A Peek at The Players

It’s Saturday and time for a little peek at Sunday’s The Paper Players challenge card.  I hope that you will join me tomorrow for the reveal.  In the meantime, check out the Cuts Above and Headliner for last week’s challenge! You won’t be disappointed! 


“Wolfman Brody” was a big hit last night with Brady and his friends…as were the cookies!  Brady’s concert was fabulous! He did such a wonderful job with his solo.  As for Muffy…she enjoyed the extra attention she received from Brady’s friends.  Many of them left pets behind at home…so it was an added treat for them to enjoy her company for a couple of hours.

October Big Shot Starter Kit Promotion


Get a FREE Big Shot (or $100 in Stampin’ Up! products of your choice) when you purchase the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. That’s up to $440 in products for $175 and it ships FREE. Join in October, and Stampin’ Up! demonstrator benefits and discounts will be yours through March 31, 2012.  There is no obligation to purchase anything further or hold workshops. For more details, click HERE!  I would love to have you as a member of The Schach Pack!  Until next time…

Catalog CASE with a Twist

Instead of today’s Buried Treasure, I thought I would share with you the items I will be taking to Brady the Boy this evening.  He has another concert tonight, with a solo, so Kim, Muffy and I will be heading out in a few hours to listen to him perform.  Well…at least Kim and I will be listening.  Muffy will be hanging out with a couple of Brady’s non-musical friends while we are in the Performing Arts Center.  In case you are wondering about the other Twin, Brody the Boxer is heading on his way to Mason City, Iowa to show.  He needs the experience in the ring, since he was idle for a few months when he had his surgery.

Sometimes I don’t always have time to design something original, and that was the case with today’s projects.  I wanted something cute to take cookies and candy to Brady this evening, so out came the Halloween Creeps set and a CASE from the Holiday Mini.  I did not even switch it up…except for one little Wolfman twist!

Can you see what I did? I know Brady will get a kick out of it.  Luckily I had a perfect Brody head shot that would work.



As for the cookie container, I re-covered a 10 cent yard sale find with Frightful Sight paper and added a ribbon trim.  It’s nothing fancy, but is just perfect for Brady’s favorite cookies!  After taking the photograph and putting away the light tent, I did notice that I had a corner issue.  Out came the trusty Glue Dots and Sticky Strip, and the ribbon has been re-pleated and pulled up…although Brady probably would have never noticed it!

Card Winner



The random number generator has spoken, and the winner of this card is:   Leslie Swearinger.

Leslie said…

Simply astonishing! Hmmm – I don’t happen to have the gently falling stamp set and I adore it every time I see you use it. I also am a huge fan of the new Pool Party and recently used it to make a Christmas card. It truly is a versatile “all seasons” color! Thanks for continuing to inspire me each and every day.

I am sending  a BIG thank you to everyone who left comments.  I really do appreciate them.  I am in the process of catching up on my emails after last week’s issues…and in case I have not replied to you yet, I want you to know that I do read each and every one of them! As always, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, never hesitate to email me.  Until next time…

Grateful for the PPA

It’s Thursday and time to play at Pals Paper Arts! The Pals have selected a Fall theme for Challenge #115.  Thanksgiving, Autumn, Harvest or Halloween…the choice is yours! Although the Pals Design Team uses Stampin’ Up! in our creations, we welcome any and all products and encourage everyone to play along.  Challenges are a perfect way to have fun while growing as paper artists.  Won’t you join us this week?  

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  Fall Fun
  • Score one for the team! Stampin’ Up!’s new Simply Scored tool makes it possible to add easy details in the blink of an eye! Add a Basic Pearl…and you have just moved from drab to fab!
  • Falling leaves! Create the look of watercoloring without the fuss with the Gently Falling stamp set! Leaf images were inked in Crumb Cake (overstamped with Cherry Cobbler), More Mustard (overstamped with Cajun Craze on the Maple Leaf and Old Olive on the elongated leaf), and Cajun Craze (overstamped with Old Olive).   Fussy cut and adhered to a 3″ Naturals Ivory circle punched with the Big Shot…these are leaves you won’t have to rake!
 
  • Pennant with pizzazz! Take your sentiment pennant to a new level by curling one end.  The Round File from the Distressing Essentials kit makes it a snap to curl ends and corners!  
  • Distress!  Don’t be a fool…use the Tool…the Color Spritzer Tool!  Paired with a Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker, speckles appear in a flash!  After a spritz of Log Cabin Smooch, the Naturals Ivory circle takes on a nice bronze patina.  And of course, don’t forget to daub the edges with Soft Suede ink using those fun little dauber do-bobbers!

I hope you enjoyed today’s fall card! I am really liking the new Pool Party color for so many seasons, from Fall to Winter, as well as Spring and Summer! It “plays well” with other colors! Won’t you let me know what you think in your comment today?  And if you have not checked out the latest “From Me to You” card, won’t you please check yesterday’s post?  Remember, your comments are important to me…and I always welcome your questions about the cards that I create and the techniques that I use.  I am only an email away! Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Gently Falling (W 123802, C 123804 ), Grateful Greetings (116511);  Inks:  More Mustard (103162), Old Olive (102277), Crumb Cake (121030), Cherry Cobbler (119669), Cajun Craze (119671), Soft Suede (115657), Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker (120973);  Designer Series Paper:  Spice Cake (124003); Card Stock:  Crumb Cake (120953), Pool Party (122924), Naturals Ivory (101849), Cajun Craze (119684);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), 3″ Circle Originals Die (122125), Simply Scored (122334), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Distressing Essentials Kit (118762), Paper Snips (103579), Sponge Daubers (102892); Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls (119247), Log Cabin Smooch Spritz (119921)