Author Archive: Beth

Get your favorite Stampin’ Up products while they are current!

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Do you ever have regrets about not purchasing something when it’s current with Stampin’ Up! and then end up paying eBay prices?  I really like the Petite Purse Bigz die which retired a few years ago.  I hosted a luncheon a couple weeks ago for my Bible Study Fellowship group (BSF) and I wanted to make a little something for them to take home. Well, I am so glad I already own it, because I checked out eBay and they are selling the Petite Purse die for $50-$70.  So this proves what I’ve always told Superman, that Stampin’ Up! is actually an amazing investment!

StampinUp Petite Purses filled with Hershey's Nuggets created by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

I made 13 purses and filled them with 5 Hershey Nuggets in each.

StampinUp Petite Purses filled with Hershey's Nuggets created by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Stampin' Up! Petite Purses filled with Hershey's Nuggets created by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Here’s my table all set and ready to go!  Thanks Abby!  Yep she sets my table and makes it pretty every time we have guests at our home.  I have bright colored Fiesta dishes and Abby has fun doing different table settings with them.  Just another reason I’m going to miss Abby when she goes to college in a year.

Keegan is working on earning the “grandchild of the year” award.  He is over in Davenport for a couple days helping Superman’s parents with their technology.  Keegan is very techie and loves figuring this stuff out.  He’s helping them with their cell phones, ipad, computer and Dish TV.  The best part is he is writing instructions so they can do it after he leaves. He also helps my parents often.  Everyone needs a grandchild like Keegan.  Maybe I should “rent” him out.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Stampin’ Up! Snickers Boxes

Welcome to the Use Your Stuff “ Sizzle into Summer “ blog hop!
It’s time for sunshine, ice cream, shorts and smiles! It’s time for fun! The design team is celebrating summer and are highlighting a bunch of amazing projects with a summer theme and we want you to join us! Blog candy give away near the bottom of the post.

StampinUp Snickers box made with Playful Palette DSP created by Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

I enjoy making Snickers boxes for teacher gifts for holidays or small gifts to show appreciation to  my friends.  I thought Abby might want some of these boxes to share with her counselor friends at camp this summer. This awesome paper is Playful Palette DSP  by Stampin’ Up!  It reminds me of summer and fun!  It only costs $10 and includes 48 sheets of 6×6 paper.  These Snickers boxes use one sheet for each box, so you could make 48 boxes for $10!  You can purchase the paper here.

 

StampinUp Snickers box made with Playful Palette DSP created by Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

This sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up! Rose Wonder stamp set.

StampinUp Snickers box made with Playful Palette DSP created by Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

You can put a full size Snickers or Milky Way candy bar in each box.  Here’s the directions to make Snickers boxes.

Here’s a couple other Snickers boxes I’ve made in the past:

StampinUp Snickers Box made with Envelope Punch Board designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

StampinUp Snickers Box made with Envelope Punch Board designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

StampinUp Snickers Box made with Envelope Punch Board designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Blog Candy Give Away-Are you inspired to make a Snickers Box?  Please subscribe to my blog, if you haven’t already and leave me a comment that you would like to win an Envelope Punch Board.  I’ll draw a winner next Sunday.  Can’t wait to see who wins!  Because of the high price of postage, I can only ship to addresses in the US.

You can follow me on Pinterest here. I have one board just for 3D projects.

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Down below we have listed all the DT members that have created some inspiration for you. Follow the links and head over to their blogs. You are going to want to visit each one because some of them are offering some blog candy for this hop and you want the chance to win as much as you can! Stop by and say hello!

The hop is going to run from Monday June 13 until Saturday June 18th, so you have a whole week to hop and play along with us. You also have a chance to win a prize from the UYS blog simply by linking up your own fun summer project! We will draw a random winner on Sunday June 19th We hope you enjoy the fun summer scrappy treats we have for you this week!
Blessings,
Beth 🙂

Anniversary cards and flowers oh my!

Well, I can’t tell you how surprised I was to get two more beautiful anniversary cards in the mail!

StampinUp Petite Petals Anniversary card made by Sharon Olson. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

This card was made by my sweet Aunt Sherrie, who has been stamping with me for 13 years!  Can you believe she put 30 Petite Petal flowers on my card, celebrating my 30th wedding anniversary? She also did the flowers in rainbow pastel colors.  Can you guess why?  Yep, I had a rainbow wedding with yellow, peach, pink, mint green, light blue and purple, the exact colors she used on the flowers on the card. I love it, thanks so much, this card was so extremely thoughtful!

I thought you might enjoy a picture of my wedding party in their pastel rainbow colors.

wedding party

My sister, Janet. is the maid of honor in purple.  She’s two years older than me.  My sister, Jennifer, is the junior bridesmaid, also in purple.  She’s ten years younger than me.  The taller flower girl is my cousin, Karen.  She is Aunt Sherrie’s daughter.  Hence why Sherrie was so familiar with my wedding colors!  The ring bear is my cousin, Kris, he’s married and has three kids.  The blonde flower girl is Shelly, Superman’s cousin.  Superman’s three brothers are all groomsman.  We had so many in our wedding party, so you probably don’t want to know who everyone is.

 

This beautiful card came all the way from my stamping and Bible Study Fellowship friend in Australia, Ruth.  Thank you so much Ruth!  Do you see Superman and I sitting on the fence?  Above us it says, “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God.”  This is such an appropriate card for us Ruth!  I met Ruth through this blog and she mentioned she would love to meet us if we ever visit Australia.  I talked to Superman about this and he is all for it!  Diving the Great Barrier Reef is on his bucket list.  I’ll let you know when we are able to come, probably in a couple years when all our kids are in college so we can come for a longer visit.

If any of you are coming to Iowa, please let me know, I would love to meet you.  If you would like me to visit where you live, also let me know.  I know my stamping friend in New Zealand is waiting for a visit too.  I bet we’ll make it to New Zealand and Australia on the same trip.

I had one more surprise this week.  Many of you know, last week we took Abby to our church camp in Okoboji to be a counselor for the summer.  Abby has never been away from me for more than ten days and it didn’t go well.  (In Abby’s defense, it was a few years ago.) Anyway, the door bell rang and the delivery man had flowers for me with a card attached that said, “I love you Mom and I know I made the right decision to be a counselor this summer!”  Yep, I cried.  There’s nothing I want more than my sweet daughter to be filled with peace and joy as she serves the Lord!

flowers from abby

Keegan is adjusting to his “only child” status.  Tonight he got Superman to  take him to a movie.  There are perks to being the only kid at home.  Superman would probably do anything Keegan wanted, just to be able to spend time with him!  With three kids out of the house, he knows how precious this time is.  They just arrived home and I looked at Keegan and told him there was something on his nose…chocolate Coldstone icecream.  I guess a movie date with Superman includes more than just the movie!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂