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!

 

It’s Brenda, with a little more Christmas Cheer for you.  These cards feature images, both digital stamps and Cutables,  from the  July releases in The Cat’s Pajamas store.

The first card features Ski Bunny  along with the beautiful, intricate Snowflake Cutables.  It started with an A2 white card blank and a die cut design paper piece.  The Bunny was simply sized with Pages, printed with my inkjet printer and colored with Copic markers. The image was die cut and layered on design paper.  He was popped up onto the the center of the white card base.

The snowflakes cut file were imported and sized with  Silhouette Design Studio and cut from glitter paper using an electronic cutter.  They were glued into place around the Bunny as shown.  I absolutely love that you can create any size snowflake your heart desires.  The sentiment is from the Penguin Sleigh digi.  It was printed on vellum and stayed wet long enough for me to heat emboss.  This was popped onto the corner of the card.  Just a bit of Stickles were added here and there for a little more sparkle.

The next card is super simple, which is just what you need when you are trying to build that Christmas stash and time is at a premium, right?  I just loved the beautiful script “Joy” from Santa Gnomie and thought it would look great oversized and sparkly.

This card started with an A7 card blank.  I using an embossing folder to add a little texture to a white panel.  “Joy” was imported into Silhouette  Design Studio and sized to be 4 inches high.  The electronic cutting machine cut it beautifully.   It was mounted onto the base with glue and a little extra sparkle was added with sequins.

I hope you are having as much fun creating with the new cut files and digital stamps as I am.  Really, the sky is the limit when it comes to possibilities.

I’ve got one more chance to remind you of the super sale that is going on for only 2 more days.  Get your stamps and die cut  goodies while you can over at the TCP store!  Thanks so much for popping in!

 

It’s kinda scary how fast time is flying.  We only have about 5 months to get those Christmas cards done and with all these fun new digis, who doesn’t want to get started now? I have 2 cards to share with you today.  Both cards feature the darling  Cutable, Ornamental Gnome. with sentiments from Bunny Snowglobe digi set.

In the first card the little Gnome is sitting on top of his altered Diamond Fold Cutable, surrounded by all his beautiful, sparkly ornaments!  Here’s a peek at the inside –

 

I started by cutting the gnome, his ornaments and the diamond fold card with an electronic cutting machine.  The single ornament was resized and cut several times to add a little extra embellishment.

Next was the fun part,  coloring and piecing together the gnome to bring him to life.   I used Copic markers to add shading .  The card was folded and embellished with patterned paper as shown in the video here.  I trimmed my card base a little shorter as you can see.

The circle images are die cuts from my stash and it, along with the happy little gnome and his ornies were arranged on top as shown.   I used Silhouette Studio to arrange and print the sentiment and then cut them with the same circle die cut set.  The holly was colored with Copic markers.

Here he is, all ready to celebrate!

The second card also features the Gnome albeit a younger version with that red hair.  This time he is on a slimline card fronted with the new Woodgrain Coverplate.  I just love coverplates, and this one is genius!  It cuts beautifully with an electronic machine and it comes in 3 differed sizes.

Woodgrain CoverplatesTo create this card, I started with the electronic cutting.  I wanted the gnome to be a presence on this 8 1/2″ card, so he is 5″ tall (oh the wonder of digital cut files!).  The coverplate and base were cut from kraft cardstock and  the coverplate  was distressed with walnut stain ink and glued to the  base.  The gnome was assembled and adhered on top.   Copic markers were again used to add shading.   The sentiment is from Bunny Snowglobe, printed on kraft cardstock and hand cut to create a little holiday sign.  The sign was hung with baker’s twine.

Two more cards to add to my stash and hopefully a little inspiration for you.

Before I wish you a great day, I want to remind you there are still some great stamps and dies left in the store now at an incredible 60% off.  New digis and a super sale, you can’t beat that!

Take care!