Cottage Lane Stamper

Looking for a quick and easy gift?  I've sold the pocket size Bath & Body hand sanitizers in the past a craft fairs.  This year, I thought I would try a different type box.  You could step this up a notch and put it in a cello bag with a bit of ribbon. This one is super simple to make, takes only a small piece of cardstock, some DSP and whatever you want to use to embellish it. The box base is 4-3/4" x 3-3/4".  It is scored on 3 sides.  On the long sides, score one inch from each edge.  One the bottom score 1" and 2" from the bottom and the on each side mark at the 3" point. At an angle from the 3" pencil mark to the top at the score line, cut to make the angle part of the box. Watch this video: Supplies: Cardstock: 4-3/4" x 3-3/4" DSP: 1-5/8" x 2-5/8" and 3/4" x 6" (gently score at 1", 2", 3-3/4" and 4-3/4") I used a 2" circle punch for the Whisper White and the Starburst punc...

Have you seen the Mini Curvy Keepsakes box?  They are adorable!  There are so many cute ideas on Pinterest using this dies. Wouldn't these make cute party favors, a great idea for a craft fair item, an addition to a Christmas gift or even a tuck a tiny gift in it like jewelry?  They are so easy and quick to make.  I made a few for a Christmas Tea that I'm hosting for my team. (Sorry surprise is out!) I didn't realize until I opened the DSP how gorgeous it was.  The catalog and online photos do not do justice to it.  You can't tell that the snowmen and trees actually have glitter on them!  I was totally surprised when I finally opened it today.  And there is a couple of sheets that lend themselves so easily to a quick card. (check out my next video) Here's a quick video on how fast they go together and how beautiful the paper is. Click here to shop a list of the supplies used and here for a PDF of the instructions I hope you will gi...

I saw these a while ago and thought I would try my hand at them for the craft fair to see how they would go. I had a few bumps along the way since all I had were dimensions and no instructions. I thought this week was Friday the 13th instead of last week!  Hahaha I was scoring in the wrong direction, cutting instead of scoring, couldn't get the Hershey Kisses to stick, and a few other things.  I think I have the bugs worked out, except one that I figured out off camera.  But I did put together a pdf and have the Hershey kiss bug worked out there. You can find the pdf with instructions, dimensions and supplies on my Facebook Group page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends under files. Let me know if you give this a try and if you have any suggestions for improvements.  Thanks for stopping by!

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, ...

If you have been following my blog you know that I have been working on little projects for the upcoming craft fairs.  Today's is a cute little gift box for the tea lover's in your life.  The only requirement is that the tea bags must be the kind that are enclosed in the little foil packets.  One, so your recipient knows what kind of tea it is and two for obvious reasons, sanitation.  Brown and Bigelow have a nice selection of teas in the foil packets as well as Twinnings and both are readily available in most grocery stores.  TIP: If your gift recipient does not like tea you could also use Folgers coffee bags, I've found them at most major grocery stores.  I can only drink decaf and when I visit, my friends don't always have decaf coffee, so if I put a few of these in my suit case I can still have my decaf coffee with my friends in the morning. I think they taste pretty good too! I used my Stampin' Trimmer to do my scoring but you could also use yo...

  Had to use this adorable retired Stampin' Up! set called Scentsational for this cocoa filled card for one of my craft fair projects.  The only thing it is missing right now are the  candy canes, which haven't appeared in the stores yet.  Well let's hope not it's only September, we have to get through all the Halloween candy that is making it's way to the store shelves and then we have Thanksgiving!  Even though I am making Christmas items, I like to enjoy each holiday as it comes, without it be infringed upon by the next one that is off in the future.  I know I'm fighting a losing battle, all I can do is avoid those aisles.  Well, enough of that.  Here is my "Scentsational" Cocoa Card.  As you can see this is a pocket card.  After cutting the card base, I lined up the upper left hand corner at the 4-1/2" mark on my Simply Scored and the opposite corner at 1-1/2" mark and cut the angle for the pocket.  I then scor...