Cottage Lane Stamper

Last week I resumed my in person classes in my house. Woohoo! It was a blessing to have friends back in the house crafting, laughing and sharing stories. There were even a couple of new faces.  Welcome to both new and long standing friends!  We used three of my favorite bundles from the new 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalog and the soon to retiring January - June 2021 Mini Catalog. Here is the first one. Hats Off Bundle for Father's Day, since that is just around the corner.  This bundle goes so well with the May 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit "Batter Up!" This card below is from that kit with a little die cut hat from the Hats Off dies.  I think the little hat is adorable!  The rest of the card is from the Paper Pumpkin kit. Don't they pair well together?  Stampin' Up!© is doing more and more of this pairing with catalog products and Paper Pumpkin and I love it!  It expands the possibilities of using both items. The DSP for the class card is from the Well Suited Sui...

 Kits, kits, kits!  No I'm not talking about cute and furry little kittens. I'm introducing some of the new kits in the Stampin' Up! new collection of kits.  No worries, Paper Pumpkin is not going away.   This new Kits Collection is geared toward people who may be just starting out in paper crafting, don't have a lot of money or time to spend on making cads, or feel they don't have enough creativity to make cards.  I know, coming up with a design for a card can be daunting!  I suppose much like an author staring a piece of blank paper or screen or an artist at a blank canvas.  I've been there.  Kits are also great for people who don't have a lot of space to craft but want to give something meaningful to someone they care about.  I love that kits because they come with everything to create the cards or 3D projects, even a clear block to mount the stamps, but especially the beautifully, lined coordinating envelopes!  The only thing yo...

 Yesterday's Facebook Live did not go the way I had planned.  When I started making my cards for demonstrating on my "Tuesdays At Two" Facebook Live I had one idea in mind.  When I got to the third sample card, well it changed my mind entirely to a different card. I knew I wanted to use the "Fine Art Gallery" bundle. I think the flowers are simply gorgeous and look like something from a painting, as the name implies. The video from yesterday is below, if it doesn't show up on your mobile device, click here . This is the card I made during the video. I CASE'd it from Julie Gilson and added my own little twist to it using negative and positive pieces from the die cut on the sentiment.   In the video I show how you can step up your cards, a simple card for the beginners. This card is simply stamping and a few cuts with your paper cutter. The sentiment is simply stamped right on the card base. A few epoxy dots are added to dress it up a bit. This second card...

 Today's "Tuesday At Two" features the "Pansy Patch" bundle.  Pansy's always remind me of two people, my paternal Norwegian grandmother, who was a great baker and gardener.  She always had Pansies.  And my friend, Norma, who taught me, later in life, about Pansies and how they were great for cooler temps, like we have here in Minnesota.   I CASE'D this card from lynnslocker.  I made a couple of changes, as usual.  😀 This card is for a more avid stamper, it has a lot of moving pieces.  I did a little stamping as well as die cutting and assembling the larger main pansy and the smaller bud off to the side. I also wanted to make a couple of simpler cards for the more casual stamper.  This one is mostly die cutting, cutting the flowers from the coordinating DSP Pansy Petals. The sentiment is simply stamped on the white card base. In this 3rd card incorporates some stamping and a little die cutting.  I found, when stamping the flowers, i...