Cards

Swirly Bird Christmas

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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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.

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.

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 🙂

Garden in Bloom

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for August 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are featuring projects using our favorite Stampin’ Up! cutting tools. There are so many wonderful punches, framelits and edgelits available that help make paper crafting more detailed and fun! We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

When it comes to Stampin’ Up! products, I find the punches and framelits the hardest to resist. Please keep this between us, but I may own almost every punch Stampin’ Up! has made since 2003. This is information we don’t need to share with Superman. I would tell him if he asked, but fortunately, he’s never asked. 🙂

Anyway, I made this card with the brand new Layering Ovals Framelits. The flowers are from the Garden in Bloom stamp set. The flower is raised on dimensionals and splattered with the black marker. Both these things make the card really pretty in real life. Do you like the matching envelope? When I send a card, I want the recipient to be excited about it from the moment they pull it out of the mailbox.

Since the envelope is cute, the inside of the card needs to be cute too. The flowers are all embossed using Versamark, black ink and Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I colored them in with using ink pressed into the lid of the stamp pad and an aqua painter. Who needs adult coloring books? If you color on a card instead, you actually get to send it to someone and brighten their day.

I almost always make my cards with someone in mind to receive them. This card has no recipient, so if you would like to receive this card in the mail, please comment at the top of this post. I’ll randomly pick someone and hopefully brighten their day!

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Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!

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Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

$25.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$35.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Aqua Painters

$17.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

$4.00

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

$5.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

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One Wild Ride

My Aunt Irene is having a birthday and she rides a Harley, so One Wild Ride is the perfect stamp set! I love the combination of Harley and pink and sparkly. Hope your birthday is awesome Aunt Irene!

I also love the tire track on the envelope!

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Have I shared my DIY summer project with you? Several years ago my kids wanted a backyard trampoline, but Superman was worried someone might get hurt. Later, I decided to ask for a trampoline for Mother’s Day and Superman gave in.

We’ve had the trampoline a long time and the springs are starting to rust.

So Abby and I went to WalMart and bought 16 $1 pool noodles. I used a utility knife and cut each noodle lengthwise.

I then cut the noodles into 6 pieces, the length of each spring. My trampoline has 96 springs.

Isn’t it cute?! I love it! Did you also notice I also have a “Hosta Farm” under my trampoline? My friend Teresa gave me a few hostas several years ago. I’ve been growing them under my trampoline and then moving them out to areas around my yard. My yard is full of hostas now. So…are you wondering who jumps on the trampoline? As the kids were growing up, lots of days after school we would go out and jump, talk and I would listen to my kids. This summer I didn’t always have a kid at home, but I still jump even by myself. (Remember, I was a gymnast!) I like to go out in the mornings and weed, water, and take card of my flowers and vegetable gardens. Before I go back in, I usually jump on the trampoline. It’s a great way to get your heart rate up fast. I always hope no one sees me. The neighbors have never mentioned it. They are probably embarrassed for me!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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