Creative Palette: The Cat's Pajamas July Release and Blog Hop

It is release day at The Cat's Pajamas. There are 5 new stamp sets and 8 new die sets in this release. Two of the die sets coordinate with two of the stamp sets. The matching stamp/die sets will be available to purchase separately or as a bundle with special pricing. All the new products will be available for purchase as revealed throughout the week with the full release on July 28 at which time there will be additional discounting known in the TCP world as the Kitty Kat or Poochie Pack. All the products are available to purchase tonight.

We are celebrating the July release with a blog hop. If you arrived here from Kerry's blog then you are right on track as she is first on the hop.

My first card features the new Gnome CutUps. I attached him with foam dimensionals onto a patterned paper piece cut with a die from the Fancy Flip CutUps set. The sentiment was stamped onto a double ended fishtail tag using flirty fuschia ink.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamps and dies, Doodlebug dp, Bazzill and PTI cs, Catherine Pooler ink

My second card features the new Christmas Tree Lot stamp set. If you saw my post here I created a couple of cards that could easily be recreated for assembly line type cardmaking. I used the same set today but took a bit more time with it by stamping the individual lines using tutti frutti, lime rickey and aquatini ink. I like to use washi tape to mask off the lines next to the color I want to stamp. This does take more time obviously but it certainly makes it more colorful! I used Nuvo drops throughout the tree and then added Clear Holographic Holeless Sequins randomly. I attached to a background panel of cardstock and patterned paper with a layer of craft foam. I used one of the dies from the Holiday Toppers CutUps to add a small snow border on each side. Lastly I wrapped and tied gold thread at the top for more sparkle.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamps and dies, Sunny Studios dp, PTI cs, Nuvo Crystal Drops, The Cat's Pajamas sequins, Catherine Pooler ink

Now hop on over to Christine's blog because she has something fabulous to share with you.

Here is the Full Blog Hop Lineup: