Monthly Archive: October 2016

Candy Cane Lane Bag in a Box

Stampin Up Candy Cane Lane Bag in a Box designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I told you recently I had a Christmas Bag in a Box in my head and here it is.  Such a cute and simple box!  Who do you need to give a little something to this Christmas?  This little box could be exactly what you need.  I know some teenagers who would love to receive this box with money inside. 🙂

The directions to make the box are here.

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I had a great time at the Stamping Business Builder’s Retreat in Wisconsin.  Lisa Pretto does a great job!

While I was gone, the floors were finished in my dining room and stamping office.  The windows and sliding door will get installed next Wednesday and Thursday.  My Stamp N Storage arrived too!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Stampin Up Candy Cane Lane Bag in a Box designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Cookie Cutter Christmas Double Z Fold card

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Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for October 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month our projects feature cards made using “wicked” folds. What is a “wicked” fold? It is anything other than the standard A2 card fold. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Double Z Fold Card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #Stampingmom

The little gingerbread house that I snipped out of the Candy Cane Lane DSP is adorable!

Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Double Z Fold Card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #Stampingmom

Were you surprised to see the cute gingerbread kids on the inside?  I hope it made you smile!

Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Double Z Fold Card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #Stampingmom

All the supplies I used are shown at the bottom of this post.  The red card base is 4-1/4″ x 11″, scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″. The smaller red piece is 2-1/4″ x 11″.  I had to make it that wide to cover the gingerbread kids when the card was shut.  The white “snow pieces” are (2 pieces) 2-1/2″ x 4 and (1) 4″ x 5-1/4″.  Please email me if you have any questions. Beth@StampingMom.com

Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Double Z Fold Card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #Stampingmom

Here’s the view from the top.  You may be able to see I used the Softly Falling embossing folder to have “snow” all over the background of the card.

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Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

Blog Hop Line-up:  

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
  3. Sherrie Gross at Stampin’ Sunshine
  4. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
  5. Beth Fairweather at Beth Fairweather Designs
  6. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
  7. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
  8. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  9. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
  10. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
  11. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  12. Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
  13. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
  14. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
  15. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  16. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
  17. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  18. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
  19. Staci Rivera at Clever Bow Tie Designs
  20. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
  21. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts

 

Candy Cane Lane DSP

Stampin Up Candy Cane Lane DSP. Please see card and gift ideas designed by demo Beth McCullough at www.StampingMom.com #Stampingmom

Have you ordered the Candy Cane Lane DSP yet?  If not, you should.  I can’t stop making projects with it. This is a collage I made for Pinterest.

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Those of you who knew Abby and I were visiting the University of Oklahoma on Sunday and Monday might be curious to know how it went?  Well, by the time we got there after nine hours of driving we both decided it was too far and we probably shouldn’t have come.  I enjoyed being in the car with Abby and I laughed harder than I have in a long time.  Abby patiently taught me the songs and story of Hamilton, the musical.   She has all 23 songs memorized.

 

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We got up Monday morning and went to the campus. My goodness it is beautiful! OU really wants National Merit Scholar finalists and offers them huge financial incentives to go there, including five years of free tuition among other things. Let’s just say OU is in the running and I’m trying to get used to the idea that I will rarely see my sweet daughter. At the end of the day an adviser was telling Abby that it would be OK if she wasn’t able to come home for Thanksgiving because of the weather, because she would have a community of people to spend Thanksgiving with. It was at that point I started tearing up. Abby needs to be at my house for Thanksgiving, not stuck in Oklahoma! OK,so I have a few regrets about raising a confident, independent young lady. Actually, I want Abby to do what’s best for Abby and I promise not to write about being sad that she’s so far away.

 

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Every square inch of my house is covered in dust from the construction project, so it’s time for me to leave again.  I’ll be in Wisconsin for four days at a Stamping Business Building conference that my awesome upline Lisa Pretto is having.  The good news is all my team will benefit from everything I’ll be learning.  It should be a beautiful drive with all the trees changing colors.

My BSF group helped with the children’s program today.  I got the “pink” class which is the youngest babies.  I love babies!  There was a baby named Caleb who has been crying every week at BSF.  I took it as a personal challenge to hold and play with Caleb.  He was pretty happy most of the time.  The children’s leader asked me to stop being a group leader and come back next week and be Caleb’s friend again.  It’s tempting, but I would miss my ladies!

Abby had her swim team senior recognition tonight.  I can’t believe the four years of high school are coming to an end.

Hope all is well with you.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂