Halloween

Festive Friday Challenge

I don’t have any of the new Halloween sets, but I do have this adorable Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper (DSP). Everyone who ordered a Fall Mini product share from me will be getting the paper as well. It is adorable! Do you see the sponging on the ghosts? These were fussy cut from the DSP and the sponging is already there.

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It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! This week’s challenge #FF0090 is International Bat Night which is August 29th.

The Inspo List is 10 items you can choose from to create your project. Incorporate THREE or more of the items in your project and link up! #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card, scrapbook page or 3-D item and join us. If you want help entering, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d be happy to help you! From the Inspo List I used bats, black and emboss. You entry doesn’t have to have anything to do with International Bat Night.

Cut Highland Heather cardstock at 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″. Run front flap through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (SCEM) with the Basic Borders die and then run through again with the Dots embossing folder from Checks & Dots. Run Basic Black CS through SCEM with the bat die from Sparkle of the Season bundle, sentiment die from Pretty Pillow Box die and Boo sentiment with Stiched So Sweetly dies. Stamp sentiments with Versamark and sprinkle with White Embossing Powder and heat with Heat Tool. “Happy Halloween” sentiment is from Sparkle of the Season. “Boo” sentiment is from Time of Giving. The strip of Cute Halloween DSP inside the card is 2″ x 5-1/4″. Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com with any questions.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough—-you are here

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

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Halloween 3 Nugget Box

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0042 is Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19). #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card, scrapbook page or 3-D item and join us. If you want help entering, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d love to help you!

The designers at Festive Friday really love bringing this unique challenge to you, and we’re always looking for ways to make it more enticing to play. The intent was never to create a project for the festivity (though you could) – but instead, to find inspiration from the festivity. With that in mind, we’re dropping the and/or, and instead, giving you an Inspo List. The Inspo List is a list of 10 items you can choose from to create your project. Incorporate THREE of the items in your project and link up!

We think this will bring a lot of creativity and diversity to not only the Design Team projects but to yours too!

Project Supplies

STAMPS

Birds of a Feather (150571)

INK

Momento Black (132708), Pumpkin Pie (147086)

PAPER

Monster Bash Designer Series Paper (DSP) (150447), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Basic Black (121045), Whisper White (100730)

ADHESIVES

Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Tear & Tape (138995), Mini Stampin’
Dimensionals (144108)

TOOLS

1″ Circle Punch (119868), 1-1/8″ Scallop Circle Punch (146138), Every Season Punch Pack (Bat Punch) (150670), Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (151775), Pine Tree Punch (149521), Bone Folder (102300), Blends: Dark Daffodil Delight (144585), Dark Pumpkin Pie (144577), Dark Smoky Slate (145055), Dark Basic Black (147941)

Directions

5 1/4” x 6” piece of cardstock or DSP (Designer Series Paper) for box- Stampin’ Up 6 x 6 Paper Stacks are perfect for this!
1/2” x 5 1/2” piece of cardstock for belly band
Paper cutter with scoring blade- I like to use the Stampin’ Up! Simply Scored Tool
Scissors- Paper Snips are my favorite.
Sticky Strip™ or Tear & Tape Adhesive
3 Hershey’s® Nuggets® chocolate bars
3 1” x 3 ¼” pieces of cardstock or DSP
Embellishments

Step 1

5 1/4″ x 6″ piece of DSP or cardstock. Score across the longer side (Landscape mode) at 3/4″, 1 1/2″, 4 1/2″, and 5 1/4″. Score across the shorter side (Portrait mode) at 3/4″, 2 1/4″, 3″, and 4 1/2″. See picture above

Step 2

Use scissors to remove the top left and top right sections. Corner Round the two top corners. Use a bone folder on all the score lines. Cut the tabs on the score lines.The box goes together easier if the top and bottom tabs are trimmed on an angle as shown. Apply adhesive to the center tabs. See picture above.

Step 3

Fold the top and bottom tabs in and then fold the center tab over the top. Apply the adhesive. See picture above.

StampinUp Hershey's 3 Nugget box designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom #StampingMom

Step 4

Wrap 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of cardstock around box for belly band.
I ran the Pumpkin Pie belly band through the Big Shot with the Subtle Embossing Folder.

Step 5

Embellish as desired.

Step 6

Wrap each Hershey Nugget with a 1″ x 3 1/4″ strip of DSP or cardstock. I punched out bats and popped them up with 1/2 of a Mini Dimensional.

To get my Pirate Bird to stand up, I cut Whisper White Cardstock at 1/4″ x 2″. Score at 1/2″, 1″ and 1-1/2″. Fold on score lines and make a triangle. Attach to the back of the Bird.

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Beth

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Parade of Merry Cafe Coffee Cards

Here’s another card I made for the Splitcoast Stampers Creative Crew. #CCREW1017SK #CreativeCrew #SUO

I think this is my favorite fall card I’ve made this year!

Stamps: Merry Cafe

Paper: Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper ( DSP), Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Corrugated Elements, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Linen Thread

Here’s some more coffee cards made by me and others.

I didn’t become a coffee drinker until last year. Not sure how I made it through college without it. My very favorite coffee is Kona Vanilla Macadamia Nut. My favorite coffee shop is Mahalo’s Coffee shop in West Des Moines, IA. It’s a Hawaiian themed coffee shop that is adorable and smells so good. They make doughnuts in the shop, hence the good smell, but I don’t actually eat them. If you live in the Des Moines area, I’d love to meet you at Mahalo’s. Are you a coffee drinker? What’s your favorite?

These Coffee Cups Framelits make these cards fun and easy to make.

I love giving gift cards to the kid’s high school teachers because they totally don’t expect it! (Plus they deserve it!)

Well, we put the “W” flag away for the winter. The Chicago Cubs had a good run and we look forward to next year!

Steve’s Birthday is this week, so our sweet Ryan came home from college to rake leaves and go to a movie with Steve. He loves having Ryan as his “wing man.” We don’t do much with presents, but I bought something for Steve three months ago and hid it. The best part is, I remembered I had done that and actually found it and wrapped it up this weekend. The reason I’m a little shocked the present thing worked out, is because I do have some memory difficulties. I had cottage cheese before going to church and when we got back home, Steve found this in the cabinet.

LOL OK, so I meant to put it in the refrigerator. 🙂

On a more positive note, I’ve been making roast beef in the crock pot once a week. Since Ryan was coming home, I made this on Sunday. It’s chuck roast cooked on low in the crock pot all day, with caramelized onions, havarti cheese on sour dough bread. Everyone was pretty much in tummy heaven. I think they’ll keep me around for awhile longer, even though I occasionally store the cottage cheese in the cupboard!

Please leave a comment at the top of this post. I’d love to hear your favorite coffee or if you’d like to tell me I’m not the only one with memory issues!

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