C.C. Designs Review - Sweet Penguins

It's review time on the C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps blog and I am joining other members of the design team in showing you more projects using the November release stamps and dies.

Today's card features the Sweet Penguins set which I colored with Copic Markers. I cut the rectangular patterned paper piece and then punched out circles, replacing with the three penguin images. The sentiment from the also new AmyR Christmas Sentiments II was stamped onto a banner cut with the C.C. Designs Scrolling Banners CutUps. I kept things CAS just adding a snowflake cut with the new C.C. Designs  It's Snowing CutUps along with a smattering of Doodlebug enamel dots and sequins. The patterned paper came from the My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland from last year.

Products: C.C. Designs stamps and Cutters, My Mind's Eye dp, Memento and Memento Luxe inks, Doodlebug enamel dots, Copic Markers
Copics: Penguins-W00, E81, YR20, YR23, N1, N3, N5, N7; Bow-BG0000, BG000, BG10; Candy-R22, R24, R27, YG0000, YG21, YG13; Shadows-BG70, BG0000, BG000

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Frost Penguin

I am feeling a bit crazed these days. One minute I'm doing Christmas projects and the next I'm working on Thanksgiving. I guess it just goes with this time of the year, huh?

I couldn't resist the new Stacey Yacula collection over at Purple Onion Designs. I only got about half of what I really wanted! I love penguins so "Frost" definitely had to be on the list. He's fun and cute and easy to color. I kept things simple with lots and lots of white space. I paired him up with a Spellbinders Nestie set I've had a while but never used, placing Frost last with dimensional dots to give him a bit more presence. The paper came from the Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love pad which is a real favorite this year and I added a smattering of Lawn Fawn matching sequins. I am submitting this for the current Lawnscaping Challenge #70 to use polka dots and also for the Catered Crop Animal House challenge.

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamp, Lawn Fawn dp and sequins, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic markers
Copic markers: W00, E81, N1, N3, N5, N7, YR20, YR23, R22, R24, R27
 
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Thanksgiving Cards

Happy Monday to you. I'm in a frenzy to get everything ready for Thanksgiving dinner and out of town family in between trips to physical therapy. It's definitely been busy around here as I'm sure it is around your house too.

I managed to get a couple of Thanksgiving cards completed this weekend which is a good thing as I need to get them in the mail asap if they are to get there on time. I used the Paper Smooches Autumn Groves stamp set and patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Into the Woods for both. All the stamped images were fussy cut out after coloring with Copic Markers. For the first card, I used the birch tree patterned paper as my image background cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities rectangular shape. Lots of leaves, a pumpkin and the scarecrow along with the birch tree were included for an autumnal scene. 

For the second card, I cut a circle from the woodgrain patterned paper for the image background using Spellbinders Nestabilities. I stamped and colored the same scarecrow, pumpkin and leaves images as the first card except that I added the small acorn and switched out the type of tree. I placed the image scene on the card background with dimensional dots and slipped some buttons underneath. I added a sentiment from the Verve Tall Oaks set stamped onto a banner shape cut with Reverse Confetti Tag Me die set. Another banner shaped strip of patterned paper anchored with a button tied with twine finished it up.

Products: Paper Smooches stamps, Lawn Fawn dp and sequins, Verve stamp, PTI ribbon and buttons, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: Trees/Leaves/Pumpkin-W00, E81, W1, W2, W5, YR30, YR31, YR23, G40, YG11, G43, YR12, YR14, YR16, E31, E34, E39; Scarecrow-E000, E00, E13, R20; BG70, BG11, BG72, Y21, YR23, E35, YR30, YR31, YR23, YR12,YR14, YR16, E31, E34, E39

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{The Cat's Pajamas TCP Tuesday} Snow Dudes

It's TCP Tuesday time again. Remember that even though it is a monthly challenge, you can enter as many times as you want. This month we are doing a "What's On Your Desk?" challenge. Specifically, make one card and then with the supplies and papers on your desk, make two more. My cards are all different but that is not a requirement.

I have another set today that I created for the TCP Tuesday challenge but actually previewed at last month's release Pajama Party at Splitcoaststampers. I used the Let the Flakes Fly set combining them with papers from last year's Doodlebug North Pole and this year's Home for the Holidays 6x6 pads since the colors are the same in both. Other common elements include snowflakes which are all left over from a previous project using the Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps, sequins and ribbon.

The first card uses the new Celebration Toppers as well as the guitar playing snowman displayed on a hand cut tag shape.

Card #2 uses the new Celebration Toppers again and features both snowmen on the main image panel. I drew in some lines on both snow dude's scarves with a Copics Multiliner pen to give them more of cabled sweater look and colored with Copic Markers.

 

The final card features a background embossed with the Dots CutUps. The decorative circles repeat the circles in the background one of which contains the sentiment. I drew in some lines on the snow dude's scarf with a Copics Multiliner pen to give it more cabled sweater look, colored the image with Copic Markers. After fussy cutting him out, I placed onto a hand cut tag shape.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamps and CutUps, Doodlebug dp, Michael's ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: Snowmen-W00, E81, R20, YR12, YR14, N1, N3, N5, R22, R24, R27, YG0000, YG01, YG03, YG25; Instruments-E30, E31, E34, YR30, YR31, YR23; Shadows-C00, C1

Here are the details to the challenge:

1. The first Tuesday of the month Alma will post a challenge on The Cat's Pajamas blog. The challenge will also be posted on the TCP Splitcoaststampers forum and on the TCP Facebook page.
2. If you want to play along you just upload your design right on The Cat's Pajamas blog using the InLinkz button. (The challenge button will be posted on the right hand column of th3 blog so you don't have to search around). If you want to display your pretties on Splitcoaststampers use keyword TCPTUESNOV13.
3. The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
4. Cards and projects must have at least one Cat's Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
5. On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
6. The Swanky Stamper will not only be acknowledged as the Swankiest Stamper for that month, but will also receive some of the stamps from our next release and get to play along with us at our Pajamas Party and Blog Hop. AND... They'll even get a special spot in the Gallery highlighting the project that won them the gig AND a badge to display on their blog.
7. The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and the TCP Blog.  

The Cat Pack members are taking the following Tuesday off for the Thankgiving week so this is the last Tuesday we will be showing you samples. You still have until the 30th to complete the projects you want to submit for this challenge.

What Happens Under the Mistletoe

Today's card represents a two for one challenge going on over at Curtain Call and CAS-ual Fridays (CFC120) using the inspiration piece pictured here.

I started out by cutting a tag with a PTI die from patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy pad. After adding the ribbon folded over at the top, I attached the mistletoe die cut cut with the C.C. Designs Mistletoe Cutters using sequins to represent the berries. The sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas Merry Everything set and was stamped with Stampin' Up Pear Pizzazz ink onto a sentiment strip cut with the Reverse Confetti Tag Me die set. I layered it across the bottom of the tag and anchored with a button/sequin combo. A strip of my favorite American Crafts glittery paper and some layered sequins completed the festive look.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp, Lawn Fawn dp, American Crafts dp,  C.C. Designs Cutters,  May Arts ribbon, PTI die and buttons, Reverse Confetti die, Darice sequins, Stampin' Up ink

I think I might make a masculine version of this too.

The Best Gift of All

I have another Verve November Viva La Verve card today which is for week 2. I have to admit I disliked this sketch at first glance. I decided to go for a masculine look which automatically cut down on the frou frou. Placing all the elements against a plain white background also simplified it. I first cut the reindeer using the new Verve Reindeer Fun die and then stamped the matching image from the Unto Us stamp set with Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar ink. I stamped the sentiment from the My Favorite Things Clearly Sentimental About Christmas onto the sentiment flag using the same stamp pad. The trio of small flags were cut using the C.C. Designs Mini Banner Cutters and I added wood veneer stars to each one. I wrapped the twine around the vertical flag and then added more of the wood veneer stars to the trees in the patterned paper. The patterned paper came from the Glitz Design Hello December pad.

Products: Verve stamp and Die, Glitz Design dp, My Favorite Things sentiment, Hemptique twine, Studio Calico wood veneer stars, C.C. Designs Cutters, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Stampin' Up ink

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Peace, Love and Sparkly Stuff

I received my Reverse Confetti order in the mail yesterday and I sat down that afternoon and made three cards using the Tinsel 'n Trim stamps and the Tag Me die set.

By using the November Sketch for You to Try for the basic layout and limiting myself to papers from one paper pad, Carta Bella Merry and Bright, a set of much needed Christmas cards came together very quickly. Lots of bling, embossing powders and sparkly papers added to the festive look.

I embossed two of the stamps onto white cardstock with Recollections embossed powder, placing them in and around the tag cut from MFT Sno Cone cardsock. The sentiment flag is a die from the same tag set. I added the glittery paper bow at the top using the MFT Dainty Bow Die-namics. I'll be honest and say I am not sure how I am going to get it in the mail without it being crushed. I slipped a piece underneath the tag which was cut using the small tag in the die set. Everything was placed on a plain white card base and I added sequins and jewels for more sparkle.

For the second card, I reversed the sketch and placed everything against a white dry embossed background. I used silver embossing powders for the sentiment and substituted the circle with a snowflake. I found the Prima swirl in my stash while looking for something else. It was actually just a snippet left over from a previous project but it fit the tag perfectly. I topped off the patterned paper tag with another one of the silvery bows, added another snowflake and some more bling.

 

For the final card I went a little more CAS look. I used a Cuttlebug embossing border folder a couple of times as a substitute for the bottom rectangular piece in the sketch. I cut the tag from a creamy glittery cardstock I found at Michael's and added yet another of the dainty bows although I changed the direction of the tails. The sentiment was embossed with silver embossing powder onto the flag shape cut from MFT Sno Cone cardstock. I also heat embossed the second stamped piece with silver powder and then cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities.I don't know why it looks so mottled in the pic as it looks fine in person. A few jewels finished things up. This one was hard to get a good photograph for some reason but it is actually my favorite in the group. I am also submitting this one for the Case Study #166 challenge.

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, Carta Bella dp, American Crafts glitter dp, Recollections glitter cs, C.C. Designs Snowflakes dies, My Favorite Things Die-namics and cs, Prima swirl, OTC jewels, Bazzill and Cuttlebug embossing folders, Stampendous and Recollections embossing powder, Versamark ink

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