All Occasion

Crafting Forever-Gifts for OnStage

I found these Post-it holders a few years ago, and knew that someday this would be a perfect crafting gift. Recently I needed five OnStage gifts for my team members, and would you believe I had bought five of these?! I regret not buying a few more because Jean and I would’ve liked to have one too. Jean wasn’t going, but she helped me make the gifts. With silver emboss powder we heat embossed the scissors and the saying, “Do something creative every day.” I think this is an awesome saying, because along with prayer and exercise, doing something creative every day really is good for your health and well being. 🙂

We used my favorite 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper with dots. The scissors were colored with the Stampin’ Blends in matching colors. The frame was tight, so we added the Glitter Enamel Dots to the outside. I think everyone liked their gifts. 🙂

Tonight Steve and I attended a Prayer Breakfast Reception at Terrace Hill for those participating in the Iowa Prayer Breakfast tomorrow. Terrace Hill is the Governor’s Mansion.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever been inside before. It is stunningly beautiful. They served water infused with fruit, my favorite kind, and food. I’m not sure what kind of food because Steve and I were so busy talking to people we ran out of time to eat. It’s funny because I would not choose to go to things like this, but once I get there, I always find interesting people to talk with.

The retiring list has been a bit confusing. 

It looks like every single stamp set from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog is being retired and that isn’t the case, the carryover sets are being transitioned to Cling Mount.

The stamp sets offered in clear-mount or wood-mount in the 2018–2019 annual catalog that are carrying over into the 2019–2020 annual catalog will be offered in clear-mount and/or wood-mount until existing inventory has been depleted or until June 4, 2019 (whichever comes first).

If the inventory is depleted, you will be notified of the automatic switch to cling when placing an order for that stamp set. This means that you may end up purchasing select cling stamp sets (in carryover artwork) before they can be ordered from the catalog!  All carryover rubber stamp sets will be available in cling medium only (with the exception of background stamps in North America) beginning June 4, 2019.

Here is the list of stamp sets that WILL be in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  The stamp sets on this list will not be retiring, they will simply be transitioned to Cling Mount moving forward:

  • Accented Blooms
  • Animal Outing
  • Artisan Textures
  • Barn Door
  • Beautiful Day
  • Beautiful You
  • Bee Thankful
  • Birthday Backgrounds
  • Bokeh Dots
  • Botanical Bliss
  • Country Road
  • Crafting Forever
  • Dandelion Wishes
  • Dashing Deer
  • First Frost
  • Flourishing Phrases
  • Gallery Grunge
  • Healing Hugs
  • Heartland
  • Hold on to Hope
  • Itty Bitty Greetings
  • Kindness & Compassion
  • Label Me Pretty
  • Lilypad Lake
  • Little Elephant
  • Little Twinkle
  • Love You to Pieces
  • Magical Mermaid
  • Painted Glass
  • Peaceful Place
  • Perennial Birthday
  • Pop of Petals
  • Rooted in Nature
  • Sea of Textures
  • Sorry for Everything
  • Special Celebrations
  • Stitched All Around
  • This Little Piggy
  • Tropical Chic
  • Winter Woods

Any other stamp sets in the 2018-19 Annual Catalog that are NOT on this list will be retired.  Sorry again for the confusion!  Stampin’ Up! is aware of the confusion and hopefully will be posting an updated list for us.

You can download copies of the full retiring lists in PDF Form here:

  • Click here to get a copy of the full retiring list from the Occasions Catalog.
  • Click here to get a copy of the full retiring list from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog.

Or Click here to go to my online store to start shopping the entire list of retiring products!

First Frost All Occasion Cards

Welcome to the Pals’ April  Blog Hop. We’re so glad you’re here because we love to put our ”Families First”! Our Design Team created beautiful projects to inspire you. 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 full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.


Stampin Up First Frost watercolored notecard set designed by demo Beth McCullough.  Order 24/7 and see card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com.  #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping

My Mom loves it when I make handmade cards for her to give, so I made a notecard set for Mother’s Day.

Stampin Up First Frost watercolored notecard set designed by demo Beth McCullough.  Order 24/7 and see card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com.  #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping

I love beautiful watercolored cards, but I haven’t mastered how to make beautiful watercolored cards yet… so I have a tip for you. Order the Delightfully Detailed Note Cards & Envelopes on page 193. The watercolor wash is already done for you. Next, get the First Frost stamp set that was carried over from the Holiday Catalog. The flowers on this card were made with one stamp. Boom! Beautiful watercolor flowers. Yep, you too can make beautiful watercolored cards in a jiffy!

Stampin Up First Frost watercolored notecard set designed by demo Beth McCullough.  Order 24/7 and see card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com.  #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping

I put the cards and envelopes in a 6″ x 8″ Cellophane Bag and added the pretty Mini Ruffled ribbon. Happy Mother’s Day Mom!

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 8, 2019 when our Hoppin’ Pals share their “More Than One Score” projects. Don’t miss the fun!

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
  3. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  4. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  5. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
  6. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
  7. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  8. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  9. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
  10. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
  11. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
  12. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
  13. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin’
  14. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
  15. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
  16. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
  17. Leah O’Brien at Stamping By The Bay
  18. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
  19. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
  20. Jill Killeen at Killeen House Studio

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

 

Marcelyn Monday

Marcelyn Churchill is my friend, Stamping Joy 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. Marcelyn will be celebrating her 80th birthday on May 1. If you would like to send her a card, her address is- Marcelyn Churchill 1800 36th St. #220 West Des Moines, IA 50266. If you are going to the Minneapolis OnStage event in April, Marcelyn will be there! This is her first ever official Stampin’ Up event. You could bring her a birthday card or give her a birthday hug at the event. Let me know if you want to make sure and meet her and we’ll set up a time. My email is Beth@StampingMom.com

Stampin Up His Grace Easter cards made by Marcelyn Churchill.


Marcelyn dropped by the other day to bring me a few of the cards she’s made lately. She said, “I only brought 28 of them.” Of course I was thinking what happened to the other 117 you left behind? When I say Marcelyn is a prolific card maker, I’m not kidding! 🙂

His Grace is a beautiful stamp set on page 30 of the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Marcelyn used that stamp set to make these awesome cards.

Stampin Up His Grace Easter cards made by Marcelyn Churchill.

The inside of these cards is gorgeous as well!

Marcelyn colored these cards with Stampin’ Blends. They are so pretty. I know you’re all going to want to directions to make these cards, so please contact Marcelyn directly at marcelynchurchill@msn.com

Did you hear I’m doing a Facebook Live on Wednesday, April 3 at noon Central time showing how to make the Peekaboo Bunny Box? Hope you can join me. I’d love it if you would “talk to me” by commenting during the Live, so I can interact with you. 🙂 If you can’t make it at noon, I’ll post the video to my Stamping Mom Facebook page and my YouTube channel later on Wednesday.

It was fun having my sister, Janet, and her husband, Mark, here this weekend. We made them our specialty favorite foods- Ziti and Guacamole.

Steve did a top secret bunny mission today. For as much as I enjoy making bunny boxes, I don’t enjoy bunnies in my backyard eating the bounty from my gardens. Last year there was an entire nest of baby bunnies in my herb garden. Steve’s mission today was to find and block all the ways a bunny or bunnies, as the case may be, could enter our backyard. As the summer progresses I’ll let you know if today’s mission was a success. Either way Steve earned several spousal credits just for the valiant effort!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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