Author: Christine

May Celebrations!

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

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!