January Sneaky Peek #5

1 / 24 / 201 / 24 / 20

If it’s not snowing it’s raining this time of year. Maybe it’s the time of year, but I always feel so much hope, so much possibility and the joy that comes with it when the rain falls and brings the earth so much freshness.That’s why this set for Day #5 of Sneaky Peek Week is just perfect. It’s a darling NEW set called Splish Splash.

Every day of Sneaky Peek Week we will be releasing the peek of the day. Today, you can get Splish Splash with its FREE Cutting File. If you can wait a little longer the entire release will be available on January 28 at a discount.

Cristena Bagne’s card is simple but beautiful. The images in Splish Splash are just wonderful. They have a hand drawn quality that makes your coloring shine.

How cute is this card by Beata June? Her colors are so vibrant and remind me of the colors of Spring when it rains when it’s sunny. It’s perfect for our Spring Forward TCP Tuesday Challenge.

If you choose not to color the images in this set, that’s okay too. Melissa Chipperfield creates a delicate background that show off the lines of this sweet set.

Finally, Brenda Nakandakari creates this STUNNING card stringing beads in the background making the rain look sparkly and pretty. She uses the Cloud & Balloon die for the Cloud and she layers up the Grass die for a wonderful look

Now check out the rest of The Cat Pack and comment on each of the following blogs and you could win a $10 gift voucher. We’ll pick a winner each day this week from the comments on the blogs and post the winners here and on our Facebook page.

Wendy McGaffey
Kerry Urbatch
Melissa Chipperfield
Cristena Bagne
Beata June
Brenda Nakandakari

I picked a winner for Sneaky Peek Day #4 from Cat Packer, Julee Tilman’s blog. The winner is:

Cat! Congrats Cat. Please contact me at admin@thecatspajamasrs.com to claim your prize.

Year of the Rat

Follow the Bunny

Hello Spring

Splish Splash

Spring Cleaning

Make Tea

Don’t Feed The Dust Bunnies

Follow the Bunny Dies

Spring Cleaning Bundle

Hello Spring Bundle

Follow the Bunny Bundle

Year of the Rat Bundle

January Sneaky Peek Day #4

1 / 23 / 201 / 23 / 20

It’s Day #4 of our January Release and today I’m hoping you are in the mood for Easter. I know The Cat Pack is by looking at the great cards they created with our NEW set, “Follow the Bunny.” This set is a little snarky, rather than sweet, and that’s what I love about it

Every day of Sneaky Peek Week we will be releasing the peek of the day. Today, you can get Follow the Bunny with matching dies. If you want both, you can get them now, at a discount by getting the bundle. If you can wait a little longer the entire release will be available on January 28

Julee Tilman starts us off with this colorful card. Not only does this set have great sentiments, but it has a lot of little bits to create a scene. Using the matching dies really help when it comes to arranging.

Next up is this sweet card by Brenda Nakandakari. She uses the open circle from the Framed Up 2 CutUps and the bunny and little peeps to create her scene. Then, she ties off some ribbon for more texture and color. Just lovely.

Cristena Bagne’s card is just bursting with Spring color and it’s perfect for our TCP Tuesday Spring Forward Challenge. If you want to play along, just add your card to the inlinkz link at the bottom of this post

We are closing down this post with this darling treat box from Kerry Urbatch. Decorated with flowers from the Petal Posie CutUps this treat box is perfect for the young, or young at heart

Now you know the drill. Comment on each of the following blogs and you could win a $10 gift voucher. We’ll pick a winner each day this week from the comments on the blogs and post the winners here and on our Facebook page.

Kerry Urbatch
Cristena Bagne
Julee Tilman
Brenda Nakandakari

We were blessed yesterday to have a collaboration with the terrifically talented Coffee Loving Cardmakers. So I picked a winner for Sneaky Peek Day #3 from the uber talented Amanda Wilcox’s blog. The winner is:

Sue M! Congrats Sue m. Please contact me at admin@thecatspajamasrs.com to claim your prize.

Year of the Rat

Follow the Bunny

Hello Spring

Splish Splash

Make Tea

Spring Cleaning

Don’t Feed The Dust Bunnies

Follow the Bunny Dies

Hello Spring Dies

Spring Cleaning Dies

Year of the Rat Dies

Hello Spring Bundle

Follow the Bunny Bundle

Oo La La! A Rose Ombre Wreath

1 / 23 / 201 / 23 / 20

I just I thought I would break in on Sneaky Peek Week cause this pretty project just wouldn’t, couldn’t wait 🙂

I created this sweet ombre rose wreath with items from the Dollar Tree and our Shakey Serif Stencilz.

I started with a tinsel covered wreath and unwrapped it to reveal the frame. Then, I covered the heart frame with different colored roses and topped it with a diamond printed ribbon.

I wanted the rose wreath to really stand out so I glued together grooved signs and painted them. I used the Shakey Serif Stencilz to stencil the word “Always” in the corner

I love the juxtaposition of the rough farmhouse shiplap background and the fluffy pink roses and bow. It feels very French and very feminine.

January Sneaky Peek Day #3

1 / 22 / 201 / 23 / 20

It’s Day #3 of our January Release and today we are peeking this sweet little set, “Make Tea”. We are also blessed to have the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team doing a collaboration with us and I can’t wait to see what they’ve created. I’ll be presenting The Cat Pack on this blog and links to the FABULOUS Coffee Lover’s Designers will be posted at the end. 🙂

Every day of Sneaky Peek Week we will be releasing the peek of the day. Today, you can get Make Tea along with the FREE Cutting Files for this set. The entire release will be available on January 28 🙂

Kerry Urbatch is on both The Cat’s Pajamas AND the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Team and from this card I think you can see why. Her shabby chic card is beautifully colored and those “coffee grounds” are everything!

When have I felt like Beata June’s card? Too many times! When the sky is this dark it makes me appreciate a good strong bit of caffeine while I rush about trying to get ready.

Send some caffeine my way Nancy. Nancy Thomas’ darling card just makes me happy. With her sweet bunny sitting on a bed of hearts, I can just smell the caffeine

Are you playing along with our Spring Forward TCP Tuesday Challenge? If you are, here’s some great inspiration from Brenda Nakandakari

Her fabulous step card is full of dimension. From the sweet bunny up front to the Cups on the second level with the little mouse to the sentiment on the top level . This card is a great masculine card or for anyone really. I’d love to see a little gift card tucked behind the sentiment. Yes Please!

Finally, Wendy McGaffey creates a scene with the uber cute characters from the set. It’s a really fun set with great images to color as much as you want, or not , with 5 characters and 4 sentiments.

But wait there’s more. I could only show a handful of the wonderful cards The Cat Pack created. So, check their blogs for more.

Beata June
Wendy McGaffey
Kerry Urbatch
Cristena Bagne
Julee Tilman
Nancy Thomas
Brenda Nakandakari
Deborah Anton

And don’t forget the terrifically talented Coffee Loving Cardmakers! You are in for a treat!

Check out The Coffee Loving Cardmakers here!

Kathy Schweinfurth
Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak
Lisa Schneider Golzbein
Dana Warren
Helen Gullett
Katie Brooks
Amanda Wilcox
Lori Turner

Comment on each of them and you could win a $10 gift voucher. We’ll pick a winner each day this week from the comments on the blogs and post the winners here and on our Facebook page.

We picked a winner for Sneaky Peek Day #2 from Kerry Urbatch’s blog. The winner is:

Sue D! Congrats Sue D. Please contact me at admin@thecatspajamasrs.com to claim your prize.

Year of the Rat

Follow the Bunny

Hello Spring

Splish Splash

Make Tea

Spring Cleaning

Don’t Feed The Dust Bunnies

Follow the Bunny Dies

Hello Spring Dies

Spring Cleaning Dies

Year of the Rat Dies

Hello Spring Bundle

Follow the Bunny Bundle

January Sneaky Peek #2

1 / 21 / 201 / 21 / 20

Woot Woo! It’s Day #2 of our January Release and today we are peeking this cutie of a set, “Hello Spring”. This sweet set reminds me of Leigh O’Brien. In fact, when I was putting together this set, I had Leigh in mind. Little boys and flowers? Yes, please.

Every day of Sneaky Peek Week we will be releasing the peek of the day. Today, you can get Hello Spring and its matching dies/bundles. The entire release will be available on January 28 🙂

Kerry Urbatch is first up. I can tell Kerry had a lot of fun putting together this scene with the elements in this set. I know I am having fun just looking at her superb copic skills. I think you will have to agree with me that this card is stunning.

Cristena Bagne’s fresh card just makes me happy. I especially love the cute little caterpillar she put by the sentiment. Cristena used the Round Bubbles Duo Die for the background shaker

Julee Tilman’s card is just dreamy, and the sentiment makes me feel just a little wistful. The sentiment tops the perfect card when you want to start the year off fresh. It’s a way to Spring forward.

Did I say that? Why yes I did. Start your Spring off with this set and its dies and bundle . It can freshen up any dies and paper.

Like this card by Brenda Nakandakari. Brenda has created a different card for this hop, but I love all the colorful flags and bright colors on this card. Check out her blog to see the other card she did for this hop

Finally, Nancy Thomas watercolors a simple background and uses the Hello Spring Bundle to easily cut out the shapes to stamp and color on. after that, it’s fun to play around where everything goes. Is a great set to freshen up this sentiment from an older set.

I’m loving this set! Now take a peek at of The Cat Pack’s blogs, and then comment on each of them and you could win a $10 gift voucher. We’ll pick a winner each day this week from the comments on the blogs and post the winners here and on our Facebook page.

Cristena Bagne
Kerry Urbatch
Nancy Thomas
Julee Tilman
Brenda Nakandakari

We picked a winner for Sneaky Peek Day #1 from Beata June’s blog. The winner is:

Becca Yahrling! Congrats Becca. Please contact me at admin@thecatspajamasrs.com to claim your prize.

Year of the Rat

Follow the Bunny

Hello Spring

Splish Splash

Make Tea

Spring Cleaning

Don’t Feed The Dust Bunnies

Follow the Bunny Dies

Hello Spring Dies

Spring Cleaning Dies

Year of the Rat Dies

Hello Spring Bundle

Follow the Bunny Bundle

January Sneaky Peek Day #1

1 / 20 / 201 / 20 / 20

It’s the very FIRST Day of our very FIRST Release for 2020! I’m so excited. Here in California, it’s technically Winter, but Spring Flowers are blooming and I’m itching to start my Spring Cleaning. I’ve Marie Kondoed most of my house and it’s actually a JOY to clean, now that everything has a place. So, in honor of Spring Cleaning, we thought we’d do a set to celebrate. Spring Cleaning can be FUN!

Every day of Sneaky Peek Week we will be releasing the peek of the day. The entire release will be available on January 28 🙂

First up is Cristena Bagne’s card. LOVE the PLAID and the happy colors. Cristena has also done a slew of really terrific cards AND done videos on her coloring and how she put them together. I know I’m heading over to her blog to take a peek.

The Spring Cleaning set is perfect for our TCP Tuesday Challenge, too! Check out Julee Tilman’s wash day card. It’s such a happy card, using the Round Bubbles CutUps Die as a background.

The matching Spring Cleaning Dies keep things uber tidy and if you get the Bundle, you get an additional discount.

Nancy Thomas’ pretty card is so crisp and clean. She uses the balloon frame to create a terrific focal point for the silly washing machine and laundry. Who knew laundry could be fun?

Well, I guess Wendy McGaffey, did. She uses stamps from the Spring Cleaning stamp set AND the NEW Don’t Feed the Dust Bunnies sentiment stamp set for the saying. Super fun!

These cards are just too cute, don’t you think?! I could only show a few of the pretties The Cat Pack created. Hop on over and take a peek at the rest of The Cat Pack’s goodies, and then comment on each of the following blogs and you could win a $10 gift voucher. We’ll pick a winner each day this week from the comments on the blogs and post the winners here and on our Facebook page.

Wendy Mcgaffey
Melissa Chipperfield
Cristena Bagne
Kerry Urbatch
Nancy Thomas
Julee Tilman
Beata June

Year of the Rat

Follow the Bunny

Hello Spring

Splish Splash

Make Tea

Spring Cleaning

Don’t Feed The Dust Bunnies

Follow the Bunny Dies

Hello Spring Dies

Spring Cleaning Dies

Year of the Rat Dies

Hello Spring Bundle

Follow the Bunny Bundle

Going, Going Gone

12 / 23 / 1912 / 23 / 19

It’s time for our Biggest Sale of the Year!

We are clearing out the warehouse and doing a Marie Kondo. We have to clear out the old to make room for the new. Some of our stamps and dies are making their final appearance and are being discontinued, so get your favorite before it’s gone.

Black Friday Sale

11 / 27 / 1912 / 2 / 19

Home Again Farmhouse Ornaments

11 / 27 / 1912 / 12 / 19

I had so much fun playing with our latest release I just couldn’t put them away.

Since my mother passed away I haven’t felt very creative and Christmas just tends the come and go without celebrating it. My Mom wasn’t a crafter, but she loved art. And Christmas. For some reason, this year, the creative bug hit, and once I started creating I couldn’t stop.

So, today, I’m presenting you with two farmhouse style ornaments that I made using the New Skinny Alphabet Stencilz and the New Hand drawn Scrolls Stencilz. For the years that I’ve been stamping and using dies, doing an alphabet with large letters have been cost prohibitive. But, with stencilz it is no longer so. And, I’m loving it.

For these ornaments, I used two 4” x 6” canvas frames and removed the canvas and dry brushed the frame. I used large popsicle sticks for the back, which I painted in white chalk paint and dry brushed with a brown wash. I created the words with the Skinny Alphabet Stencilz, outlining them in pencil and filling in with red permanent marker.

After I attached the back to the frame it was DECORATING TIME! Can you tell it’s the MOST fun part for me? I used a length of jute and hot glued it to the top of the frame. Then I added leaves and pinecones and berries, along with a buffalo check ribbon bow I tied with more twine

For the “Jingle” ornaments I added jingle bells instead of the pinecone. I have to say that I am loving these ornaments. I can see them personalized and hanging above the stockings on the mantle. I think Mom would love them too.

November Blog Hop

11 / 25 / 1911 / 26 / 19

I am SOOOO excited to present to you our very last Collection of the year. If you ‘ve been hopping along with us, and came from Kerry Urbatch’s blog, you have reached the end of the hop. If not, then, head on over to Cristena Bagne’s blog and the start of the hop.

It’s been so much fun designing this years stamps, dies and stencilz. I think this one has been the most fun, and the most difficult. For November, I wanted to design a collection that you could use for the upcoming Holidays and for Valentine’s Day.

It’s the time of year that we all love to craft. Whether it be cards or gifts or home decor, I wanted you to be able to use this collection for that too. I hope that I’ve succeeded. As a “test,” I created this little mailbox that can be hung from a doorknob or on the inside of a door. 😉

You can also use it as a home decor piece to place on your table or mantle.

The mailbox base came from the Dollar Tree. I painted it black and used Crackle Medium on top. Once the medium was dry, I painted a coat of white chalk paint on and the crackling began.

I painted the flag red and sponged the edges of the mailbox black for that enameled look. Then, I fussy cut a poinsettia napkin and used Mod Podge to decoupage it on the mailbox.

To finish off the mailbox I used a black Sharpie Marker and the Skinny Alphabet Stencilz to add the word “Noel”. Then, I thinned out black paint and flicked a spatter on the mailbox, and touched up any edges with black.

Finally, I filled it with picks and flowers from the Dollar Tree and a Buffalo Checked Bow.

TA DA! I hope you like it. I’ve been having so much fun with this release I plan on playing a lot more in the coming weeks. ’Tis the season, after all.

Want to see The Cat Pack’s take on this collection again? Just click on the links.

Cristena Bagne
Melissa Chipperfield
Julee Tilman
Beata June
Wendy McGaffey
Brenda Nakandakari
Nancy Thomas
Kerry Urbatch
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