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One on One Card Swap- Stampin Up Style

Here’s another post I put the pictures in during December and forgot to post.  Someone told me at BSF Leadership today they couldn’t tell I really have memory issues, I guess they don’t read my blog. 🙂  Here’s some beautiful cards exchanged in our One on One Card Swap before Christmas.

Stampin Up Christmas card made by Linda Mandernach. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Stampin Up Christmas card made by Linda Lais. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Both the Linda’s are part of my Stamping Mom Joy Team!  You should consider joining us!

Stampin Up card made by Toni Snead. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Stampin Up card made by Toni Snead. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Toni sent this awesome fun fold card as a gift to me.  Thanks so much Toni! I can’t wait to make a card with this fun fold!

Stampin Up Christmas card made by Lisa Laska. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Thanks for sending me all the beautiful cards. Everyone who sent a card, got a card in exchange in the mail.  Please let me know if you would like to participate when we do another One on One card swap!

We had a teenage issue at our house today.  It started when I opened a Costco size (very large) container of fresh raspberries for breakfast.  I had an an awesome breakfast of Coconut Yogurt, almonds, frozen blueberries and delicious fresh raspberries.  I liked it so much, I thought I might have it again for lunch after BSF.  Problem was, when I got home at noon, the empty raspberry container was in the garbage.  Apparently Keegan had raspberries for breakfast as well.  All the raspberries!  I have a secret I haven’t told my kids.  I have an entire garden devoted to raspberries every summer.  I go out each morning during raspberry season and eat them all before I get back into the house.  If today is any indication, I hope Keegan never finds out about the Raspberry garden. 🙂

I ended up having delicious Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup for lunch instead.  I made it Sunday for the first time and it was super good!  Keegan got home after school famished, after having only raspberries for breakfast.  He went back for cup after cup of the soup.  Steve called at 5 to tell me he was on his way home and couldn’t wait to have some soup.  (It’s freezing in Iowa and we got several inches of snow today, so soup sounded really good!)  I told him Keegan ate ALL the soup and ALL the raspberries.  Steve told me to lock the refrigerator and keep Keegan away from it until he got home so there would be something left for him to eat.  LOL  Life with a hungry 17 year old who’s 6’3″!  Good thing we love him so much!

Hope you’re having a great week!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Marcelyn Monday- Stampin Up

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.  Marcelyn had been feeling under the weather for about a month, but she’s back full steam ahead.  She gave me so many projects this week, I need to save some of them for next week.  It may become my new full time job trying to keep up with Marcelyn! 🙂

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Isn’t this adorable?!  I know the Large Letters Framelits are expensive, but over the last couple weeks Marcelyn has shown us so many awesome projects using these framelits.

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Marcelyn and Pat Knight led our Stamping Mom’s Joy Team meeting last week.  They showed us the Eclipse technique using fun foam under the letters.  This gives a very clean look and makes the cards easy to put together.  It’s cute how she used the heart for the “O.”

The Joy Team is a group of demos in my downline plus a few extra demo friends.  If you’ve ever wanted to buy your Stampin’ Up products at a discount, you should consider joining my Joy Team.  There is an awesome special right now.  You can choose $125 in products for $99, pay no shipping (usually 10%), and pick an additional two free stamp sets at any price for free.  Email me at Beth@StampingMom.com for more details.  If you ask my Joy Team friends, they will tell you they’ve never regretted joining our team of discount shoppers!

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

This is so beautiful!  As you can see Marcelyn has also figured out how to make these cardstock frames in really big sizes.

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

We usually do a swap at our Joy Team Meetings, but this was an “extra” meeting so we decided not to swap.  Marcelyn is so sweet and couldn’t help it, so she made one of these adorable cards for everyone at the meeting.

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Marcelyn made about five different versions of this card.  If you would like to know how to make this or anything else shown here today, please email Marcelyn at marcelynchurchill@msn.com  Marcelyn loves receiving your emails.

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

This is a Star Effect Card that Pat taught us how to do at the Joy Team Meeting.

Stampin Up projects created by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Is your head spinning with ideas of what you want to make next?  Some of the Stampin’ Up! products Marcelyn used are listed at the bottom of this post.  You can click on them and order from here.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Sean news- Sean moved back to Seattle from Bellevue, WA today and he got a promotion at Microsoft last week.  It’s hard to keep track of Sean.  I think this is his fourth apartment in four years in the Seattle Washington area.  I guess it’s good for us that we live too far away to help with all the heavy lifting. 🙂

Marcelyn Monday

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the USA. Here’s a famous quote I love from MLK, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Stampin Up Hold on to Hope cards made by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Marcelyn made these gorgeous cards for our Central Iowa Demo card swap.  She used the Hold on to Hope stamp set from the new Occasions catalog.  I love the crosses cut from Silver Foil. I’m excited to show you all the other cards from the swap later this week!

Stampin Up Santa's Sleigh Christmas card made by Marcelyn Churchill. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Do you know the best way to get all your Christmas cards done for 2018? Yep, start today! It’s ironic that while Marcelyn was working on 2018 Christmas cards, my family and I were busy dismantling our 2017 Christmas decorations.  On Saturday we got everything taken down and got the main floor cleaned up and back to normal.  We did have one issue, however. Steve and I couldn’t remember where we had stashed the lamp to make room for the Christmas tree.  Steve checked the basement and upstairs.  I pondered while I was busy cleaning.  Later Steve came in and saw the lamp back in place.  “Where did you find the lamp,” he asked?  Would you believe it was sitting on one of the other end tables in the same room?  Hope we aren’t the only ones who do things like this! 🙂

Today is the last day to sign up for our stamp camp, Saturday January 27.  Total cost for all day is $35.  Total cost for only am or only pm is only $20.Please email me today at  Beth@StampingMom.com

If you have any questions or comments for Marcelyn, she would love to get an email from you. marcelynchurchill@msn.com

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Keegan performed his Ensemble Acting play for Parent’s Night on Friday. It’s a sad story relating to the 9/11 tragedy.  He performs it again next Saturday.  Love watching Keegan sing and act!  Abby goes back to college tomorrow and I’ve had a heavy heart all day.  I love having my sweet girl at home.  Love you Abigail!

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