I just finished up all my Annual catalog shares and took them to the post office this morning. When you get product shares from me, if the paper is 12″ x 12″ you get a 6″ x 12″. For the Zoo Crew DSP, some of the animals will be cut, so you don’t get the entire animal. Being a problem solver, I wanted to show you how you can “save the animals” and still use them to make cute cards! Except for the knitting llama, all these animals suffered some cutting damage, but as you can see they are thrilled to be part of this fun card instead of being thrown away.
Even the inside of the card saved the top half of an alligator. Please use your animal parts to make cute cards too!
It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge! I’m part of the Design Team for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0134 is National Smile Day which is May 31st. I’ll really be smiling on National Smile Day because it’s also my 37th wedding anniversary.
We’ve been married 37 years and best friends for 47 years. It seems like a blink of an eye. Going back in time I would tell my 12 year old self- “Good job choosing a best friend.” I would tell my 22 year old self, “It really matters who you marry and you chose very well.” Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had lots of disappointments, sorrow and struggles over the years, everyone does, but I absolutely adore my husband and feel so blessed to be married to him! If you’ve ever joined us for our live videos every Tuesday at 7pm CT you can probably tell we like each other and that he’s a wonderful man. Enough about us, what makes you smile and how can you celebrate National Smile Day? Please leave me a comment or email me at Beth@StampingMom.com
The Inspo List is 10 items you can choose from to create your project. Incorporate THREE of the items in your project and link up! And guess what? Your project doesn’t have to be about National Smile Day – at all! #festivefridaychallenge I hope you’ll make a card, scrapbook page or 3-D item and join us. If you want help entering, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d be happy to help you! Even if you’ve never entered a card challenge before, now is the time to start. It’s fun and it’s free! It will help inspire your creativity. Please join us!
From the Inspo List I used yellow, enamel dots (pearls),happy sentiment and circle.
Please hop along to all the Festive Friday DT beautiful creations
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Here’s one of our Samplers made by Stamping Joy Club. Everyone makes nine 3″ x 3″ square and we swap them and then have a Zoom party to put them together. You can join Stamping Joy Club and make a new Sampler with us every three months. If you don’t want a Sampler you can make cards from these swaps as well. The card below is made with my 3″ swap.
Annual Catalog Shares “I want it all” share- I have only a handful left, so contact me today! Beth@StampingMom.com
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The die I used on the card above is from the Scalloped Contours dies which is on sale and retiring on April or while supplies last. You can get it here.
Here's 13 stamping technique tutorials that you can use to make cards with whatever supplies you already own. The directions are both in inches and metric, made with current Stampin' Up products. You will be able to download the tutorial bundle immediately after checkout. Please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com if you have any trouble downloading your tutorial bundle. I'll be happy to help you!
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Beth, I still love this photo of the two of you – I swear it looks as though you are on the cover for the Dirty Dancing movie! It’s always wonderful to hear stories of long and happy marriages. Oh… and I love the card, too. This set is so cute and the way you have arranged all the animals really showcases this set beautifully
Love the great idea on how to save the animals! I am going to have to adopt/CASE this idea. They. are too cute to waste. Happy anniversary to you and Steve!
Love this cute collage of comical animals Beth – great tip to use up the partial diecuts too!
Your post made me smile as well as getting my shares today! They came in perfect condition. Thank you!
I love your idea of how to “save the animals,” great design to use for any partial images. Also congrats on 37 years!
Congrats on 37 wonderful years, wishing you many more. What a beautiful/glorious wedding picture!!