Cottage Lane Stamper

 Today's "Tuesdays At Two" features the "Well Suited" Suite from the January - June 2021 Mini Catalog. I love this suite!  Guess I'm just a pushover for masculine stamp & die sets when they come along.   There is so much you can do with this stamp and die set. I had more fun coming up with ideas for shirts, sweaters, tuxedos, etc.   Here is today's video, if the video does not show up on your mobile device click here :  I made a bunch of cards, the one of the plaid and suspenders reminds me of my dad.  He always wore plaid shirts and red suspenders.  Makes my heart smile to think of him. Dad's plaid   Army Fatigues Flamingo Hawaiian   Hibiscus Hawaiian w/lapels   Pinstripe Suit   Tweed Suit   Argyle Sweater   Polo Shirt   Ladies cardigan   Tuxedo   Belted Plaid   S...

I usually try to personalize all my birthday cards towards hobbies, interests, etc. and I struggle with masculine birthday cards, especially for my son.  He's an Army veteran, has a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in pastry and loves video games (classic and current) and playing guitar. But when it comes to a card for him, I'm often stumped.  His birthday is coming up this week and I decided to go with something more neutral   "Ridiculously Awesome"  . A fun stamped set designed by one of our Million Dollar Sales demonstrators Ronda Wade.  If you've never checked out her FB page "Creating for Christ" I encourage you to do so.   This is a pretty simple card.  I did delve into some of my retired stash and used some rivets that I inherited with a "lot" of Stampin' Up!© items I purchased from a retiring demonstrator before becoming one myself.  I also received a Crop-a-dile, in that stash,  that Stampin' Up! used to carry.  I may do a v...

Today's card features the Clubhouse Suite from the 2020 January - June Mini Catalog.  I love it when Stampin' Up!® comes out with a great masculine card set, and this one does not disappoint.  Being a "golfer" ( I use the term loosely I haven't picked up a club since my husband passed in 2008) , I absolutely love this suite!!! My late husband, Tim, and I would golf every weekend (sometimes during the week) , belonged to a "country club", a very small one in the sleepy town of Sleepy Eye.  It was one thing we loved doing together.  You would find us there Saturdays, Sundays, and Friday night was league, where after a round of golf the guys would grill us steaks.  They always tasted so much better out there! Great memories! This card is for my niece's boyfriend, Bob.  A wonderful guy who golfs, when he can sneak away from his farm work.  Farmers are some of the hardest workers I know. Get up with the cows, work the fields from dawn til dusk in...

Do you have a "gear head" in your family?  My dad was one, I hung out with them as a teenager and one has married into my family. This is the week of my son-in-law's birthday. He love's his Chevy's, so did my dad.  He's a great husband.  I couldn't have picked out a better husband for my daughter, if I would have had any say in it.  Haha!  And he's a great father. Matt is always working on his cars or doing woodworking (he's a talented woodworker) and is constantly busy with the projects my daughter has for him.  He's actually a software engineer and also a train lover but I've probably given him enough train cards. My son-in-law and daughter sure have given me some beautiful grandsons.  But most of all my grandson's are polite.  Which is hard to find.  When we were out to lunch on his birthday date, one of my grandson's, waited for me to get back to the table before he started eating.  How many 7 year old boys would do that?...

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...

Well January is off to a rocky start.  I hadn't had classes since October due to the death of my mother, the holidays and then some health issues afterward.  Seems one of my conditions decided to rear it's  ugly head the morning of my Wednesday a.m. class so I had to cancel at the last minute. Happy news is, I had a new face at class on Tuesday night and possibly a new hair stylist!  And she lives in the neighborhood!  It was also  good to reconnect with class members/friends again on Tuesday night. This is one of the cards we made using the "Geared Up Garage" bundle, which is part of a suite of products, including embellishments, DSP and ribbon which can all be found on page 43 of the Occasions catalog.   Purchase this bundle with the DSP, embellishments or ribbon and get a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog! I CASE'D this from Frenchie Stamps.  There are so few masculine Valentine cards and I really love thi...