Stampin’ Up

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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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!

Blended Seasons and Sunshine Sayings

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0012 is Friendship Day (Aug 5) and/or Yellow. 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. 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- Whenever my card base is white or vanilla, I always use the Thick cardstock. The Glitter Enamel Dots are so pretty and sparkly. How nice of Stampin Up to make them in my favorite colors, except they forgot Bermuda Bay. 🙂

Stamps: Blended Seasons (149016), Sunshine Sayings (141594)

Paper: Melon Mambo Cardstock (115320), White Cardstock (100730), Thick Whisper White Cardstock (140272)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape (147099), Melon Mambo (147051), Granny Apple Green (147095), Coastal Cabana (147097)

Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots (146934),Clear Blocks (118491), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)

Techniques: none

Recently I was telling you about my favorite ice cream at Whitey’s in the Quad Cities, and learned some of you already know about Whitey’s. 🙂 Last weekend my family went to Chicago to see the Cubs play and since we drive through the Quad Cities to get there, we all enjoyed a treat from Whitey’s. We also stopped and took Steve’s parents out for dinner. This is Ryan, Steve and Abby at dinner. Keegan stayed at camp where he’s working for the summer. Sean flew in and met us in Chicago.

We all had fun at the Cubs game on Saturday. Saturday night we went to a Irish Festival and got to listen to a great Irish Band, Tupelo, in which Sean’s childhood friend, Dan Kristan, was playing the stand up Bass and Electric Bass. On Sunday Abby and I met up with a couple of our friends, first Aiden and her family and later Jenny and her family. It was great to see them all! The guys went to the Cubs again on Sunday. The Cubs won both games which made it even more fun!

Come join us for a day of stamping at my Stamping Studio in West Des Moines, IA. I promise you won’t be disappointed. Email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and reserve your spot. We have a couple spots remaining. Beginners welcome! If you can’t make it on July 21, you can reserve a spot and come stamp with me on a different day.

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.:) Two people have already gotten their free ink pads from me this week. This is open to anyone in the United States.

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

Snickers Boxes

Welcome to the Pals July, 2018 Blog Hop. We’re having a “Pattern Party”. This month our creations will feature our favorite Designer Series Papers and coordinating embellishments from the new annual catalog from Stampin’ Up!

You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

I love bright and happy colors so I chose the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper 2017-19 In Color. If you are limited in what DSP you can purchase, I would get the 6″ x 6″ DSP in whatever color families for which you have the ink and cardstock. One of the great things about Stampin’ Up is the color coordination!

Stamps: Beautiful You (143637)

Paper: Berry Burst Cardstock (144243), Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock (144245), White Cardstock (100730), 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper-Bright (146964), Animal Expedition DSP (146902)

Ink: Berry Burst (147143)

Accessories: 3/8″ Mini Ruffled Ribbon- Berry Burst (146944), Lemon Lime Twist (146947), Stitched Labels Framelits (146828), 1″ Circle Punch (119868),Clear Blocks (118491), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Envelope Punch Board (133774)

Techniques: none

Making Snickers Boxes with the Envelope Punch Board is quick and easy. Here’s the directions to make the box. The box will fit a full size Snickers or Milky Way candy bar.

I love making Snickers Boxes and I hope you’ll want to make one too. If you post a picture of your Snickers Box on social media, please add the hashtag #StampingMom, I’d love to see what you make. 🙂

Now it’s time to use the Blog Hop Line-up below to see what the rest of my Pals have chosen as their “favorite”. Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. You can leave me a comment at the top of this post.

Mark your calendars for August 8, 2018 when we Cut it Out! Participants will showcase projects featuring “cuts” from punches, Framelits, Edgelits, or Thinlits. . Don’t miss the fun.

Blog Hop Line-up: