Cottage Lane Stamper

As soon as I saw this in the new Occasions catalog I new that I had to have it.  There are so few masculine card sets that I like.  This one is part of a suite of products, called "Classic Garage".  It's on page 43 of the catalog.  xWhat makes is a Suite instead of a Bundle.  A bundle is the stamp set and coordinating dies or punch.  A suite comes with coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper), embellishments and ribbon.  Each suite would have different coordinating items. Classic Garage Suite pg. 43 My son-in-law has a birthday this week and is a car buff so I thought of him when I saw it (even though it looks more like a Mustang than a Camaro, haha, he's a Chevy guy). I love all the options that the dies have!  Lots of gears, a car emblem,a gasoline can, tool box and car signs.  My only wish is that it had a birthday greeting to go with it, though it does have a Father's Day sentiment. I used the one tha...

I have a good friend who likes to come to the class to socialize and make cards, she's not interested in making cards on her own and that's fine.  It's a time for us to catch up. From time to time I ask her if there is a card she needs  for something coming up or would like to make.  She told me she had a wedding coming up so we made this card in class. I love it when the stamp set has both an outside sentiment and a matching inside sentiment as in the  Sweet Celebrations stamp set.  The Cake Soirée has some beautiful sentiments for the inside as well as the outside.  Two of the sentiments "Happy Birthday" and "Celebrate", in the Cake Soirée stamp set, have little lines coming out of the bottom of the stamp to represent  the little stake that is used to insert it into the cake.  So dang cute! The Cake Soirée stamp set is from the Suite Soirée Suite. I absolutely love this Suite from the 2018 Occas...

Hi ya'll.  Today is a great day in Minnesota, it's going to be about 40 degrees!  And it's January! Well, it's one of those nights when I can't sleep past 4:30, so I  get up and go to my craft room and play with one of my new toys from the 2018 Occasions catalog.  This morning I chose the Barn Door bundle.  When I first saw this set, I knew I wanted it.  I love old barns,  so I chose a DSP, that's retired, unfortunately, that looked weather, like an old barn.  Though to be honest, I've not seen a lot of blue barns.  :-) If you are a fan of any of the HGTV shows, like Fixer Upper (love Chip and Joanna Gaines), and other shows like that, you've probably noticed that barn doors on the inside are very popular!   I love it when a stamp set has dual sentiments, one for the front and one for the inside.  Or in this case, one for the left and one for the right.  I put together a little video so you can see how t...