Customizing Digital Paper and NEW TCP!

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Hi Stampers! It’s Christine back today with a few more new designs using The Cat’s Pajamas April Release. As you might already know, Alma has moved into the digital realm with TCP and that means a lot of new and different opportunities with stamps, accessories, cut file, paper and embellishments. On this first design I did a little playing around with the new Black & White Spring Digi papers to coordinate it perfectly with this Birthday bear and the new set A Beary Good Year.

I began by printing out the plaid paper in black and white and coordinating it to my card by sponging onto the cardstock. It’s transformed from black and white to a ombre multi-colour design that matches perfectly with my Copic coloured bear.

This cutie is fun to work with too! The set has all sorts of add-ons for all occasions that when used as a digi are really easy to make work. So I gave him a party hat, added the cake plate in his hand and then heart birthday balloons and printed him out. It’s nice to be able to manipulate images like this before printing.

Some fun framing and accents with die-cuts, and he’s ready to party!

Next I have a mini-slimline scene that’s perfect for those breezy Spring days.

This fanciful bunny is from the new set Field of Pinwheels. After printing the image, I added in some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink clouds using a TCP Stencil for the sky and foreground grass, and then paired him with more of the Black & White Digi papers. The bunting accents are created with the Summer Borders SVG’s and I’ve added some baker’s twine and enamel dots.

To fill in the grass I’ve used some flick strokes with my Copics to colour in more blades. The sentiment is stamped with a retired TCP polymer set, as I thought it was a perfect pairing.

Take a peek below and the New Release Items I’ve used today! Be sure to pop over to the TCP Store to pick yours up! Thanks for joining me today!

Beary good Year — A Beary Good Year Digistamp

BW Spring Papers — Black & White Spring Digi Papers

Spring into the Great Outdoors with NEW TCP!

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Spring is here! Hi TCP Fans! It’s Christine greeting you today with my tulips peeking out of the ground and warmer temperatures in my neck of the woods. Shaking off Winter always makes me hungry to spend time outdoors enjoying the sunshine and all that’s coming to life.

This month’s New Release goodies at The Cat’s Pajamas are all about those warmer days, and soaking in the fun of Spring. Today I have two projects to show you. This first design is a pair of woodland cuties from the new digiset, Into the Woods. This little skunk and squirrel were sized smaller, and trimmed out to create a little scene on the woodgrain die cut heart and coloured with Copics to match the beautiful woodland themed patterned paper (Melissa Lowry).

Touches of greenery were added behind the make image with the new Button Flowers Digi SVG file using my Silhouette, and then also added the swirly border from the new SVG cutting file Summer Borders, to tie in that pop of red. The sentiment comes from a retired TCP polymer set because I’m in need of more Birthday cards for my stash.

Next up, we’ve got a floating bear delivering Birthday balloons!

The new Catch My Drift is another adorable image, and so fun to colour up the transluscent balloons he’s being carried away by. After colouring with Copics, I trimmed him out and placed him on a sponged background of spring clouds using a retired TCP stencil and Tumbled China Distress Oxide ink, in a mini-slimline size. To accent I added a sliver of our new Black and White Spring Digi Papers, a patterned paper swirly border from the new Summer Borders , Baker’s Twine, Iridescent sequins and the sentiment stamped on another one of the summer borders, just trimmed smaller to fit the size of the card.

Once I had him placed on the cloudy sky, I added in a little Copic colouring between teh balloons to get the popped up design to match the cloud line from the background. The mini-slimline size really gives you that feeling of him floating up, up and away!

Here’s a peek at the New Release Items from April that I used today….

Button Flower Digistamp/SVGs — Button Flower Digis/SVGs

I hope you enjoyed the inspiration today! More inspiration will be coming all month long!

Spring Is In The Air!

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Hey Y’all!!! Teresa here on this beautiful Saturday. Do you have bunnies in your back yard? We do. Wouldn’t it be fun to see them hopping around among some beautiful pinwheels? Field of Pinwheels is part of the April release from The Cat’s Pajamas PaperArts. What a fun spring collection. Over 10 new digital stamps and cutables. Be sure to check them out. All the details for making this card yourself are below (including links).

Oh these fun pinwheels. Our cute little bunny seems to be dancing in a field of them. Wouldn’t you love to dance in a field of pinwheels? I would.

The ‘Field of Pinwheels’ digital stamp set is from The Cat’s Pajamas April Release. Such a fun April we are having.

Click on one of the images above to go directly to the digital file.

The bunny and pinwheels are colored with copic markers. The digistamp is printed on Heavenly White copic paper.

COPIC MARKERS:

• Bunny (E55, E53, E51, E50, R02, R01, R00)

• Pinwheels (RV09, RV02, BG05, BG02, G09, G14, YR07, YR04)

The bunny and pinwheels are colored with Copic Markers and cut out with a scalloped die.

I love colors, especially bright ones. Love the pinks, blues, oranges & greens for the pinwheels. They make a very vibrant color combination.

I popped up the entire image with foam tape and placed it at the bottom center of the front of the light green card stock base formy card.

Glued a piece of printed paper above the white for a little added color. It was just a leftover piece from another project that fit. I never seem to throw any scraps away. Can always find a way to use them later.

The little glass balls are one of my favorite ‘sprinkles‘. I glued one in the center of each pinwheel and decided to ‘sprinkle’ them around. It is springtime after all. Turned out pretty fun I think.

The sentiment is from the same digital stamp set. Printed it out on 80 lb paper and cut it out with another die. Glued it to the top of a few of the sprinkles in the upper left corner.

I’ve got bunnies in my backyard. I think I’m going to find some pinwheels!

~Teresa

Stinkin’ About You!

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To celebrate the April release, I used these adorable digital images to create a scalloped circle shaped card that stands up on its own. How ‘stinkin’ cute are these sweeties!?

This was a quick and easy one. I folded a piece of 8.5 X 11 cardstock and used a scalloped circle die that I laid slightly on top of the fold and ran it through my die cutting machine. This way, it does not cut through the fold and you can create any shaped card! I used the same die and cut a patterned piece of paper and glued that on top of the folded card base. I printed out the Into The Woods digital images (don’t forget the sentiment) and colored them in with copic markers. I used the following:

Skunk: W10, W7, and W1

Squirrel: E23, E35, and E29

I fussy cut out the imagines and used my paper trimmer to cut the sentiment. I die cut a heart out and popped it up with foam tape, and added stickles! I added everything to the card base and viola… The card is complete! 😀 Quick and easy, but super cute! And the sentiment are just darling. This card will definitely be given to my stinkin’ fiance. 😀

Here is a close up:

The digital set is so cute and comes with a variety of sentiments. Get yours on the website here: https://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/shop-2/

Rainbows and Pinwheels

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The April release is available now and it is all about the beautiful days of spring. Nancy here kicking off a month of the Cat Pack sharing projects using this fun new collection.

Using my Silhouette Studio software I added the Rainbow with Sparkles image as well as the Hello sentiment from the Like a Rainbow Digi/SVGs and the bunny from the Field of Pinwheels placed in front of it. I printed onto Copic friendly cardstock, cut out with a stitched die and colored the bunny and pinwheels with Copic markers.

Copics: Bunny-E50, E51, E53, W00, E81; Grass-YG00, YG01, YG03; Pinwheels:R30, R32, R35, YG01, YG03, B21, B23, BG01, BG02

The rainbow set is a hybrid meaning it consists of colored digital images that you can just print or print and cut with a cutting machine. This card was amazingly quick and easy plus post office friendly as an added bonus.

Spring Digi Decor

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It’s Brenda up with a little springy decor item to share. I have this little “thingy” to hang seasonal signs on and needed something to celebrate the coming of spring. I made a similar one for fall you can find here. This sign used Rabbit and Wreath Digi/SVG and Woodgrain Coverplates to make this fun sign.

This project was started by using a Silhouette to cut a background using the Woodgrain Coverplates from some heavy weight kraft cardstock. It was sized to go on a kraft cardstock base measuring 8 1/4″ by 4 3/4″. A little walnut stain distress ink was added to give it a bit of depth.

Step 2 was to size, print, and cut the wreath and letters from Rabbit and Wreath Digi/SVG. I used the colors that automatically populate the design screen, they are so perfect for spring. I used a #110 lb cardstock.

Step 3 included using Copic markers to do some shading on the wreath elements and the letters.

Step 4 was placement of the wreath and letters onto the kraft base. The letters were popped up to give a little extra dimension. Hint: I used the negative cut to help with the placement of the letters, which made this task pretty quick.

Step 5 fixed a problem and added some extra stability to the sign. I forgot to place the hanger, so I cut a backing piece 8″ by 4 1/4″ from chipboard and sandwiched a piece of jute in place.

Here it is all finished –

I hope this might interest you in making a little digi decor of your own!

Sweet as Sugar Easter Gift Packages

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Nancy here getting ready for Easter after a hiatus due to illness. It feels good to get back in crafty mode. Working with such sweet images, colors and patterns automatically puts me in a good mood.

The Easter themed packages are destined for a group of shelter women who attend our church and these are the first two out of twelve I hope to complete. Each contains a handheld acacia wood cross, a few chocolate kisses and a bit of paper Easter grass. Although they include secular images, inside represents the true meaning of the season of Lent. And…bunnies are one of God’s cutest creatures!

First up I printed the bunny from the Happy Easter Digi onto thin cardstock changing the color of the image to a soft teal using my Silhouette Studio software. I cut it out with a pierced die, then added a felt bunny tail, a flower cut from an older die and a couple of carrot clay pieces. I also printed the one of the patterns from the Happy Spring Digi Papers and then cut a strip from it. After filling the pillow shaped acrylic package, I tied a ribbon bow around it including a cross charm, then added the strip of paper and image circle.

For the second package, I printed the image from the Sugar, Sugar Digi, cut out with the same pierced circle and colored the image with Copic markers. I used another of the prints from the Happy Spring Digi Papers and tied a different ribbon around it also topped with a cross charm.

Copics: Bunny-E40, E41, E42, R10, R81; Basket-W00, E81, BG01, BG02; Eggs-YG01, YG02, Y00, Y11, R10, R81, BG01, BG02

Although the packaging is similar I want each one to be unique by changing up the images, ribbon and patterned paper. These women deserve to feel special and loved.

Are you getting crafty for Easter?

Home Tweet Home

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Hey Y’all!!! I’m Teresa from Lollipots ‘N’ Polkadots. So excited to be here with my first post as part of The Cat Pack. These birdhouses are part of the March release and so fun. All the SVG files that you need for your Cricut, Silhouette or any cutting machine are included. How much more could you ask for? All the details for making this card yourself are below (including links).

I love to create 3d paper projects. Decided I’d use a hanging frame I learned how to make from our own Cristena Bagne. Used the ‘Birdhouses Cutable SVG’s‘, ‘Happy Spring Digi Papers‘ and the ‘Home Tweet Home‘ Digi stamp set.

Click on one of the images above to go directly to the stamp set, digi file and cutables.

The beautiful frame is made from kraft card stock and a beautiful piece of lime green ribbon to hang it with. I printed and cut a piece of the Happy Spring digital paper to use as the background for the frame. Matched my birdhouses perfectly.

I cut all the birdhouses from the Birdhouses Cutable’s. They are SVG files you can use with your Cricut or any cutting machine. You choose the colors. I chose bright colors, as I normally do. My children tell me that if you threw hand fulls of different colored neon paint at a white wall you would have me. Yes I love colors, especially bright ones. I used hot pink, teal blue, apple green, black and white. They make a very vibrant color combination.

The tree branch was also cut using my Cricut from an image available in the Cricut Design Store. Just search on tree branch and you’ll find it.

The sentiment is from the Home Tweet Home digi stamp set. Printed it out on 80 lb paper and cut it like a banner. Glued it along the bottom of the frame.

Added enamel dots in the same bright colors on the corners and as decoration on the birdhouses.

Springtime is almost here my friends! Get your birdhouses ready!

~Teresa

Small Sugarcoated Packages and the March Release!

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Greetings friends! It’s Christine and I’m back with NEW March inspiration from The Cat’s Pajamas! Part one of my designs this month is located HERE. Today its all about Easter! One of the most beautiful times of the year for my faith, and also a beautiful time to celebrate life, growth and hope. I have two cards to show you today, one more playful and one more elegant. This card uses the new Sugar, Sugar Digi.

Just today my husband bought a huge bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs. Oh my heart. He needs to hide them because I LOVE that candy coated chocolate! So, this card speaks my language about Easter chocolate. Our favourite bunny is lounging in the Easter basket after a sugar coma of chocolate coated fun.

Colouring is with Copics, with detail added in with Prismacolor Pencils, like the blades of grass, the texture of the basket and the sky on the tag. The main image is printed on Copic XPress it Blending and cut with a retired tag die from TCP. The background is sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink.

Other cool things on the design are new from TCP including the Grassy Patches Cutables and the Happy Spring digital patterned paper, it makes for such a fun spring card!

Next up is a lovely Easter card with the new FREE Digital Download called Fancy Happy Easter. The script and designs in the set are lovely! I coloured the image with Copics and added in backgrounds and detailing with Prismacolor Pencils. The mini-slimline design also uses our new Happy Spring Digi Papers, tiny flowers cut to accent and holeless sequin accents.

The pops of colour add such Spring freshness to the design.

Here is a peek at the NEW items I used from TCP today….go check them out!

Spring is Popping in with NEW March Release

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Greetings friends! It’s Christine popping in with some awesome NEW inspiration from The Cat’s Pajamas for the March Release going on now! There are some delightful additions to this month’s release including digital patterned paper! It was a first for me to play with digital paper files, but it was a blast to have the versatility of printing only what you wanted.

I have two designs to show you today beginning with our favourite buddy bear in this set called The Little Things. I love that he’s holding up a sunflower, which is perfect for nods of support for Ukraine. He’s coloured with Copic Makers, with accents and shadows added with Prismacolor pencils.

To accent the design I used some TCP dies to frame him up, add some swirly accent, a bit of twine and a cute wood button. The honeycomb paper is from our new Happy Spring Papers. I picked up some 60 LB weight white paper and printed the selection and size of patterned paper I wanted. It was easy-peasy!

This next design was totally inspired by Amy Kolling who did a floral wreath a few years ago with buffalo plaid in the background, I loved it so much that I thought this would be the perfect time to use it as inspiration for this pretty wreath.

I’ve combined the Rabbit and Wreath cutable files (I’ve used the retired metal dies, but the files are the same), I just cut out the wreath and accents several times in different colours so I could combine them. Then I tucked in some of the Easter Eggs from the Happy Easter set and Easter Eggs in Baskets to fill in the wreath. The layers give it a nice 3D effect.

A bit of sparkle is added with holeless sequins and the added vellum softens the plaid, but still allows the pattern to show through.

The sentiment is from a retired TCP die, and works perfectly with its delicate font.

Here’s a peek at all of the new goodies I used! Thanks for joining me today.