A Touch of Kindness for the Pals PPA92

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to play at Pals Paper Arts.  This week we have a summery color challenge ready for you:  Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade.  Today I elected to use a whimsical set from the Summer Mini, Touch of Kindness! I hope that you enjoy today’s card.

The Stampin’ Schach Stampin’ Tips:

  • Watercolor! Blender Pens and ink give our ginger cat its delightful hues.  Peach Parfait and Cajun Craze tint our kitty, while Marina Mist birds bathe in a Sahara Sand fountain.  Bashful Blue, Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz inks complete the scene.
  • Here comes the sun! So Saffron card stock is zipped through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  A little Peach Parfait is brayered over the dots and sponged along the side of our cheery sun.
  • Flower power! Boho Blossoms with Basic Rhinestone centers are the perfect accents for corner treatments and to set off sentiments! Need leaves?  The “Leaves” from the Two-Step Bird Punch are the perfect size!
  • Finishing touches! White Baker’s Twine is perfect for cross-stitching on the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.  Crumb Cake and the Color Spritzer Tool are the dynamic duo for instant speckling! And what could be better than a kitty collar complete with a Basic Rhinestone tag!
As always, I love to read your comments.  What do you think of this summery color combination…and my attempt to make a “cute” card?  And as always, if you have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

(Note to Tory:  Pauline’s card is a “waterfall” card.  Click HERE for a tutorial.)

Stamp Sets:  Touch of Kindness (W 123201, C 123203—Summer Mini), C is for Cat (115764); Inks:  Jet Black StazOn (101406), Peach Parfait (119783), Bashful Blue (105209), Marina Mist (119668), Cajun Craze (119671), Sahara Sand (105208), Pear Pizzazz (119784), Daffodil Delight (119667), Crumb Cake (121030), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker (120967), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Write Marker (119801), Bashful Blue Stampin’ Write Marker (105209); Designer Series Paper:  Sunny Garden (119831);  Card Stock:  Watercolor Paper (105019), Pear Pizzazz (119795), Poppy Parade (119793), Peach Parfait (119794), Very Vanilla (101650); Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335), Boho Blossoms Punch (119858), Two-Step Bird Punch (117191), Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275), Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402), 1-1/4″ Circle Punch (119861), Corner Rounder Punch (119871), Blender Pens (102845), Sponge Dauber (102892);  Glitz and Glam:  Basic Rhinestones (119246), White Baker’s Twine (124262—Summer Mini)

The PPA Peek

Some people love it…others hate it! It’s the “PPA Peek”, where I share a small snippet of the Pals Paper Arts inspiration card for the upcoming challenge.  Surprise! Surprise!  My beloved Color Spritzer Tool…recently snatched from the jaws of the evil Boxer puppy, Muffy Lin…was used.  Although the “CST” was saved, little could be done to resuscitate the Mini Glue Dots and the Basic Rhinestones, which were snatched from the table Tuesday morning! If  this peek has piqued your interest, be certain to tune in Thursday for the full reveal.  And don’t forget to check out the Pals Paper Arts site to see what talented stampers were selected as this past week’s PPA Picks!

Welcome the Newest Member of  The Schach Pack

Brittney Jade Colangelo, of Winthrop Harbor and Macomb, IL is the newest member of The Schach Pack, my group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.  Brittney, a nationally ranked public speaker and former pageant queen, is currently studying Theater and Acting at Western Illinois University.  In addition, she is the feature twirler for the Marching Leathernecks.  Brittney loves working with her hands and volunteering every chance she can. If you live in either of these areas, please contact Brittney for your Stampin’ Up! needs.  And if you would like to take advantage of all of the perks and benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, EMAIL me today! I would love to discuss the opportunity with you.
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Twins Win and Amy, Too

Muffy’s Ribbons
Monday is typically the day when the Twins share their show results from the weekend.  However, “Mom” has felt “under the weather” for the past few days.  Of course, this has put me way behind in my emails, blogging and in my card making.  Yikes!  Since the Twins still have not learned how to type, they had to wait for me to recuperate!
If you have followed my blog for awhile, you will know that the Twins are first and foremost the Schach’s furbabies…two happy and joyous Boxer puppies.  They equally love helping Mom stamp AND strutting their stuff in the show ring.  Here are the Twins to give you their perspective on the weekend.
Brody’s Ribbons
Muffy:  I can’t believe my weekend! Pinch me, someone…I must be dreaming!
Brody:  I don’t have posable thumbs. Can I just bite you instead?
Muffy:  Oh, Brody! You are so immature. They’re “opposable” thumbs anyway.  You could take a lesson or two from me.  Just look at ALL of my beautiful ribbons.  I have blue ones for winning my 6 Month to Under 9 Month Puppy Class.  And purple ones for being selected Winners Female.  And then I got one for being Best of Winners, and two more for being Best of Opposite Sex.
Brody:  What is Best of Opposite Sex?
Muffy:  I don’t know, but its a good thing.
Me:  Best of Opposite Sex means that when the judge picked the Best of Breed it was a boy dog. So then she picked the best girl dog, which is the “opposite sex”  and that was you, Muffy.
Muffy and Brody:  Oh.
Muffy:  And Michelle the Handler was really excited, because she said I got my first points.
Brody:  What are “points”?
Me:  When you are selected as a “Winners Dog” or a “Winners Female”,  you are awarded points towards your championship.  When you get 15 points, you can be called a “champion”, like your dad and uncle and grandparents.  You have lots of champions in your family tree.
Brody:  I have a family tree?  Is it in our yard?
Me:  It’s not that type of tree, Brody.  A family tree would be all of your ancestors.
Brody:   I have an “ant sister”?  But I’m a dog.  How can an ant be my sister? Muffy’s my sister.  Are you sad ’cause I didn’t get any points, Mom?
Me:  Of course not, Brody.  You are doing a fabulous job.  You moved so nicely around the ring and stood very, very still when the judge checked all of your parts.  But you are a little boy, and it is just going to take you longer than Muffy to get all of your muscles.
Brody:  And I think that the judd liked it when I touched her hand with my nose.
Me:  I think she did, too.  I was so proud of both you and Muffy.  Where’s Muffy? Brody, where is your sister?
Brody:  She’s chewing on her new toy.
Me:  New toy?  What new toy, Brody?
Brody:  She got it off the table where you were doing your stamping stuff, Mom.
Me: There wasn’t a toy there.
Brody:  Yes there was.  It was the one that has a squeezy part and a pointy part.  Air squishes out and you put a writer thing in it.  You play with it all the time to make speckly dots.
Me:  Not my Color Spritzer Tool!!!  Muffy Lin…
As the Twins shared, they did a fabulous job.  As for me, I was able to retrieve my Color Spritzer Tool before it suffered the wrath of puppy teeth!  Now it’s time to play “Catch Up”!  Being down for the count for a couple of days set me back a week.  But I will still have my Pals Peek and Reveal to share with you, plus Buried Treasure. 
Amy Wins
Congrats to #43 Amy Papale for winning the “Bite of Blog Candy”!
Amy Papale said…
What a beautiful card! I love the way you watercolored and popped up some of the flowers. It really comes to life! Very fresh!
Amy, just email your address to me, and I will drop your Basic Pearls in the mail to you!
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Off to answer emails! Until next time…