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Thank God Forever Fern isn’t retiring!

Hey Guys!,

Thank God Forever Fern isn’t retiring! I hope this week has been good for you, I am excited to share with you a Stamp set from Stampin’ Up! that is staying in the new catalog! I am making 3 cards for my Mini Stamp Class that was Live on YouTube today! If you missed it, go check it out!

Did you know that next month Stampin’ Up!’s new catalog is coming out? If you are wanting one sent to you, just let me know! I haven’t received mine yet BUT I have seen it! If you are like me and want to get sneak peeks and be able to order from the catalog early, you can join my team and you too can be on the inside, plus get a discount!!

Here is one of the cards I am showing you today:

Thank God Forever Fern is not retiring!
inside view
Thank God you’re staying!
inside card 2
Thank God you’re staying!
inside card 3

As always here are the specifics for these cards:

  • Stamps:
  • Beautiful Friendship
  • Butterfly Wishes
  • Inks: Card 1
  • Petal Pink
  • Pear Pizzazz
  • Calypso Coral
  • Card 2:
  • Pool Party
  • Pacific Point
  • Pear Pizzazz
  • Card 3:
  • Mango Melody
  • Gorgeous Grape
  • Granny Apple Green
  • Smoky Slate
  • Memento Black
  • Paper:
  • Card 1:
  • Petal Pink 8 1/2″ x 11″scored at 4 1/4″
  • Calypso Coral 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ (x2)
  • Very Vanilla 5″ x 3 3/4″ (x2), scrap for sentiment
  • Vellum 2 1/2″ sq.
  • Card 2:
  • Pacific Point 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
  • Basic White 5 1/4″ x 4″ (x2)
  • Card 3:
  • Gorgeous Grape 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4″
  • Mango Melody 5 1/4″ x 4″ (x2)
  • Basic White 5″ x 3 3/4″ (x2)
  • Misc:
  • Card 1
  • 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon
  • Pearls
  • Dimensionals
  • Card 2
  • 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon Pool Party
  • Artistry Blooms Sequins
  • Pacific Point marker to make splatter
  • Card 3
  • 3/8″ Gorgeous Grape sheer ribbon
  • Artistry Blooms
  • Basic Black Marker for dotted pathway for butterfly

As a rule all the supplies are listed below in picture form. Click on any of them to be taken to my OnLine store. If you purchase from me, you will receive the class packet to do these cards (if you order within 5 days of the video) otherwise you will receive the class packet of that weeks video. You will also receive the PDF of 16 cards with step by step instructions with pictures! Here is a sneak peek of that!

April’s isn’t quite done yet, but this will give you an idea what you get.

Thank you for supporting me and my small business! It really makes me happy to know that you like what I do!

Lisa Tedder
A Former California girl living in North Carolina

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Who doesn’t love the beach!?

Hey Guys!,

Who Doesn’t love the beach!? Today I am sharing with you a couple of cards featuring the Stamp set Friends Are Like Seashells from Stampin’ Up! As soon as I saw this set in the catalog, I knew I had to get it! I absolutely love the beach, sand, sea shells and listening to the waves! Sitting in a chair with an umbrella with a book is my favorite thing! Of course, if there were a man bringing me drinks I would be in heaven! LOL

Now I will share with you the card I started my YouTube Live video with:

Who Doesn’t love the beach!?

Inspiration for this card comes from Jan Clothier in NZ! I changed it up a little, but her design was so good I decided to keep most of it! Thanks Jan!

inside card 1

For my 2nd card I showed how to make on my video, I added some foil to really make the image pop!

Again, who doesn’t love the beach!?

As always, below you will see the materials used to make these two cards, you will also see them in picture form, click on any of the pictures and you will be taken to my OnLine store where you can buy them! When you spend $35 or more you get the materials for both cards AND a pillow gift! You will also get a pdf of 16 projects with step by step instructions that includes pictures! For the fixin’s for these two cards, you will need to order before Tuesday of the following week (Feb 2nd this time).

Each week you will have 5 days to order between projects. I do a LIVE mini Class every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. (eastern) on my YouTube Channel! I hope you can join me, if you watch live you will be in the drawing to win one of the cards shown! If you missed last weeks blog post, check it out!

Here is the pillow gift for this week:

Pillow Gift for Jan 28th Live video
Inside Pillow Gift, you can put this on your scissors so everyone will know they are yours!
Sneak Peek of Pdf for the orders $35 or more!

Materials for my projects:

  • Stamps:
  • Friends are Like Seashells
  • Inks:
  • Misty Moonlight
  • Bermuda Bay
  • Flirty Flamingo
  • Coastal Cabana
  • Just Jade
  • Soft Suede
  • Soft Sea Foam
  • Paper:
  • Coastal Cabana: 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″ (card 1)
  • Basic White: 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ (x2), 4 1/4″ x 3″, scraps for shells (card 1), 5″ x 3 3/4″ (card 2)
  • Bermuda Bay 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″ (card 2)
  • Flirty Flamingo 5 1/4″ x 4″ (x2) (card 2)
  • Soft Sea Foam 5″ x 3 3/4″ (card 2)
  • Pearlescent Specialty Paper 5 1/4″ x 4″ (card 2) for shells
  • Love You Always Foil Sheets (Blushing Bride color) scraps for seaweed
  • Misc:
  • Opal Rounds
  • Dimensionals
  • Champagne Mist (mix with alcohol, 4 drops)
  • Spritzer
  • Seashells 3D Folder
  • Seabed 3D Folder
  • Stampin’ Sponges
  • Daubers
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine
  • Stampin’ Trimmer

Thank you so much for visiting me! If you live in the US and are in need of a Demonstrator I would be honored to be yours! Also, if there is anything you would like me to highlight on my weekly videos please let me know and if I own it (or have to have it) I will do a class around it!

Lisa Tedder
A Former California girl living in North Carolina

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Ride the Range

Hey Guys!

Guess what today is…..it’s my YouTube Live day! For my stamps today I am going to use Stampin’ Up!’s Ride the Range and Mountain Air. I am always looking for something for a guy or a non girly girl. If you enjoy my cards I would love it if you would join me for one of my LIVE videos! Every time I do a Live if you are there with me, all you need to do is comment and you will be put in a drawing to win one of the cards I make! Of course, you can access all of my videos at my YouTube channel!

Lately, I make sure that not only do I make a video for my classes, but I also do a post giving all the measurements and links to what I used. If you missed my post from last week, you can catch it here!

Here is my first card:

Ride the Range
Ride the Range inside
Ride the Range 2nd card
Ride the Range card 2 inside

As always, here are the specifics for these cards:

  • Stamps:
  • Ride the Range
  • Mountain Air
  • Inks:
  • Early Espresso
  • Memento Black
  • Crumb Cake
  • Crushed Curry
  • Balmy Blue
  • Smoky Slate
  • Pear Pizzazz for sponging
  • Versamark
  • Blends:
  • Soft Suede
  • Balmy Blue
  • Crumb Cake
  • Smoky Slate
  • Cinnamon Cider
  • Paper:
  • Cajun Craze 11″ x 4 1/4″, scored @ 5 1/2″
  • Early Espresso 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ (x2)
  • Crumb Cake 5″ x 3 3/4″
  • Very Vanilla 5″ x 3 3/4″, scrap for sentiment
  • Basic Gray 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored @ 5 1/2″
  • Basic Black 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ (x2)
  • Basic White 5″ x 3 3/4″ (x2)
  • Soft Suede scrap for fence
  • Pear Pizzazz scrap for grass
  • Misc:
  • Linen Thread
  • Braided Linen Thread
  • Stamping Sponges
  • Dimensionals
  • Stitched with Whimsy
  • Paper snips
  • Liquid Glue

Again, I will let you know that everything listed above will be in picture form below, click on any of them to be taken to my OnLine Store. I would love to have you choose my small business to buy your stamping supplies. For every $35 or more you will earn a PDF that has 16 projects with pictures! Below you can get a sneak peek of the projects. But, that isn’t all you get for supporting me, I will send you the ‘fixin’s’ for these cards if you order before Wed of the following week, you will need to spend $35 or more for that too, but you will get BOTH for the $35!

EVERY Thursday I am Live on YouTube showing you another class for certain stamp sets, that you can earn that week’s card class fixin’s. If you would like to see a stamp set used, send me an email or post your comment here and I will try and do that for you!!

Sneak Peek of the PDF projects
Your Pillow Gift for placing a Qualifying order!
Num!! Chocolate!

If you need to see how I made the cards, be sure and check out my video!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Please come back!

Lisa Tedder
A former California girl living in North Carolina

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Check out my FIRST Slim Line Card!

Hey Guys,

Today, I am sharing with you a Slim Line card I made using the Birds & Branches bundle! Oh my goodness, why haven’t I done one of these before!? First off, go see my video, I’m super proud of how this card came out!

Before we go further, let’s take a look:

My first slim line card!

Of course, I had to make if look like Fall so the leaves have both green and Cajun Craze. In addition, I used the Black Glitter paper from the Holiday mini, and wow that sure adds to the beauty of this slim line card! So, how did I do with my FIRST Slim Line Card using the Birds & Branches bundle?!

As always here are the specifics for this card:

  • Stamps:
  • Birds & Branches Bundle
  • Here’s a Card
  • Inks:
  • Bumble Bee
  • Balmy Blue
  • Memento black
  • Garden Green
  • Cajun Craze
  • Paper:
  • Balmy Blue 8 1/2″ x 7″ scored @ 3 1/2″
  • Basic Black 8″ x 3″
  • Black Glitter paper 8″ x 3″
  • Pacific Point 7 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ (x2)
  • Very Vanilla 7 1/2″ x 2 1/2″, scraps for birds and sentiment
  • In Good Taste DSP 7 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
  • Cajun Craze scrap for stem
  • Pear Pizzazz scrap for stem
  • Misc:
  • Dimensionals
  • Stampin’ Seal +
  • MultiPurpose Liquid Glue
  • Tasteful Labels Dies
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • Magnetic Plate

In addition to telling you about all the supplies, I also want to share with you that I am doing YouTube Lives every Thursday at 4:00 pm Eastern time! Of course, I want you to come and support me! Consequently, for every order that is $35 or above you will receive from me the ‘fixin’s’ for that weeks Live! PLUS, you’ll get the PDF of 16 other projects with pictures and step by step instructions……ALL for your ONE $35 purchase! Here is a sneak peek of what you’ll get in the PDF:

Sneak Peek for any order of $35

In conclusion, I want to thank you so much for supporting me by coming here! I appreciate you! Please come back next week and see what I have for you! Also, be sure to catch my YouTube Live tomorrow at 4:00 eastern!

Lisa Tedder
A California girl living in North Carolina

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I made my own Fall Ink Pad, you can too!

Hey Guys!

Today I am going to show you how I made my own Fall ink pad so that leaves on my tree look natural, when I am done you’ll be able to also!! Of course, I made a video you can go here if you would like to SEE how I made it! Naturally, I tend to look at pictures and if I have questions a video helps me out a lot. As an example, here is a picture of my card:

See how the leaves are THREE different colors! That’s my own Fall ink pad!
My own Fall ink pad was used for the inside too!

So, how did I make my fall ink pad? To begin with I had a dirty, yucky Versamark pad that I never used and thought of chucking it in the trash……but no, I could make my own Fall ink pad so my tree will look gorgeous AND match the colors I was using for this card!

My own Fall ink pad made from an OLD Versamark pad!

Since I wanted the colors to match my card I used Bumble Bee, Cherry Cobbler and for the green I went with Just Jade. Already I knew that I wanted to use the Holiday Rhinestones and those used Cherry Cobbler for the red, and a yellow that looked a lot like Bumble Bee but the green was Shaded Spruce so I went with a lighter shade of color and used Just Jade instead. It’s funny how I go about figuring out which colors I use in my crafting, this time it was all about the Rhinestones……gotta have that BLING!

For a different fall project that I made a few years ago, click here!

As always here are the specifics for this card:
Stamps:
Life is Beautiful
Inks:
Bumble Bee
Cinnamon Cider
Cherry Cobbler re-inker
Just Jade re-inker
Bumble Bee re-inker
OLD Versamark pad (you can use new!)
Paper:
Bumble Bee 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ (scored at 4 1/4″), 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Cinnamon Cider 5 1/4″ x 4″ (x2)
Very Vanilla 5″ x 3 3/4″ (x2), scrap for sentiment
Misc:
Holiday Rhinestones
Stamping Sponges
Dimensionals
Tasteful Labels Dies
Bumble Bee Gingham ribbon

As you know, all the supplies will be listed below in picture form. Consequently if you click on any of them you will be taken to my OnLine Store, for every purchase at or above $35 you will get from me 16 projects in a pdf with pictures and step by step instructions!

Sneak Peek for projects you will get in your pdf!

To summarize, I am a ‘give the facts and be done’ kind of girl, so I will let you go for now, check back in next week for a new card/video! If you want to know when I post, subscribe and you can also receive a Newsletter from me by subscribing to that too! Thanks for stopping by and supporting me!

Lisa Tedder
A California girl living in North Carolina

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Get double duty from your stamp sets

Get double duty from your stamp sets by using them for both card-making and scrap-booking!

Hey Guys!

First off, I am going to take you back to my childhood and hear my Mom’s words that Christmas shouldn’t have commercials until AFTER Thanksgiving! So, in that vein, should Halloween be shown now? Of course, I believe it should be since I am doing it! Generally, Halloween is my favorite Holiday to scrapbook so I thought I would make a card using the stamp sets I get EVERY year so I get double duty out of them. Here is what I made:

Get double duty from your stamp sets!
Get double duty from your stamp sets!

For some reason, Halloween is my Favorite time of year. Funny thing, I named a blog post that, check it out here! Is it because the air is cooler, or the candy? I say it is because it is so much fun to scrapbook, every year I have to do a NEW page! Since it would not be good to have the same layout in the same book. Well, I thought that my Halloween stamps would make a great card too! Of course my grand-kids love getting mail, so this is perfect! Besides, might as well get double duty from my stamp sets, right? By the way the stamp set I used is called Hallows Night Magic from Stampin’ Up!

As always, here is the specifics for this card:

  • Stamps: Hallows Night Magic Bundle
  • Inks: Pretty Peacock, Memento Black
  • Blends: Pretty Peacock, Granny Apple Green
  • Paper: Basic Black 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, Very Vanilla 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ (x2) 5″ x 3 3/4″, scrap, Black Glitter 5 1/4″ x 4″ (I cut out center so I can use it later), 4 1/2″ x 2 2/3″ (for behind label), Magic in This Night DSP 5″ x 3 3/4″, scrap for inside.
  • Misc: Iridescent Pearls, dimensionals, 1 1/2″ Metallic Mesh ribbon

Ordinarily I tell you that you can find the supplies listed above in picture form below, and today is no exception! Therefore, click on any of them and you will be taken to my OnLine Store. In brief, if you purchase $35 or more at my store you will get from me a PDF with 16 projects which include step by step instructions and pictures! For instance, you can see a sneak peek below:

spend $35 and you will receive a PDF with these tutorials!

So now that I’ve told you how to get double duty from your stamps making cards AND doing a scrapbook, I hope you give it a try! Speaking of, I NEED to work on the scrapbook for my daughter, she is turning 20 in Sept. and I am on her 7th birthday! Yikes!

Thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate your support, I have my Subscribe to my newsletter fixed, so be sure and subscribe! Therefore, when I send them out with ideas for projects you will get them!! No video today, but go check out my channel, I post a video every week!

Lisa Tedder
A California girl living in North Carolina

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