Sympathy

Pet Sympathy

Pups give us so much unconditional love and it’s so sad when they pass away. My pups are 11 and 13 and are the only ones we’ve had, so I haven’t experienced this since I was a kid. Maya is our family dog and Molly is my dog. Don’t get me wrong, she loves our family but she makes it clear that I’m number one. After raising four kids and two dogs, it makes my heart happy to be solidly number one with someone. 🙂 Speaking of hearts, did you notice the heart charm around her neck, how cute are these Playful Pet Trinkets?!

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0065 is National Dog Day (August 26th). The Inspo List is 10 items you can choose from to create your project. Incorporate THREE or more of the items in your project and link up! #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card, scrapbook page or 3-D item and join us. If you want help entering, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d be happy to help you!

I used red, black, stripes, heart, paw print, dog, embossing off the Inspo List. Pick 3 off the list, make something and enter our Festive Friday Challenge. What are you waiting for?

My sweet friend’s pup, Bristol, did pass away recently and I got started making these Pet Sympathy cards for her. I tried to make this pup look as much like Bristol as I could.

I don’t know anyone I need to send a Cat Sympathy card, but this kitty from the Playful Pets Designer Series Paper (DSP) is so cute I couldn’t resist. I tend to make three or four similar cards at a time and then I have a card ready when I need it. Do you do that too?

Which card is your favorite?

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the Festive Friday Challenge Design team:

Ann Schach

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

I have a couple more shares from the new Mini catalog and I hope to ship them out early next week. Email if you’d like one at Beth@StampingMom.com They are $87 shipped priority mail and you get all the paper, ribbon and most of the embellishments. Don’t miss out!

Blessings,

Beth

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Product List

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Magnolia card

This Magnolia card is so pretty and easy to make as long as you don’t mind fussy cutting. This card is perfect for get well, encouragement, thank you, sympathy and more.

I’m participating in an International Blog Highlights and the top 10 vote winners get to participate in an International Blog Hop. Would you consider taking a moment and voting for my card? I’d really appreciate it! Thanks to everyone who voted last month, I was very excited to make the top 10 last month!

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Once you click on the link below you can see the photos. Please look for mine and click on the little heart sign on the right-hand top side of my photo. Once you’ve touched the little clear heart it will turn to Red Color and that is the notification that you voted. Thanks so much!

I would love it if you would please vote for my card here

Here’s a free PDF with all supplies needed and directions to make this card.

The two flowers on the sides were fussy cut from the top Designer Series Paper (DSP). The bigger center flower was fussy cut from the bottom DSP.

Stampin Up Magnolia Lane card and gift box designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at https://stampingmom.com/magnolia-card/
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Three or four cards and envelopes fit in this sweet gift box shown above. You could cross off some of your Christmas list by making these cards and gift boxes and have fun crafting instead of the hassle of shopping this Christmas season. 🙂

Please leave me a comment at the top of this post and let me know if you voted and if you have ideas for other types of cards or techniques you’d like me to show on this blog.

Blessings,

Beth

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Petal Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146985] $8.75	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper [149484] $11.50	Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder [152321] $9.00
Detailed Bands Dies [149549] $38.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00

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.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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