Do you dread Mondays?  Not me! I love Mondays because I get to reveal the latest card in my  “Got Ten? Make Twenty” series.  These are cute and stylish cards designed for the busy stamper…with the definite plus of being quick, easy and mailable.   Many of them can be stamped in ten minutes. Where does the “Make Twenty” part come in?  These cards use Stampin’ Up!’s Note Cards, which come 20 in a pack.  By the end of the series, you will have 20 all-occasion cards.  I hope you enjoy today’s “Just Married” card…#6 in the series.

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  Quick and Elegant
This finished card measures 5″ wide  x 3-1/2″ long.

• Black and white! Looking for a classy, elegant color combination?  Don’t overlook an old standard…black and white.  And in keeping with traditional wedding elegance, the Cake image from Just Married was heat embossed using Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

• Well scripted! An elegant card requires an elegant font.  What set better fills the bill for elegance than Loving Thoughts…a “must-have” set in my book! I inked the “Forever and Always” image with Jet Black StazOn for crispness!

 New to The Stampin’ Schach?  Here are the links for cards #1 through #5 in the series:

Card #1:  Happy Christmas
Card #2:  Cheers
Card #3:  With Love
Card #4:  Thoughts of You
Card #5:  Thanks So Much

I hope you enjoyed today’s quick and easy card.  Won’t you let me know in today’s comment?  Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one. Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Join me tomorrow for the February Pals Blog Hop.  Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Just Married (W 129207,  C 129210), Loving Thoughts (W 125843, C 125845);  Inks:  VersaMark (102283), Jet Black StazOn (101406); Card Stock: Whisper White (100730); Designer Series Paper Stack:  Neutrals (117157); Other Paper:  Note Cards (107311); Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335), Ovals Collection Framelits (129381), Heat Tool (129053), Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109133); Glitz and Glam: Basic Rhinestones (119246)

Looking for a fun color combination?  The Paper Players have just that:  Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals.  I decided to create a little tea party on a card. There are flowers for the table, a “lace” edged napkin, and a fine china tea cup!  Now all we need is a little English Breakfast blend from “The White Peony Tea Shoppe” to start our day.  Enjoy!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  It’s All About Three
This finished card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ long.

• Primrose Petals!  A trio of blossoms, snipped from Stampin’ Up!’s Vanilla Flower Trim, was quickly tinted using the Primrose Petals ink pad, a Sponge Dauber, and a Stampin’ Spritzer. 

      Watch this video to see how quick and easy the process is!

• Pearly Petals! A trio of Pearls form the “pearl-fect” centers for the posies on the Primrose Petals Tea Cup from the Tea Shoppe stamp set.

• Peony Petals! The White Peony Tea Shoppe image was stamped three times…once in Primrose Petals and twice in Midnight Muse.  One Midnight Muse image was punched out with the Scalloped Oval Punch, while the Primrose Petals one was punched out with an oval punch and popped atop the Midnight Muse base.  Finally, the Midnight Muse “White Peony” banner was snipped out and layered onto the Primrose Petals oval.  The end result…three layers!

 
Chunky Monkey Lexi

I am so happy to share this picture of Lexi with you.  Little Lexi was not eating. She would get distracted, and was too “busy” to even think about eating. Getting her to look at her food was a chore.  Kim and I would pretend to eat it, to no avail.  I would add all sorts of things to entice her to eat…chicken, turkey, tuna, salmon…and even that did not work.  Sadly, Lexi was getting very thin.  I took her to Dr. Brooke, who placed her on high-calorie “critical care” canned food, which was to be mixed with her dry food.  I am happy to say that she loves the taste of it, and has gained weight! Woo hoo!  No more back bone sticking up!  No more little hip bones sticking up! She is sleek, shiny and a sassy lassy! 

I hope you enjoyed today’s card as much as I enjoyed making it.  Won’t you let me know in today’s comment?  Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one of them.  Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I make or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Tea Shoppe (W 125545,  C 125547); Inks:  Primrose Petals (126858), Midnight Muse (126860); Designer Series Paper:  Comfort Cafe (126898), Birds of a Feather (126899), Paper Doilies (129399); Card Stock: Midnight Muse (126843), Primrose Petals (126841), Very Vanilla (101650);  Tools: Big Shot (113439), Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (127819), Scallop Oval Punch (119858), Large Oval Punch (119855), Bird Builder Punch (117191), Sponge Dauber (102892), Stampin’ Spritzer (126185); Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls (119247), 5/8″ Flower Trim (126869)

What could be better than a plain old, ordinary Thursday?  A Pals Paper Arts Thursday…that’s what!  This week we are featuring a delightful color challenge:  Primrose Petals, Pool Party, and Real Red.  Since I needed another card for Valentine’s Day, I pulled out stamps, paper, punches and inks and set to work.  I hope you enjoy today’s easy card!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Punch a Bunch with a Retro Vibe
This card measures 5-1/4″ square.

• Honeycomb hearts!  Pool Party makes a splash when embossed with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  And those little cells seemed to be crying out for Real Red hearts, punched with the Small Heart Punch!  Don’t you adore this retro color combination?  Adhering the hearts is the only part of the card that takes time, otherwise it would be a quick and easy card.

• Lovely layers!  A Primrose Petals Scalloped Heart, snipped from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper collection, anchors a Pool Party Scalloped Heart from the Hearts a Flutter stamp set.  The smallest Hearts Collection Framelit was used to cut the top heart from my favorite pattern from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper collection. 

• Button and pearls!  “Be My Valentine”, from the Delightful Dozen set, was inked with Soft Suede and stamped onto Naturals Ivory card stock.  A Pool Party Button and Basic Pearls are the perfect accents.

With the Pool Party and Real Red colors, and with this style of sentiment, don’t you think this card has a little “retro-action” going on?  Won’t you let me know what you think in today’s comment?  Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one.  And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Hearts a Flutter (W 129249, C 129252), Delightful Dozen (W 122650, C 122652); Inks:  Soft Suede (126978), Pool Party (126982); Designer Series Paper:  More Amore (129309); Card Stock:  Naturals Ivory (101849), Pool Party Core’dinations (129321), Real Red (102482); Tools:  Small Heart Punch (117193), Big Shot (113439), Hearts Collection Framelits (125599), Hearts a Flutter Framelits (130159);  Glitz and Glam:  Artisan Embellishment kit (129328), Pool Party Bakers Twine (125574), Basic Pearls (119247)