On the Second Day of Christmas...

 **If you are looking for today's TCP Sneak Peek, please scroll down to the next post**

If you saw my TCP post earlier you know that I am doing a 12 Days of Christmas series and I have the "second day of Christmas" as part of the  Sweet November Review Preview for the month of November going on over at the All That Scraps blog today. 

12 Days of Christmas: My step-granddaughters in North Carolina at age 8 and 10 are right on the cusp of no longer believing in Santa Claus. Twelve days of small packages arriving in the mail will {I hope} help keep Christmas a magical time for just a little longer. It's purely for fun and not really about the gifts.

Today's 12 days gift is Tic Tacs or Snowman Poop! Yeah, I know a little corny maybe but you have to remember that the recipients are fun loving little girls and I'm hoping for a giggle from them. To make room for the Tic Tac box inside I started out with a the normal A2 size and then scored it at the 4 inch and 4 1/2 inch mark for a folder big enough to contain the package inside. For both cards, I inked up Chill E Pinebough wiping the wreath portion of the image away before stamping and then drawing another twig arm for him. I colored with Copics, cut out and applied Flower Soft and Ranger Stickles for some sparkle and bling. I used yet another Sweet November Snowman on the inside Wish U Goodcheer stamping just the upper portion of the body directly onto the patterned paper background. Both cards were done this way with a few design changes for the fronts as well as different paper selections.

Products: Sweet November stamp, Authentique, Little Yellow Bicycle and Ki Memories dp, My Favorite Things Die-namics, The Cat's Pajamas and CTMH alpha stamps, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, May Arts ribbon, Flower Soft, Ranger Stickles, Kaisercraft jewels, Quickutz die, Copic markers

Copics: Snowman-G0000, BG0000, RV00, E31, E35, E39, N1, N5, N7; Toboggan,-E40, E41, (Right-R22, R24, R27), (Left-YG0000, YG61, YG63)

That's it for today. Whew! Going to be a busy week here at home and on the blog. As always, thank you for stopping by as I'm sure you are busy with holiday preparations too!

On the First Day of Christmas...{The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek and TCP Tuesday }

 

We're kicking off`the first day of The Cat's Pajamas winter release with a TCP Tuesday (TCPTUES186) inspiration challenge from our hostess Jen. It is also happens to be the first of my 12 Days of Christmas gifts series. 

12 Days of Christmas: My step-granddaughters in North Carolina at age 8 and 10 are right on the cusp of no longer believing in Santa Claus. Twelve days of small packages arriving in the mail will {I hope} help keep Christmas a magical time for just a little longer. It's purely for fun and not really about the gifts.

Today we are previewing Snow Day. The big eared bunny is back and this time he's neck deep in snow balls. And brrr.....the first day of Christmas gift includes Hot Chocolate packs along with some marshmallows and a candy cane to warm things up. I was more inspired by the colors in the inspiration piece so I started out by stamping and coloring the bunny in soft color tones. I created a pocket using colors from Jen's photos using the width of the glassine envie as a guideline.

 

Do you spy something else new in the photo above? Yessss......the new Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps. Here is the assembled pocket.

Now to the Snowflake Paper Lace.....the Cat Packers really hope you like it because we all want Alma to make a whole series of these! I cut one the minute I received my design team package and even my husband was impressed when I showed it to him. I did have to run it through my Big Shot a couple of times to ensure through and through cuts. And unlike all the doily dies, the resulting cutouts are not wasted as you get three different sizes of snowflakes to use. I adhered my stamped bunny to the lace paper and then inserted three of the snowflakes back in to their slots. After adhering the piece to the front of the pocket, I then decorated with pearls. Here is a closeup view.

 

I used the circle from the Sunflower Rosettes die to cut a big notch at the top of the pocket and then added a soft bow using Cream seam binding tying a name tag to it. After placing the hot chocolate packs and candy inside the glassine envie, I folded over the top and then added the "1st" piece using the 12 days paper from the Authentique Wonder pad and the sentiment with a small clothes pin. The sentiment and name tags were cut using the banner strip from the Easy Rosette CutUps. I added a clear bag of miniature marshmallows to complete the gift set. 

After finishing the first one I repeated the pocket with different paper while staying within the same color scheme of the inspiration piece. I used yet another new CutUps, the Anywhere Ribbon Slide at the top front of the pocket and then after assembling I threaded through some Silver seam binding (which is new color for this release), ending with a bow. I created a garland by using the snowflakes from the Snowflake Lace Paper from the first project and Linen Thread.  After adhering the stamped pieced to the pocket, I stamped the sentiment directly onto the paper. I attached the "1st" tag to the glassine envie with a stickpin and then added the bag of marshmallows as the last step.

 

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and CutUps, Authentique, Little Yellow Bicycle and Melissa Frances dp, Seam binding, Linen Thread, Maya Road stickpin and trim, Quickutz die, Copic Markers

Copic Markers: E40, E41, BG0000, G0000

All the details for this TCP Tuesday challenge can be found on Alma’s blog as well as the list of the Cat Pack members who have a sneak peek today!

  

 

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Today's project was inspired by Leigh's card here. I used The Cat's Pajamas Pennant CutUps set to create Christmas tree laden mountains. They were "snow capped" with felt. I colored the TCP Ski Bunny with Copics and then cut out. Wonder how he skied down that mountain without getting those big ol' ears hung in the trees?!

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and Cutups, My Mind's Eye dp, PTI die and button, May Arts ribbon, Copic markers

Copics: Bunny-E30, E31, C00; Scarf-R22, R24, R29; Skis-BG10, BG53, BG13

And don't forget that every Friday through the end of November is a Black Friday at TCP. Everything on the The Cat's Pajamas website (except the KittyKat Pack and the Poochie Pack) will be 20% off! The sale is only on Fridays and limited to stock on hand. Happy shopping and have a great weekend!

All That Scraps Challenge - Give Thanks

Good morning. It's time for another All That Scraps challenge. Today the challenge is "Give Thanks".

I stamped the C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Sunflower Hansel onto Copics X-Press It cardstock, colored with Copics and then cut out. I don't know if it shows up that well in the photo but after coloring the pants, I saturated a scrap piece of denim with some colorless blender and pressed it on the jeans portion of the image. I had not tried that technique since Copic certification class. I perched him onto the C.C. Designs Spooky Fence and added a sunflower cut with the C.C. Designs Embossed Sunflower Cutters.  I stamped the sentiment onto one of the clouds I cut using the TCP Clouds Border die.

Products: C.C. Designs stamp and Cutters, Jillybean Soup dp, The Cat's Pajamas CutUps, PTI sentiment stamp, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E0000, E000, E01, E11, R20; Hair-E50, E51, E53, E55; Hat-E35, E37, E39, E29; Sweater-E07, E09, E19; Jeans-B91, B93, B95, B97; Shoes-E55, E57, E29, 0; Flower-Y21, Y23, Y26, YG21, YG13, YG06, YG93

I hope you can join us. Afterall, there is a great prize being offered. In order to be eligible to win, your project must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps shop whether it is any of the wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries. Then be sure to link up your creation with Inlinkz at the challenge blog by November 30! 

Have fun with the challenge.

Christmas Stamps {TCP Tuesday 185 - Sketch}

Good morning. Leigh is this week's TCP Tuesday (TCPTUES180) challenge hostess which as per usual is one of her fabulous sketches. I started out by using the The Cat's Pajamas Love Letters stamp set, then cut with the matching Stamp Trio CutUps to create a strip of blank stamps. I used some of the smaller images from A Beary Good Year and Deck the Hall for the stamps. I then stamped and colored the main panel using Deck the Hall set again plus stamped the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper and "cancelled" the top stamp with another small image from the Love Letters set. I finished it with the smallest rosette from the Easy Rosettes CutUps attached with a Doodlebug snowflake brad and two small strips of diagonal striped paper which have a Christmas looking airmail strip to them. Now how clear is that? Despite the fairly simple looking card, I managed to use three TCP stamp sets and two different CutUps! The patterned paper is all from the My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas pad.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamps and CutUps, My Mind's Eye dp, Doodlebug brad, Strano Designs ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: YG01, YG23, YG25, R22, R24, R27, E40, E41, Y15, Y35, E50, E51, 0

All the details for this TCP Tuesday challenge can be found on Alma’s blog. As always, there is potential for fame (Pick of the Litter) and/or fortune (Pick of the Week). Have fun with the sketch! 

 

 

Beep Beep {and a sale}

Everybody loves a sale, right?  Each and every Friday through the end of November, everything on the The Cat's Pajamas website (except the KittyKat Pack and the Poochie Pack) will be 20% off! Remember, the sale is only on Fridays and limited to stock on hand. Happy Friday shopping!

I have a simple boy card for you today using The Cat's Pajamas Joyride stamp. After coloring I cut the image out and attached to a small panel. I used the Inside Pinking and Big Scallop CutUps to diecut brown and turquoise felt borders to add some texture.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and CutUps, Echo Park dp, Basic Grey pearls, PTI felt, Linen Thread, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: Bunny-E51, E53, E55; Scooter-B000, B01, B04, R11, R14, R17, C00, C1, Y15, Y17, Y35, C3, C5, C7

Have a great weekend.

Snowman Hugs

I'm almost too late to the party but I have a card for this weeks My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club (MFTWSC44) sketch challenge. I inked up the new Pure Innocence Holiday Hugs Snowman stamp for the first time. I parsed one of sentiments onto a jewelry tag cut with an old Quickutz die. The snowflake was cut from felt using the MFT Snowflake Trio Die-namics.

Products: My Favorite Things stamp and Die-namics, Echo Park dp, Prima jewel center, PTI felt and button, Bazzill Basics embossing folder, Quickutz die, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: Snowman-BG0000, G0000, YR14, YR16; Hat-C1, C3, C5, C7; Scarf-G0000, G00, G02, R00, R01, R11, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29

Woo Hoo, one more Christmas card completed!