Cottage Lane Stamper

 I must admit when I saw the "Expressions In Ink" DSP I fell in love with the look of it.  So beautiful with the melding of colors in a beautiful alcohol wash and then accented with the gold foiling!  I hope I can bear to cut it up and not hoard it.  LOL I started to do a little poking around on YouTube and found a few demonstrators who showed how to do something similar with some rubbing alcohol, vellum, our Stampin' Blend markers, a paint brush and something to blow the alcohol around.  I used an empty travel bottle So yesterday, for my "Tuesdays At Two" Facebook Live, I demonstrated how to do this, using the things I had around the house.  You will need, at least, 91% rubbing alcohol.  I had some 70% and it didn't work as well. I also used an empty travel bottle, that was fairly soft to squeeze, a pliable chopping mat from the Dollar Store, and an inexpensive paint brush.  The paint brush I used had a fairly narrow brush, I would use one with a...

Well, it's been a while since I posted or had a FB Live "Tuesday's At Two" .  I've been sick for six weeks.  Doctor is not sure if it was COVID or not.  All I know is I really felt exhausted.   With the below temps for the last week Today's FB live featuring a little spring!  The "Hello Dear Friend" All-Inclusive card kit.  And it is all-inclusive, the only thing you will need is a pair of scissors.  It even includes a stamping block for the photopolymer stamp set. You can find it in the January - June 2021 Mini Catalog.  I also did a comparison of the new Double Oval Punch to the three previous oval punches, the Extra Large Oval, the Large Oval and the Scalloped Oval.      Now, during Sale-a-bration if you buy the Double Oval punch #156261 and the Hello Dear Friend card kit  #154573, you will be able to pick one Level 1 item from the Sale-a-bration catalog! Here is the video from my FB Liv...

 I couldn't wait to create this card!    I've had the Red Velvet paper and the Plush Poinsettia vellum since this summer and as soon as I saw the dies from the Poinsettia Place Suite and the Red Velvet cardstock I knew I wanted to make poinsettias with it.  Love the rich feel of the flowers and plush vellum! As difficult as it looks it is a pretty simple card to make.  It's all die cutting and putting together with glue dots and Stampin' Seal! Your friends will think you spent a mint on this card! The Poinsettia die set has five different poinsettia dies in it!  I love that there are two sets of dies that are different sizes that cut and emboss, so they can be layered, as in this card.  There are also outline dies to die cut the other sheets of the Plush Vellum with the poinsettias and holly leaves.  The holly leaves also emboss!  And, and.... you can die cut the DSP poinsettias. We'll get into that more later on another video. ...

The Poinsettia Place Suite is going to be one of my go to's for years to come.   Pairing the poinsettia dies with the velvet paper creates a stunning flower, especially when accented with the Beaded Pearl embellishments! In my video I share with you a couple tips for using the poinsettia dies and stamps.  Here are some photos of all the elements that I demonstrate in the video:     Mark your poinsettia dies, that have the embossing centers,  as you take them off the cardboard so you know which petal goes with which and also mark them to match the stamps. I also use the Shimmery Crystal Effects on the berries to give them some dimension and a little shimmer. I hope you find this video helpful and enjoy this suite as much as I do! Make sure to order the velvet paper for stunning...