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Meant To Be Valentine

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0026 is Valentine’s Day (Feb 14) and/or Red. #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card or 3-D item and join us. If you need help figuring out how to enter, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d love to help you. We just made it easier! You no longer have to register with Festive Friday. Just post your picture on Pinterest or your blog and load it up at Festive Friday!

Shh! Don’t tell Steve, but this is the Valentine I made for him. 🙂

Project Supplies

STAMPS & BUNDLES

Meant to Be Bundle (150587)

PAPER

Lovely Lipstick Cardstock (146970) , Powder Pink Cardstock (144244) , Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Crumb Cake Cardstock (120953), All My Love Designer Series Paper (148576)

INK

Lovely Lipstick (147140)

ADHESIVES

Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

OTHER

Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Rectangle Stitched Framelits (148551)

Measurements

Cut 4-1/4” x 11” Lovely Lipstick Cardstock
Cut 2-1/2” x 2-3/4” Lovely Lipstick Cardstock
Cut 4″ x 5-1/4″ Crumb Cake Cardstock
Cut 3-1/2″x 4-3/4″ Powder Pink Cardstock
Cut (2) 2-1/2″x 2-1/2″ All My Love Designer Series Paper
Cut 2-1/2″x 2-1/2″ Whisper White Cardstock
Cut 4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White Cardstock for the inside of the card

Instructions

Score the Lovely Lipstick Cardstock at 5-1/2” to form the card base. Crease using a bone folder.
Adhere the 4″ x 5-1/4″ Crumb Cake Cardstock to the card base.
Run the 3-1/2″x 4-3/4″ Powder Pink Cardstock through the Big Shot with the third largest Stitched Rectangle Framelit and adhere to the Crumb Cake Cardstock.
Run both of the 2-1/2″x 2-1/2″ All My Love Designer Series Paper through the Big Shot with the middle Stitched Heart Framelit and adhere to the Powder Pink Stitched Rectangle.
Stamp the 2-1/2″x 2-1/2″ Whisper White Cardstock with the “I love our life together” stamp using Lovely Lipstick ink and run through the Big Shot using the middle Stitched Heart Framelit.
Run the 2-1/2” x 2-3/4” Lovely Lipstick Cardstock through the Big Shot with the decorative heart Framelit.
Adhere heart to the Powder Pink Stitched Rectangle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp the flower line stamp on the corners of the 4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White Cardstock and adhere inside the card.
Email me with questions at Beth@StampingMom.com 🙂

Tip- Always stamp before you adhere anything. If you mess up the stamping, you can always turn the paper over or start again on new paper without having to tear the card apart. 🙂

Don’t you love the look of a cute envelope!

Here’s some more projects made with this Bundle.

https://youtu.be/u1LaLZlRMGY

Please head over to Festive Friday Challenge and join us. You can make a Valentine’s Day or Red card or 3-D item.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Meant To Be Cling Bundle

$53.00

Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.50

Powder Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.50

All My Love 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad

$7.50

Snail Adhesive

$7.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

$35.00

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Ryan graduated and Marcelyn Monday

Stampin Up Cyclone Graduation card made by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping

Before Christmas, our son Ryan graduated from Iowa State with a degree in Software Engineering. The best part is he has a job! Here’s the card I made for him. The Large Number Framelits have retired, but they will always be in my stash. 🙂 Numbers also happen to be the challenge over at Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog this week. Head over to http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/ and enter your card, 3-D item or scrapbook page containing numbers. Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com if you would like some help. 🙂

Stampin Up Cyclone Graduation card made by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping

I am incredibly proud of Ryan! I love this sentiment that came from the new, “Incredible Like You,” stamp set, which is in the 2019 Occasion Catalog on page 21.

Here’s my parents, Steve, Abby, Keegan and I showing love and support for Ryan! At least I think Keegan is showing support…the sign he’s holding above Ryan’s head says, “future inventor of something useless.”

My Dad is a 1962 Iowa State graduate! He greatly influenced all my kids and my three boys ended up becoming engineers at Iowa State, just like Grandpa! You can tell how proud Grandpa is here with Ryan and Cy!

Marcelyn Churchill is my friend, Stamping Joy 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.

I know you’re all going to want to directions to make this, so please contact Marcelyn directly at marcelynchurchill@msn.com

Five demos, including Marcelyn are hosting the next Stampapooloza on Saturday, Feb. 23 at my house in West Des Moines. We have two sessions at 9am and 12:30pm with lunch on your own. $20 for one session or $35 for both. Spots are filling up fast, so mail me a check or send the money to reserve your spot via paypal at bethmcc6@gmail.com. Please email me with questions at bethmcc6@gmail.com Hope you can come! Beginner stampers are welcome!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Piece of Cake Wedding Card

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0025 is Belly Laugh Day (Jan 24) and/or Stitching. #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card or 3-D item and join us. If you need help figuring out how to enter, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d love to help you. We just made it easier! You no longer have to register with Festive Friday. Just post your picture on Pinterest or your blog and load it up at Festive Friday!

Project Supplies

STAMPS & BUNDLES

Piece of Cake Bundle (150579)

PAPER

Smoky Slate Cardstock (131202) , Granny Apple Green Cardstock (146990) , Whisper White Cardstock (100730), 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper- Brights (146964), Shimmery White Cardstock (101910)

INK

Momento Pad (132708)

ADHESIVES

Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

OTHER

Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372), Layering Ovals Framelits (141706),Stampin’ Blends- Highland Heather Combo Pack (147276), Granny Apple Green Combo Pack (147274), Smoky Slate Light (145054), Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins (148561)

Measurements

Cut 4-1/4” x 11” Smoky Slate Cardstock
Cut 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ Gorgeous Grape Dots from 6″ x 6″ DSP
Cut 3″x 4″ Granny Apple Green Cardstock
Cut 3” x 4” Whisper White Cardstock
Cut 4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White Cardstock for the inside of the card
Cut 2″ x 5″ Whisper White Cardstock

Instructions

Score the Smokey Slate Cardstock at 5-1/2” to form the card base. Crease using a bone folder.
Adhere the 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ Gorgeous Grape Dots to the left edge of Smokey Slate card base.
Run the 3″x 4″ Granny Apple Green Cardstock through the Big Shot with the largest Scalloped Oval Framelit.
Run the 3″x 4″ Whisper White Cardstock through the Big Shot with the largest Stitched Oval Framelit.
Stamp the 2″ x 5″ Whisper White Cardstock with the cake of your choice and stand using Momento ink and punch out with the Cake Builder Punch.
Color the cake and cake stand with the Stampin’ Blends.
On White Stitched Oval-Pop cake up on Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhere the cake stand and add three sequins.
Adhere White Stitched Oval to Granny Apple Green Scalloped Oval.
Pop Granny Apple Green Scalloped Oval on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to card fron.
Email me with questions at Beth@StampingMom.com

Tips- Adhere the sequins according to the rule of odds. The “rule of odds” suggests that an odd number of subjects in an image is more interesting than an even number. Thus the suggestion is to choose an arrangement with at least three subjects, hence we have three sequins. A triangular format creates a sense of stability and strength, therefore the sequins are placed in a triangular formation. Who knew you could put so much thought into where to place the sequins and how many should be used? What happens when one sequin falls off in the mail? Both rules are violated as we are left with two sequins in a line and the card automatically self-destructs! 🙂 If I send you a card and one sequin has fallen off, look for it in the envelope and reapply with a glue dot. 🙂

Another Tip- Always use Momento ink with Stampin’ Blends. Always us Stazon ink when watercoloring.

Did you notice anything wrong with the picture above? Me neither. I showed both Stampin’ Write markers and Stampin’ Blends because I thought both were used in the coloring of the cakes. Silly me! Why is it I don’t know what was used to color the cakes? I guess I should admit that I didn’t color them. Abby corrected me when she saw the picture and would like you to know that all the cakes were colored with only Stampin’ Blends. 🙂

Thanks Abby for coloring at least 15 cakes for me! I’m going to miss you so much when you go back to college this weekend and not just because you emptied the dishwasher every day for a month, wrapped all the Christmas presents and helped me with lots of things way more than your brothers! Love you Abby Dazzle! 🙂