Cottage Lane Stamper

 I've been working on my 2026 Mini CD calendars the last few weeks.  When I did my October calendars, the images were simple but had a lot of detail, which required a lot of coloring with my watercolor pencils, blender pens and Stampin' Blends. For the first time I've been keeping track of the number of hours I spend making each month. October took at least 8 hours of coloring 50 calendar pages.  November is a simple design, not so much coloring but I wanted to make it simpler and more cost effective.  I had used up one of my new Stampin' Blends on October.  So this morning as I was laying in bed thinking about my design I wanted to try something new.  I have used glycerin with sponging with sponges before but never tried them with my Blender Brushes.  I wondered what would happen if I used glycerin with re-nkers and a blender pen. Check out the video for my technique ideas. This new technique, for me, is making my coloring going much faster and I can ...

I recently listed my Mini CD Easel calendar template and the cases on Etsy. One of my customers wanted to know my recommendation on how to color them other than just stamping.  For me, because I make a larger quantity to sell, I prefer to just stamp as much as I can, because the process is time consuming when I do so many.  I have in the past have done some coloring, and die cutting, and embossing (both heat and dry - with embossing folders).  So Kathie, this video is for you.  I hope it answers some questions for you. If you have more, just let me know.  The tools I cover in this video are: Stampin' Blend Markers Watercolor Pencils used with a Blender Pen     Blender Pen with an ink pad and re-inker     With all of these I used Black Memento Ink for the basic outline image.  This is what I used to clean my stamps with, it's called a Stampin' Scrub and the cleaner, Stampin' Mist, that you spr...