A*Muse*apalooza at Cottage Stampers

The nearest stamp store hosting A*Muse*apalooza was Cottage Stampers in Hartville, OH which is just 30 minutes away from my home. I brought along my friend, Marianne, who has never stamped before. I kept my fingers crossed that she would find the event just as fun as I did. Four hours later and many cards and projects in hand, we were both in awe of the beautiful things we made! What boggled our minds is that all of them were FREE!

Me and Marianne

Cottage Stampers is owned by Linda, who is an amazing papercraft artist and instructor. She has been stamping for 17+ years. Linda taught us how to make the more complex cards (the Treasure Box and the Halloween mini-scrapbook...see further down). Cottage Stampers was formerly located at the Hartville Flea Market but moved to its own building about 2 1/2 years ago. Linda has an amazing array of stamps and quality products to offer her customers. You can tell she's incredibly zealous and truly passionate about her craft.

Linda (owner of Cottage Stampers) with one our projects

Here are some of the cards we made today:

There were random drawings at the event and I actually won a prize! Look at the goodies I won! The ladies tell me that these were pre-sealed bags and even THEY didn't know what was in them!


As if those A Muse cards weren't enough, Linda had us make 2 elaborate projects which were absolutely stunning!


The inside of this Treasure Box allows you to add photos, notes, journaling...anything you want practically! It's even more gorgeous in person. Don't you love the topper on the box?! It's absolutely amazing. Who knew you could make a cute "bow" from scalloped squares!

The FINAL project was my personal favorite because it features almost EVERY SINGLE HALLOWEEN STAMP that A Muse has! It's a mini-scrapbook of sorts and includes 2 tags. Check this out!

Front Cover

Isn't this quite amazing?! Linda and her crew exceeded my expectations of what A*Muse*apalooza would be all about. A Muse should be very proud!