Cottage Lane Stamper

Make this beautiful card for someone special in about 10 minutes.  Four elements of the Perennial Essence suite were used in this card.  The Floral Essence stamp set,  the Perennial Flower Punch, the gorgeous  Perennial Essence DSP and the beautiful Perennial Flower centers.  All the instructions, dimensions and supplies are available on a pdf you can find in the files section of my Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends group page. Be sure to join to get updates on Stampin' Up!® products and events.  Or click here  to see how it's made and shop for the supplies.

I've been waiting to finish my craft fair items to play with my new suites from the new catalog. One of those was the beautiiful Pressed Petals Washi Tape. They were so popular that they were on back order during our preorder period.  I put together this simple and quick card with the two pieces of the Pressed Petals DSP, the Pressed Petals Washi Tape and some of the Scalloped Lace Trim.  The background is a piece of Crumb Cake stamped with the Crackle stamped in Crumb Cake ink. The card base is Very Vanilla.  The Washi Tape flower is made with 6 of the petals from the washi tape, which are sticky on the back. I put them on a 1" circle of Blackberry Bliss, popped it up with a Dimensional and accented it with one of the gold Faceted Gems. (To make the backs of the petals less sticky I just dabbed them a little with my Embossing Buddy.)  The sentiment is from the Perennial Essences stamp set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Very Vanilla. I die cut it with...

Do you get frustrated when stamping multiple things like Christmas cards?  There have been years, when making my mini cd calendars for craft fairs, that I thought I would never finish.  I would keep messing up, sometimes over and over!  So much wasted paper, time and energy.  This year, I'm blessed to say, that I'm already up to August and haven't had to reprint anything!  All due to the Stamparatus!  I've done videos on this before but today I thought I would show you how easy it is to use, when making my calendars.  The stamp set I'm using, Painted Harvest, is not an easy one to line up, but today it was, dare I say, a breeze!  Hope you enjoy this video. You can purchase the Stamparatus here for a list of the products and to   shop for your Stamparatus here! The template for the calendar is available in my Etsy store:  Cottage Lane Stamper

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I saw these a while ago and thought I would try my hand at them for the craft fair to see how they would go. I had a few bumps along the way since all I had were dimensions and no instructions. I thought this week was Friday the 13th instead of last week!  Hahaha I was scoring in the wrong direction, cutting instead of scoring, couldn't get the Hershey Kisses to stick, and a few other things.  I think I have the bugs worked out, except one that I figured out off camera.  But I did put together a pdf and have the Hershey kiss bug worked out there. You can find the pdf with instructions, dimensions and supplies on my Facebook Group page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends under files. Let me know if you give this a try and if you have any suggestions for improvements.  Thanks for stopping by!

Are you also a DSP (Designer Series Paper) hoarder too!  I am.  This is a quick and easy box to make.  The video shows me making a 2" box for treats for my card class ladies. I had to suspend classes for a few months due to some health issues with my hands. Kinda integral to making cards. The photo below is a 4" box.  Instructions are available in pdf form on my Facebook Group Page: Cottage Lane Stamper & Friends, under "files".  Give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed this! You can purchase more DSP through my store:  https://sharonbrennanstampinup.net .  There is a sale going on right now until Sept 30, 2019.  Buy 3 get 1 free!

One of the new suites in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog is the "Magnolia Lane" suite. Part of this beautiful suite is the packet of Memories & More cards.  These are great for quick scrap booking with our insert pages, but also for quick cards. Here are a few ideas that I put together this morning in a short time.  Some cards, like the note cards, only took seconds. The fronts of the cards are on the left and the insides are on the right, except the note cards that are in the last 4 photographs. Vellum background layer Card with stamped sentiment V   M&M card with embellishments from sticker sheet M&M 3x4 card, sentiment printed M&M 4x6 card with printed sentiment and sticker embellishment 3x4 M&M card M&M 4x6 card with stamped sentiment 3x4 M&M card with stamped sentiment M&M printed vellum bottom layer, 3x4 M&M card, label from sticker...