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More Stampapooloza Cards

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. 🙂

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

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.

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!

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!

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

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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Stampin’ Up! Retiring In-Colors

Welcome to the Remarkable InkBig Blog Hop for April 2018. This month our theme is Bon Voyage Retiring In-Colors! You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog – Beth McCullough @ Stamping Mom or may have come from the person previous to me on the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects.

I will really miss the Stampin’ Up! 2016-18 In Colors. They are bright and happy, which are the colors I gravitate to. The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set. It is also retiring, but I will keep mine. The flowers and leaves are from Patty Bennett’s Million Dollar set, Support Ribbon Framelits, and thankfully they will be in the next catalog.

Which of these colors is your favorite?

Thanks for taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don’t want to miss. Remember that currently, you are on my blog –Beth McCullough @ Stamping Mom, so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next on the list.

We had a surprise weekend visit from Abby. Abby made me a delicious carrot cake for my birthday. I think she thought if she didn’t come home and make me a cake, I probably wouldn’t get one. 🙂 What a sweet daughter! Only three more weeks and she will be home for the summer.

Keegan and his girlfriend, Ella, had fun at his senior prom last night. It was the last “dance night” for our last kid. I thought it wouldn’t bother me to have all these “lasts,” but honestly it really does. We’ve been actively parenting for almost 28 years. While I look forward to traveling with Steve and the fun things we have planned, there’s nothing I’ve loved more than being a Mom!

Have you noticed the Clearance Rack is full of great deals right now? Check it out by clicking on “Shop the Clearance Rack,” below.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Visit my online store here.
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