Cottage Lane Stamper

Do your dies look like this? Slip sliding all over on your magnetic sheets? Mine do and they drive me crazy!  Most are okay except for my Layering Circles, Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes and Rectangle dies.  I've been mulling an idea for a few months now.  The room in my craft loft is very limited so so were my ideas for a solution.  I have no available wall space. Then it occurred to me that I could use the inside door of a cabinet in my loft.  I was pondering an idea last night and as I was working on it this morning it was a little too labor intensive just to make it look pretty. I asked myself: Why am I going through all this trouble?  So here is my simple idea... ...that uses glue, magnetic vent sheets from the home improvement store, a piece of heavy board (that may be included with your vent sheets), or backing from our pattern paper or foam board and if you choose, some window sheets or Velcro.    ...

Do you ever notice the cracking sound when running your square, rectangle Thinlits or Framelits through your Big Shot?  Sounds like something is breaking, right?  Here's a little tip.  If it's long and thing run it through lengthwise.  However, if it is square or rectangular, run it through at an angle.  It will hardly make a sound! Would love to hear your comments, and if you find this  ! Happy Stampin'! Have a blessed day

Happy New Year! a few days late.  Well now that Christmas is behind us, sniff, sniff the next "holiday" we prepare for is Valentines! Yes, the candy is already on the shelves.  In our Occasions catalog that just came out yesterday they have this beautiful bundle called "Sealed with Love".  I think this bundle is just fabulous!  In the die cut package there are these cute little envelopes!  I'm just fascinated with them, they are so adorable.  Plus there are so many other cute dies, so many options!  And the stamp set is fantastic too!  Just love all the little stamps.  I'm sure we will be making one or two cards from this set in this month's classes.  I also bought the paper stack!  Such adorable papers, Valentine pattern on one side of each paper and the other side has a pattern that you can use all year long. These are all part of the Sending Love Product Suites.  I just love how they have everything...

  Every month I go to my up-line's house for stamp class.  It's nice to have someone cut everything out for me, just like I do for my classes.  Kind of like having someone else cooking for you! We usually make 4 different designs, but a few more cards.  Some people can't make it to her Monday class, we go Thursdays, there is two of us plus my up-line, so we also make the cards for those that don't make it on Monday.    These are the cards we made last month:   Vintage Leaves This is my favorite card.  I love the deep, rich colors in this card, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie I believe. Our demonstrator did the sponging on our leaves ahead of time. They were then cut with Leaflets Framelits .  We did the background stamping in Early Espresso.    Vintage Leaves     Leaflet Thinlits   This next card is made with the Sw...

Hi everyone, Today I wanted to share with you a tip that I found on Pinterest by Lisa Curcio on how to adhere those very beautiful, intricate dies.  This works so slick and much easier and less messy than using glue or Snail and getting it in the open spaces on your die cut item and looking so tacky.  I'll demonstrate this using the gorgeous Santa's Sleigh bundle by Stampin' Up!.  I absolutely love this set and all the little pieces that are included in the stamp set and the Framelit dies.  You can use it with so many other of our stamp sets.  The idea possibilities are endless for making your cards.  I also used the small star from the  Starlight Framelit Die Cuts. I wonder if I will go through Christmas card making withdrawal after the Christmas season is over? Here's the little video I created for you.  Supplies: Whisper White cardstock (1) 5.5" x 8.5", scored at 4.25" (1) 4" x 5.25", embossed with the Softly...