All Occasion

I had one more card to make from my Tin of Cards kit when I noticed that this week’s Use Your Stuff Challenge  is to use Kraft cardstock.  Fab Friday’s Color Challenge this week is Calypso Coral, Pool Party, and So Saffron.  I combined the two challenges and created this card.  It’s hard to tell in the picture, but the butterflies are heat embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  Each butterfly also has 3 pearls down the center.

I wanted a matching polka dot envelope so I used the Designer Series Paper Stacks-Subtles.

Here’s some more cards from the Tin of Cards kit.  Yes, Janeen, these are yours!  Janeen and her very talented sixth grade son were at my Tin of Cards class, but didn’t have time to finish before they needed to leave for soccer practice. I finished these three for them. Note to everyone who comes to my classes- if you want me to make some of your cards for you, just say you need to go to soccer practice and I’ll get the rest done for you. 🙂  Hope you like them Janeen!  I’ll drop them off today!

Super Man took Keegan to our Okoboji Bible camp this weekend to help the camp get ready for the summer.  Unfortunately Super Man got super sick.  We think he got food poisoning. (Not from the camp, but from a restaurant they went to Saturday night.) Super Man drives a manual transmission car and decided to teach Keegan a little bit on how to drive it on Saturday morning.  Good thing, because after his short lesson yesterday, Keegan had to drive Super Man all the way home today.  He only stalled three times on a four hour drive.  Not bad for day two of driving with a stick shift!  Keegan is 15 and has a driving permit.

Abby and I stayed home because she had vocal concerts on Friday and Sunday and she babysat her four favorite boys on Saturday night.  The three year old told her she was his best friend!  That made her day!  Her vocal concerts were really good too!  Hope you had a good weekend!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

I’ve been a Stampin’ Up! demo since 2003.  I used to do classes in my home, but a few years ago I stopped doing them.  Thankfully, some of my friends have encouraged me to start up again.  My first class was two weeks ago and I did a Tin of Cards class.  Well, I have some very creative friends and customers and we came up with some alternative ideas.  I’m just now finishing off all the cards from my kit.  Because I’m trying to send everyone a birthday card this year, inspired by Shannon West’s mission, “#imbringingbirthdaysback,” I’m making mostly birthday cards. See Shannon’s story here

I’d love to send you a card in the mail! Please email me your name, address and birthday and I’ll send you a homemade card around the time of your birthday.  bethmcc6@gmail.com

This week I’m having a Paper Pumpkin class.  Here’s some of the cards we’re making.

Paper Pumpkin is a wonderful craft experience in a box for only $20 per month.  If you sign up by April 10 you get an exclusive stamp set in addition to one of the regular stamp sets contained in each Paper Pumpkin.  See a Paper Pumpkin video here.  If you purchase your Paper Pumpkin through me, the monthly class is free.  For those in the Des Moines area, my next class is Thursday, April 7!  Please let me know if you’d like to come.

I’ll post more Tin of Cards Alternative ideas over the next couple days.

My youngest pup, Molly has been sick for a couple days.  Think graphic and messy.  Well $150 later, I’m so relieved she doesn’t have cancer.  She did get a shot and pills and I think she’s starting to feel better already. Maya and Molly have a therapy dog visit to make on Friday, so I hope she will be able to go.  The Assisted Living and Memory Care facilities we visit love Maya and Molly and I hate to disappoint them.

Blessings,

Beth:)