Monthly Archive: October 2018

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 Illuminated Christmas card made by Marcelyn Churchill. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I really like this beautiful Christmas card Marcelyn made with the Illuminated Christmas set.  If you have any questions about this card, please contact Marcelyn directly at marcelynchurchill@msn.com.

As you can imagine, Marcelyn made a lot more cards and gifts in the last week, but I was busy this weekend doing other things besides getting ready for Marcelyn Monday.  🙂

Steve and I went to the Iowa Hawkeye Football game and watched Iowa beat Maryland.  It was cold and windy.  The windiest game I’ve ever been to.  People bought popcorn and the popcorn would fly out of their bucket before they even got to their seats. 🙂

This morning I got up early to be Steve’s support system and cheer squad as he ran his first and his last Half Marathon. 13.1 miles.  My Dad said Steve is wise to realize once is enough.  Steve’s crossed it off his bucket list and will limit his races to no more than 7 miles.

Steve’s birthday is Thursday and he will be 55.  Time flies the older you get. 🙂  Happy Birthday Steve!

Have you heard about the Flash Sale coming on Tuesday? It’s Stampin’ Up’s Birthday too! Select stamp sets will be 15% off. Please stop back and get the details tomorrow.

Are you looking for a Stampin’ Up demo?  Contact me and I’ll send you one of these cards and a new Holiday catalog!

Stampin Up Christmas 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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Winter Woods

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge!  I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0019 is Halloween  (Oct 31) and/or Black.  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 Winter Woods Christmas card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #festivefridaychallenge #FF0019

If you want instructions, please enter our challenge at Festive Friday and you can choose the free tutorial for this card with the points you earn.

Stamps:  Winter Woods (147661)
Paper:  Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Basic Black Cardstock (121045), Copper Foil Sheets (142020), Silver Foil Sheets (132178), Sparkle Glimmer Paper (146957),
Ink: VersaMark (149165)
Accessories:  Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Bone Folder (102300), Big Shot (143263), In the Woods Framelits (147919), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Copper Emboss Powder (141636)
Techniques: Heat Embossing

 

I just got back from a couple days of helping with Steve’s parents, while Steve spent a week there helping.  Steve’s Dad had hip surgery and he is the caregiver for Steve’s Mom, who suffers with Dementia.  Steve’s parents did a great job raising their four boys, all of which would do anything to help their parents. 🙂

One of my jobs this week was to start going through the bins of pictures, newspaper articles, etc. in their basement.  It was like a walk down memory lane.  One entire bin was about the Floods of 93.  The flooding in Buffalo, IA where they live and Des Moines, IA where we live, was the worst we’ve ever experienced.  They had a house surrounded with sandbags and pumps in the basement trying to keep the water out.  Here’s a picture I found of Sean-age 3 and I riding in a row boat down the streets of Buffalo.

#floodsof93 #StampingMom

Reading about the floods was sad, but I was thrilled to find the picture below.

This was the Iowa Student Loan Annual Report from 1997, the company where Steve works.  They asked employee’s kids to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up.  I didn’t remember Sean was such a good artist or that he had drawn this picture. Even more fun is that today, Sean is indeed an engineer! It looks like he planned to be an engineer at NASA when he was seven, but today he is an engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, WA.  It’s even more interesting to go through dusty old bins when you find a nugget like this that made my heart so happy!  I sent the picture to Sean and he thought it was pretty cool as well.

I have to show you one last picture…we just finished studying the book of Joshua at Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) this week.  Well, if you’ve been around Stampin’ Up! for a long time you might recognize this.

I bought this decal from Stampin’ Up and it has been on the wall above my kitchen sink for around 10 years.  I love this verse, but I had never really studied Joshua.  When we got to it last week in our study, I was so happy to learn the context behind the verse and I love it even more today!  Do any of you still have Stampin’ Up decals on your walls?  Please leave me a comment at the top of this post.  I love hearing from you.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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More Stampapooloza Cards

Stampin Up First Frost made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

These four cards were designed by Jean.  Some are totally Jean originals and some were made with an assist from Pinterest.  Jean has been my very dear friend for the last 30 years.  We are both Accountants and worked together at The Principal Financial Group.  Jean is still there and is an officer at the company.  She works very hard running the Commercial Real Estate Debt Accounting, Reporting and Operations teams.  After working so hard, she likes to come to my house to use the other part of her brain and be creative.  We usually spend a couple hours most weekends, both walking and stamping.  If you regularly read my blog you know Allison.  Well, Jean is Allison’s Mom. 🙂

 


Stampin Up Broadway Birthday card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Don’t you love these cards?  Please leave a comment at the top of the post and tell Jean which one if your favorite.

Stampin Up Beautiful Blizzard card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

After you see all these cards, you will probably want to join us at our next Stampapooloza on Saturday, February 23.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

Stampin Up Winter Woods Christmas card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Can you see the pearls on the tree?  I love all her cards, but this one if my favorite. 🙂  Jean helps me design a lot of the cards you see on my blog.

Are you looking for a Stampin’ Up demo?  Contact me and I’ll send you one of these cards and a new Holiday catalog!

Stampin Up Christmas card designed by demo, Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

  • Visit my online store here.
  • Shop the Clearance Rack here.
  • Follow me on Pinterest here
  • Follow me on Facebook here. 

You can always email me at Beth@StampingMom.com if you don’t want to place your order online.  I’d love to help you!  My current host code is J63GDW2R .  If you order using my host code, you’ll get an additional free gift from me!