Merry Christmas

My sons Robert and Jonathan and myself along with our dogs Blue Ray, Rock Star and Bella plus the cats Sage and Saffron T wish you and yours the most Merry and Blessed Christmas every. 

Newton Connecticut

My heart goes out to the families who have suffered during this time, especially to the first responders.  The taking of a life is bad enough but to take the lives of 20 innocent children there are no words.

I am praying that we can all get through this and find someway to make this world a safer and better place for all.

This Holiday Season the heavenly angels won't being singing joy they will be crying for the 20 angels we have lost.

To the teachers who risked there lives to keep the children safe Thank You to the ones who lost there lives you are Hero's who made the ultimate sacrifice.

God Bless Us.

January Class Cards

The cards I had planned for December will now be offered in my January 8, 2013 class. 

December Class Cancelled

Had to cancel my class today.  I lost a very dear friend and on top of that I fell and sprained my ankle.  It has not been a good week.

December Class

My next class is on December 8, 2012 from 1-3 PM @ my home.  I got all my cards done early so I can enjoy the Holidays.  These are the cards we will be making on that day.  For more info on attending this class contact me.

Happy Thanksgiving

I am wishing all of you a safe and very filling Thanksgiving.  Have a happy one y'all.

Nov SAS Class

My Stamp A Stack class is on Friday November 16, 2012 from 7-9 PM these are the cards we will  be making.

Raleigh State Fair Rubber Stamping Results

I am happy to say that I entered 3 cards in the Raleigh State Fair competition and all of them won a Ribbon.  WOO HOO.  I am so thrilled.

This card won 2n Place for Layers

This one won 5th Place for Special Folds

This one won 3rd Place for Embellishments

November Class Cards

Finally finished my cards yesterday for my November 3, 2012 class in my home from 1-3 PM.

Southern Belles Swap

Our Southern Belles Demo meeting is November 6, 2012 and this is the swap card I will be giving out.

October Stamp A Stack Class

My SAS class is this coming Friday October 26 from 7-9 PM.  These are the cards we will be making.

 I painted the snowflakes on the above card with Dazzling Details.  I put the Details in a small container and painted it across the snowflakes with a brush and let it dry before I attached the rhinestones.

 For this card I painted the rhinestones with a purple Sharpie and then attached them to the card.

This card I cased and it really looks much better in a picture than it does in person so for the class I have added some changes.  I put a small More Mustard brad in the lower right hand corner.  For the stamped image I colored the bird in Tangerine Tango and punched it out with a 1" circle punch and attached it over the More Mustard bird with a dimensional.  Card looks much better now in person.

October Class

My next class is October 13 from 1-3 PM at at my home and these are the four cards we will be making.  For more information contact me.

Michelle's Challenge

My upline Michelle Halleen sent us a challenge and I took her up on it and will be sending her these cards.  The challenge was to make 5 different cards from 1 stamp set.  The stamp set I picked was one we were given at Convention this year: Moving Forward it's the Ronald McDonald set for 2012.  I enjoyed doing this and I hope you like the results.

October Woo Hoo Stampers Swap

Tags!  I don't do tags!  I don't like tags!  I make them and never use them I always forget about them and I was going to do that this time too but who am I to miss out on a challenge.  So I made the tags and then had to put them in something and something that would be easy to ship.  So I came up with this.

September Stamp A Stack

My Stamp S Stack class is on September 21, 2012 from 7-9 PM.  These are the cards we will be making and everyone will make 2 of each design and this class included envelopes which will also be decorated. 

 This card is unique because of the way it opens.  First open the scalloped circle and then the top note piece and the Raspberry Ripple is the inside of the card.  Something different.

Stampin' Up! September Special

The Stampin' Up Special for September is awesome.  For every $40 that you spend you get to pick a spool of ribbon from the In Color collection.  This collection has 5 different colors: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petal, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit.  It is 3/8" wide and is a stitched satin ribbon each spool is 10 yards.  Check out my catalog link below or go to my web site www.tinalesson.stampinup.net to check it out and place your order.

September Class

My next class is September 8, 2012 and these are the cards we will be making

Southern Belles and Woo Hoo Stampers Swap

Decided to do the same card for both swaps the only thing I did was use different buttons. On this one I used the Naturals and on the other the new Brushed Bronze buttons.  Love the way these look on the card.  I also used the Woodgrain Embossing folder for the background it's hard to see here but I love the way it looks.

Charlotte Swap

Heading off to Charlotte this Saturday with friends Rhonda and Pam for some more Stampin' Up! fun.  This is the swap card I made.

August Class Cards

My next class is on August 25, 2012 and we will be making these cards.

August Woo Hoo Stampers Swap

I just love the Frightening Feline stamp from the new mini.  I used the Howlstooth and Scareybones DSP.  For the eyes and the collar I used the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details and when I attached it to the card the eyes took one an orange hue instead of a red one.  Got to love it.

Holiday Mini

There is a link to the Holiday Mini at the bottom of this page or you can visit my web site www.tinalesson.stampinup.net.  You can place your orders through the web site. Enjoy!

July Class Cards

 The inside of this card is so cool and really not hard to do at all.  Outside is just a normal looking card.

This last card I cased from Mary Fish.  Thank you Mary.  The July 28 class is late in the month, I wanted to be able to share convention with the class attendees.  Convention was a blast.  Contact me if you would like more information on making these cards.