Vintage Meets Clean and Simple


Are you a lover of Clean and Simple cards, yet have a yearning to create the ever-popular vintage look? Then I have the card for you! It’s a “Goldilocks card”…it’s not too simple, it’s not too vintage, it’s just right! Designed for Pals Paper Arts Clean and Simple Challenge: Scallops, today’s card features the Easter Blossoms stamp set and Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper. Enjoy “Vintage Meets Clean and Simple”!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:

  • Quick and easy! Large scallops are a breeze to make when using the Big Shot and the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die. The vintage theme is reinforced by using Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper.
  • How can you resist Resist! The Emboss Resist technique was used when stamping the girl image and sentiment, both from the Easter Blossoms stamp set. The stamps were inked with VersaMark, stamped onto Naturals Ivory card stock, and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Crumb Cake ink was then sponged over the embossing, and the excess was wiped away.
  • Age it! The Color Spritzer Tool and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker add instant speckles! A Sponge Dauber and Crumb Cake ink are used to age edges!
  • Glitz and Glam! Three Basic Pearls adorn the upper right corner. An Always Artichoke Seam Binding bow is accented with a snippet of lace, and softly pleated.
I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration card. I know that the other members of the Design Team have created fabulous cards to get your creative juices flowing, so please make certain to stop by Pals Paper Arts and check them out! I do hope that you will join us in our CAS-Scallops challenge this week. Remember, your comments are important to me, and I am anxious to hear what you think of today’s card. And if you ever have a question about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away. Coming up tomorrow: Blog Candy Winner and Blog Awards. Until next time…
Stamp Set: Easter Blossoms (W 121905, C 122057); Inks: Crumb Cake (121030), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker (120967), VersaMark (102283); Designer Series Paper: Springtime Vintage (121782); Card Stock: Naturals Ivory (101849), Crumb Cake (119929); Tools: Big Shot (113439), Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die (120893), Scallop Oval Punch (119856), 1-3/4″ x 7/8″ Oval Punch (119855), Heat Tool (100005), Sponge Dauber (102892), Stampin’ Sponges (101610), Color Spritzer Tool (107066); Glitz and Glam: Always Artichoke Seam Binding (121000), Chantilly Crochet Trim (118480), Basic Pearls (119247), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132)

PPA Peek and FREE Rhinestones


Can you believe it is Wednesday already? Of course, that means it’s time for a sneak peek at my Pals Paper Arts inspiration card, and a “bite” of Blog Candy. I hope that you enjoy both! Of course, while waiting for the full reveal on Thursday, won’t you please stop by the PPA and check out this week’s Pals Artist Picks?

The Twins are still “recuperating” from their first show, and are staying close to Mom. Muffy has had some trouble with an upset tummy. While at the show, she didn’t eat very much of her food which I sent from home. However, she loved chowing down on the ham, liver and hot dogs that her handler had brought to garner her attention in the ring. And she also coerced others of her admirers for a bite now and then. The result is that she is now on the equivalent of “doggy Pepto-Bismol” and some special canned food. However, she feels well otherwise. While she is not laying at my feet, or answering her emails, she and Brody are both playing.

Well, what do you think about today’s peek? Instead of a penny for your thoughts, how about a package of FREE RHINESTONES? Just leave me a comment on either this post or Thursday’s post by 10:00 PM CST Thursday, and I will randomly select a winner to be announced in Friday’s post. Also on Friday, I have blog award recipients to announce…that is always sooo much fun! And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away!

Congratulations to the latest recipients of FREE product earned through the “Shop with Schach” Rewards Program: Brenda and Kyra! Have YOU placed your Sale-A-Bration order with me yet? You can also earn free product through my loyalty program! Until next time…

The Twins Have the Blues


It’s Sunday evening, and two very tired Twins are recuperating from their first AKC dog show in Des Moines, Iowa. Because they wanted to tell you all about it themselves, I gave in and said they could say a few words about their first Dog Show Adventure. If you know anything about Boxers, you know that they can be very persuasive until they get their own way. Against my better judgement…here are The Twins.

Muffy: I am going to go first and tell you all about my very first dog show, because I am the girl and I am smarter.

Brody: But I’m bigger, and I went into the ring first, so I want to talk first. MOM….Muffy is being mean to me again, just like she was to all of the other boy Boxers in the motel room!!!

Me: Muffy, be a big girl, and let Brody be the alpha dog today!

Brody: Thanks, Mom! I got to go into the ring first on both Saturday and Sunday. Mom…why do they call it Saturday when Michelle the Handler wouldn’t let me sit in the ring? And why was it called Sunday when it rained all day? Anyway, I got to go into this big circle called a ring. There were other little boy puppies there. I wanted to play with them, but Michelle wouldn’t let me. On “You-Can’t-Sit-Day”, there was a man in the ring. I think he’s called a “Judd”.

Muffy: No he’s not, Brody. You don’t know anything. A “Judd” is a woman who sings country music. There are two of them. Mom and I watched them on Oprah when I was helping her distress cards.

Brody: MOM!!! Muffy said I don’t know anything. Those people in the ring with us, they are too called Judds, aren’t they Mom!

Me: Well, Brody-boy, you are very close, sweetie! They are called “judges”. You had two judges. A man on “You-can’t-sit day” and a woman on “Rainday”.

Brody: Oh, no! I remember learning about “Stranger Danger” and “Good Touch-Bad Touch”! But he touched me all over, and then he had the nerve to look in my mouth! And Michelle let him do it. I stood really still though, because Michelle was feeding me stuff my Mom doesn’t let me have, like Ham and Liver and Hot Dogs. Oh, no…MOM…was I eating other dogs???

Me: No, Brody. Hot dogs are made from…well…uh…something with hooves. But, Brody, they are not made from “dogs”. You weren’t being a cannibal.

Brody: Whew…I didn’t want to be a can of bull! Anyway, after the strange man touched me, I had to “gait”, which meant that I couldn’t just walk, but I couldn’t run either. It was kind of fun. People clapped, and so I did this little prance. And then they clapped more, because I was cute…

Muffy: No you weren’t! You’re not cute! You’re ugly. I heard Mom say so. She said you just look like some big brown ugly thing with a gorgeous head…

Brody: MOM!!!! Muffy is saying I’m not cute and that you said I was ugly!

Me: Oh, sweetie! Mommy did say your head was gorgeous, and you know that Michelle said that we needed to work on building up your muscles. Muffy Lin…quit saying hurtful things to your brother!

Muffy: Oh, just let me talk, Brody. You are taking way too long to tell the story. OK…So Brody won his class on Saturday and he won his class on Sunday, and he beat some other boy dogs. Big whoop! They were boy dogs…and everybody knows that boy dogs are stinky and have fleas. People want to hear about me…I am the perfect, pretty puppy with the awesome Boxer booty! I am the J-Lo of Dogdom! No…with my Boxer bottom, I am the Kim Kardashian of Kanines! I am beautiful! Everyone loves to look at meeeee!

Brody: MOM…Muffy’s doing it again! Make her stop!

Me: Twins! That’s enough! Go take a nap like good dogs!


Well, to make a long story short, both of the Twins won their classes both days. Brody did have other little boy puppies in the ring with him. Muffy was the only one in her class. If Muffy were telling the story, she would tell you that all the rest of the little girls were scared off by her beautiful looks! But that’s Muffy for you! Until next time…