TCP November Release Projects!

11 / 8 / 2111 / 8 / 21

Hello TCP Friends! It’s Christine with you today, bringing you some fun peeks at the fabulous November Release at The Cat’s Pajamas! I’ve got three designs to show you starting with this card created with the new set Baby It’s Cold Outside!

I love the cool polar bear and penguin duo, so I thought it would be fun to pair them with an icy cool palette. I used one of the sentiment’s from the set and because of the ease of using a digital stamp, I enlarged the sentiment and made it the focal point and then added the polar pals in a smaller scale popped up. They’re coloured up with Copics and because they’re small, colouring was a snap! The background is sponged with Distress Oxide Ink in Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon, spritzed it with water and then splashed with more ink.

A few die cut snowflakes and sequins add some colour interest in that fun winter theme.

The next design is perfect for your loved ones who are facing that dreaded winter cold (and hopefully it’s nothing worse than that!).

It’s created with TCP’s adorable new Bounce Back digital. I love this cutie! He’s cozied up in the coziest snowflake paper-pieced patterned paper blanket, and then colour is added to his cute little self with Copics. He’s got his tissue box, hot water bottle, a cup of tea and a cozy popped up scarf to keep him warm.

I framed the image with a snowflake topper and added the red Baker’s Twine to the image to coordinate with the striped scarf that I coloured.

On this view you can see how the scarf, tissues and tea are popped up. I feel like it’s a great cozy card.

And lastly, I’ve got a clean and simple but sparkly design with this Figure Skater by Day and stealthy Ninja by night!

It uses TCP’s new Skating Bunny digi. I thought the sentiment was such a cute one. Our spinning bunny is coloured up with Copics and I couldn’t resist using a swirly die on the background layer to mimic the fancy skating routine he’s been doing.

I added lots of spritzy sparkle to the main layer which of course is so challenging to photograph, but its so fun in person. The card is accented with a pretty gingham ribbon pulling in the black and white colour scheme.

And some holeless sequins accent the sparkly theme of the design. I hope you’ve enjoyed the fun and festive sets I’ve played with today. Here’s a peek at the set graphics so you can see what is included in each design! Thanks so much for joining me today!

Baby It’s Could Outside Digi

Bounce Back Digi

Skating Bunny Digi

Soaring into June with New Release Goodies and 50% off!

5 / 31 / 215 / 25 / 21

Hello out there! I’m Christine and I’m popping in for some pretty soaring digital stamp sets for you from The Cat’s Pajamas for June! One of the themes this month is flight and you’ll find fabulous images and cut-files to play with showcased by the designers in June. I’m kicking off the release with 5 cute cards.

It’s also a new month, so that means the TCP Progressive Sale is up to 50% off now!

First up is this adorable bunny in balloon called Sky’s the Limit. this cutie was actually a mid-month release, but I love the image so much I had to throw it in today as well. I began by colouring the bunny with Copics in these fun shades of coral and periwinkle blue. I added a few defining details to the image with Prismacolor Pencils and trimmed it out.

I created a coordinating background with Watercolour to really give you the feel of a beautiful sunset ride. A couple of TCP Stitched Clouds and the sentiment is from TCP’s stamp set Scatter Joy.

Next up we’re flying a kite!

It’s Up, Up and Away! This little dude is getting swept away by some great gusts today, but he doesn’t seem too bothered by it. I’ve coloured up the penguin with Cupopics and found some great kite themed paper in my stash to accent the design die cut with TCP’s Four Seasons Duo Die to get that pretty deckled edge.

I also found an old kite die in my stash, so I used it to create a kite accent with a little baker’s twine bow to match. A drawn black outline of the kite accent, and around the card tie it all together and almost give it a comic book feel.

Now we’ll buzz on over to the third design.

Bee Happy, Bee Gnomie showcases a fun Gnome in Bee attire, but it also has a lot of other great images, including this fun sentiment and the little sunflower sprays. I created the background with the digital images of the flowers by randomly adding them to the background. It’s like your own custom background paper. I also added the little flower to the sentiment, and popped another one up. Colouring is done with Copics.

A cheerful golden yellow bow ties it together.

Ever gone parachuting? I don’t think I could jump out of a plane, but our favourite Bunny is back with an opened chute, and it looks like he’ll make it to earth safely with this fun set Oh Chute! I coloured him up with Copic markers and die cut the image. I paired him with some blue patterned paper and added the TCP Cloud Border CutUps Die as an accent.

Perfect for any occasion you might have forgotten.

Last but not least, I have a design for anyone who’s SUPER in your life.

This set is called Superhero! It’s a great set to customize for many loved ones, Mom, Dad, Son, Daughter and Friend are all included in the set. I’ve highlighted the sentiment and my favourite super-bunny. I picked some fun shades in turquoise and yellow, colouring with Copics, and accented the design with some TCP 3 x 3 paper stars.

A little touch of enamel dots and it’s complete.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour through the TCP June Release and all the flight themed designs!

Here’s a peek at all the NEW RELEASE items I showcased today. And don’t forget about the Going Digital Progressive Sale at 50%!

May Celebrations!

5 / 10 / 215 / 5 / 21

Hello! Welcome to more from the The Cat’s Pajamas May Release. I’m Christine and today I’m showing off three cute cards with lots of fun attached.

Kicking it all off is a Mexican Fiesta! In fact I’m writing this on May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, so it’s especially fitting! I’ve used the partying penguins from the new digital set Trio de Mayo. I paired them with some fun desert themed designer paper with cacti, so I thought it would be fun to make it a night-time party using County Fair CutUps die to mimic Mexican Papel Picado flags that always highlight a party.

The vertical lines on the navy designer paper add to the feeling of hanging party lights.

All the images are coloured with Copics and trimmed and popped up on the scene of this mini-Slimline card.

Next up is this adorable belated Birthday design using this fun new digi Never Forget. This elephant is so charming that how could you be mad he forgot the date?

I’ve coloured him up with Copics, and for fun, to create elephant skin texture on him, I used some Saran wrap with Copic blending solution to lift some of the ink and make him wrinkly.

He’s paired up with some fun paper flowers to match the illustration from TCP’s Flower Wagon CutUps Die, and a little white picket fence from TCP’s Slimline Suburbs CutUps Die. All on a sky-blue petite polka-dot patterned paper sheet.

And last we’ve got a fancy tea party for fun! This kitty is all dressed up for Tea Timewith this new digi. I’ve added some of the party accessories onto the table, and then I paper pieced a really fancy patterned table cloth from this pretty sheet of paper.

Because it’s such a bold pattern I kept the details simple with just the addition of a TCP Easy Stitched Bow in a pretty coral.

Cheerio! I hope you had fun seeing some of the great things in store this month at The Cat’s Pajamas!

Don’t forget that there’s also a Progressive Sale going on with all in stock items. This month it means 40% off!

Spring Bliss Bunnies with Christine

4 / 26 / 214 / 14 / 21

Hello friends. It’s Christine and I’m popping in with a cute pair of cards from The Cat’s Pajamas April Digital Release! Have you heard TCP is going digital? Now there will be a constant supply of adorable designs to play with. It also means a big SALE going on too. More on that at the end of this post.

Today’s designs showcase some cute little bunnies enjoying Spring. I think the paper kind of bunnies are adorable, not so much when they are in my gardens. For this first design I’m using the new Bliss Digi which speaks to my book lover heart. This little dude is perched on a stack of books with a warm cup of coffee and enjoying some reading time. I had the perfect patterned paper to match where I wanted to go with this card from Echo Park called Coffee and Friends. I thought this sheet of patterned cups would be a great pairing to the design.

I’ve coloured the image with Copics to match the tones in the paper.

You can also see that I coloured some flower designs to the coffee cup on the book stack to match the designer paper, and then also added some flowered patterned paper on this great TCP cup and saucer die called Coffee Clatch CutUps Die. Doesn’t it make a great accent for the design?

Just a couple of enamel dots accent the card for fun.

For the next card I’m playing with another new bunny digi called Flutter By.

Here our favourite big-eared bunny is frolicking in the grass hunting butterflies. It’s a great little design to pop a sweet note to a friend.

Colouring is done with Copics in some blue-green and peach and gray shades.

For the background, I used an awesome TCP Stencil, Succulent, and Distress Oxide Ink (Evergreen Bough), and SU’s Blush Blossom ink with my stencil brushes to add the right tones of colour in the background to match the colouring. To anchor the scene I added TCP’s Grass Die that I love so much, as well as a bit of stitched grossgrain ribbon underneath to tie in the colours.

I’ve completed the design with Iridescent Holeless sequins from the TCP store that add a bit of sparkle.

Now, for the SALE news!

Because TCP is going Digital Alma is having a progressive SALE on all in-stock goodies. There are great deals to be had on stamps, dies, stencils and embellies. This month its 30% off! You discount will be applied in your cart. So don’t miss out! Thanks for joining me today!