Retiring Products List – Hurry While Supplies Last

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Header for Retiring Products ListIt’s that time of the year when Stampin’ Up! releases its Retiring Products List from both the 2016-2017 Annual and 2017 Occasions catalogs .  CLICK HERE to see to what we are bidding a fond farewell, and to see what items have been discounted!

The Fine Print

  • All retiring items will be discontinued after May 31.
  • All retiring accessories and tools are available while supplies last.
  • Due to high demand for retiring stamp sets, Stampin’ Up! will keep producing retiring stamp sets until May 22.  After May 22, all retiring stamp sets will be available while supplies last.
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Speaking of catalogs, if you would like to receive a copy of the NEW 2017-2018 Annual Catalog when it becomes available, please email me at ann@thestampinschach.com.  I will make certain to add you to my list.  My current customers will automatically receive one!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email me. Until next time…
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Stamp Review Crew: Weather Together Edition

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Weather Together Banner

It’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew.  If this is your very first visit to one of our hops, we are a group of international Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. Our hops are unique because each of us features the same stamp set. This week we are featuring the adorable Weather Together stamp set. I am Stop #5 on the hop. You may have just left Stop #4, the always amazing Linda Callahan! After visiting me, you will continue to Stop #6, the ever-so-talented Heidi Baks. Enjoy today’s hop!

Weather Together encouragement card

Today’s offering is a quick and easy card of encouragement.  I’m sure we all know someone who is going through a rough time in their life … someone who could use a little “day brightener”. This clean and simple card fills the bill!

The Umbrella was stamped onto a delightful Pool Party Polka Dot print, while the Handle was stamped onto Pool Party card stock. Umbrella Weather Framelit Dies make it a snap to cut these pieces out.  Clear Wink of Stella and Rhinestones add sparkle, while an Oval Stitched Framelit provides the backdrop for this focal point.

Close up of Weather Together umbrellaI love the sentiments which come with this set.  Since I had a specific recipient in mind for this card, I selected “sometimes we all need shelter from the storm”.  It was inked in Archival Basic Black, and stamped into the corner before embossing the panel with the Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Weather Together cardI hope you enjoyed today’s card made with this adorable set.  Won’t you let me know in your  comment today?  Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Stop #6, Heidi Baks!  I guarantee you will not be disappointed with what she has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…

P.S.  Here is a picture of the newest member of our family, Kendall. Kendall will be sharing time between our home in Iowa and her co-owner’s home in Canada.  Don’t let this picture fool you.  She is a little spitfire for sure!

Kendall
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Clean and Simple Baby Card

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The talented Joanne is hosting a Clean and Simple Baby Card challenge at The Paper Players this week.  I am so excited to ink up one of my favorite sets from Stampin’ Up!’s Occasions Catalog, Little Cuties, and play along.  I hope you enjoy today’s card.

clean and simple baby card

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The Stampin’ Schach’s Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ long when folded.

Piece, baby!  The Rocking Horse image was stamped in Basic Black Archival Ink twice: once on Tip Top Taupe Gingham Paper (from the Succulent Gardens Designer Series Paper collection), and once onto Blushing Bride card stock. The Blushing Bride saddle and bridle were snipped out and adhered onto the gingham pony.

Close-up of Rocking Horse

The Rocking Horse was snipped out and then popped up on a circle created with the Layering Circles thinlits.  Pearls and Blushing Bride Baker’s Twine are the perfect embellishments. A Blushing Bride Stitched Satin Ribbon bow and the Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder background add texture.

Although I used pink hues with taupe, think how easy this would be to create for a baby boy.  Just switch out the pink for a suitable blue. And of course, there is always gender neutral yellow if you wanted to create a few of these cards to have on hand.

If you are a fan of the Tip Top Taupe Gingham pattern paper, you’ll be happy to know the Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper is one of the additional FREE Sale-a-Bration items which are available with your order of $50 (before tax and shipping).

Additional SAB Items 2017I love clean and simple cards of any type, but clean and simple baby cards are among my favorites.  I can’t wait to create one for a baby boy.  Of course, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time, when I introduce you to the newest four legged member of the Schach family…
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An Any Occasion Friendship Card with Tutorial

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Any Occasion Friendship CardI just love it when I can play along with my two favorite challenges using the same card! Sandy at The Paper Players is challenging us to “Cut It Out!” (dies, punches, fussy cutting, etc.), while Jen Mitchell at Freshly Made Sketches has a stunner of a sketch for us.  In fact, you’ll see me using this sketch again with my next card.  That’s how awesome this sketch is! I hope you enjoy today’s friendship card…with it’s step-by-step tutorial!

The Paper Players #334

Freshly Made Sketches #278

The Stampin’ Schach Step-by-Step Tutorial
(Product numbers are found at the end of this post.)

Stamp Set:  Awesomely Artistic
Ink: Basic Black Archival
Paper: Very Vanilla cardstock (4-1/4″ wide x 11″ long)
Basic Black cardstock (4″ x 5-1/4″, 3-1/4″ x 3-3/8″, 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″)
Crushed Curry cardstock (2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″, 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″)
Always Artichoke cardstock (2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″)
Whisper White cardstock (2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″)
Urban Underground Designer Specialty Series Paper (3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″, 2-5/8″ x 4-1/8″)
Other: Big Shot, Timeless Tags Thinlits, SNAIL, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Metal Rimmed Pearls

  1.  Create the card base by scoring the Very Vanilla cardstock at 5-1/2″.
  2.  Adhere the Small Dot pattern Designer Series Paper to Basic Black cardstock.  Attach to the card   base.
  3.  Stamp the word Friend in Basic Black ink on the Lined pattern Designer Series Paper. Mat onto Crushed Curry cardstock.  Adhere the Basic Black cardstock onto the back of this panel.  Adhere to the card base.
  4. Run the Daisy Timeless Tags Thinlit through the Big Shot with each of these three colors of cardstock: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke. Punch out and save all the pieces.Close Up of Inlaid Daisy Timeless Tag
  5. Using the Fine Tip Glue Pen, glue the Basic Black die cut to a piece of Whisper White card stock. Trim around the outside.  Glue the Crushed Curry petals, Basic Black center, and Always Artichoke leaves and stem into position.
  6. “Pop up” the inlaid flower on the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Embellish the center with a Metal Rimmed Pearl.

Friendship Card Created with the Daisy Timeless Tag

How easy is that! And this inlaid flower works perfectly with this sketch.  This card is easy to change up, too, simply by changing out the paper.  As for me, I challenged myself to use this fun paper with a somewhat masculine vibe just to see how it would look with a flower. I can always use friendship cards.  Nothing compares to receiving a surprise friendship card in the mail.

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…
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The Stamp Review Crew: Lift Me Up

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It’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew. If this is your very first visit, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. Our hops are unique because each of us features the same stamp set. This week it is one of my favorite sets from the Occasions Catalog, Lift Me Up.  I am Stop #11 on the hop. You may have just left Stop #10: Charlet Mallet.  Charlet’s work never disappoints!  After visiting me, you will continue to Stop #12 Linda Callahan.  Enjoy today’s hop!

Shabby chic Lift Me Up card

 

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ high when folded.

For today’s hop,  I opted to create a soft, shabby chic card in shades of Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake. I used the mini-sized “Swirly Cloud” image to distress everything, starting with the large balloon cut-out created with the Up & Away Thinlits. 

Swirly Cloud stamp This little stamp is perfect for adding a touch of interest to anything.  Keeping true to my nature, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add pearls.

Close-Up of shabby chic Lift Me Up balloon

To create the sky, I inked up a large Acrylic Block with Soft Sky ink and stamped directly onto a Very Vanilla card stock panel.  I then randomly stamped all over using the Swirly Cloud image, first inked in Soft Sky, and then inked in Crumb Cake.

Close-up of sky

The smaller balloons were both stamped twice, once in Crumb Cake and once in Blushing Bride.  I then paper pieced each one.  Once again, I just had to add a few pearls.

Medium sized paper pieced Lift Me Up balloon

As you can see, the smaller balloons were also distressed using the Swirly Cloud image. I love this little image!

Small balloon

As a finishing touch, I added an asymmetrical bow created with Blushing Bride ribbon.

Blushing Bride Bow

Here is the same card from another angle:

Lift Me Up shabby chic card
If Blushing Bride shabby chic hot air balloons are not your cup of tea, here is the same layout using different colors and rhinestones, which I created earlier:

Hot Air Balloon Lift Me Up card

I hope you enjoyed today’s card made with this adorable set.  Won’t you let me know in your  comment today?  Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Stop #12, the Queen of Clean and Cuteness, the incomparable Linda Callahan!  I guarantee you will not be disappointed with what she has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…


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The Scoop … Stampin’ Up! Updates

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Enjoy this latest collection of Stampin’ Up! updates and news!

 

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If you are new to Stampin’ Up! and would like a free catalog, just let me know.  I will drop one in the mail to you pronto.  I would LOVE to be your Stampin’ Up! “Go-To Gal”! As always, if you ever have any questions about my cards or Stampin’ Up! products, don’t hesitate to email me. Until next time…

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Stamp Review Crew SAB Free for All

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Can you believe it has been over a year since I have said, “It’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew“?  But I am happy to say, it’s great to be back! What a fun hop we have planned for you!  This week we are featuring items from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure, which you can get for FREE with a $50 USD purchase (before tax and shipping).  If this is your very first visit to a Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. I know you will love seeing a variety of Sale-A-Bration items and the versatile and amazing things you can create with these products. I am Stop #24 on the hop. You may have just left Stop #23: the talented Charlet Mallet. Enjoy today’s hop!

Hey, Chick!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ tall when folded.

  • Photobomber! With the exception of the crazy mop-top photobomber, this family of chickens was paper pieced using patterns from the Carried Away Designer Series Paper Collection, a Sale-A-Bration freebie! While one side features patterns that coordinate with the Lift Me Up Bundle from the Occasions Catalog, the other side has patterns perfect for decking out chickens! Of course, the adorable Hey, Chick stamp set is also one of the available SAB choices.

  • Chicken wire! Settle down with a good movie and get ready to put those Paper Snips to work if you don’t want your chickens to fly the coop.  I brayered Archival Basic Black ink onto the  Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot to create the illusion of chicken wire.  I then snipped out the middles of the hexagons and brayered the “wire” with Smoky Slate ink.  It’s a lot of snipping for sure, but the effect is oh, so cute!

  • Another view! Rather than using glue, I simply stapled my wire in place, and then cut out the section which was over the chickens.  The Speckles image from Glorious Grunge was used to add some gravel.

Here is another card I created earlier which features the Hey, Chick stamp set.  It was too cute not to showcase it again.

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s card made with this adorable Sale-A-Bration set.  Won’t you let me know in your  comment today?  Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Stop #25, the incomparable Bruno Bertucci!  I guarantee you will not be disappointed with what he has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…


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Butterfly Basics for The Paper Players

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The Paper Players are having a wonderful theme challenge this week: Clean and Simple Featuring a Flower.  I pulled out one of my favorite sets, Butterfly Basics, to create today’s card.  Enjoy!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ tall when folded.

  • Soft and feminine! Stamps from the Butterfly Basics set, as well as the Speckles image from Gorgeous Grunge, were inked in Tip Top Taupe and stamped off in order to create the background panel.

  • Snip! Snip! Snip! The Flower image was faux water colored using Blender Pens, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz inks.  It was then snipped out with Paper Snips before being popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Although it does not show up in the picture, in real life these blossoms have a lovely shimmer courtesy of Clear Wink of Stella.

  • A bow and a butterfly! A cheater bow was fashioned from Blushing Bride ribbon to add a touch of texture.  And what could be a better finishing touch than a Perfect Plum butterfly?

In my haste to snap a few pictures of this card, I did forget to add pearls.  But rest assured that before I send it out, I will be adding a pearl or two!

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Good News

As several of you already know through emails we have exchanged, I received the results of Brody’s biopsies.  Neither lump was cancerous! Woo hoo!  His incisions are healing nicely.  Of course, it is so important to get plenty of rest, so he has been taking his fair share of naps!

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And
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Beautiful You for The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches

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I am thrilled to combine my two favorite challenges this week:   The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches.  The result is a quick and easy, clean and simple design which uses the Beautiful You stamp set.  I hope you enjoy today’s little paper-pieced gal in red!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This folded card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ tall.

  • Cover your bases!  A 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ piece of Thick Whisper White card stock was scored at 4-1/4″ to form the card base.  The front was then covered with a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ piece of Diagonal Striped  Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack.
  • Lady in Red! The Glamour Girl image was stamped in Archival Basic Black Ink onto Whisper White card stock.  She was then inked up and stamped again onto the Mini-Heart pattern from the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack.  The dress and hat were cut out and adhered onto the image which was stamped on the card stock. How much this reminded me of my paper doll days!

  • The finishing touches! A cute little Basic Black Baker’s Twine bow adds a touch of texture. In keeping with the simplicity of the card, the sentiment was stamped directly onto the Designer Paper.

Beautiful You was a set I I knew I had to have the moment I saw it.  I love to water color and paper piece, and this set is perfect for both. Plus, I absolutely adore the “Live, Laugh, Love” sentiment which is included as one of the sentiments.

I will be sending this card to Brady’s girlfriend who will soon be celebrating her birthday.  I am tucking it in a box which contains a pair of LuLaRoe Giraffe pattern leggings (she loves giraffes) and a Paper Pumpkin kit.  Since she is starting a new adventure in the state of Washington, I thought the Another Great Year kit would be a good one for her.  Brady and I also did a little shopping for her at Goodwill, where he found an adorable little fox mug and two necklaces he thought she would like.  I am so proud of him.  On his limited budget, he found gifts that are truly from his heart and that he knows she will love.

As I leave you today, I want to let you know that Brody the Boxer had two lumps removed Monday.  We have yet to receive the biopsy results, so we still have no idea as to the type and grades of the tumors.  But on the bright side, after a wobbly start, he is doing great! He’s eating, drinking, and enjoying his short walks on these rainy days.

I just had to share this family picture taken Monday evening a few hours after he was brought home from the vet. Jackie, Kia and Muffy did not leave his side, and were quite concerned.  In fact, we have all been sleeping on the floor, since he is not yet allowed to jump onto our very tall bed.

As always, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…
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Nailed It for Freshly Made Sketches

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In the midst of preparing for an impending ice storm, which is set to hit here Sunday, I managed to ink up the Nailed It stamp set for the first time. Oh my gosh! This was a bundle I had reservations in purchasing, but now that I have played with it, I LOVE it. The Urban Underground Designer Series Paper and Embellishments are the perfect choices for this set. And I can’t say enough about the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I wish you could see these hexagons in person.  They are amazing! The sketch for today’s card comes from one of my favorite challenges, Freshly Made Sketches.  Enjoy!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ when folded.

Watercolor Pencils rule! I colored the Screwdriver image using the Daffodil Delight and Basic Grey pencils.  To add a little more shading, I added Delightful Dijon ink using a Blender Pen.

The adorable Ruler was created with the Build It framelits and Silver Foil.  You can also get an idea in this picture of the deep impressions made with the Hexagons Dynamic Folder.

Of course, with a Screwdriver image, you just have to have Screws!  Enter the Urban Underground Embellishments.  How cute are these!

In keeping with the theme, I selected the “Sorry I screwed up” sentiment.  But I think I will switch it out later for one of our many “Happy Birthday” sentiments, and use this as a masculine birthday card.

I cut the Label die cut from the Build It framelits out twice: once from Very Vanilla card stock and once from a snippet of Urban Underground Designer Paper.  I cut the designer paper one in half, and adhered it to the back of the sentiment label, just for a little extra oomph!

If it is not already there, I would definitely add the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to your Wish List.  It is a versatile classic.  If you purchase it and the Nailed It Bundle, you would automatically qualify for a free Sale-A-Bration goody! You just can’t beat FREE!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.  As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

 
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