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Tuesday’s Deals and Specials…An Information Round-Up

Ann Schach January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015Specials and Offers

Weekly Deals
January 13 – 19, 2015

New Photopolymer Set

Better Than E-Mail
Item #140463
Price: $15.95

This great new Angel Policy set is just what you need to help you in your business. Recommended clear block sizes are A, B, D, G (not included in the set).

Second Round of Occasions Catalog Shares

IF you missed the first round of the Occasions Catalog Shares, or if you would like to order a second share, the deadline to sign up for the second round of shares will be Friday, January 16th, at 10:00 AM Central Time. The order will be expedited, and your share will be shipped to you as quickly as possible. Here are the details:

Designer Series Paper Share – $22.50 (postage included)
(Note: The Designer Series Paper is cut into 6″ x 12″ sheets)
• 24 – 6″ x 12″ sheets from each of the four new Designer Series Paper Collections (Birthday Bash, Painted Blooms, Sweet Dreams, Something Borrowed)
• 24 – 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ sheets from the two new Designer Paper Stacks (Stacked with Love, Adventure Bound)
• 4 – 6″ x 6″ Designer Washi Sheets (4 different patterns)
• 1 – 6″ x 12″ sheet of Chalkboard Paper

Ribbon and Embellishment Share – $15 (postage included)
• 1 yard of Sahara Lace Trim
• 1 yard of Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim
• 1 yard of Calypso Coral Pom Pom Trim
• 6 yards of Painted Blooms Cotton Twine (2 yards of three colors…Soft Sky, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi)
• 1 yard of Hello Honey Ribbon
• 1 yard of White Jute ribbon
• 6 Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers (1 of each size and style)
• 8 Sweet Dreams Designer Buttons (2 of each design)
• 3 Something Borrowed embellishments

I Want It All Share – $35 (postage included)
Includes both of the above shares
• Paper Share
• Ribbon and Embellishment Share
• Bonus: 50 Pearl Embellishments

Please email the following information to me at ann@thestampinschach.com or kimschach@msn.com:
• The Share in which you wish to participate
• Your PayPal email address
• Your mailing address
I will send out a PayPal invoice to you.

For the first time ever, Stampin’ Up! is lowering the price of their 3 month prepaid subscription. During Sale-A-Bration (January 6-March 31) you can save money and instantly qualify for a FREE product!

Why did they choose to discount the 3 month subscription? Because all good things come in threes! Here are three things you’ll love.

Save $5.00 on your subscription.
The price point instantly qualifies for a FREE Sale-A-Bration product.
Skip to the fun for three months with all the stamps, ink, and paper ready to go for amazing papercrafting projects.

3 Month Paper Pumpkin Subscription
Item # 137859
Price: $54.85 (Regularly $59.85)

Coming Soon: January Lesson of the Month
Featured Set: Butterfly Basics

Until next time…

Love is Kindness for The Paper Players

Ann Schach January 11, 2015 January 13, 2015Thank You

Comments: 31

It’s Sunday, and I am back with another The Paper Players Design Team card. This week I am hosting a color challenge: Crisp Cantaloupe, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand. I thought this trio of colors would be a refreshing change from the colors of the holidays and winter. I hope you enjoy my “cleaner and simpler” card!

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

With a snip-snip here! After stamping the Love is Kindness image directly onto Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper, I stamped it onto Crisp Cantaloupe and Lost Lagoon Designer Paper. I then snipped and paper pieced the blossoms and paper wrapping. A Painted Bloom Cotton Twine bow was added. Isn’t it adorable?
Banner! The “Thank You” sentiment is from Painted Petals. I created the banner using the Banner Framelits, and “popped” it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals to add more depth.

Bows! I opted to top the banner with a beautiful double bow, crafted from Lost Lagoon ribbon. This ribbon has such a beautiful silky sheen to it!If you are wondering where the rest of the Love is Kindness image is…the quote by Robert Louis Stevenson: “The essence of love is kindness”…I snipped it off! This gives me the flexibility to use it wherever and whenever I choose without having to mask it off when I just want to ink up the flowers. It’s a beautiful quote, and I know I will use it often.

Muffy Update

Because many of you emailed me wondering about Muffy, here is an update. Muffy is not ready to visit the “bakery” yet, so there are no “Mini-Muffins” in the oven. Dr. Rita checked her on Monday, and said she is healthy and nothing is wrong. Muffy is quite the celebrity at the vet’s office, and everyone is as anxious as I am for the pitter-patter of tiny paws. But we will have to wait on Mother Nature, who is taking her own sweet time. What you are seeing is Muffy’s ad which will be in the February edition of The Boxer Ring magazine.

It was refreshing to create a “cleaner” card than I usually make. But you know me, I was thinking about adding a pearl or two. I resisted the tempation. Then I thought about sequins, and resisted the temptation. I still think it looks a little bare, but I am not sure what I would add. I truly admire those who create Clean and Simple cards. What do you think about my clean and simple effort? Won’t you let me know in your comment today? Your comments are important to me. And remember, 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…

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach
Anne Marie Hile
Claire Broadwater
Jaydee
Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt
LeAnne Pugliese
Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis
Debbie Mageed
Karren Johnson
Shannon Jaramillo

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Butterfly Basics for Pals Paper Arts

Ann Schach January 8, 2015 January 7, 2015All Occasion/Friendship

Comments: 17

It’s time for another challenge from Pals Paper Arts! This week we have a color challenge featuring Island Indigo, Pool Party, and Soft Sky. Because I am so in love with the new Butterfly Basics stamp set from the Occasions Catalog, I pulled it out to create this soft and serene card. I hope you enjoy it.

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

Butterfly and bokeh! The Lacy Butterfly image from Butterfly Basics was stamped in Island Indigo onto the Soft Sky paper from the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper collection. I then used a Sponge Dauber to add circles of Island Indigo and Pool Party all around the butterfly, replicating the bokeh technique. The effect is soft and serene. An Island Indigo Butterfly was inked and punched out with the Butterflies Thinlits, and adhered atop the original image. A few pearls accent the lacy wings.

A banner sentiment! “There is nothing in the caterpillar…” is a beautiful quote from Buckminster Fuller. For this card, it was inked in Night of Navy and stamped onto the Soft Sky paper from Painted Blooms. A Banner Framelit was used to create the banner.

Layered blossoms! The Flower image was stamped onto the paper that protected the cover of the Occasions Catalog. I needed paper with s subtle hint of green for the leaves and stem, and this paper coordinated well with the Pool Party fern which had been stamped onto the background. I snipped out the entire image. Next, the image was stamped a second time onto the Soft Sky designer paper, and the petals were snipped out. The petals were adhered into position on the first image. The entire thing was popped up onto the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

It is certainly not butterfly weather here in SE Iowa. In fact, it’s going to be a three dog night this evening. As I am writing up this post Wednesday afternoon, it’s zero degrees with a wind chill of -19. Tonight’s air temperature is predicted to be -13. On nights like tonight with a drafty two story house, three snuggling Boxers will be a blessing!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. As I mentioned earlier, this is one of my favorite sets from the Occasions Catalog. How about you? Have you picked out a favorite set yet? Won’t you let me know in your comment today? If I have it, I just might design a card with it. And remember, if you have a question about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…