Acorns and Oak Leaves

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What better way to celebrate Autumn than with two of the iconic images of the season: Acorns and Oak Leaves! It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players.

acorns and oak leaves

It’s color week at The Paper Players! For PP763, the talented Jan is our amazing hostess. She is treating us to a delightful quartet of hues: Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Old Olive. I couldn’t wait to celebrate the season with another leafy, fall card. What about you? I can’t wait to see what YOU create. But as I always say, before you gather up your stamps, papers, and inks, please stop by and leave my incredible “Teamies”, who work so hard to inspire you weekly, some “Comment Love”. It truly does brighten our day!

PP763 colors for Acorns and Oak Leaves

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

I have never regretted living in a neighborhood that is blessed with so many trees, even when it’s time to rake. The ash tree in our backyard just finished dropping the last of her leaves this past week. We also have maple trees in our side and front yard, while our neighbors have oaks and sycamores. Although the ash may be finished shedding her crowning glory, the mighty oaks have just begun.

The leaves and acorns image on today’s card is from the Amber Autumn stamp set. I inked the image in Versamark followed by Early Espresso and stamped it onto Very Vanilla cardstock. It was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The leaves were colored using Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends, with just a tinge of Pumpkin Pie. After all, what is fall without a little Pumpkin Pie (wink). Extra color was lifted off as needed. For the acorns, I used a Blender Pen and Early Espresso ink, removing most of the ink from the blender pen before shading the acorns. The image was die cut out and placed upon an Early Espresso Spotlight on Nature circle, accented with a gold hoop and a bow crafted from Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon. The Gathering Leaves embossing folder provides lovely texture for the background. The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso and die cut using a Stylish Shapes die. Three Flower Accents provided the perfect finishing touch.

acorns and oak leaves closeup

Need more inspiration? Be sure to check out the rest of our talented Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

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Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Christy Stanford

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Grateful For The Everyday Magic Of You

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Sometimes I have difficulty expressing how grateful I am to have certain people in my life. I have found that when that happens, a lovingly created card can express my gratefulness more eloquently than I can. The sentiment, “Grateful for the Everyday Magic of You”, is a perfect way to let someone know how much they mean to you. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!

Grateful for the everyday magic of you

It’s theme week at The Paper Players. For PP762, sweet and lovely LeAnne has selected the timely theme of “Thankful for You”. While I usually love to create “leafy” cards in the colors of the season, I went an entirely different route. Today’s card mirrors the magical beauty of nature and was perfect for a card that honors how grateful I am to have a certain person in my life everyday. I can’t wait to see what YOU create for this week’s challenge. But before you gather up your stamps, papers, and inks, please stop by and leave my incredible “Teamies”, who work so hard to inspire you weekly, some “Comment Love”. It brightens our day!

Grateful for the everyday magic of you

Colors Of The Day

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Today’s card is one where the Light & Wonder dies and cardstock do all the work. Using the gorgeous Lights of Aurora Designer Series Paper as my color inspiration, I die cut snowcapped mountains from Basic White with a Smoky Slate overlay. Pretty Peacock hills were layered next, followed by Blackberry Bliss trees in the distance. The larger trees in the foreground were die cut from Gorgeous Grape. The die cuts were then strategically placed on the designer paper so it appeared as if we were peaking through the forest at a beautiful mountain lake. The sentiment, from the retired Something Fancy stamp set, was hand cut and accented with a trio of simple rhinestones.

grateful for the everyday magic of you

Need more inspiration? Be sure to check out the rest of our talented Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach– That’s me!

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Christy Stanford

Nueve’s Notes

Hey, everybody! It’s me, Nueve! Guess what! We got to go Trick-or-Treating at obedience class Thursday. We got cookies, and all we had to do was wear our costumes. Sixxy’s costume was the BEST. She went as a diva.

Sixx diva costume

Sixx diva costume

Uncle Q was a “handsome devil”. He looks scary! His horns were sparkly and his tie had diamonds on it.

GQ handsome devil

As for me, I was a unicorn. My mane was made of gorgeous feathers and my horn was gold.

Nueve unicorn costume

Mom made a Howl-o-ween card that had all three of us on the front. She even made our noses look our real noses. I have lots of pink, Sixxy has her freckles, and Uncle Q is just kind of gray. She gave me angel wings ’cause I am a such a good boy.

Halloween card with three boxers

We had lots of fun on Howl-o-ween and wore our costumes the whole time. It made my Mom and Dad smile. It made all of the other people at the class smile, too, especially when Sixxy wagged her tail and her whole skirt was wiggling. Yep! Making our people smile is just part of our jobs. We are Working dogs, and I am the bestest. I am Good Boy Nueve!

Nueve signature

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Happy Winter PP760

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Just like every house should begin with a great foundation, every card should begin with a great sketch. Today’s Happy Winter card does just that. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!

Happy Winter

This week, the amazing Joanne is hosting our sketch challenge. Can you say “versatile”? I stayed on the cleaner, simpler side. I know – what a change for me! I can’t wait to see what YOU create with Joanne’s awesome sketch.

happy winter sketch

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happy winter colors

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I am a firm believer that just because a stamp set or a die retires, it doesn’t need to be turned out to pasture, so to speak. Sometimes retired products take on a fresh, new vibe when partnered with new products, just like with this card. The retired Decorative Trees dies were my “go-to” dies in 2024. I was happy to bring them out to play for this card. I had saved some scraps of shimmery, glimmery, sparkly papers from years past, which I used to create the two sparkly strips, the sparkly tree backdrop, and the Fresh Freesia colored overlay. The tree was adhered over a gold hoop, lending an almost snow globe effect. Silent Snowfall specialty paper, with its delicate embossed snowflakes, created the perfect background, while three black Shimmer Star Foam Stickers were used as embellishments. The Happy Winter sentiment, from the Snowflake Kisses stamp set, was heat embossed in white. The overall result was classy, elegant, and oh so easy!

Happy winter

Need more inspiration? Be sure to check out the rest of our talented Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Christy Stanford

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Looking for an oldie but goodie? Check out my retired stamps which I have for sale.  New sets will be added periodically. Please check often to see what has been added and what prices have been reduced.

Retired Sets for Sale

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As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And please, be sure to SHOP WITH ME! Until next time…

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  • The $99 Starter Kit is the BEST DEAL EVER! Check out the details HERE.
  • Check out the Last Chance List and save!
  • See my Retired Sets for Sale
  • If you are in need of any current catalog, and you do not have a demonstrator, please email me (kimschach@msn.com). I will send you one free of charge!