Good things come to those who wait! Sale-A-Bration time is finally here! Between January 22nd and March 22nd, you’ll receive your choice of a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 you spend, before shipping and taxes.  Check this brochure to see what you can select.

And you can earn even more!

With a $150 (not including shipping and handling) order, you will also receive the following:

• A free pack of silver glimmer paper
• $25 in Hostess Dollars
• 3 FREE Sale-A-Bration items

With a $400 order you will receive:

• A free pack of silver glimmer paper
• A free product bundle (stamp set, ribbon, buttons, designer series paper)
• $65 in Hostess Dollars
• 50% off any full-priced item
• 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items
• If you are placing your qualifying ($400+) order though my on-line store, please use the following numbers for the extras:
  Wood-Mount Hostess Bundle: 133316
  Clear-Mount Hostess Bundle: 133317
  Free Glimmer Paper: 133318

   

And, as always, you will be eligible for Shop with Schach Loyality points!

• Every $1 you spend with me (before shipping, handling, taxes) = 1 Shop with Schach point
• Redeem 500 points for ANY stamp set from any current catalog

There has never been a better time to join the Stampin’ Up! family.  If you join during Sale-A-Bration, you will receive:

• $156.50 worth of products and pay only $99 (FREE shipping)
• 20% product discount
• All the perks and benefits of being a member of the Schach Pack

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email me at ann@thestampinschach.com. I am always here to help! 

Congrats to Muffy and Lexi

Lexi – Best Puppy and Grand Sweepstakes Winner at the Minnesota Boxer Club specialty show in St. Paul

Both Muffy and Lexi were victorious in Des Moines, IA Saturday, winning their classes.  They did a fabulous job, and showed their very best.  I could not have been prouder of my girls!

Finally, the girls and I are home to stay for a month before the next round of dog shows begin.  I can’t wait to pull out the stamps, make a few videos, and catch up on my emails and visits to your blogs.  Until next time… 

Can a card with inked edges be clean and simple?  It all depends on your definition of clean. If you interpret “clean” as being clean-lined with no torn edges, today’s card is indeed clean.  If  clean means lots of  “white space”,  this card once again meets that criteria.  But as you can see, I did ink the edges.  However, I am going to roll with the non-distressed edges and “white space” and certify this card as “vintage clean and simple”! Which is a good thing, since today’s challenge at The Paper Players is a Clean and Simple Sketch Challenge hosted by the talented Jaydee.  Remember…if it is clean and simple to you, it is clean and simple to us.  So grab those stamps and inks and play along!

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

• Go for the “Natural” look! Naturals Ivory card stock is my favorite choice for vintage-style cards. The slightly speckled appearance mimics the appearance of the Color Spritzer Tool.  It is the perfect backdrop for the Early Espresso Ferris Wheel from Feeling Sentimental.

• Celebrate Sale-A-Bration! Feeling Sentimental, a set that you can select as a Sale-A-Bration perk (beginning January 22) with a $50 merchandise order, includes the versatile sentiment “Celebrate”.  Just think of all of the things you can celebrate…birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and more!

I think today’s card is another candidate for a CAS-MAS card…clean and simple masculine, especially if the Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is switched out for the Square Lattice folder.  What do you think? Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? Your comments are very important to me, and I do read each and every one of them. By the time you read this post, I hopefully will be on my way home from a long weekend of dog shows with the girls.  How wonderful it will be to finally be home for awhile! Between dog shows and Stampin’ Up!’s Leadership, I have been away from home for 14 days this January.  Whew! I can’t wait to just stay home and stamp! Until next time… 

Stamp Set:  Feeling Sentimental (Sale-A-Bration), French Foliage; Inks:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Card Stock:  Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso; Tools:  Sponge Dauber, Brayer, Big Shot, Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder; Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls

Need a fabulous sketch?  Pals Paper Arts has just the ticket with their challenge this week.  I inked up the adorable Wellies from Bootiful Occasions to create this sweet little card, suitable for anyone who needs a pick-me-up!  I hope you like it!

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

• Mix and Match Textures! When teaming up textures, I prefer to pair simple with simple.  In this case, I used the Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and the Perfect Polka Dots folder.  

• Faux Watercoloring! The Wellies from Bootiful Occasions were inked with Melon Mambo and stamped onto Whisper White.  To prevent the outline from smearing, Marina Mist was carefully added using ink and a Blender Pen.  The soft coloring adds a touch of whimsey.

 

• Blingin’ the ‘brella! Basic Pearls and Rhinestones were used to embellish the Umbrella from Rain or Shine.  Isn’t that sparkle splendid? It’s like sunshine on dew drops

• Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda!  How about a little Daffodil Delight blossom adorning the umbrella handle instead of Melon Mambo?  The “pop” of color would have been totally unexpected and “delightful”.  As they say, hindsight is 20-20.

What do you think of today’s card?  Do you think the Daffodil Delight blossom would have worked better?  Won’t you let me know in today’s comment?  Your comments are important to me.  I do read each and every one of them.  

Lexi, Muffy and I are off to Des Moines this weekend for a show. 

Lexi Lou

Muffy Lin

Hopefully one of my girls will come home a winner.  Keep your fingers crossed for us please!  You can never guess the outcome ahead of time.  There are so many variables involved.  But regardless of the outcome, in my eyes, they are both beautiful girls.  Brody will be with Dad, cheering on his sisters from home.  

Brody James

He is such a sweetie.  It breaks my heart that we have found more bumps, which we are keeping under observation.  If we are lucky, maybe they will disappear like the one last year. 

Having trouble keeping up with all of the Stampin’ Up! news?  Read about the latest releases.  Until next time…