Dragonfly Dreams with SAB Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0027 is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day (Feb 26) and/or Stars. #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

Star of Light (142110)

PAPER

Basic Black Cardstock (121045), Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets-SAB (149712), Whisper White Cardstock (100730)

INK

Versamark (102283)

ADHESIVES

Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

OTHER

Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Rectangle Stitched Framelits (148551), Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits (142749), Heat Tool (129053), Copper Emboss Powder (141636), Embossing Buddy (103083), Bone Folder (102300)

Measurements

Cut 4-1/4” x 11” Basic Black Cardstock
Cut 4-1/4” x 5-1/2″ Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet
Cut 3” x 4″ Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet
Cut 4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White Cardstock for the inside of the card

Instructions

Score the Basic Black Cardstock at 5-1/2” to form the card base. Crease using a bone folder.
Rub Embossing Buddy on the Basic Black Cardstock so stray embossing powder won’t stick.
Stamp the swish from Star of Light stamp set with VersaMark on the Basic Black Cardstock.
Stamp the “With Sympathy” stamp set with VersaMark from the Lasting Lily-SAB on the Basic Black Cardstock.
Sprinkle both with Copper Emboss Powder and heat emboss with Heat Tool.
Run the 4-1/4” x 5-1/2″ Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet through the Big Shot with the largest and third largest Stitched Rectangle Framelit.and adhere to the Basic Black Cardstock.
Run the 3” x 4″ Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet through the Big Shot with the dragonfly thinlit and adhere with Mini Glue Dots
Email me with questions at Beth@StampingMom.com 🙂

Tip- If you don’t have an Embossing Buddy, please get one. Embossed cards look so much better without stray powder stuck all over

Steve’s Dad, Harold, passed away yesterday and is in heaven now. He started Hospice last week so it wasn’t a surprise, but was quicker than we anticipated. Harold was an awesome Dad and Grandpa and will be greatly missed by his wife, Ruby, four sons and daughter-in-laws, and thirteen grandchildren.

“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Everyone deals with grief and stress differently. Steve started typing up stories about his Dad, while I sat down and made the Dragonfly Card for Ruby. Ruby loves receiving cards.

Here’s one of Steve’s stories about his Dad.

“Something that not everyone knew about Harold is that he was a band groupie. He was a huge Elvis fan, so Beth and I invited him and Mom to a concert by Eddie Miles, an Elvis impersonator. We had no idea what we started. He and Mom ended up following Eddie Miles literally all over the country, including to Pigeon Forge TN, which turned out to be where they took their extended family for their 50^th wedding anniversary.

Beth and I had the privilege of taking Mom and Dad on the Eddie Miles cruise to the western Caribbean. I had to explain to my friends what I was doing, and they laughed at me. To be honest, I wrote it off as doing something for the sake my parents. Little did I know that it was going to be a blast. I watched in disbelief as my parents crashed multiple private parties, after seeing that they had good food and free drinks. My Dad’s explanation was all he had to do was say that he was old and confused, and they would just let him stay anyway!”

Here’s Harold and Ruby with “Elvis” Eddie Miles.

At the top of this post you can leave me a comment. I love hearing from you!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.50

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

$0.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

$35.00

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies

$31.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

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January 2019 Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

I love getting the Paper Pumpkin each month! For only $20 per month, you can get a fun crafting surprise in your mailbox. If you buy a longer subscription you can save up to an additional $2 per month plus earn several free SAB items. I always buy a 12 month subscription during Sale-A-Bration. It’s the most economical way to get the Paper Pumpkin. This month the kit had supplies to make 24 valentine boxes. The great thing is if you don’t need 24 Valentine boxes, you can make other fun things. I love this Valentine card I made. I also changed the tag using stamps included in this kit, so I have boxes to give out all year long.

Do you need a baby card? I came up with this using the kit as well.

Thanks to everyone who signed up for Stampapalooza on Feb 23. We have already sold out! I still have two seats available in a class this Friday, february 1 at 6:30pm.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$19.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$57.00

6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$108.00

One year Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$209.00

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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 🙂

Visit my online store here.
Shop the Clearance Rack here.
Follow me on Pinterest here
Follow me on Facebook here.

You can always email me at Beth@StampingMom.com if you don’t want to place your order online. I’d love to help you! My current host code is 22WNDJ2X . If you order using my host code, you’ll get an additional free gift from me!

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