Let Freedom Ring

Today's card represents the February Week 4 Verve sketch although I flipped it to portrait. I first cut the star shape from Copic X-Press it blending cardstock using The Cat's Pajamas 3x3 Stars CutUps and then stamped the star image from the Verve American Hero stamp set in Memento Paris Dusk ink. I did just a bit of extra shading with Copic markers E81 and W00. The star border was cut using The Cat's Pajamas Holiday Toppers CutUps. After cutting the three banner strips, I placed the star over them securing with a brass brad. I stamped the sentiment also from the same Verve set onto a tag shape, then added a eyelet brad and ball chain that were from my stash. All the paper came from the Authentique Glory 6x6 pad.

Products: Verve stamps, Authentique dp, The Cat's Pajamas CutUps, Copic Markers
Copics: W00, E81

That it is for the day. As always, thank you so much for stopping by.

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Home Sweet Home

I wanted this Market Street Home Sweet Home stamp set for a long time and finally bought it at the end of year sale. Unfortunately it's been languishing in my not-yet-stamped box since but I've made up for it in a big way. I actually have five cards completed with this set although I'm featuring only one of them today.

I stamped the cottage, fence, shrubbery, hearts coming out of the chimney and the clouds and then cut the image out with My Favorite Things Labels 1 Stax. I stamped the tree separately and fussy cut out after coloring. After coloring the main image, I then positioned the tree in the scene placing it on pop dots for more dimension. All the paper came from the Pebbles Walnut Grove 6x6 pad.

Products: Market Street Stamps, Pebbles dp, PTI button, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Copic Markers
Copics: House-W00, E81, BG11, BG23, BG34, Y21, Y23, Y35, R22, R24, R46; Tree/Shubbery-YG01, YG61, YG63, E31, E335, E39; Tire Swing-C1, C3, C5; Shadows-BG70, BG0000

Have a great week. 

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Christmas Mini Cards X 3

Have you been participating in the Member Company Love Fest challenges going on over at Splitcoaststampers? You still have time as projects do not have to be completed until Feb 28th. Lots of fun prizes to be had!

I really haven't had much time to participate but the Taylored Expressions challenge to make a set of 3x3 or smaller cards really caught my attention as I had so much fun making this set for the All That Scraps blog a couple of weeks ago. It was hard to decide what direction to go since I have several TE stamp sets but I finally decided to make some Christmas gift card enclosures using the Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy set. It also helps me with my goal to create at least one Christmas card/project every month. I started out by stamping, coloring and fussy cutting out the images. I then cut the card bases using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Squares set then the mats and background papers to fit. I assembled the cards adding a snowflake cut with the Taylored Expressions Make a Snowflake dies for each, some bling, a sentiment stamped with Fresh Ink (Strawberry) and some shiny highlights with Ranger Glossy Accents. All the paper came from the Carta Bella Merry and Bright 6x6 pad.

Products: Taylored Expressions stamps and dies, Carta Bella Blvd dp, Oriental Trading Co jewels, Ranger Glossy Accents, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: W00, E81, YR30, YR31, BG70, BG0000, BG10, BG11, YG0000. YG21, YG23, G40, G43, G46, RV00, R81, R83, RV32, RV35, R37, R20, R22, R24

 Have a great rest of the weekend.

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Fly High

I've been busy trying to get our taxes together and keep running into obstacles. To get over my grumpies about it all, I decided to hit the craft table and made a card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch (MOJO281).

I already had the Echo Park Scoot pad on my table so I decided to make a boy card. I cut out all the circles using Spellbinders Nestabilities and then when in search of ways to fill them up.  For the upper circle I allowed the image on the patterned paper be the centerpiece, simply adding a pearl for extra dimension. I then stamped the sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas Up, Up and Away set onto the center circle. I colored and then cut out the airplane from the Papertrey Ink Fly Away mini stamp set, attaching it to the bottom circle. The border was cut with The Cat's Pajamas Inside Pinking CutUps. Lastly I added the kite which was diecut with the My Favorite Things Fly a Kite Die-namics, although I did cut the pieces down a bit to make it smaller.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamp, The Cat's Pajamas sentiment stamp and CutUps, Echo Park dp, American Crafts brad, Kaisercraft pearls, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Bazzil embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: W00, E81, G20, G21, G24, R22, R24, R27, B91, B95, B97, C1, C3, C5

Ok, I'm going back to work on our taxes again. Ya'll come looking for me if I don't return.


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Mothers

I broke out my one of my new My Mind's Eye pads for today's cards. I have placed myself on a strict monthly budget but of course MME always has to figure into it. I only bought four out of the six new pads! That's progress, don't you think?! It seemed natural to use one (Collectable-Notable) for the week three sketch from the Viva la Verve February challenges.

The centerpiece of the card is a sentiment from C.C.Designs All About Mom set. I added buttoned up flowers cut with Verve's Loopy Blooms dies anchored against a flourish cut with the MFT Fancy Flourishes Die-namics. A smattering of buttons finished things up. Easy breezy and a card ready for Operation Write Home.

Products: C.C. Designs stamp, My Mind's Eye dp, Verve dies, My Favorite Things die, PTI buttons

I hope that those of you suffering the current bad weather are safe and warm.


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Just a "Nautical" Note

I have another card today for the Viva la Verve February challenges. This card is for the week one sketch although I flipped it to portrait. You guys will just have to bear with me while I go through my nautical phase. I once again used the sailboat image again from the Verve Learning to Sail stamp set. The last time I used this set, I went with a more masculine formal theme so I wanted this one to be a bit more informal. Instead of a plain rectangle panel, I  used the Taylored Expressions Wave Border die to create three rows of waves and then inserted the stamped piece among the waves. I added the PTI mini sentiment onto a jewelry tag shape cut with an old Quickutz die and then tied it to one of the waves. I added some buttons here and there positioning them partially underneath the long strip panel acting as dimensional dots. The paper is all from the Echo Park Scoot 6x6 pad. 

Products: Verve stamp, Echo Park dp, PTI sentiment and buttons, MFT buttons, Quickutz die, Taylored Expressions die, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: Water-BG0000, BG01, BG05; Sailboat-R20, R24, R27, W00, E81; Shadows-BG70, BG0000

Happy Hump Day!!


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TCP Tuesday and SCS LOVE FEST

Good morning to all. My projects today are pulling double duty for the February TCP Tuesday and also the TCP Love Fest going on over at Splitcoaststampers.  

First up is the TCP Tuesday part of it which is my second one for the month. The Cat’s Pajamas switched up the challenge format  by making it a monthly challenge as opposed to the former weekly one. The challenge carries through the entire month and you can find complete details on this post on the TCP blog as well as the InLinkz button to link up your projects.

This month’s challenge is a supply challenge. We are challenging you to bring out your existing The Cat's Pajamas stamps and dies and use them in a new and creative way. For example, if you primarily use your stamps for cards, how about changing it up a bit to use them on a home decor piece or a scrapbook page? Or, if you have a TCP stamp set or die that has not been used before pull it out and use it! Or use a stamp set in a way in which it was not originally intended. Just do something different!

I created an easy gift bag for this challenge using one of the toppers from the TCP Toppers CutUps to cut a decorative edge on a plain glassine bag. I then added another decorative element by using the Pom Pom Flower CutUps to cut a ribbon slide. After inserting the ribbon ending in a fluffy bow I attached it to the bag with double sided tape.

As a member company, The Cat's Pajamas is participating in the Love Fest going on at Splitcoaststampers. Today is TCP's turn to host a challenge which is an inspiration one featuring the photo over to the left. Go here to see the specific challenges for each day. There will also be some fun additional things going on in the TCP Forum. There are prizes to be had so please go check it out!

As for my project, as you can see I was inspired by the colors. I used a Lifestyle Crafts Nesting dies set to create my card base and then created a simple scene for the card front using the Wet Puddle set. The puddle was stamped directly onto the patterned paper background. I used a combo of Copic coloring and paper piecing and after cutting out the image I placed her over the "puddle" using some dimensional dots underneath the forward foot and the head. The strip of gray clouds at the top were cut with the Cloud Border CutUps. The patterned papers are a combination of  Bella Blvd, Echo Park and Simple Stories Sn@p.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and CutUps, Echo Park and Simple Stories dp, Sasha Farina badge, Lifetstyle Crafts Nesting dies, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11; Hair-N1, N3, N5, N7

So what are you waiting for?! Let's get crafting!



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