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Winter Woods

Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge!  I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0019 is Halloween  (Oct 31) and/or Black.  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!

Stampin Up Winter Woods Christmas card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom #StampingMom #cute&simple4u #festivefridaychallenge #FF0019

If you want instructions, please enter our challenge at Festive Friday and you can choose the free tutorial for this card with the points you earn.

Stamps:  Winter Woods (147661)
Paper:  Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Basic Black Cardstock (121045), Copper Foil Sheets (142020), Silver Foil Sheets (132178), Sparkle Glimmer Paper (146957),
Ink: VersaMark (149165)
Accessories:  Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Bone Folder (102300), Big Shot (143263), In the Woods Framelits (147919), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Copper Emboss Powder (141636)
Techniques: Heat Embossing

 

I just got back from a couple days of helping with Steve’s parents, while Steve spent a week there helping.  Steve’s Dad had hip surgery and he is the caregiver for Steve’s Mom, who suffers with Dementia.  Steve’s parents did a great job raising their four boys, all of which would do anything to help their parents. 🙂

One of my jobs this week was to start going through the bins of pictures, newspaper articles, etc. in their basement.  It was like a walk down memory lane.  One entire bin was about the Floods of 93.  The flooding in Buffalo, IA where they live and Des Moines, IA where we live, was the worst we’ve ever experienced.  They had a house surrounded with sandbags and pumps in the basement trying to keep the water out.  Here’s a picture I found of Sean-age 3 and I riding in a row boat down the streets of Buffalo.

#floodsof93 #StampingMom

Reading about the floods was sad, but I was thrilled to find the picture below.

This was the Iowa Student Loan Annual Report from 1997, the company where Steve works.  They asked employee’s kids to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up.  I didn’t remember Sean was such a good artist or that he had drawn this picture. Even more fun is that today, Sean is indeed an engineer! It looks like he planned to be an engineer at NASA when he was seven, but today he is an engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, WA.  It’s even more interesting to go through dusty old bins when you find a nugget like this that made my heart so happy!  I sent the picture to Sean and he thought it was pretty cool as well.

I have to show you one last picture…we just finished studying the book of Joshua at Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) this week.  Well, if you’ve been around Stampin’ Up! for a long time you might recognize this.

I bought this decal from Stampin’ Up and it has been on the wall above my kitchen sink for around 10 years.  I love this verse, but I had never really studied Joshua.  When we got to it last week in our study, I was so happy to learn the context behind the verse and I love it even more today!  Do any of you still have Stampin’ Up decals on your walls?  Please leave me a comment at the top of this post.  I love hearing from you.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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Sprig Punch Wedding Card

Stampin Up Sprig Punch Wedding card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

We had an extra fun wedding last week, because I’ve been friends with both the mother of the groom and mother of the bride for years.  The groom’s Mom wanted me to make a card for her to give with Galatians 5:22-23 and pears-as in perfect pair.

Galatians 5:22-23 English Standard Version (ESV)

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Stampin Up Sprig Punch Wedding card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

The wedding invitation had greenery in a wreath, so I used the new Sprig Punch and made a wreath in similar colors.  If you don’t own this punch yet, you should consider getting it.

Stampin Up Your Perfect Day Punch Wedding card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

I used the Gold Foil-Edged Card and Envelope and lots of gold on the card because I found out at the bridal shower that the bride loves the color gold.

Stamps:  Your Perfect Day (Retired)
Paper:  Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Gold Glimmer Paper (146958), Pear Pizzazz (131201), Garden Green (102584), Mossy Meadow (133676)
Ink: Versamark (102283), Pear Pizzazz (147104)
Accessories:  Gold Foil-Edged Cards & Envelopes (147901), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Bone Folder (102300),  Detailed Trio Punch (146320), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Gold Emboss Powder (109129), Heat Tool (129053), Gold Ribbon (Retired), Pear Punch (Retired)
Techniques: Heat Embossing

You can leave a comment at the top of this post, or email be at Beth@StampingMom.com

Are you looking for a Stampin’ Up demo?  Contact me and I’ll send you one of these cards and a new Holiday catalog!

Stampin Up Christmas card designed by demo, Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

 

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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  • Shop the Clearance Rack here.
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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 J63GDW2R .  If you order using my host code, you’ll get an additional free gift from me!

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Wicked Folds-Pal’s Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pals October, 2018 Blog Hop. It’s a spooky time of year so watch out for “Wicked Folds” while you hop from blog to blog. We promise not to be too scary.

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.

Stampin Up Broadway Birthday card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

This fun fold is called a Corner Flip card.  You can find lots of videos showing how to make a Corner Flip card. 🙂  Please email me if you have other questions. Beth@StampingMom.com

Stamps:  Better Together (141736)
Paper:  Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Basic Black Cardstock (121045), Lemon Lime Twist (144245), Lovely Lipstick (146970), Broadway Bound Specialty DSP (146277)
Ink: Lovely Lipstick (147140)
Accessories:  Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Bone Folder (102300),  Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430),SNAIL adhesive (104332)
Techniques: Corner Flip fun fold

 

Stampin Up Broadway Birthday card designed by demo Beth McCullough. See more card and gift ideas at www.StampingMom.com #StampingMom #cute&simple4u

Even the inside of the card is cute!

Now it’s time to use the Blog Hop Line-up below to see what the rest of my Pals have created to inspire you.. Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. You can comment on my blog at the top of this post. 🙂

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 14, 2018 for the next Pals Blog Hop. November is time for “Anything But a Card” where the Pals will feature creations suitable for holiday gifting. Don’t miss the fun.

 

Blog Hop  Line-up:

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
  3. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
  4. Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
  5. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  6. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
  7. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
  8. Jill Killeen at The Killeen House Studio
  9. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
  10. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
  11. Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
  12. Leah O’Brien at Stamping By The Bay
  13. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
  14. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  15. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
  16. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  17. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
  18. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  19. Maggie at Maggie Made Cards
  20. Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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