?????   Sure enough!  It worked!  I was able to stamp one image after another, perfectly and quickly just by moving the plate down a notch. No other stamping tool on the market, so far, has the ability to do this. And again, I was able to re-stamp when my image was not as crisp or clear as I wanted it.  ...

Wow! Can't believe it's September already!  The summer has flown by.  You know what that means.  Sending in applications to reserve tables at craft fairs.  I will do my two usual ones this year.  With my chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia I have to pace myself. One of my staples at the craft fair are my mini-cd calendars. Last week I printed out all the calendars and yesterday I cut them up.  I usually do 4 - 6 months per sheet of paper, depending on how big I make them.  The calendars shown above are about 3.5" x 3.5".  This year I'm making them a big taller so I have more room for the design. This morning I stamped January.  What takes me the longest is coming up with a designs. Sometimes getting an idea that looks good to me can take hours/days and lots of trial and error.  Once I had my design down stamping was a breeze this year with my Stamparatus ! Usually I have to reprint and re-stamp several.  I love it too, ...

Hi all! I'm so excited I finally received my Stamparatus!  Stampin' Up!© has come out with a new tool!  It will be available to everyone in the June catalog!  Last December Stampin' Up! opened up three windows to reserve the Stamparatus, this was open to customers as well as demonstrators.  I reserved mine during the first window and I RECEIVED MINE March 1!!! There are other stamping tools that are similar, there is one by Fiskars, Tim Holtz and the Misti.  I have tried two out of three of these.  In my humble opinion, the Stamparatus supercedes all of these with features as well as being reasonably priced. Here are a few details: It’s big news when something breaks the mold and changes everything. The Stamparatus will change the way you stamp, and before long, you’ll wonder how you crafted without it! Why do YOU need one? You’ll fall in love with stamping all over again when you learn everything you can do with it! Make multi...

This week in our class one of our cards was a card where you have 3 layers of white cardstock of different sizes and then stamp all three layers at once.  This is the card we made with the beautiful stamp, "Heartfelt Blooms" from our 2018 Sale-a-bration catalog.  (This photo does not do justice to the stamp image. I found when stamping the three layers of white cardstock that there were spaces between each layer, up to 1/4".  One of my ladies was a little dissatisfied with this result, as was I.  So I tried to find a solution. So this is for you Amanda! The way the I found to get around this is a little time consuming but it does create better result.    This might give you a better idea of what I am talking about.  If you look closely you will see the white spaces on the top right hand corner.  I think my card is a little crooked because I tried to make it match better on the bottom. You will need a Misti (I haven't gotten my new ...