Believe it or not, I had my first ever pumpkin spice latte this year and I loved it!  I was so happy to see this fun digital stamp,  Fall Pumpkins from The Cat’s Pajamas September release.  It definitely triggers the wonderful taste and smell in a good way but, if pumpkin spice is not your thing, there are two other wonderful options included.

There are so many things you could do with the set; greeting cards, place cards, banners, placemats…just let your imagination go.  I decided to make a little autumn decor with it.  I salvaged a piece of corrugated cardboard and took out my little stash of vinyl.  I used Silhouette Studio to size and cut the vinyls as shown here.   I just love that darling little latte.

After the vinyl was cut, I layered it on to a piece of kraft cardstock as shown above.  The edges were torn to fit the 5 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ cardboard and it was distressed with ink and glued in place.  Grommets were placed to hold jute to hang it and a big orange bow was added.  I used a little distressed metal hanger I  decorate for the different seasons, but you could find a nice branch that would accomplish the same sort of look.

In the end, I felt it needed something, so I added a few coffee colored sequins and a few splatters.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Nancy here. Fall has definitely arrived, even  in Alabama where summer usually sticks around a lot longer than other places. And I actually created today’s cards on the first day of fall as I was definitely in the mood for a change of seasons.

Both cards feature a pair of not so scary gnome scarecrows from the new Hay Gnomie set. I created the two scenes using Silhouette software, resizing, sending to the back or front until I was happy with the arrangement. I then printed onto Copic friendly cardstock and cut out both with a stitched rectangle die. I colored both with Copic markers using the colors from the patterned paper I wanted to use. I can’t resist a fall paper pad even though I already have so much paper.

It’s Brenda here with  a new card for you featuring Glitter Protector  digital stamps and Just a Word cutting file.  I have to tell you, wearing an mask to protect yourself from stray glitter when you are cleaning or creating in your craft area is not a bad idea and it certainly is a much more fun way of looking at wearing a mask if it is something  you have to do.

I love this fun set that comes with 3 main images and 5 fun sentiments to suit your particular interest. You can pop the sentiments onto the different shaped word balloons to add a little extra pizzazz .

I used Silhouette Studio to import, size, print and cut my images.  As you can see, I cut the word balloon true to size, but it’s easy to add a border like I did for the kitty image.  I thought layering the sentiment in the word balloon from Just a Word  would be fun.  The word balloon is comes pre-colored (or you can print it and color it yourself).  I used Copic Markers to color up our kitty friend.

I printed and fussy cut a second mask which was colored with Copic and decorated with, of course, glitter.  The background paper was stenciled with Stickles glitter gel for a little extra shine which looks much better in real life.  The tail was glued to the background once it was dry and the mask was glued to the face.  The cat was popped up on some foam tape as was the word balloon and positioned as shown.

I do hope you’ll give these fun new digis a try.   See you again soon!

The Copic colors I used are:

Apple: R05, 17, 29, 46, 59
Green: YG21, 23, 25, G28
Pencil: YR21, Y17, 38, 35, R32, 35

 Until next time crafty friends!
Cristena

It’s Brenda here with a couple of cards I had fun making with digital stamps and cutting files from the September release (can you even believe it’s September?).  The first card uses the following new sets –

This card started with an A2 card blank covered with a patterned paper.   To  create the note I used Silhouette Studio to place the text from Teachers Rule digi onto the Just a Note Cutable .  I added the digi ruler, apple and pencil, to the design page and sized to my preference.  It was printed using the registration marks option and after printing, returned to the Silhouette  for cutting.  It worked like a charm.

I colored the images with the following Copic markers –

Ruler – B 32, 34, 39

Apple -R 05, 29   Y 38    YR 31

Leaf – YG 3, 5, 7

Worm –  YG 3, 5    Y 38

Pencil – E 51, 53    Y 13, 15, 17    B 34    R 20, 21, 22

After the images were colored, I went around the edges carefully with a black marker to cover any white edges that might show.  This gives it a nice finished look.

The images were  positioned as shown above, with the note, the pencil and the apple being popped up on fun foam.  A bit of red buttonhole twist tied around the note was the finishing touch.

This second card was created with the following digital stamps and cutting files.  The “crown molding” is the TCP eyelet die, but you could use something you have or even totally skip it.

This card began with a kraft cardstock card blank topped with a patterned paper that I thought looked like wallpaper.  The eyelet border was cut from coordinating cardstock and glued in place.  Once again I used the Silhouette Studio (SS) to print my images using the registration option.  The sentiment and Just a Thought Balloon and darling bear images  were opened and sized accordingly.  The sentiment was positioned on the thought bubble the same way the sentiment was printed on the note in the first card.  This was all printed on white cardstock.  It was once again returned to the Silhouette for cutting.

I also used SS to print and cut the bear/chair images from a patterned paper to do a little paper piecing.  I fussy cut the bears from the white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers and glued them to the pattern paper image.  All of the images were adhered to the base as shown below.  The sentiment was popped up on fun foam squares.

Copic Markers used –

Bears – E31,33, 34, 35, 3737

Bunny slippers – W 1, 3, 5

Book – B 32, 34, 37    E 40, 42

That’s all for me for today.  I hope you’ll visit the TCP store to take a look at all the new offerings and Alma’s tutorial on making a darling “Back to School” card in a box.   Thanks so much for popping by.  Wishing you all well, stay safe!

School is  already in session many places, but not so with  our favorite Penguins.  They are having a great time at Camp Waddlealong (seemed a fitting name for their camp, don’t you think?).  You may recognize Camping as an old but goodie TCP stamp that is now available in digital form!

I personally am not a big fan of camping, but these guys make it look kinda nice.  I used design papers to create the background and just used the digis from Camping  to create the focal point.  So it was pretty quick and easy to make.

I printed the images, fussy cut the tent and colored them up with Copic markers.  The sentiment was sized and printed using Silhouette Studio and a die cut was used for the base.  To set the scene the tent was popped up ink position on foam tape as was the sentiment and a little grass die cut was added.  A distressing was added with brown ink around the edges of the card.  This is an A2 card, but you are using digitals, it could be any size you want.

The next activity on the camp agenda is, fishing. Now you know for sure the Penguins from Reel Friends are going to be great at that.

This is another fav stamp set, turned digital (YEAH!).  I was so happy to have the ability to turn the Penguin with the bucket around to create this little scene.  I loved being to create the large sentiment and use it as part of the focal point.

For this card, I created the printed panel in Silhouette Studio.  Everything was sized to fit on an A2 card and I was able to print the sentiment in green!  The Penguins were imported into the scene and the images were flipped so they were facing each other. 

After printing, I did just a little coloring with Copic markers and distressed the edges of all the paper panels.  The panel was partially fussy cut and partially cut with a paper cutter  and backed with cardstock and then layered onto design paper.  The little die cut fish were added to finish it off.

That’s it for me for August.  September will be here soon, so that means more digital goodness from TCP!

Alma here, back with some more Holiday Cheer on this hot Summer day ;). I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love our Gnome Lolly Holder. It was fast and easy to make with an electronic cutting machine, or if you have a color printer, you could just print it out and fussy cut.

So, now that I am thinking about what treats to stick in little stockings, I knew that these little Holiday Lollipop Holders would be perfect.

There are three different “flavors”, the snowman, reindeer and Santa. You can print and cut out this cute character, but an electronic cutting machine makes short work of the cutting.

1. I’ve done a short video, showing how to put together these pretties and you can view it by click here, or the picture above.
2. First, cut out all the pieces and attach the parts needed for the faces to the bases of the faces
3. Fold the piece with the score along the score and attach the face to this piece
4. Insert a lolly pop stick through the small center hole, fitting the lolly pop head so it pops out from the larger hole in the front and back and secure with adhesive
   
5. The holes should be slightly smaller than the circumference of the lolly so that it holds the lolly in place.
6. Embellish with a bow and if you want to make a bouquet, slide the stick into a decorative straw.

I think they are pretty darling! I hope you give our Holiday Lolly Holders a try!

It’s hard to think about December and Christmas when thermometers are hitting record highs so many places.  Alma even caught Santa taking a little break and rendered this likeness of him hanging out and trying to stay cool.

I created a little beach scene for the Big Guy using off cuts of a gel print for the water and kraft cardstock off cuts for the beach.  The sky was created with a cloud stencil and tumbled glass distress ink on white cardstock.

I printed Santa and his Tropical Tiki Drink (from Tequila) which has been altered to contain his favorite, a peppermint candy cane (from Santa Gnomie).  They were printed and cut using the Silhouette Design Studio (SDS) and Cameo.  Don’t you just love the options you have with these digital designs?

While I had my Cameo up and running, I cut multiple tags using Every Day Tags and some frames from Framed Up for several sentiments including the one for this card.

I knew I wanted to use the rectangular frame for the sentiment and being a newbie to the digital world, I took a little time and was able to print my sentiment on white cardstock and electronically cut it out and then layer it on the same frame cut just a little larger.   While I was learning, I also resized and cut all these sentiments for future use –

Next is a gift tag made with the same digital set.  In both projects, Santa’s board shorts were paper pieced and the rest of him, his tiki drink, and beach towel were colored with Copic Markers.  The palm tree was cut from cardstock using the Cameo.  To do that, I imported the digital image into SDS and used the eraser tool to remove the tree trunk.  The leaves where then cut from dark green cardstock.  I used the same method to free up the trunk and cut it from light brown cardstock.  After it was all put together I created a few details with  Copics.  The images were glued to one of the tags, a pre-created sentiment was added as well as a bit of Baker’s Twine .

The following Copic Markers were used –

beach towel, glasses – R14, R27, R29

skin – E21, E11, E13

beard – C0, C1

Palm tree – E23, E25, E29

Tiki drink – E35, E37, E39, G14, R14, R29

I created a card, a tag, 35 more blank tags of various shapes and sizes and 5 matted sentiments, all in one evening thanks to the magic of digitals!  Thanks for taking a look!