Cottage Lane Stamper

I fell in love with the "Best Dressed" suite the moment I set eyes on it in the 2020 Mini Catalog .  It's a great set for girlie girls, mothers, friends, party favors, thank you gifts! Endless ideas! I've even seen someone use the Stone embossing folder (only available in the Power of Hope bundle, with a qualifying purchase from the Sale-a-Bration catalog through March 31, 2020) and the purse looks like an alligator purse! Purchase the Dressed to Impress bundle and you can get the Power of Love Sale-a-bration bundle FREE! I wanted to see how easy it would be to put together without any instructions (except an occasional glance at the catalog, haha!) using the purse die from the "All Dressed Up"  from the bundle. This suite, "Best Dressed" is on page 55 of the 2020 Mini catalog and the suite includes other beautiful items, Mint Macaron 1/4" Textile ribbon, Best Dressed tassels , and adorable Best Dressed note cards to t...

 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...