Cottage Lane Stamper

Keeping with the spring theme, I thought this card fit the bill.  I love the Daisy with the Gingham paper.  The Daisy Delight stamp set and punch will be carried over to the new catalog and there is another gorgeous stamp set and punch, coming out in the new 2019-2020 catalog that coordinates with it. it's called Daisy Lane. It's already on my list! Wish I could show it to you, but can't until the new catalog is debuted. :-( The sentiment is from the Stitched All Around stamp set. Directions: The card base is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" The Daisy is punched from the Gingham Gala 6" x 6" DSP.  This DSP is in the current Occasions catalog and will not be carried over, so only available until June 3 or supplies last.  Two daisies are punch from a 3" x 6" strip of DSP. The DSP is two sided and I used the larger pattern for the daisies and the smaller pattern for the strips. The daisies are then curled using a bone folde...

It's a busy month for birthdays.  I have 4 cards to make for the first week.  This card is for a dear cousin of mine who has stood by me through many trials these last few years.  She's cooked for me, carried my luggage, listened to me complain and hugged me when I needed it. Actually, she's my cousin's daughter, and we are 1 year apart.  We share a love of creating, (she makes beautiful quilts), gardening, genealogy, cooking (she's a terrific cook) and laughter, lots of laughter. I CASE'd this beautiful card from Aurora Lopez. This card is also created with the "First Frost" stamp set and the coordinating "Frosted Bouquet" Framelits.  This set came out as a suite in the 2018 Holiday catalog and the stamp set and Framelits have been carried forward, which thrilled me when I heard that!  It's not just for "Christmas" any more Charlie Brown! It has some beautiful sentiments and florals for the whole year. The card b...

Our second card also uses the Stitched Labels Framelits.  I love this bundle. I can see I'm going to have a lot of fun with it. This card uses one of the new embossing dies, shown above on the Coastal Cabana layer, from the upper left-hand corner to the bottom right-hand corner. I also love, love, love the lacy label.  It looks like a doily to me.  Yes, I'm old and still love doilies! Underneath the sentiment label and the Night of Navy Gingham ribbon is a strip of Whisper White stamped with the little xxxx'x from the stamp set. I also took some of our Basic Pearls and colored them with our Bermuda Bay (Light) Stampin' Blends maker.  You can also do this to our rhinestones. Below is a list of the supplies, which you can purchase → here ← Make sure to use the Host Code on the right hand side of my home page. Stitched Labels #146828 Stitched All Around Clear Mount #146632 Stitched All Around Clear Mount Bundle #148374 ...

 This month I wanted to challenge myself and add a little variety to class, so we made a gift card with a secret compartment for a gift card! My sister-in-law, Lisa, turned me on to this one. We were talking about the a new bundle in the Annual Stampin' Up! catalog, Stitched All Around and she asked me if I had seen the zipper card made with this set.  I hadn't so, she sent me a link and I set off to come up with one for class. I wanted to stamp an arrow of some kind on the part that zippers off and found one from a retired Christmas set. My class stamped it in Mossy Meadow, instead of the Old Olive here and it shows up much better. We also punched a couple of 1/2" circles in Old Olive to put on the end of the zipper to make it easier to grab hold of.  One of my independent thinkers put on on each end since my stamp had arrows going both ways.  :-) See the cute little pocket with the gift card secreted away!  I combined a couple of diffe...