Welcome to the Pals November 2017 Blog Hop featuring some “Anything But a Card”. Thank you so much for joining us today. Sit back and enjoy the view while the Stampin’ Pretty Pals wow you with projects like home decor items, gifts and 3-D items. Maybe even some card sets .
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If you know me, you know I love to make Hershey Nugget boxes to give as little gifts. Of all the boxes I’ve ever made, this one is my favorite! The Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) is stunning! I made this box for the Creative Crew on Splitcoast Stampers (CCREW1117TECH) and the Pal’s Blog Hop.
Paper: Year of Cheer Specialty DSP, Copper Foil Sheets
Accessories: Starlight Thinlits, Mini Sequin Trim, Silver 1/8″ Ribbon
Techniques: Nugget Box Tutorial by Lori Craig in the SCS Tutorials Section https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/nugget_boxes/
Tip- Use your bone folder on the backside of the Copper Foil Sheet to make it easier to wrap around the Hershey Nugget.
The graphic above shows some of the Nugget Boxes I’ve made in the past. Here’s the link to the directions for my 3 Nugget Box and 5 Nugget Box.
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Nobody loves hot chocolate more than my sweet Abby. When I saw this Hug in a Mug stamp set in the Holiday catalog, I knew I needed to get it and make some Abby cards. This is my clean and simple version for Splitcoast Creative Crew.
Isn’t this a darling stamp set?!
For this stepped up version, I heat embossed the sentiment with Clear embossing powder. Did you know you can heat emboss in any color? With your stamp, first put it on your Versamark pad and then into your ink color of choice. Sprinkle with Clear embossing powder, and heat emboss. I love being able to heat emboss in all colors. Make sure you use the Embossing Buddy so you don’t get stray marks embossed on your project. Let me know if you have any questions.
I also added a Bermuda Bay stripe ( because it’s my favorite color), popped up the red hearts on dimensionals and used Embossing Paste for the whipped cream on top of the hot chocolate. I was pretty excited to have an original thought (the embossing paste whipped cream) that wasn’t CASED from anyone. 🙂
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, VersaMark
Accessories: Embossing Paste
Techniques: heat embossing
Here’s a fun Stampin’ Up! card.
It’s time for my second one on one card swap.
Please mail me a handmade Holiday card (a standard, full-sized 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ card) by Saturday, Nov 4. Please don’t stress about this. Make a cute card and put it in the mail!
My address is Beth McCullough 843 26th St. West Des Moines, IA 50265
Please use products from the current Stampin’ Up! catalogs if possible. If people want to recreate your card, I want them to be able to easily acquire the products they need.
Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (just fold one in half and include it with your card) so that I can send your swap back to you.
Please don’t write on the inside of your card so that the recipient can use it if they choose to. I will gather the cards I receive and mail them out so that everyone who sends me a card will receive a card in return.
Feel free to add a note that I will send on to the recipient.
I will take pictures of the swaps and share them here on my blog.
The first awesome swap arrived on Saturday.Thanks Toni, I love it! Please don’t forget to get yours in the mail!
Here’s a fun video showing the Designer Series Paper in the annual catalog.
Designer Series Paper Sale Share — Since Stampin’ Up! is having a Buy 3 Get 1 Free Sale I’m passing the savings on to you. $34 includes shipping. If you can pick up at my house, the share is $27. This is the least expensive way ever to get current beautiful Stampin’ Up DSP! Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Just Add Color Specialty DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Delightful Daisy DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Birthday Memories DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Be Merry DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Pick a Pattern DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Coffee Break DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Naturally Eclectic DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP
12- 6 x 6 sheets of Petal Gaden DSP Stack
12– 6 x 6 sheets of Color Theory DSP Stack
12- 6 x 6 sheets of Wood Textures DSP Stack
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Christmas Around the World DSP
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Painted Autumn DSP
You can also pick 3 whole packages and get one free!
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Keegan had a Heartland Youth Choir (HYC) concert this afternoon and they ended the concert with May the Lord Bless You and Keep You. It’s my favorite HYC song but it always make me cry.
Here’s some more coffee cards made by me and others.
I didn’t become a coffee drinker until last year. Not sure how I made it through college without it. My very favorite coffee is Kona Vanilla Macadamia Nut. My favorite coffee shop is Mahalo’s Coffee shop in West Des Moines, IA. It’s a Hawaiian themed coffee shop that is adorable and smells so good. They make doughnuts in the shop, hence the good smell, but I don’t actually eat them. If you live in the Des Moines area, I’d love to meet you at Mahalo’s. Are you a coffee drinker? What’s your favorite?
These Coffee Cups Framelits make these cards fun and easy to make.
I love giving gift cards to the kid’s high school teachers because they totally don’t expect it! (Plus they deserve it!)
Well, we put the “W” flag away for the winter. The Chicago Cubs had a good run and we look forward to next year!
Steve’s Birthday is this week, so our sweet Ryan came home from college to rake leaves and go to a movie with Steve. He loves having Ryan as his “wing man.” We don’t do much with presents, but I bought something for Steve three months ago and hid it. The best part is, I remembered I had done that and actually found it and wrapped it up this weekend. The reason I’m a little shocked the present thing worked out, is because I do have some memory difficulties. I had cottage cheese before going to church and when we got back home, Steve found this in the cabinet.
LOL OK, so I meant to put it in the refrigerator. 🙂
On a more positive note, I’ve been making roast beef in the crock pot once a week. Since Ryan was coming home, I made this on Sunday. It’s chuck roast cooked on low in the crock pot all day, with caramelized onions, havarti cheese on sour dough bread. Everyone was pretty much in tummy heaven. I think they’ll keep me around for awhile longer, even though I occasionally store the cottage cheese in the cupboard!
Please leave a comment at the top of this post. I’d love to hear your favorite coffee or if you’d like to tell me I’m not the only one with memory issues!
Designer Series Paper Sale Share — Since Stampin’ Up! is having a Buy 3 Get 1 Free Sale I’m passing the savings on to you. $34 includes shipping. If you can pick up at my house, the share is $27. This is the least expensive way ever to get current beautiful Stampin’ Up DSP! Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Just Add Color Specialty DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Delightful Daisy DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Birthday Memories DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Be Merry DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Pick a Pattern DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Coffee Break DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Naturally Eclectic DSP
6– 6 x 12 sheets of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP
12- 6 x 6 sheets of Petal Gaden DSP Stack
12– 6 x 6 sheets of Color Theory DSP Stack
12- 6 x 6 sheets of Wood Textures DSP Stack
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Christmas Around the World DSP
6- 6 x 12 sheets of Painted Autumn DSP
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Blessings,
Beth 🙂
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