Monthly Archive: August 2018

Bella & Friends with Stitched Seasons Framelits

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge!  I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0014 is National Dog  Day (Sept 26) and/or Rhinestones.  You can earn points to choose free items from our Festive Friday Store! #festivefridaychallenge  To enter, you only need to post a picture of your card to Pinterest.  I can help you with the link.  Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com  and I would love to help you.  Entering challenges is truly a lot of fun.  Please join us!

Stampin Up Bella & Friends and Stitched Seasons Framelits make this cute All Occasion card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.Stampingmom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u
I was thinking of Maya, our first family dog when I made this card.

Here is our sweet pup, Maya.  She’s a Bichon-Shih Tzu mix, or teddy bear dog.  She was born in 2007.  She is soft and cuddly, just like a teddy bear.  She’s been working as a therapy dog in memory care and elderly assisted living for nine years.  It’s hard to color a black and white dog especially when her face is mostly black.  She always wears a red harness so the people we visit can tell her apart from her sister, Molly, who always wears purple.  Maya convinces each person she sits with that they are her best friend.  Hence, the “you have a friend in me,” sentiment is perfect.

 

Stampin Up Bella & Friends and Stitched Seasons Framelits make this cute All Occasion card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.Stampingmom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Do you have Stitched Seasons Framelits yet?  I love their layered look.  I ended up with a left over polka dot piece after I made the card below.  Two cute polka dot cards with one piece of DSP!

 

Tip- I colored everything with Blender Pens except the background, for which I used Aqua Painters.  The Real Red and Melon Mambo hearts are retired, but look so cute on these cards. 🙂

Stamps:  Bella & Friends (141870)
Paper:  Basic Black Cardstock (121045),  Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock (144245),White Cardstock (100730), Shimmery White (101910), 6 x 6 DSP-Regals-Real Red (146965), 6 x 6 DSP-Brights-Melon Mambo (146964)
Ink: Stazon Jet Black Ink (101406), Real Red (147084), Melon Mambo (147051), Balmy Blue (147105), Call Me Clover (147139), Lemon Lime Twist (147145), Soft Suede (147115), Basic Black-retired
Accessories:  Blender Pens (102845), Aqua Painter (103954), Clear Blocks (118491), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Techniques: Watercolor with Blender Pens and Aqua Painters

 

Stampin Up Bella & Friends and Stitched Seasons Framelits make this cute All Occasion card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.Stampingmom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Stitched Seasons Framelits

Welcome to the Pals August, 2018 Blog Hop. We love to cut it out so this month our creations feature our favorite “cuts” using punches, Framelits and Thinlits from the current Stampin’ Up! catalog.

You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Stitched Seasons Framelits make an easy All Occasion card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4uTip- I cut out the “flower with leave” framelit in both Melon Mambo and Granny Apply Green. I cut each to make my two tone framelit piece.

Stamps:  None
Paper:  Basic Black Cardstock (121045),  Granny Apple Green Cardstock (146990), Melon Mambo Cardstock (115320),White Cardstock-inside the card (100730), 6 x 6 DSP-Brights-Melon Mambo (146964)
Ink: None
Accessories:  Basic jewels-Pearls (144219), Stitched Seasons Framelits (149013), Basket Weave Embossing Folder (146841), Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Stampin Dimensionals (104430)
Techniques: Clean and Simple (CAS)

Stitched Seasons Framelits make an easy All Occasion card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I added a little strip of the polka dot 6 x 6 DSP to make the envelope cute. This is my favorite Designer Series Paper (DSP)  and you’ll find it on the bottom of page 191 of the catalog.  I have purchased the dots and stripes in all six color families.  This way I have cute paper to go with all of my cardstock colors. 🙂 

Now it’s time to use the Blog Hop Line-up below to see what the rest of my Pals have created to inspire you.. Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations.

Mark your calendars for September 12, 2018  for the next Pals Blog Hop. We’ll inspire you with projects for the upcoming holidays and seasons including Autumn, Winter, Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. . Don’t miss the fun.

Blog Hop  Line-up:

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Sara Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
  3. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
  4. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  5. Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
  6. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
  7. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  8. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
  9. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
  10. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
  11. Denise at The Mountain Magpie
  12. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
  13. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
  14. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
  15. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
  16. Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin
  17. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
  18. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
  19. Lisa Milligan at Stamp Create Share
  20. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Marcelyn Monday

Marcelyn Churchill is my friend, stamping team member, fellow BSFer (Bible Study Fellowship) and prolific crafter.  She doesn’t have a blog, so I share some of her creations on most Mondays.

Stampin Up purse made by Marcelyn Churchill. Please email Marcelyn at marcelynchurchill@msn.com if you'd like to know how she made the purses.

This is a purse Marcelyn made out of cardstock and Designer Series Paper (DSP).  It would make a wonderful gift, to give this purse filled with regular full size cards.

Stampin Up purse made by Marcelyn Churchill. Please email Marcelyn at marcelynchurchill@msn.com if you'd like to know how she made the purses.

Marcelyn made lots of unique purses and everyone who attended the morning session of our Stampapooloza stamp camp received a purse. They all loved them!

Stampin Up purse made by Marcelyn Churchill. Please email Marcelyn at marcelynchurchill@msn.com if you'd like to know how she made the purses.

 

I hope you can join us for our next Stampapalooza on Saturday, September 29 at my Stamping Studio. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend!

Please email Marcelyn at marcelynchurchill@msn.com if you’d like to know how she made the purses.

A few weeks ago, all the McCullough clan went to South Dakota to celebrate Harold and Ruby’s 60th wedding anniversary.  They spent their honeymoon at Mount Rushmore and had many vacations there over the years.  Harold and Ruby have four sons, four daughter-in-laws and thirteen grandkids ranging in age from 14-28.

Here’s Steve with his Mom.  We spent lots of time playing cards and having fun together.  17 of the 23 were able to make it.  Some of the grandkids live too far away or couldn’t get off work.

It was rainy and chilly most of the week.  The last day before we went home, Steve and I were able to get on our bikes for the first time and did two different bike trails.  It is so beautiful in South Dakota.

Then later that afternoon we hiked to a waterfall.

We went back to the cabin to get Michelle, Matt, Rachel, Gracie and Bill and headed out for a two hour trail ride.  Galloping was involved.   By the end of the day we had had all the fun Steve could think of and I was exhausted!  Hopefully our next vacation will be better weather and we won’t have to squeeze all the physical activities into one day.  My life would be so boring without Steve.  Did you notice the costume changes? The kids and I used to tease Steve because he likes to “dress the part.”  On beach vacations he’s Scuba Steve.  In Alaska, he was Red Neck Steve and when we went to a Dude Ranch, he was Cowboy Steve.  Well, as you can see, now I join him and “dress the part” as well. 🙂 I’d love to hear your favorite vacation stories.

Seeing this huge Buffalo walk by our car in Custer State Park, was one of my highlights of the trip!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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