Cottage Lane Stamper

A good friend mine lost her brother, suddenly, this week.  Right now, on top of that, she and her husband are both in the midst of health issues.  Unfortunately/fortunately it happened on the day that I had signed up on Meal Train to bring them a meal.  It was good to be able to visit with her for a little while. I almost felt like I was imposing during her grief. Then I think about when I have lost people in my life, my husband, my dad & mom and it would have been nice to have someone there just to sit with me. I love this "First Frost" set that Stampin' Up! blessed us with in the 2018 Holiday catalog and then further blessed us by carrying the stamp set and Framelits (though no longer bundled*) forward after the holiday catalog ended.  The only disappointing part is that the Designer Series Paper is no longer available, and it's absolutely gorgeous, with a beautiful shimmer to it.  Here's the card that I created for her and her husband. I wante...

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...