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Pal’s Blog Hop

Welcome to the July 2017 Pals Blog Hop. Thank you so much for joining us today. This month we’re having a Pattern Party! Hoppers will feature projects using their favorite Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper and coordinating embellishments. After all, color coordination is a Stampin’ Up! Strength.

Whether you’re just starting the hop, or have come from a previous Pal’s blog, you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the new catalog is so gorgeous, I had trouble picking a favorite. I finally landed on Naturally Eclectic DSP.

Isn’t it pretty?!

Since I am showing you my favorite DSP, I thought I would also show you my all time favorite box. I was surprised to see my directions to make the Snickers Box have been pinned 10,000 times! That is way more than my other pins. 🙂 Here’s the link to the directions. You can put a full size Snickers or Milky Way bar or four mini bars in each box.

I used the Night of Navy and Emerald Envy markers to make the two tone tag.

This 5/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon comes in Berry Burst, Emerald Envy, Night of Navy and Peekaboo Peach. I recently offered a share of paper, ribbon and embellishments so people could get a little sampling of everything. I was really excited knowing I would be keeping 1/8 of a roll of each of the 50 new ribbons in the annual catalog. Accidentally, I oversold the ribbon and ended up with no ribbon for myself. I was actually bummed, so to console myself I bought the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon in all four colors!

Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on August 9, 2017 when our projects will feature “cuts” from punches, dies, framelits, edgelits, or thinlits. Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. See you on August 9^th!

Blog Hop Line-up:

STAMPIN’ UP! BONUS DAYS! JULY 1 – 31. EARN IN JULY. REDEEM IN AUGUST!

For every $50 (on a single order, price before shipping and tax) you spend between July 1-31, you’ll earn a $5.00 Bonus Days coupon that you can redeem between August 1 – 31, 2017.

EARNING (JULY 1-31) IMPORTANT DETAILS!

Keep Your Codes! Save both the email containing your Bonus Days coupon codes AND write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be re-sent if the email is lost, and lost codes cannot be recovered.
Requires Email! An email address is required to participate; bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.
No Limit! There is no limit to the number of coupons you can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.

REDEEMING (AUGUST 1-31) IMPORTANT DETAILS!

No Limit! There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
What Will You Use Your Coupon Codes For? Bonus Days coupon codes can be redeemed for any Stampin’ Up! product, excluding Starter Kits, Stampin’ (Host) Rewards and Paper Pumpkin month to month subscriptions. New prepaid Paper Pumpkin kits ((1, 3, 6 and 12 month fixed subscriptions) can be discounted with Bonus Days coupons.

If you’ve been waiting to place your first order from the new catalog, now is the best time to do it during Bonus Days. You can order from my online store here or email me your order to Beth@StampingMom.com Please use Host Code YRSP3T7F to get a free gift from me.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Here’s some of the Snickers Boxes I’ve made in the past~

Envelope Punch Board

$20.00

Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

$27.00

Emerald Envy 5/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

$8.00

Night Of Navy 5/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

$8.00

Silver Metallic Thread

$3.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.00

Big Shot

$110.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Many Marvelous Markers

$110.00

In The City Photopolymer Stamp Set

$16.00

So Many Shells Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Circle Punch

$9.00

1/16″ (1.6 Mm) Circle Punch

$9.00

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Daisy Punch and Bundle are back in stock!

You can now order the Daisy Punch and Bundle again! Supplies are limited so order yours today before they are gone again! Please click on the pictures at the bottom of this post to order the Daisy Punch or Bundle.

Here’s some cards I’ve made with the Daisy Bundle. This is a punch I will always keep in my crafting stash!

Annual Catalog Product Shares-

I sold so many shares that I don’t have any product left for myself, so I’m going to do one more round and I can only sell seven more “I want it all” shares. The first seven people who email me can have them. Email me at Beth@StamingMom.com The other rounds of shares are going out the door soon. I’ve been cutting and wrapping ribbon like crazy! Would you believe you get a 1-1/4 yds of fifty different ribbons plus all the Designer Series Paper and embellishments! The cost including shipping is $115, please see more details here.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

My Pedal Off The Pounds program is going very well. I’ve lost 20lbs already, but still have a long way to go. It takes more time to bike than other forms of exercise, but I love the breeze on my face, the sun on my back and getting to see God’s creation. This last week I’ve seen a deer, raccoon, badger, lots of rabbits and birds. Still haven’t seen a snake yet, which is a very good thing! I’m scared to death of snakes. My biking and/or gardening would come to a complete stop if I encountered a snake. I’ve never even seen a snake on my property and I’ve lived here about 25 years. I’m pretty sure Superman disposes of them and just never tells me. Superman is a very smart man. 🙂

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Click on the pictures below to order from my online store.

Daisy Delight Photopolymer Bundle

$31.50

Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set

$17.00

Daisy Punch

$18.00

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Pocketful of Sunshine Money card

I needed a cute and easy money holder to take to a “Welcome Home” party for a family friend who spent the year in China. His Mom said not to bring a gift, but I figured after spending a year studying and unable to work, he was probably short on cash. Of course I thought of this 15 minutes before walking out the door to go to the party. I grabbed my new Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set with the coordinating Pocket Framelits Dies. I whipped up this simple card in no time. Dapper Denim is the perfect color for jeans.

OK, so the Stampin Up Design Artist who made the beautiful card above spent more than 10 minutes, but she made it for a girl who would care more. 🙂 I bet Abby would love to receive one of these at college this fall!

Here’s another darling box designed by Stampin Up!

Did you notice I folded the money so “In God We Trust” was showing? I bet Ben will notice too!

Please use the Host Code WGJENM3P when you order to get your free gift from me. You can also email me at Beth@StampingMom.com The supplies I used are shown at the bottom of this post.

Do you love making hand made cards? Do you love getting fun mail from all over the country/world? Do you like “meeting” new friends who share your passion for stamping? These are some of the reasons I love stamping! Please email me beth@stampingmom.com or leave a comment at the top of this post and let me know if you’d like to participate in the “meet new friends” card swap? I’ll match you up with someone and you can send each other a card. You are only committing to making and sending one card. Please don’t put your stamp on the back or write inside the card. Instead add a separate note telling about yourself. The person receiving the card can bless someone else with the card they received (assuming they can part with it.) while getting to know another stamper. You can make your cards with whatever supplies you already own, it doesn’t need to be Stampin’ Up. Let’s see how it goes and we can tweak the next round of card swaps. Please share this post if you have friends who might be interested in participating. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

I have a Keegan story for those of you who’ve gotten to know him.

Keegan is a good singer who has been told he has perfect pitch. My kid’s go to a competitive high school and our highest audition choir is very selective. Ryan, his brother five years older, made it on his first try as a sophomore. Keegan’s tried out every year of high school and never made the top choir. After he didn’t make it last year, he decided he wanted private voice lessons, he attended a summer Broadway camp (and got to sing “Hamilton”), he did solo contest (and got the highest rating). He spent a lot of time preparing for the audition. He got a very high score on the technical part of the try out. Keegan was sure this year, his senior year and last chance, would be the year he would finally make the choir.

One of the last days of school I got an email announcing the kids who made the choir. Once again, Keegan was not included. I know a lot of things can go into this. Maybe his voice doesn’t blend well, or there could be several other reasons why he didn’t make the choir. Academics, singing and drama come easily to Keegan so he hasn’t faced a lot of rejection or disappointment. Well, knowing how bad he wanted to make this choir, I was prepared for Keegan to come home devastated. I was pretty sure he would quit choir and never sing again.

Keegan did indeed come home devastated. I’ve never seen him so upset. I asked him what he planned to do, if he would stay in his other choir or whether I should cancel his private lessons for next year? He said absolutely not! He was not going to quit choir, he was going to “show them” and become the best possible singer he could be.

On his own before he came home that day, he requested a meeting with the two choir directors so he could find out how he could’ve improved his audition. They told him they believed he would make the top choir at Iowa State a year from now. (Not sure how he can do that when he can’t make it in high school.)

Since then he has auditioned and joined Heartland Youth Choir and will get to travel to Ireland next summer with the choir. He bought a ukulele and has taught himself how to play. He’s singing and practicing everyday. The Drake University professor who was his solo contest judge in April has offered him a scholarship to sing at Drake. Not making the choir has lit a fire under Keegan that he’s never had before. Could it be that it turns out to be a blessing that Keegan didn’t make the choir? (Romans 8:28) It hurt my Mommy heart to see him so sad, but I’m so very proud that he’s not a quitter and is more determined than ever. He still wants to attend Iowa State a year from now and plans to be singing in their top choir!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂