Sympathy

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!

Stampin Up Dragonfly Dreams Sympathy card made by demo Beth McCullough. Purchase stamping supplies 24/7online at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #simplestamping #BethMcCullough

 

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

  1. Score the Basic Black Cardstock at 5-1/2” to form the card base.  Crease using a bone folder.
  2. Rub Embossing Buddy on the Basic Black Cardstock so stray embossing powder won’t stick.
  3. Stamp the swish from Star of Light stamp set with VersaMark on the Basic Black Cardstock.
  4. Stamp the “With Sympathy” stamp set with VersaMark from the Lasting Lily-SAB on the Basic Black Cardstock.
  5. Sprinkle both with Copper Emboss Powder and heat emboss with Heat Tool.
  6. 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.
  7. Run the 3” x 4″ Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet through the Big Shot with the dragonfly thinlit and adhere with Mini Glue Dots
  8. 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 50th 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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These four cards were designed by Jean.  Some are totally Jean originals and some were made with an assist from Pinterest.  Jean has been my very dear friend for the last 30 years.  We are both Accountants and worked together at The Principal Financial Group.  Jean is still there and is an officer at the company.  She works very hard running the Commercial Real Estate Debt Accounting, Reporting and Operations teams.  After working so hard, she likes to come to my house to use the other part of her brain and be creative.  We usually spend a couple hours most weekends, both walking and stamping.  If you regularly read my blog you know Allison.  Well, Jean is Allison’s Mom. 🙂

 


Stampin Up Broadway Birthday card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Don’t you love these cards?  Please leave a comment at the top of the post and tell Jean which one if your favorite.

Stampin Up Beautiful Blizzard card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

After you see all these cards, you will probably want to join us at our next Stampapooloza on Saturday, February 23.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

Stampin Up Winter Woods Christmas card made by Jean Hixson. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Can you see the pearls on the tree?  I love all her cards, but this one if my favorite. 🙂  Jean helps me design a lot of the cards you see on my blog.

Are you looking for a Stampin’ Up demo?  Contact me and I’ll send you one of these cards and a new Holiday catalog!

Stampin Up Christmas card designed by demo, Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Beautiful Promenade

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge!  I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0013 is State Fair and/or Turquoise.  You can earn points to choose free items from our Festive Friday Store! #festivefridaychallenge  To enter, you only need to post a picture of your card to Pinterest or Facebook.  I can help you with the link.  Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com  and I would love to help you.  Entering challenges is truly a lot of fun.  Please join us!

Stampin Up Beautiful Promenade Sympathy card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #FF0013, #festivefridaychallenge

Tip- You can get the Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers thinlits dies as a bundle and save 10%.

Stamps:  Beautiful Promenade (146842), Beautiful Promenade Bundle (148389)
Paper: Coastal Cabana Cardstock (131297),  White Cardstock (100730), Bermuda Bay Cardstock (131197), 6×6 DSP-Brights (146964)-used on the envelope
Ink: Bermuda Bay (147096)
Accessories:  Beautiful Layers Thinlits(147043), 1/4″ Mini Striped Bermuda Bay Ribbon (146939), Clear Blocks (118491), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Big Shot (143263), Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372), Tufted Embossing Folder (146335), White Stampin’ Chalk Marker (132133)
Techniques: none

 

Stampin Up Beautiful Promenade Sympathy card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #FF0013, #festivefridaychallenge

I like to use coordinating Designer Series Paper (DSP), or stamp an image on the envelope, so when the recipient gets it from the mailbox, they know it’s happy mail!

You may know I’ve been riding my bike all summer getting ready for RAGBRAI, which is an annual week long bike ride across the state of Iowa.  Steve, his brothers and I usually ride two days.  This year I had a sponsor, the Iowa Soybean Association.  They gave me my bike jersey and bike shorts.  Don’t be too impressed, I’m actually friends with the marketing director and she said I could get a high quality jersey and shorts if I wore it on RAGBRAI and posted it on social media. 🙂

Here’s Steve with his brothers at the after party.  Did you notice Steve’s bandages?  He crashed on his bike during the Okoboji Triathalon last Saturday after a patch of gravel flipped him on his side. He ended up in the emergency room with nine stitches in his arm, a broken finger and “road rash” everywhere. He took five days off his bike and then rode 72 miles today on RAGBRAI.  He’s one tough guy, but I hope he slows down a little. 🙂

Which set of ink pads do you want to get for free? Yep, I said free!  Email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’ll tell you all about it.:)  The last chance to get 10 free ink pads is next Tuesday, July 31.  Don’t miss out!  This is open to anyone in the United States.  My Stamping Joy Team has a lot of fun together and we would love to have you join us!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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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 FSHK42KZ .  If you order using my host code, you’ll get an additional free gift from me!