It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players! This week the lovely and talented LeAnne has a sketch challenge for us…and what a fabulous sketch it is.  When I saw the central circle, I immediately thought of Stampin’ Up!’s new Hostess Set, Four Seasons.  Because I wanted to use the warm tones of the Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper collection, I selected the Fall image.  I hope you enjoy today’s card!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  Warm and Comforting Fall Cards

• “Comfort” colors!  The warm colors of Comfort Cafe are perfect for fall cards.  Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, and the new In-Color, Summer Starfruit, are a perfect trio for inking up the Fall Wreath image from Four Seasons.  And for a touch of contrast, Always Artichoke completes the picture!

 

• Texture!  Nothing adds warmth to a card like texture.  A Cajun Craze Labels Framelit was zipped through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The result is as warm and comforting as a favorite quilt!

 

• The perfect sentiment! Who can resist the wisdom behind the Kindness Matters sentiment from the set of the same name? 

• A small touch of warm elegance! A fall card can always benefit from a simple touch of elegance.  An Always Artichoke Seam Binding double bow, created in seconds, is the perfect answer when a card needs a little extra!

The Twins are dog tired.  They have helped me price over 100 retiring and previously retired stamp sets. I have decided to really clean out my stamps, so I will be listing sets from previous years and from the mini catalogs, too.  I will be posting my list the first part of June. 

 What do you think of this stamp set? I can’t wait to use the winter image! And I love Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper! I have a feeling I will be using more than one package of it throughout the upcoming year.  As always, your comments are so very important to me, and I do read each and every one! Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

 Here is a little peek at this week’s The Paper Players card.  It features one of the Hostess Sets from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog.  I hope you will join me for the reveal on Sunday!


Of course, if you need a FREE copy of the new catalog, don’t hesitate to email me! I will drop one in the mail for you right away.
 

Time is ticking away!  Don’t miss out on your favorite retiring stamp set or accessories!  Place your order by May 31st!

• View the Retiring Stamp List
• View the Updated Retiring Accessories List 

Do you have a lengthy “Wish List”?  Consider joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator with our new $99 Customizable Starter Kit!

• For $99, you can pick out $125 of ANY products in any current catalog.
• It is FREE shipping (a 10% savings).
• You also receive 8 catalogs which you can share with family, friends or potential customers, plus business supplies.
• You get to “test drive” demonstrator benefits for at least three months with no obligation to purchase anything further. (Anyone who signs up now actually has benefits until the end of September.)
• There is no penalty to drop.
• If you reach $300 in sales during a quarter, you will RENEW your demonstrator status and discounts for 3 more months.

Here are some of the perks available to demos:

• 30% off your first $150 order if placed within 45 days after you sign up
• 20% off all other orders
• A monthly magazine for demos called “Stampin’ Success”
• Access to the demonstrator web site called “Stampin’ Connection”
• Ability to pre-order

• Webinar training
• Membership in a private Facebook group
• Access to a private blog for updated information
• Friendship, socialization, inspiration, support

So as you build your Wish List, think about how you can extend your buying power.  Doesn’t a discount sound pretty awesome?  Email Me today for more information.  Or if you think you are ready to join, Here is the link to sign up.  Until next time…

In one week, the 2011 – 2012 Idea Book and Catalog will be old news, as the new catalog will go “live” June 1st.  On this hot, Iowa afternoon, the Twins sat down to take a look at the old catalog and some of the retiring sets.


Muffy:  Hey, Brody! Mom left her old catalog here on the floor where we can look at it.  She spends so much time looking at her catalog, I wonder what’s so cool about it.
Brody:  Oh, Muffy! This time I know the answer.  It has cats in it.  That’s why they call it a “catalog”!
Muffy:  No it doesn’t.
Brody:  Does too! Just look!

Muffy:  Oh. My. Goodness.  It does have cats in it.  And dog stamps, too!  Here is one that looks like a black lab.
Brody:  And this one on the page that I’m pointing at looks like a Scottie…or maybe a Vestie.
Muffy:  I think you mean Westie!
Brody:  No, I meant Vestie!  I have an accent. 
Muffy:  No you don’t.  You are from Iowa…what kind of accent do you think you have?
Brody:  German. My “auntsisters” came from Germany.
Muffy:  That was like a hundred years ago…and it’s “ancestors”.
Brody:  That’s what I said…”auntsisters”.
Muffy:  Whatever.  I am heading to the ‘puter to see if Mom has any pictures of cards made with these sets.  Hurry before she catches us.  Ooops, here she is!
Me:  Twins…what are you two up to?  Are you being good?
Brody:  Yep.  We were just looking at the “catalog”.  Do you have any pictures of cards made with these doggies and kitties?
Me:  Why yes I do.  Let me pull them up for you!

Me:  This is one of my favorites made with the Friends Fur-ever set (W 117008, C 120504).  I even put a pearl on it.
Brody:  I like it too, Mom.  I LOVE fire hydrants.  And I had a pearl on my butt once.

Me:  And on this one I used the Not So Seriously set (W 123085, C 123087).
Muffy:  I LOVE this one Mom.  It reminds me of all of the BLUE ribbons I win.  Of course, Brody wouldn’t know anything about blue ribbons…
Me:  MUFFY LIN, stop picking on your brother.  Here is one I made a long time ago for Missy the Boxer.  It used the D is for Dog set (W 115784).

Muffy and Brody:  She’s at the Rainbow Bridge now Momma, where she has all of the toyz and treats she could ever want.
Brody:  Did you make one with the kitty stamp?  I love kitties.  Can we have a kitty, Momma?
Me:  Here is one made with C is for Cat (W 115764).

Brody:  What is going to happen to these stamp sets, Momma?
Muffy:  Don’t you ever read Mom’s blog posts, Brody?  They will only be available until May 31st.  So if people do not have them, they need to hurry and place an order.  Then it is new catalog time.

Brody:  And what if people don’t have a new catalog?
Muffy:  They can always get one FREE from Mom!  But they better hurry and email her if they want to get one before June 1st.  She has several more boxes of them ready to give away.
Brody:  Hey…do we get to tear up the boxes again?
Muffy:  That’s what we do best! We are, after all, BOXERS!


I hope you enjoyed today’s retrospective! As always, if you have questions, never hesitate to email me.  And if you do indeed need a catalog, and you don’t already have a current Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, just let me know.  As Muffy said, I have more just waiting to be sent out.  Until next time…


Coming Soon:  Ribbon  and Paper Share information.