12 Days of Crafting – Day 8

12 / 2 / 2112 / 2 / 21

It’s Brenda bringing you the challenge for day 8 of The Cat’s Pajamas 12 Days of Crafting. With the days whizzing past, I needed to create some little goodies for the neighbors or office friends, so that’s your challenge for today. I like having little somethings around that will spread some Christmas cheer.

I have been wanting to make some of the Holiday Lollipop Holders, they are just so cute. You will find Santa, Rudolf and Frosty all in the same Cutable. Here’s a closer look –

I made them using this video as my guide. After all the cutting was done, during assembly, I decided to add an extra little something. Remember all these snowflakes and holly clusters from Snowflakes Cutables and Bunny Snowglobe digi? Well, I put them to work today.

After I had the holders cut out and assembled, I decided to wrap a block of shipping styrofoam in holiday paper to display them. The lollipop stick wasn’t quite long enough, so I rummaged through my stuff and found these straws which worked perfectly. I tied a bow around the foam block and ribbon around the straws and arranged them in the foam. Here they are all ready to bring joy.

I have one more little item to share with you. I made so many tags for the day 2 challenge I decided to put them in the Mini Pizza Box Cutables for a friend or neighbor.

I cut and assembled the box from textured cardstock. The top was decorated by cutting 2 coordinating mats and some of the ornament from the Wonky Ornament Tags Cutables. I layered everything as shown above along with a few die cut stars. The ornaments were decorated with jewels and Stickles for a little shine.

The inside tags were created using Fancy Frames Cutables. The base was cut from textured cardstock and the top was sized just a little smaller and cut from cover weight card. To finish them off I used more of those holly clusters from Bunny Snowglobe digi and created the berries with Nuvo Drops.

Now it’s over to you! I can’t wait to see what you create! Each day we will present a different challenge and challenge you to play along by adding your projects to the inlinkz button at the bottom of the challenge. You’ll have until December 26 to play along.

You can play as many times as you wish or just enjoy the inspiration provided by those who join in. You can enter multiple times and will be eligible to win multiple prizes. We’ll pick a winner for each challenge and will announce them on our blog December 27.

One more reminder of the sale that’s currently going. Get 25% off all our Digi Stamps and Cutable SVGS from November 26 thru December 25. Our Digi Stamps and Cutable SVGS are immediately downloadable in your TCP account once you purchase them, then just create to your heart’s content!

Merry crafting!

Advent Calendar

7 / 30 / 20

If you were curious to see how I made the Advent Calendar that I posted at the end of our Christmas in July Blog Hop. I created this video to show you how

My voice was feeling a little croaky, so I settled for captions instead. 😉

I created a little diagram of where to place the smaller and bigger boxes and what dies to use where. Also, how many numbers to cut to make it easier. And, I love the easy! You can download that diagram here.

September Sneaky Peek #6

9 / 21 / 19

I’m a cat person.

I think you prolly figured that out by now. Cats have a certain mystery about them that always has me wondering what they are thinking. They are unbelievebly graceful and serious, so when something unexpected happens it is always to funny to see how they react. They are incredibly independent, so when they pay you any attention you have to feel honored.

So, in honor of the cat, we present “Meowy Christmouse”

Remember our official Release Day is Sept 24, which is when you can get our entire release. But, if you can’t wait, you can order whatever has been Sneaky Peeked the day that we Peek it.

If you like coloring, this set is “your” set. You get 15 cats to color and try out different techniques and colors, as seen in this card by Christine Okken. Embellished with snowflakes from the Snowflake Border, this card is a purrrrrfect Christmas card.

If you don’t like to color, this set is for you. Lynne Collins shows that you don’t have to color a stamp in order to create a colorful card.

Julee Tilman frames up these photogenic cats with our Rectangle Stamp Die. She uses the NEW Woodgrain Stencilz to create a homey background and embellishes our NEW Peace, Love, Joy, die with dots and dashes to make it even more intricate.

Nancy Thomas’ card reminds me of a cat Christmas choir. I love looking at each individual cat. Like all cats, each has a different personality. I just hope they don’t caterwaul.

Brenda Nakandakari uses just the “joy” from the NEW Peace, Love, Joy die set to embellish her card. She places her kitties in the snow, created using the Beaches CutUps die

The Cat Pack cards are just purrrfect, don’t you think?. Comment on each of the following blogs and let them know 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.

Christine Okken
Nancy Thomas
Brenda Nakandakari
Julee Tilman
Lynn Collins

We chose Day #5’s In it To Win it winner from Rebecca Weckerly‘s blog. And the winner is:

Theresa! Congrats! Please contact me to claim your prize.

Woodgrain Stencilz

Twist Stencilz

Birch Trees Stencilz

The Neighboohood Stencilz

Birch Snowglobe

Peace, Love, Joy

Christmas Cookies

Meowy Christmouse

May the Forest be with You

Feliz Navidog

Roll With It

Cooking Bundle

Snapes Alive

Snapes Alive Bundle

Hey Boo

Grab the Unicorn

What’s on your desk, pt 3!

11 / 19 / 1311 / 26 / 13

It’s TCP Tuesday! It’s the week before Thanksgiving, and I am so Thankful that you are here sharing it will me. So, as a thank you, The Cat Pack has been busy stamping up some wonderful projects for you for this month’s TCP Tuesday Challenge

The Challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to stamp ONE card. Then, from what you have left on your desk, create 2 more cards. (Ha!) If you are like me, I create a card, I cut and stamp enough for several. This challenge is a way for you to use those bits and pieces and create 2 more cards. It’s a way for you to get more bang for your buck and get your creative juices going.

Let’s start with the STUNNING cards that Nancy did. Love the snowman from the Let the Flakes Fly stamp set strumming his way into the Holidays. She used the snowflake from the Snowflake Lace CutUps, and used the Holiday CutUps from the Celebration Toppers.

This card uses the other die that you get in the Celebration Toppers, and the other snowman from the Let the Flakes Fly stamp set. Those snowmen are just beautifully colored. And, that red ribbon adds the perfect burst of color.

I am totally in love with Nancy’s third card! She uses the Dots CutUps with and embossing pad and turns her die into and embossing plate. That’s a way to get more for your money!

If you are like me, you can’t wait for Spring. And, these three cards by Noelle just fit the bill. I’m totally in love with the scrappy look of these cards.

Here was the first card that Noelle designed. She used a couple of stamp sets for her card, as well as a whole lot of CutUps, and that is what makes this card so special. Nesting, Tied Up, Admit One and the Bitty Banners, and Big Ticket CutUps work so beautifully on this card.

Here is Noelle’s second card. For this beauty of a card she used the Big Ticket and Circus Border CutUps and the Admit One stamp set. I am loving her use of colored ink. I have so many colors of ink, but I always seem to stamp in black. Noelle’s cards are so inspiring, I may have to pull those colored inks out.

Here’s Noelle’s third card. She uses the Nesting, and Admit One stamp set and the Bitty Banners and bits of paper and washi tape. Stunning.

And speaking of stunning….Kelli’s sophisticated Christmas cards using J*lly H*liday are elegant and classic. They are so rich looking, you need to take a closer look.

Susan’s Holiday tags use Homemade for the Holidays mixed in with a bunch of sugar and spiciness that is quintessential Susan. These would be perfect adorning a holiday gift or on a card.

Lori’s trio uses Peace, Joy and Penguins featuring the troublesome trio. They are always fun, and never boring. And, Lori’s classic cards are inspiring in their simplicity. Just perfect to case when you need to stamp up one or a hundred.

Now get stamping and DON’T clean off your desk. Let’s see what you can do.

Here are the Deets.

The First Tuesday of the Month I will post a challenge on this blog. That’s right! Here!

The challenge will also be posted on our Splitcoaststampers forum and on our Facebook page
If you want to play along you just upload your design right here on this page using the InLinkz button. (The challenge button will be posted on the right hand column of this blog so you don’t have to search around)

If you want to display your pretties on Splitcoaststampers using keyword TCPTUESNov13. But, only entries uploaded to the Inlinkz button will be considered for Swanky Stamper
The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
Cards and projects must have at least one Cat’s Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
The Swanky Stamper will not only be acknowledged as the Swankiest Stamper for that month, but will also receive some of the stamps from our next release and get to play along with us at our Pajamas Party and Blog Hop. AND… They’ll even get a special spot in the Gallery highlighting the project that won them the gig AND as snazzy badge to display on their blog.
The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and this Blog