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Star of Light Christmas card

Stampin Up Star of Light Christmas card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I’m hosting this week at the Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog.  The challenge is anything Christmas related- cards, scrapbook pages, gifts, ornaments etc.  Please enter the challenge here.

I made this Christmas card for our Leadership fellowship next week at Bible Study Fellowship (BSF).  We all drew a name and we give the person a card or note and scripture to encourage them.  I drew the name of one of my very sweet friends and I wanted to make her a special card.  Star of Light and the coordinating Starlight Thinlit Dies makes a beautiful, yet easy Christmas card.  There’s a recent trend of “mixing metals” like gold, silver, copper etc.  This card has copper and silver.  What do you think, does the mixing of metals work on this card?

Stampin Up Star of Light Christmas card designed by demo Beth McCullough. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Here’s the inside with the silver embossed sentiment and copper embossed stars.

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Remember today is the last day of the Online Extravaganza and there’s another Flash Sale today.  See the details here.

I’m looking forward to organizing my new Stampin’ Studio some more this week and I’m going to make stacks of cards to give as Christmas gifts.  I was out shopping for gifts and was having trouble deciding what to get people and it was very crowded in the stores.  I wasn’t having a lot of fun.   I decided I would be much happier at home making cards for Christmas gifts and hopefully the recipients will enjoy them too!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

Balloon Adventures Gift Card Holder

My favorite stamp set that I received to make display samples for the Kansas City Stampin’ Up! convention, was the Balloon Adventures stamp set.  I think everyone will want to buy this stamp set when it becomes available January 4, 2017.  What, you don’t want to wait that long?  Sign up with me as a “discount buyer” and you can purchase it starting December 1.  Email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’ll give you all the details.  This set also has a coordinating set of framelits called Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies.

Stampin Up Birthday Gift Card Holder made with the Balloon Adventures stamp set available starting Jan. 4, 2017. If you want to purchase it sooner, please contact me at Beth@StampingMom.com Please see card and gift samples at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Isn’t this adorable?!  I used the Kraft Tag a Bag Gift Bags sold on page 176 of the annual catalog.   The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is called Party Animal and is also available on Jan 4.  The card stock I used is Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango.  Do you see the cute little Pacific Point candles in the cake DSP coordinate perfectly with the row of candles I cut from a different piece of Party Animal DSP?  When I opened up my display stamping box from Stampin’ Up! and found the Party Animal DSP, Balloon Adventures stamp set and Balloon Pop-Up Thinlets Dies, I felt like I hit the jack pot!

Stampin Up Balloon Adventures stamp set available starting Jan. 4, 2017. If you want to purchase it sooner, please contact me at Beth@StampingMom.com Please see card and gift samples at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

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Stampin Up Birthday Gift Card Holder made with the Balloon Adventures stamp set available starting Jan. 4, 2017. If you want to purchase it sooner, please contact me at Beth@StampingMom.com Please see card and gift samples at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating at our house with 22 family members on Thanksgiving Day and on Steve’s side on Friday.  On Friday I had more time to talk to people and play Euchre!  Hope your holiday was good as well.

I feel like the pressure of this fall is over since my construction is done, most things are put back, I’m not traveling as much and I’m feeling much better.  It’s time to start blogging again and enjoy my new Stamping Studio and Sun Room.  I actually took a nap in the sunshine in the Sun Room today and it was as wonderful as I had hoped it would be as we were planning it.

Stampin Up Birthday Gift Card Holder made with the Balloon Adventures stamp set available starting Jan. 4, 2017. If you want to purchase it sooner, please contact me at Beth@StampingMom.com Please see card and gift samples at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

We’ve enjoyed having Sean and Ryan home for a week and Ryan returns to college and Sean back to Seattle, WA both tomorrow.  The house will seem quiet again with just the two younger kids at home.

 

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

More Double Pocket Treat Holders

onlinextravaganzaSTARTS TODAY!  The Stampin’ Up! On-Line Extravaganza Sale with up to 40% off on select items begins TODAY, November 21.  This online super sale will run from November 21 to November 28.  It’s the perfect time to stock up on holiday gifts for family and friends as well as boost and freshen your personal paper crafting stash!  This year’s Online Extravaganza will include 24-hour sales on the first (Nov. 21) and last (Nov. 28) day of the promotion with special product discounts only available that day! See what’s on sale here.  You can order online here or email me your order at Beth@StampingMom.com

Stampin' Up! Double Pocket Treat Holder made by Ruth Sollberger. Please see more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I love it when people see something on my blog, recreate their own version of it and send me a picture.  These gorgeous Double Pocket Treat Holders were made by my friend Ruth Sollberger from Australia.  She is a Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) group leader and made these for her ladies for Sharing Day, which is the end of the BSF year.  I love what you made Ruth and thanks for sending me a picture!  Ruth used the gorgeous Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Here’s the link for the directions to make the Double Pocket Treat Holders in three different sizes.

Superman and I have had another crazy weekend.  We moved all the furniture out of the family room so the carpet could be cleaned and stretched.  We moved everything out of my old stamping office so the carpet can be cleaned before Steve’s office moves back in.  I spent hours moving 13 years of stamping supplies and trying to organize it in my new space.  I love the new space by the way.  Here’s a sneak peek.  I have a lot more to do before it’s all done.

Stampin' Up! demo Beth McCullough stamping studio. Please see card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Steve also power washed and stained the deck, built new steps off the deck and stained those. I’ve never moved so many things without actually moving to a different house.  We have two couches and a piano in our kitchen and our kitchen table is in our new Sun room.

We took some time out to celebrate Ryan’s 21st birthday today!  Ryan is a sweet and smart young man studying to be a Software Engineer.  He is man after God’s own heart.  We are so proud of him.  For his birthday dinner he wanted me to make Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, and Abby made her famous Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate cake.  Yum!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂