Christmas

Swirly Bird Christmas

StampinUp Swirly Bird Christmas card made by Betti Jotzke-Torrier

Another beautiful swap card made by Betti Jotzke-Torrier.  Isn’t this card stunning?!  The silver foil Swirly Scribble Thinlit piece actually swings back and forth.

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Olson Reunion windmills-1

We recently had our Olson family reunion and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing what the beautiful Iowa country side looked like on our way to the reunion.  You can tell from this picture that Iowa is windy and we don’t always have a ton of cars on the road.

Olson Reunion-danish windmill

This is the Danish Windmill in Elk Horn, Iowa.  My Grandma was Danish and I remember coming here many times as a kid. This is the only authentic (built in Denmark), working windmill in the USA.

olson reunion-gator

Here’s some of the cousins getting John Deere Gator rides around the farm.  As you can tell, there is a big age difference between the cousins!  It was a really fun day seeing all my Dad’s siblings, and their kids and grandkids.

Hope you’re having a good week!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

 

Christmas in July…or May?!

I don’t think I’ve ever made a Christmas card in May, but the fun new Swirly Bird set makes an awesome Christmas card and I couldn’t resist.

StampinUp Christmas card made with the Swirly Bird stamp set designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

christmas card challenge

I entered this card in the Christmas Card Challenge.

The colors are Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay.  OK, I know they aren’t traditional Christmas colors, but last year I had my Christmas tree decorated in bright colors like these and it made me so happy that I left the tree up until almost February.  At our Iowa Caucus on February 1, my neighbor who’s lived behind me for twenty years, ran up to tell me she was so worried that something was wrong at our house when I didn’t take the tree down New Years weekend like I always do.  I had to explain that the bright colorful happy tree was the reason for the delay and not a family emergency. 🙂

McCullough Family Christmas Tree 2015

Remember the Swirly Bird card I made a few days ago…

StampinUp Swirly Bird and Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies CAS card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom PPA301-PickOfTheWeek

well, I was so excited to find out that my card was selected as a Pick of the Week at Pals Paper Arts!!  Yeah! I’ve entered several weeks and never been selected before.  My family laughs at me when I get so excited about these things.  Ryan said, “Great, what did you win?”  “Well,” I told him, “you don’t actually win anything…but they picked my card! Yeah!”  I guess you have to be a stamper to understand.  I made cards for about twelve years without ever entering a challenge and now I’ve been doing challenges for about a year.  I went back and counted, I have entered Pals Paper Arts challenges 13 times in the last year and this was the first time my card was selected!  See why it’s a Yeah!  If you’ve never entered a challenge, I encourage you to start.  Message me and I can point you to some I really enjoy.

Have you seen enough of Swirly Bird to put it on your wish list?

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Yesterday Superman and I took Sean and Ryan to the Cubs Club for lunch and then watched the afternoon Triple A Cubs game in Des Moines.  It was a beautiful day and fun even though the Cubs lost.

Today Sean and Ryan went to lunch with my parents, played Euchre and visited.  My parents love it when the grandkids visit and my kids had a great time too.  I should have warned my parents the boys have been practicing.  They beat Superman and I at Euchre last night too.

Keegan volunteered at church for two hours tonight, greeting people who came to our Outreach Night.  He said he had a great time and met some interesting people.  He has one hour left to serve before June 1.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

StampinUp Christmas card made with the Swirly Bird stamp set designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Make sure you add a fun envelope!

 

 

Merry Christmas!

StampinUp Christmas card made with the All Ye Faithful stamp set, designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Here’s my last Christmas card for 2015.  I made it for my Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) teaching leader, Amy.  BSF is an in-depth, interdenominational Bible study that helps people know God and equips them to effectively serve the Church throughout the world.  Here’s a link to their website.  I have done all their studies and am currently studying Revelation.

StampinUp Christmas card made with the All Ye Faithful stamp set and coordinating gift box, designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom

Yep, Amy gets a fudge box too with a very shiny bow.

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

 

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