I have a very good Canadian friend who is experiencing some heart-wrenching challenges in her life. Her daughter Elizabeth, who just graduated from 5th grade, underwent very serious heart surgery five weeks ago. Elizabeth is a warrior and is doing well. However, the stress is starting to take its toll on my friend. She called me Friday evening, needing a sympathetic ear. I was very happy to lend her mine. As we were saying our good-byes, I ended our conversation as I always do, telling her I was sending good vibes her way. As luck, or maybe it was the universe, would have it, I had created this “Sending Good Vibes” card for PP745. I am sending good vibes to you in today’s “post”, and good vibes to my friend via the “Post” Office. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!
The amazing Stef is our hostess for this week’s theme challenge, and boy does she have a fun one for us: Round We Go! Your mission is to feature circles on your card. I hope you have as much fun with this challenge as our talented Design Team did. We can’t wait to see what YOU create. But before you head off to gather up your stamps, papers and inks, please stop by and leave my “Teamies” some “Comment Love”. It brightens our day!
Colors Of The Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
When Stef challenged us to feature circles on our card, I made sure I did! I started by bringing a retired work horse out of the embossing folder stable: the Large Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It served as my backdrop for a collection of circles, which were punched from Boho Vibes designer series paper. The sentiment comes from the Sunshine Vibes stamp set. I inked it up with Versamark ink, stamped it onto Cajun Craze cardstock, and heat embossed it. I then die cut it out using a Spotlight On Nature die. Accenting the Cajun Craze sentiment circle with a Cloud Cover bow gives a fun Mid-Century vibe. Three Flower Accents were the finishing touch.
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I love sending “just a note” cards to a friends. The wonderful thing about “just a note” cards is that you can tailor them for so many occasions simply by customizing the inside sentiment. Birthday, thinking of you, get well soon, congratulations and more. The sky is truly the limit. In fact, I am sending you a virtual “just a note” card right now to let you know it’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!
The incredible Jaydee is hosting this week. Because it is the fifth Sunday in the month, it happens to be a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. What a fun board she has prepared for our stamping pleasure! I went right across the middle with “flowers, die cut, embossing/foiling”. I can’t wait to see what elements you choose. But before you head off to gather your stamps, papers and inks, please be sure to check out what our talented design team members have created for your inspiration!
Colors of the Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
Today’s card has a delightful feminine-vintage vibe going on, don’t you think? This lovely Beautiful Gallery floral pattern, as well as a bow and pearl embellishments, certainly played a major role in adding to the feminine factor. Likewise, the color palette and the embossing, courtesy of the retired Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder, imparted a vintage feel. With their perforated edges, the Perennial Postage die cuts added interest, and when “popped up”, gave depth and dimension. And you want to know the best part? This “just a note” card was easy-peasy, quick and easy!
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Hey, everyone, it’s me, Nueve! I have so many things to tell you! I have been on vay-ka-shun. We went to visit my human brother, Brady, his wife Korin, and my Auntie Kia in Washington. It’s a place very far away from Iowa and the Missipibby ribber. It took four days for us to drive there. They have mountains. I wanted to see one close-up, but Mom said that even though they look like they are not very far away, they really are.
I was very happy to see Auntie Kia and her mom, Korin. Korin is very pretty. She smells good, too. I gave her lots of kisses.
My kisses must have tickled because they made her laugh big! It was great seeing her ’cause I hadn’t seen her for three years!
Poor Aunt Kia has the same dee-zeeze that Great Aunt Muffy had. It’s called Degenerative Myelopathy. (Mom spelled it for me.) It is like ALS in people. It makes me sad ’cause she can’t move very good and can’t jump or play very good. But that’s okay. I wasn’t supposed to be doing a lot of running or jumping yet ’cause of my “Owie Leg”. We just did a lot of laying out in the yard in the sun.
She has to wear special boots and things on her hind legs so she can move a little. Mom said Aunt Kia has braces, but I think Mom is confused. You wear braces on your teeth, and Auntie Kia does not have braces on her teeth. Anyway, we looked for critters in the grass.
I was lucky and spotted a sloth ball in the wild. I made sure to grab it before it attacked Auntie Kia.
Auntie Kia is white in the face ’cause she is old. But I think she is still beautiful. Mom said that when Auntie Kia was young, she looked a lot like Sixxy.
I don’t know when I will see Auntie Kia again, so I made sure to give her lots of snuggles.
Auntie Kia even let me take one of her toys home with me so I would never forget her smell. It was a special toy she got when she finished her last chemotherapy treatment. Yep, Auntie Kia is a Warrior Princess and a cancer survivor. Mom said she had part of her “test-tens” removed. “Test-tens” are inside your tummy area. ‘Cause they are inside you, they are “in-test-tens”. I figured that out all by myself!
I will always remember the time I spent with Auntie Kia. I loved just being with her and snuggling with her. I made certain I was very gentle with her. She was my alpha and I was respectful. Most importantly, I made memories with her. Making memories with the ones I love is part of my job. I am a Working Dog. I am Good Boy Nueve!
A Note from Ann
Nueve had a bit of a setback last Sunday. Things were progressing well. He had been allowed to resume most of his activities, even going up and down stairs. He attended his first obedience class in 4 months on Thursday and was so happy to see his classmates and instructors. And then something happened Sunday morning. I had gone upstairs, leaving him on the first floor. A few minutes later, he came upstairs to check on me, as he always does – he rarely leaves my side. When I walked into the bedroom where he was, there he stood on three legs. He was holding up what he calls his “Owie Leg”. He couldn’t put any weight on it and was limping. I was devastated. He and I had worked so hard to heal and recover. Very carefully, Kim and I were able to get him down the stairs. We set up his big crate, and he sought the safety and comfort of it and his ‘corn.
He was in a lot of pain. Of course, I called Dr. Rita, who was able to see him immediately. After her examination, she determined that he did not seriously re-injure the tear. She started him back on pain meds and we have been restricting some of his activity. We are not doing stairs, so he and I are back to camping out on the living room floor. Plus, we carefully monitor his interactions with Sixx and Uncle Q. We’ll never know what happened. She said it could have been as simple as twisting it when he stood up or tweaking it on the stairs. He goes in for a recheck tomorrow (Monday), and we will be taking things on a week-to-week basis. Thank goodness it was not as severe as it could have been. On the plus side, Dr. Rita said he is regaining his muscle tone.
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Sometimes stepping outside of our artistic comfort zone is good for us. That is exactly what I had to do with today’s One Layer card. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players.
This week, the talented Elizabeth is hosting our Sketch Challenge. Her challenge: create a One Layer card. For a “More Layers the Merrier” gal like me, this was a challenge indeed. But I do have to admit, it ended up being fun. I can’t wait to see what YOU create!
Colors Of The Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tip
For my One Layer card, I knew I wanted to use a floral image and a bold sentiment. That’s when I remembered the Corner In Bloom stamp set which I earned during Sale-A-Bration earlier this year. It was perfect for the look I wanted to achieve. I inked it up with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and stamped it into the corner of my card base. Coloring it was easy using Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends for the flowers; Soft Sea Foam for the leaves; and Lemon Lolly for the centers of the flowers. The sentiments, from Gallery Blooms were also inked in Tuxedo Black Memento. I then outlined the word “Bloom” and all of the flowers with a Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend. Although it does not show up in the photo, a wee bit of sparkle was added to the flowers with a Jelly Roll pen.
Need more inspiration? Be sure to visit the rest of our talented Design Team:
Looking for an oldie but goodie? Check out my retired stamps which I have for sale. New sets will be added periodically. Please check often to see what has been added and what prices have been reduced.
As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And please, be sure to SHOP WITH ME! Until next time…
The $99 Starter Kit is the BEST DEAL EVER! Check out the details HERE.
If you are in need of any current catalog, and you do not have a demonstrator, please email me (kimschach@msn.com). I will send you one free of charge!
