Spring Catalog and Just Thinking of the PPA

It is here! It’s here! No more waiting!  The Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog is live and customers can begin placing their orders today!  The on-line version of the catalog along with the Stampin’ Supplies List and Product Guide are below. 

Need a Catalog?  
If you prefer a paper copy of the Spring Catalog or the Sale-A-Bration Brochure, and if don’t have a relationship with another demonstrator, please email me, ann@thestampinschach.com, and I will make certain to drop one in the mail to you.

Just Thinking of the PPA

It’s Thursday, and time to play at Pals Paper Arts!  With a new year, comes a new look! We are sporting a new banner and new badges.  And we have more surprises in store, too.  This year, each member of the Design Team will be selecting a winner for each challenge! How fun is that! So let’s get started with our first challenge of 2013, a delicious color challenge. 

I cannot take credit for the brilliant idea of heat embossing the Just Thinking image.  I got my inspiration directly from the new Spring Catalog.  What an awesome look! Enjoy today’s elegant but easy card.

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Easy Elegance
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ long.

• Seeing double! The image was inked with VersaMark and stamped onto Melon Mambo card stock.  It was re-inked and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock, too.  Both images were heat embossed using Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder. 

• I’ve been framed! The Whisper White version was punched out using the Window Frames Framelits Dies.

• Snippity-do-dah! I snipped out the center of the Melon Mambo image, and also snipped along the outside.
• Two-tone and silky! Basic Black/Basic Gray Two Tone Ribbon makes a regal banner.  Doesn’t it look fabulous against the Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper?

So there you have it!  It’s an easy card, and not time intensive.  Yet, it does have a rich, elegant look about it. I hope you enjoyed it…and I hope that you will join us in this week’s challenge.  Remember, your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one.  Until next time…

Stamp Set:  Just Thinking (129940…Spring Catalog); Inks:  VersaMark (102283);  Designer Series Paper:  Brights Designer Series Paper Stack (117155);  Card Stock:  Basic Black (121045), Whisper White (100730), Melon Mambo (115320);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Window Frames Collection Framelits (129021), Heat Tool (129053), Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109133);  Glitz and Glam:  Basic Rhinestones (119246), Basic Gray/Basic Black 1-1/4″ Two Tone Ribbon (129295—Spring Catalog)