TCP Tuesday

It's Tuesday, so it must be TCP Tuesday. Our most fabulous Hostess with the Mostess is Susan Liles. And she is challenging you to use any of our Springtime stamps.

It can be any one of our stamps, but why not one of the ones from one of our Kitty Kat packs? Or how about one from our "Beans, Bunnies and Peeps, Oh My" set?

Check out this card from Carole Burrage. It's vintage Carole, right down to her wonderful sense of humor.

Did you want to play?

Here are the deets.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, techinque, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design to the guestbook on this blog.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to the guestbook will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

TCP Tuesday

Welcome to the TCP Tuesday! Joanne is the Hostess with the Mostess this Tuesday.

She's doing a color challenge this week and it's a pretty one for Spring. She's challenging you to use light blue, olive, and ivory. Very Joanne and very Spring,

When you get a chance check out Joanne's card. It's a doozie! And check out the other members of The Cat Pack for their take on this color choice.

Play along with us and add your own design to the guestbook at the bottom of the post. You could be eligible to be the next Swanky Stamper of the Month and win 25 smackeroos, that $25 in Cat's Cash.


Here are the deets.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, techinque, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design to the guestbook on this blog.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to the guestbook by the end of the month will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

***You know, everyone makes mistakes, and I certainly make my share of them. I constantly make changes to the artwork of each set until I send it off to be made. Sometimes, I forget to toss pictures of the old artwork in the trash. And that's what happened on the website. I posted and older version of "A Beary Good Year" instead of the most updated version.

The older version had two Easter Eggs. And the newer version has one egg and an egg basket. I just thought that you might want to have something different in each paw. Here is the correct set.


Please accept my apologies and if anyone wants to return the set because of the lack of the egg please contact me. alma@thecatspajamasrs.com

And the WINNER is...!!

We had so much fun going through all the names for this little Bear. We had nearly 500 entries. And there were soooo many good ones.

Ones I loved and made me laugh. Others made me nostalgic and some made me swoon. Others just made me say AWWWWW!

The winners of the contest just made me say "DUUUHH!" Sometimes something is so obvious it just smacks you in the face. That's how this one was. And there wasn't just one winner. There were seven.

All with the same smack me in the head name.

So we did a random number picker thingy. (His name is Anthony) and he picked seven.

So the lucky winner of all our new stamps for a year is Cindy Christoffel from Chicago, Illinois. Yay! Cindy!

And what of the six other winners? They all win our new Clearly Swanky Set. A Beary Good Year.

They are:

Mary Ashby
Julia Aston
Pegg Lin
Melinda
Marsha Drain
Sonja Christoph

Congrats everyone!

TCP Tuesday Beary Fun Hop

It's Tuesday, but it's not just any Tuesday, it's TCP Tuesday. And not only is it the day of our Beary Special Release, A Beary Good Year, it's the day we announce the NAME of our Beary special bear.

So The Cat Pack and some Beary special guests have gotten together and put together a Beary Special blog hop and challenge for you!

Amy is our Hostess with the Mostess for this challenge, and she has Supply challenge for all of us. She wants you to use paper piecing. Want some examples? Start at Amy's blog and click on through. The blog before mine is Tracy's.

Here's mine. Along with the oh so versatile bear, I used paper from Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday and Everafter pad. Along with my favorite plaid ribbon, this little card was so easy to do. I used one on Leigh's sketches from one of her past challenges as a guide. She keeps a slew of them on her blog for easy access.

Now remember, you can only be the Swanky Stamper if you play. Create your masterpiece and upload it to the guestbook by the end of the month to be eligible to win.

So who is the winner of the Who's That Bear Contest? We'll post the winner in just a couple of hours. Midnight PST

Here are the deets for TCP Tuesday.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, techinque, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design to the guestbook on this blog. Only designs posted to the sketchbook are eligible for Swanky Stamper.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to the guestbook will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

Project of the Month

Want to give a little sumptin' sumptin' without breaking the bank? I was inspired by our wonderful Cat Pack when designing this Beary Good candy box card. And it has just enough sweetness to melt even the hardest heart. The front is a sweet card featuring our new stamp set that will be released on February 9th, but on the inside an even sweeter little box filled with goodies that will keep that special someone's sweet tooth happy.

Check out the Project of the Month.

And don't forget to enter to win a year's worth of FREE stamps just by naming this sweet little bear. Starting with our newest set, A Beary Good Year releasing February 9th! It's a cutie. Just keep checking the Cat Pack for sneak peeks of this cute set from now until then.

Just email contest@thecatspajamasrs.com from now until February 8th. One email per entry. You can enter as many times as you like. It's that easy. Winners will be announced on this blog on February 9th! More details to come. In the meantime, put on your thinking caps and name that bear!

TCP Tuesday

It's Tuesday, so it must be TCP Tuesday.

Toni is our Hostess with the Mostess for this challenge, and she has an inspirational challenge for all of us. She wants you to use this photo and design something inspired by it.

It could be a love theme, or it could have hearts, or even use the same color scheme. Whatever you want, just use this picture as a jumping off point and you could win $25 in Cat's Cash!

You can only win if you play. Want some inspiration? Check out the Cat Pack for their take. Create your masterpiece and upload it to the guestbook by the end of the month to be eligible to win.

Here are the deets.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, techinque, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design to the guestbook on this blog. Only designs posted to the sketchbook are eligible for Swanky Stamper.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to the guestbook will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

Please upload photos of your designs to the guestbook. Please leave comments in the comments section for all to read and enjoy.

Swanky Stamper of the Month

Karen Motz — Swanky Stamper for February

One of the very special people that I got to meet at this last CHA was none other than Karen Motz. I've been enjoying her blog now for quite sometime and was so excited to finally meet her. Then, this fabulous card is uploaded for the sketch challenge. I love the bright colors and how it repeats the circle motifs without hitting you over the head. And what do you know? It's a Karen Motz. Yuppers.

Karen Motz — Swanky Stamper for February