It’s Saturday, and time for a little peek at this week’s The Paper Players card to pique your interest! It’s quick! It’s easy! It’s masculine! Won’t you join me tomorrow for the reveal?

2013 – 2014 Product Share Information

Each year I offer an affordable way to own a portion of several new products for just a fraction of the cost…the shares!

Stampin’ Up! said that I cannot share the names of specific items included until the catalog goes live, but I can give you general descriptions of the shares. If you are interested, you can reserve a share immediately.  To be included in the first round of shares, please contact me by May 30th.  I will begin sending invoices on May 28th, and the product will be ordered on May 31st. You will be able to pay by PayPal or by check.  Here is what I can share now:

The Stampin’ Schach
2013 – 2014 Product Shares

1.  Designer Series Paper Share

• You will receive one 6″ x 12″ sheet of each double sided pattern of all 13 Designer Series Papers included in the catalog
• This is a total of 78 sheets of 6″ x 12″ paper
• Price is $34.95 + $4.95 shipping

2.  Ribbon Share

• There are two new styles of ribbons, in a total of 17 different colors
• You will receive approximately 2-1/2 yards of each ribbon
• This is a total of approximately 42-1/2 yards of ribbon
• Price is $34.95 + $4.95 shipping

3.  New Embellishment Share

• You will receive 391 items
• This includes:  150 new-style buttons, 10 adornments, 6 clips, 200 adhesive backed embellies,  25  brads
• Price is $34.95 + $4.95 shipping

4.  “I Want It All”

• Receive 78 sheets of 6″ x 12″ paper,  approximately 42-1/2 yards of ribbon, and 391 assorted embellishments for one low price
• Price is $99.95 with FREE shipping
• This is a 16% savings over the cost of all three shares

Special Add-Ons (Not sold separately)
Either one, or both, of the options below can be added to Shares 1 – 4.

A.  Paper Stacks

• You will receive 100  6″ x 12″ sheets of paper (20 from each of the four color families plus the new In Colors)
• Price is $25.95 + $5.95 shipping when added to Shares 1 – 3 above;  FREE shipping if added to the “I Want It All” Share 4

B.  Additional New Ribbons

• You will receive approximately 2-1/2 yards of each of the FIVE new colors which have been added to the pre-existing ribbon styles
• Total of 12-1/2 yards
• Price is $6.95 + FREE shipping when added to any Share 1 – 4

If you have any questions, or wish to reserve your share, please email me.  Please feel free to share this with your friends.  Until next time…
 

Christmas Lodge will always be one of my favorite Christmas sets. Sadly, it is scheduled to be retired on June 3rd.  (You can check out the Retiring Lists at the end of this post).  If you love this set as much as I do, and if you have not ordered it yet, please don’t hesitate. Here are some of my favorite Christmas Lodge cards that I have created.  Enjoy!

Muffy Passes Her Echocardiogram!

One of the prerequisite tests that a responsible Boxer owner performs on their furbabies prior to breeding is an echocardiogram.  An echocardiogram is the best tool for diagnosing sub-aortic stenosis (SAS) and for determining the origin and significance of heart murmers.  Boxer owners are lucky because each year, at the National Specialty, the American Boxer Club arranges for low-cost echocardiograms to be conducted.  This year, the nation’s foremost expert on the Boxer heart, Dr. Kate Meurs, DVM, PhD., Board Certified Veterinary Cardiologist and her team performed the test.  

Now we all know that Muffy is a health-conscious girl.  She knows the importance of good hygiene…

She exercises regularly.

She dresses appropriately when the weather is chilly…

And she gets plenty of sleep.

The great news is that Dr. Meurs said that Muffy passed her echo, and is SAS clear.  Woo hoo!

Other Great Boxer News

And in other great news on the Boxer front, Lexi’s brother, Tyler, won his class at the National Futurity and was Reserve National Junior Futurity Winner.  Little Lexi is proud of her big brother!  And if Lexi continues to eat and gain those precious ounces, she will be giving the Boxer girls a run for their money this summer!

Thanks so much for sharing in my good news today. After a hectic weekend, things are getting caught up here at The Stampin’ Schach and I am ready to stamp…and catch up on emails.  Until next time…

It’s Sunday, and time to play with  The Paper Players.  This week, the talented Anne Marie is challenging us to make Mother’s Day cards.  I decided to pull out my Postage Due stamp and create a card I think my mother would have loved, using three new colors:  Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar (both In Colors), and the new neutral, Smoky Slate.  Enjoy!

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

• Beautiful blossoms! The Postage Due stamp was inked first in Baked Brown Sugar and stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock.  The blossom section was then inked in Calypso Coral, and snipped out.  Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter and Pearls add glitz and glam.

• Distress! The sentiment “for everything you are to me”, from Petite Pairs, was stamped in Soft Suede.  The edges were distessed with Soft Suede ink, while the entire banner was spritzed using the retiring Color Spritzer Tool. The Waterspots image is from the retiring French Foliage set.

• Pop it up! The Coastal Cabana “number three”,  Calypso Coral flower, and Smoky Slate bicycle, were snipped out with paper snips and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Popping images up on dimensionals is an easy way to add interest, especially on relatively simple cards. 

Noticed I used two retiring products on today’s card, the Waterspot image from French Foliage and the Color Spritzer Tool.  These are two of my favorites, and they will have a permanent place in my stamping arsenal.  Have you checked out the retiring lists yet?

American Boxer Club Nationals

As you read this post, Muffy and I are on our way to the National Boxer Show in Indianapolis. It’s a bittersweet trip, because little Lexi will not be showing.  At the time entries were to be made, Lexi was still too thin.  So, the room at the Wyndham was cancelled, and one of the top handlers in the nation was told that she wouldn’t be needed for Lexi’s class.  But wouldn’t you know it…in the two weeks since the deadline, Lexi has gained weight. Arghh!

Lexi (right) with littermate Tyler at 9 months of age

However, Muffy and I will be there today and Monday.  Muffy will be having an echocardiogram done. Boxers are prone to heart disease, and because of that, the American Boxer Club offers inexpensive testing at their national and regional events…inexpensive enough that it is cheaper for me to drive 5 hours and stay overnight, than to get it done here in Iowa.  Although the conformation events will not be going on yet, I will be able to at least meet some of the great Boxer breeders and handlers.  We will be cheering on Lexi’s littermate, Tyler, from back home, when he shows on Tuesday.  And, I will have been there and bought the tee-shirt…and the mug…and the tote! Until next time…