TCP Tuesday 190!

Well hello and Happy Wednesday! I decided to take a few days off and celebrate with my family.  I think I will take the rest of the week also but I really needed to post this last TCP Tuesday challenge of 2011, especially since it's an awesome sketch from our Hipster Hostess Leigh!  Honestly I was a bit intimidated after I saw all the fabulous creations everyone has been making - Cat Packers and players alike (you can check them out by going to the TCP Forum thread or Alma's blog). I just put that all behind me and went for it!

I used one of the newest sets from The Cat's Pajamas, Freezin' Season - super cute!! And really, once I picked my papers and colors it was pretty simple to just use up some scraps of paper and ribbon.

This set is great for any winter occasion with sentiments like this - I'm thinking the big V-day that's right around the corner! :)

Have some Christmas cash to spend?  May I suggest you check out all the great deals available through the Splitcoaststamper's Annual Member Company Shop Hop!  There are tons of great deals to find, not the least of which is FREE stuff from The Cat's Pajamas!

Ok, we'd love you to play along with this last challenge of 2011! The Cat Pack will be back January 3rd with a brand new challenge AND it'll be a sneaky peek people - that's right!! New stamps and dies are coming January 10th!!! Happy New Year friends!

Freezin' Season Heart Trio CutUps die Ivory Linen Thread Neenah Natural White (Cream) Cardstock

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Merry Christmas SFYTT

I'm just getting this in under the wire so not a lot of chit chat, besides it's almost Christmas and there are still things to do!

This is the last month of Jen's 2011 Sketch For You To Try challenges.  I'm so pleased to say I completed them all - below is a link in case you cared to take a look back! Each sketch has been so much fun and I really appreciate all the work Jen puts into this!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

Here is my card for December's sketch. This month I used another great stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas and fun paper from Echo Park.  The set is Your Gift - such a fun little bunny on the ladder!

Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope you all enjoy a wonderful day with your loved ones!!

Noel

Good morning!! It's TCP Tuesday and time for the LAST challenge of the year! That's right, you have one more chance this month to enter for a chance at Cat Cash and our monthly Swanky Stamper award.  We'll be taking next week off for the holidays, but you still have until the end of the year to get your entries in!

I am so far behind that today I'm posting my card for last week's challenge.  Susan was our Hipster Hostess and we were to use any The Cat's Pajamas's stamps WITH the Big Scallop CutUps die.

I went simple but a bit more elegant for my card (not a style that I usually do well but the papers really helped me here!).  I used the J*lly H*liday set from The Cat's Pajamas and embossed it on my Circus Panel CutUps die piece using Iridescent Ice EP.  I die cut my green mat using the Big Scallop CutUps, cutting on 3 sides to make a fancy mat! Then I added a piece of snowflake printed acetate over the top and cut it to match. I added a few snowflakes from the Lacy Snowflake CutUps die which I embossed with Iridescent Ice EP also - everything is shiny and sparkly IRL!

Be sure to check out Alma's blog and the TCP Forum on Splitcoaststampers for the current challenge - I'll be back later in the week with my card. Until then ... have a wonderful day!



Cardstock: (Natural White) Neenah @ The Cat's Pajamas (Kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Lipstick Red) Gina K Designs, (Handsome Hunter) SU!, Patterned Paper:  Cosmo Cricket, Making Memories, Stamps:  (J*lly H*liday) The Cat's Pajamas, Ink: Versamark, Accessories:  (Iridescent Ice EP) SU!, ribbon, (rhinestones) Kaiser, Tools: (Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps, Circus Panel CutUps, Big Scallop CutUps dies) The Cat's Pajamas

Sweet!

Hello!!  Anyone else feel like they run around all day and accomplish nothing??? Yup, that's me! :) So sorry for the very late post on this fine Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday!!  But since I was late (eeerr, didn't actually make my card until today!) I decided to play along with a past CAS Challenge on SCS - to use twine!

Twine + Kitchen Sink Stamps = {love}!!  It's especially fun seeing what CAS cards you can come up with such beautifully detailed stamps!  This could even qualify for one of Lynn's amazing 10 Minute Challenges!! ;)

It's pretty self-explanatory.  The sentiment was a combination of words from Multi-Step Gift and Multi-Step Berries and the peppermint stick is from Multi-Step Cup of Warm Comfort.  I used Step 3 - (Cherry Cobbler) SU!, Step 2 - (Festive Berries) Ranger, Step 1 - (London Fog stamped off) - Memento.

Wouldn't these be cute for little food gifts- maybe even made to tags instead of cards!! Fun!!

Off to make supper now, have a great night friends! :) Don't forget to visit the rest of the KSS Crew today!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock: (White) Neenah, (Pure Poppy) Papertrey Ink, Stamps: (Multi-Step Berries, Multi-Step Cup of Warm Comfort, Multi-Step Gift) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: see above, Accessories: (Divine Twine) The Cat's Pajamas, (Dot embossing folder) Quickutz, (Nestabilities) Spellbinders
Finished Size: 5" x 4"

Envie Anyone?

It's TCP Tuesday and Susan is the Hostess With the Mostest this week, which means a stamp & die challenge. However, I don't have my card ready quite yet so instead I'm sharing a little project I made for the last The Cat's Pajamas release.  This sweet little gift card envie was made using the amazing Gift Card Envie CutUps die - that's right!! One die and boom, you're done! :)

Now this is the front and as you can see I added a little embellishment using the Circus CutUps dies and the J*lly H*liday stamp set that was also just released.

Here's the back - which is really stunning don't you think?  I love the sweet scalloped edge to a point.  One of the other nice things about the die is that it cuts out the envie and embosses the fold lines in one pass through your machine! Perfect - you could make 10 of these in no time!

I thought it's be neat to hang this on the tree so I tied a bit of Divine Twine and tucked it under the flap, totally easy!

Pop over to Alma's blog for all the details on this week's challenge - I'll be back with mine later in the week. Thanks for visiting - have a wonderful day!



Cardstock: (Cream) Neenah @ The Cat's Pajamas, (Pure Poppy) Papertrey Ink, Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Stamps: (J*lly H*liday) The Cat's Pajamas, Ink: Black, Accessories: (rhinestones) Kaiser, (Divine Twine) The Cat's Pajamas, Tools:  Copic markers, (Circus Panel CutUps die, Gift Card Envelope CutUps die) The Cat's Pajamas

Merry Christmas y'all!

Good Monday Morning!! Sorry to be late again - for some reason my camera battery was dead again (I think it got left on attached to the computer so it didn't turn itself off). So, you get a slightly bad phone photo again -so sorry!!

As I mentioned in my last post, this weekend was VSN at Splitcoaststampers.  My challenge was to create a card/project using winter boots somehow - you could use an image with boots in it, create a shaped card, maybe you have a boot die cut ...whatever you have!  So I made another sample today with boots.  This time I used my Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi-Step Cowboy Boots set and paired it up with 3 Step Poinsettias to give them a Christmas touch!

I stamped the pointsettia first using: Step 5 - (Crimson) Versafine, Step 4 - (Cherry Cobbler) SU!, Step 3 - (Barn Door Red) Ranger, Step 2 (Lady Bug Red) Memento, Step 1 (Lady Bug Red). 

Then I masked the poinsettia and stamped the boots using:  Step 5 - (Soft Suede) SU!, Step 4 - (Rich Cocoa) Memento, Step 3 - (Latte) Adirondack, Step 2 - (Desert Sand 2x) Memento, Step 1 - (Desert Sand) Memento

With the bold striped paper I left the rest of the card pretty plain and I stamped the sentiment on the inside, Merry Christmas y'all! I'll have to send this card to one of my stampy friends in Texas. :)

Please pay a visit to my fellow KSS Crew Members today and leave them some love. And if you have time, I'd love to have you play along with my VSN Challenge!! :)



Cardstock: (Kraft, Dark Chocolate) Papertrey Ink, (Cream) Neenah, Patterned Paper: Authentique, Stamps: (Multi-Step Cowboy Boots, 3 Step Poinsettia) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: see above, Accessories: (Ribbon) Papertrey Ink, (Rhinestones) Kaiser, Tools: (Square Nestabilities) Spellbinders, sewing machine

SN*W!

Morning!! We have a full day today, how about you? Well, just in case you were looking for something to do, TODAY is Virtural Stamping Night (VSN) at Splitcoaststampers. That's right, a full day of challenges every hour and lots of fun!  Check out this forum where all the challenges and chat threads will be posted.  My challenge will be the very last one of the day - at 11 pm EST, so come join me!!

But right now I have my TCP Tuesday card to share. This week's challenge is an awesome color challenge with Lori being our Hipster Hostess!  I went very CAS for my card which would make this an excellent card to use for mass production!

Of course the stamps, dies and twine are all from The Cat's Pajamas.  I used 3 sizes of snowflakes, the large one is from J*lly H*liday, and the 2 smaller ones are from Freezin' Season.

For the center panel, I used the largest Circus Panel CutUps die and embossed it on my front layer.  I then stamped the "SN*W" from J*lly H*liday on the middle size Circus Panel.  A few rhinestones were added for some bling and of course Divine Twine is always appropriate! :)

Thanks for checking in!  Remember to visit Alma's blog for all the details on how to enter the challenge and be eligible for the weekly prize as well as the monthly Swanky Stamper contest!



Cardstock:  (Pure Poppy, Pink Shimmer, Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink, Stamps: (Freezin' Season, J*lly H*liday) The Cat's Pajamas, Ink: (London Fog, Angel Pink) Memento, (Festive Berries) Ranger, (Smokey Shadow) Papertrey Ink, Accessories:  (Divine Twine) The Cat's Pajamas, (Rhinestones) Kaiser, Tools: (Circus Panel CutUps die) The Cat's Pajamas

Open!

Good morning!!  I should have a card for this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, but I haven't had a chance yet so I thought I'd share a card from the recent The Cat's Pajamas release that I haven't posted yet.

This set is Peeking and features our favorite bear PJ. This set is great because it can be used not only for Christmas but any occasion!

I also used one of the new CutUps dies, Snowflake Lace Paper which is already a favorite!! This die is so pretty and so much fun to use you will definitely love it!!

I have to scoot - so much to do . . . but hopefully I'll be back later in the week with my TCP Tuesday card - until then, check out Alma's blog for all the details!  Maybe you can get your card done first! :) Have a great day!!

Peeking	Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps die	Apron Border CutUps die
Circus Panel CutUps dies	Ivory Linen Thread	Neenah Natural White (Cream) Cardstock

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Peace & Joy

Good morning!!  Sorry I'm a bit late this morning, but my camera battery died last night. I was going to take pictures this morning but now my laptop isn't "recognizing" my camera so I can't upload the photos.  Aaaaahhhh, always something!

These pictures are taken with my phone and are pretty bad so I'll replace them in a bit but I need to get this post up! :) It's Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday and since I had so much fun playing along with the Featured Stamper Challenge last week I decided to try it again this week.  This week's Featured Stamper is studbo and I chose this card as my inspiration- I really like the CAS layout!

I used Multi-Step Pine Trees with the following ink:

Step 4 - (Olympia Green) Versafine, Step 3, (Handsome Hunter) SU!, Steps 2  & 1 - Ripe Avocado (PTI)

It's pretty easy to line up this tree if you start with Step 4 and the depth of color is so neat to see in the end!! The sentiment was made with words from the 3 Step Bells set and embossed with red embossing powder (which also smells like cinnamon!).

I'm off to get some better pictures! Take a few minutes to visit the rest of the Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew and have a great Monday!




Cardstock:  (Handsome Hunter) SU!, (Pure Poppy, Vellum) Papertrey Ink, (White) Neenah, Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Stamps: (Multi-Step Pine Trees, 3 Step Bells) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: see above, Accessories: (Rhinestones & Sparklet) Kaiser, (red embossing powder), Tools:  (Easy Rosette CutUps die) The Cat's Pajamas