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Autumn Wreath Greeting Card Box Set

Get ready for those cool autumn days with bright beautiful leaves tumbling down with this lovely set of four gift cards and a matching box. Each contains a beautiful autumn wreath featuring the Wondrous Wreath Stamp Set. This would make a quick and easy class project or hostess gift! Make one to gift to a friend or keep it just for yourself.

This lovely project was designed by Amanda! If you have a chance, please head on over to Craft Project Central and leave Amanda a comment on her project.

If you would like to subscribe to the September edition of Craft Project Central and get 10 wonderful tutorials for only $10 then

click Here!

Hope you are having a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  Superman and I got up at 5:15am as we always do, but today instead of going to our kickboxing class we went to the Des Moines Triathalon.  Steve swam, biked and ran his way to fifth place in his age division!  I cheered, carried stuff, took pictures and retrieved Superman’s iPhone.  Boy was I exhausted when it was finished.  Just kidding! Steve was pretty tired though.  If he hadn’t spend 4-1/2 minutes in the first transition he would’ve placed second.  (Taking off the wet suit and getting biking gear and bike shoes on.)   Today was the end of his second tri season and he’s looking forward to next summer!

Steve Tri 9-4-16

Here’s Superman with his “participation” medal.  Next year he wants a top 3 finish medal.  He’s so close!

Steve Tri 9-4-16-2

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

Bella & Friends

Do you remember I mentioned I am a guest designer for Craft Project Central in September?  Well, they publish ten projects each month and they will all be featured here on my blog during September.

With this tutorial, create an adorable set of cards featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Bella & Friends Stamp Set.  The tutorial includes a sweet “pizza box” to hold the cards, and there’s plenty of room for two of each card in the box!  The images in this stamp set make for such a precious set of cards—one of which is a sweet easel design—and  anyone who receives them will feel how much you care from the moment the card is pulled from the envelope.  The box itself can be re-purposed for a gift or for daily use to hold note paper.

Stampin' Up!, Bella & Friends

This lovely project was designed by Regina! If you have a chance, please head on over to Craft Project Central and leave Regina a comment on her project.

If you would like to subscribe to the September edition of Craft Project Central and get 10 wonderful tutorials for only $10 then click Here!

I hope you’ve missed me, I know I’ve missed you!  Superman and I were gone for four days on a Mission Trip to Tijuana Mexico.  Ten men and ten women from our church built a home in two days.  It was quite the experience.  I was apprehensive before we went about safety and other concerns, but I’m so glad we went and I feel like we made a real difference in this family’s life.  I also bonded with the Mom, Carla, even though she only speaks Spanish and I only speak English.  She was an awesome Mom to her two boys ages 2 and 8 and also a hard worker.  We spent hours painting together.

Tijuana August 2016

http://www.ywamsandiegobaja.org/hoh-general-info#homesofhope

Homes of Hope is part of YWAM Youth with a Mission.  This is the organization we partnered with to build this home.  Do you see the cute little dog house to the right of the front door?  The cute “twenty something” couple on our trip decided to use some scrap lumber and build the family’s two puppies a dog house.  This was an experience I will always treasure!

Sean is home for a week from Seattle.  It’s always a party around here when Sean is home!  Keegan has a call back today for his high school’s production of Oklahoma.  I can’t wait to see what part he gets.  Abby has decided Organic Chemistry is her favorite subject at school this fall and she had her first swim meet of the year last night.  Ryan is back at college working hard, but he will be coming home every Wednesday night for dinner.  Yeah!  He’ll be home for dinner, but his purpose is that Steve and Ryan are leading a high school church small group together on Wednesday nights.  I hope Ryan doesn’t have a lot of tests this year on Thursday.

I’m busy putting Holiday shares together and I would love to send one to you.  It truly is the best way to have access to almost everything in the Holiday catalog without spending very much. For $54 you get the DSP, ribbon,embellishments, my freebies and this includes shipping.  If you live nearby you can get everything for $47 and pick it up at my house.  My email is Beth@StampingMom.com.  I have around $1000 I still need to sell by Sept. 30 to reach my promotion.

Hope all is well with you!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

 

Getting close…

Holiday catalog 2016

I’m getting close to my first big promotion in 13 years with Stampin’ Up! The last requirement I need to meet is sales.  If you enjoy my blog, a great way to help me out would be to purchase my Holiday shares, place an order with me before Sept. 30, or purchase a Paper Pumpkin subscription from me.  I’ve been blogging for a couple years and have never tried to push sales, but this promotion would mean the world to me.  Again, I’ve never considered this was a possibility for me and now I’m so close.  Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com or place an order online with me here.  Thanks for your consideration.

Why participate in shares? Shares are a way to sample the new Designer Series Papers, Ribbons, and Embellishments at a fraction of what it would cost you to purchase all of them yourself.  And the nice thing is I do all the ordering, cutting, counting and re-packaging for you!

How Shares Work

  • Simply  EMAIL ME (Beth@StampingMom.com) to reserve your spot in a share.  When your share fills, I will bill you via PayPal, or you may send a check. Per Stampin’ Up! guidelines I cannot send out invoices before August 25th.
  • On September 1st, I will place the orders for all filled shares.  Once I receive the products, I will cut, count, measure and package up your goodies pronto!
  • Your papers will be lovingly wrapped and identified to protect them; ribbons will be rolled; and embellishments will be placed into small plastic bags.  Once this task is completed, your shares will be sent out via the US Postal Service.
  • Please note my paper shares are 6″ x 12″.  A lot of people do 6″ x 6″, so you are getting twice as much paper with my shares.


Here Are This Year’s Shares

1.  Designer Series Paper Share — $20 + $6.45 mailing = $26.45
     * 28 – 6″ x 12″ sheets of DSP (Candy Cane Lane, Presents & Pinecones, Fancy Frost Specialty, Petals & Paisleys, Halloween Night)
     * 12 – 6″ x 6″ sheets of Warmth & Cheer DSP Stack
     *  2– 6″ x 6″ sheets of Petals & Paisleys with copper foil Specialty DSP
     * 2 – 6″ x 6″ sheets of Halloween Night with silver foil Specialty DSP     
     * 1 – 6″ x 12″ sheet of Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper
     * 1 – 6″ x 12″ sheets of Copper Foil Sheets


Total:  46 sheets (30- 6″ x 12″ and 16- 6″ x 6″)

2.  Ribbon Share — $21.00 + $2.75 mailing = $23.75
     * Approx 2-1/2 yards of EACH of the following:  Real Red 3/4″ Stitched Edge, 3/8″ Silky Taffeta Ribbon-Cherry Cobbler and Emerald Envy, 3/8″ Glitter Ribbon Combo- Sweet Sugarplum and Silver, 3/8″ Ribbon Trio Pack- Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron and Rich Razzleberry.
     * Approx 5 yards of EACH of Candy Cane Lane Baker’s Twine-Real Red and Whisper White with Red Metallic, Baker’s Twine Trio Pack-Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Gold, Halloween Night Baker’s Twine-Black & Gray and Black & Pumpkin Pie

* Approx 3 yards of EACH of the following:  Kraft Rope Trim
   Total:  58 yards of Ribbon/Baker’s Twine

3.  Embellishment Share — $6.00 + $2.75 mailing = $8.75

*  24 Halloween Night Enamel Dots
*  12 Mini  Jingle Bells
*   3 Mini Pinecones
*   3 Christmas Trinkets Embellishments
*   2 Mini Tassels
Total:  44 embellishments

4.  I Want It All—Best Value — $54 (Includes Shipping)
*  46 sheets of paper
*  58 Yards of Ribbon/Baker’s Twine
*  44 Embellishments + 1 White Gift Box free!

 

The Fine Print

  • Shares will be ordered as they are filled – so sign up today!
  • I will begin sending invoices on August 25th
  • US Addresses only
  • I will gladly combine shipping to save you even more when you purchase multiple options!

Please email the following information to me at Beth@StampingMom.com:

  • The Share in which you wish to participate
  • Your PayPal email address
  • Your mailing address

If you have any questions, please email me!

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