TCP Tuesday 124

It's Tuesday! And Leigh is the Hostess with the Mostess this Tuesday.

Leigh is challenging you to another one of her fantabulous sketch challenges.

Check out Leigh's card here. So fun?

And don't forget to check out the other members of The Cat Pack this week for their take on this stamp challenge.

Just add your own design to your Splitcoast Gallery using keywords TCPTues124 or to your blog and then use the Inlink button at the bottom of the post to add your design to this page. You could be eligible to be the next Swanky Stamper of the Month and win 25 smackeroos, that's $25 in Cat's Cash.

Here are the deets for the challenge.

1. Each a week one of The Cat Pack will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, technique, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design using the Inlink Button at the bottom of this post. Your design must be linked and visible to this blog post to be considered.
5. TCP stamps are required for this challenge.
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 this blog post 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.

The Best of the Best

Did you get a chance to take a leisurely look through all the entries in the Blog Hop? There were so many truly wonderful designs encompassing everything from a card to a votive candle holder to a back to school set. I was so inspired and touched by all the designs.

It was really hard to choose A Best. All the entries were truly the best designs using The Cat's Pajamas.


Check out this wonderful Back to School Set by Juliana Swanson she made for her daughter starting first grade using our Puppy Love Clearly Swanky Set. Such a great idea. I love all the wonderful components. A notebook, a pencil case and a really fancy eraser. All so beautifully colored. She even made a matching card. Truly wonderful. Makes me want to be in first grade all over again.


Now check out this standout card from Melissa Hubert. She uses Whale of a Time Clearly Swanky Set and our brand new CutUps Wave die. I love, love, love the paper and color selection of this card. It just POPS. Notice the texture of waves? Oh my. I love the layout of this card.



So now the winner of the Blog Hop. It was truly such a hard decision to make because every one was so very special. The winner is Beate Johns' tent card. She also uses Whale of a Time. This card just SINGS. I ADORE the mix of patterns in this card and the sewing detail. It's a little like me. A little straight-laced, a little crooked here and there. And the coloring of the whale? It takes my breath away.


Then look at how she used the CutUps Wave die with the rounded part and not the pointy part of the wave. It really gives a whole new flavor to the design. What I love the most about this card is that I can't picture any other stamp or die in this card besides what Beate used. It's truly a wonderful synergy between the stamp, die and card design. Brilliant.

Thank you all for playing in our first ever Customer Blog hop. I hope you had fun playing and sharing and looking. And I hope it inspired you. I know it did me.

It's Time for the Blog Hop

It's our very first customer blog hop, and I hope you are playing. If you've come from Joanne's blog, you are at the end of The Cat Pack's part of the hop, and at the beginning of the Customer Hop. Just check out the fabulous designs our customers have made by clicking on the links on the right hand side of this blog. We've got nearly 60 entries. How's that for inspiration? Want more? Check out Linda's and Beate's entries to wow your socks off.

The challenge? Use your Cat's Pajamas stamps to create something fabulous. Here's my take on it.


My niece, Robyn is having a birthday soon, so I thought I'd whip her up something a little special.

Here's a closeup of the letters! I used my trusty pencils and odorless mineral spirits. And something NEW that will be featured in next month's release. Can you guess what it is?
This project was so fun, I'm teaching it this weekend at Stamper's Ink. So if you are in Kansas, sign up!

Want to play? You have until midnight EST/ 9:00 PM PST, Tuesday to play and add your link. Want even more incentive? The best of the best will receive ALL of the stamps in our next release and play along with us at our Pajamas/Release Party and Release day Blog hop. I'll announce the winner on August 26!

Come on! You know you want to.
Need more inspiration? Check out Ana's Card and then start the Cat Pack's Blog Hop at Sonja's Blog.

Have you played with your stamps, yet?

Remember there's only a couple of days left to strut your stuff at our FIRST ever Blog Hop!

You could be chosen to play along with our Cat Pack the day of our release and at our Pajamas Party. Check the deets on the right side of the blog.

TCP Tuesday 123

It's Tuesday! And Susan is the Hostess with the Mostess this Tuesday.

And this week Susan is challenging you to get tipsy. Show your bottom? Say what? Susan's challenging you to use any of our stamps that you can drink with. And we've got a bunch. We've got coffee and tea stamps. Not to mention a wide variety of alcohol-based drinkies for those who want something a little stronger.

Check out Susan's project here. Warm and cozy, right?

And don't forget to check out the other members of The Cat Pack this week for their take on this stamp challenge.

Just add your own design to your Splitcoast Gallery using keywords TCPTues123 or to your blog and then use the Inlink button at the bottom of the post to add your design to this page. You could be eligible to be the next Swanky Stamper of the Month and win 25 smackeroos, that's $25 in Cat's Cash.

Here are the deets for the challenge.

1. Each a week one of The Cat Pack will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, technique, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design using the Inlink Button at the bottom of this post. Your design must be linked and visible to this blog post to be considered.
5. TCP stamps are required for this challenge.
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 this blog post 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 121

It's Tuesday!

And this week Joanne and Carole are Co-Hostesses with the Mostess this Tuesday. And their color challenge this week is Denim, Kraft and Candy Apple Red.

So fun. This combo reminds me of back to school, for some reason. I don't know why, because my back to school involved uniforms and lots of plaid for 12 year. Ah youth.

Check out Joanne's card here. And some of the other Cat Packers for their take on this challenge.

Check out the other members of The Cat Pack this week for their take on this color challenge.

Play along with us and add your own design to your Splitcoast Gallery using keywords TCPTues121 or to your blog and then use the Inlink button at the bottom of the post to add your design to this page. You could be eligible to be the next Swanky Stamper of the Month and win 25 smackeroos, that's $25 in Cat's Cash.

Here are the deets for the challenge.

1. Each a week one of The Cat Pack will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, technique, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design using the Inlink Button at the bottom of this post. Your design must be linked and visible to this blog post to be considered.
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. 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.

16 to go!

Whew! 50 bazillion orders out, 16 to go. That's right. We've been busy.

Thank you for making our SALE a success! Now get stamping. I want to see you make something!

That's right. Only 2 days left to shop!

UPDATE: You have spoken. You really, really like our dies. So much so that we have sold out of the Wave die completely. So rather than have you miss out on getting this awesome die at the SALE price, we are offering in on backorder. Our shipment should come in around August 19.

What did you get?

Yup! We are almost halfway through our biggest SALE of the Year. We only do a SALE this big twice a year. But we don't expect you to just buy it and not use it. Nope we want to see what you do with it.

Be a part of our FIRST ever Customer Blog Hop and you could win all the next sets for our next release, and it's looking like a big one! Check the deets in the post below.

It's our first ever Customer Blog Hop!
And we want you to be in it.

We want to see your best Cat's Pajamas Creation and show it off to the world.

Interested? It's easy. Post your best Cat's Pajamas creations on your blog and link that post to the "Mr. Linky" list in the right side of this blog by August 24, 12am EST/9pm PST. Don't have a blog? Upload your project to your SCS gallery and link to the page with your project on it. (Make sure you link to the post with your piece in it, and not just your blog.)

And there's more! The Best of the Best will win all the NEW sets for our next release and get to play along with The Cat Pack on the day of the new release and at the Pajama Party in September. Enter as many times as you want. The winner will be announced on August 26. And to help you along we are having a humongous SALE from August 3-8. So now there is no excuse to get your Cat's Pajamas on!

And now, TCP Tuesday...

What a CutUp! If you've ever meet Amy Rohl, the Hostess with the Mostess for this challenge, you'd agree she's a real cut up. And this Tuesday, she's challenging you to use our CutUps! dies in this Supply Challenge.

Play along with us and add your own design to your Splitcoast Gallery using keywords TCPTues121 or to your blog and then use the Inlink button at the bottom of the post to add your design to this page. You could be eligible to be the next Swanky Stamper of the Month and win 25 smackeroos, that's $25 in Cat's Cash.

Here are the deets for the challenge.

1. Each a week one of The Cat Pack will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, technique, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design using the Inlink Button at the bottom of this post. Your design must be linked and visible to this blog post to be considered.
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 this blog post 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

Make a little love and pass it on. With this Matchbook Embellie Card by Amy Rohl, it's easy to make and share some embellie goodness with your Besties.


Check out the SSSwwweEEEtttt Embellies inside. It uses our NEW CutUps Dies and the cute Whale from our "A Whale Of A Time" Clearly Swanky set. Not to mention our new felt!

I think I'm in love with our Project of the Month.