Only 1 more Tuesday to PLAY!

It's the FOURTH Tuesday of the Month and can you bEliEve there is one more Tuesday left in the month of July? That means one more Tuesday to play along with our Monthly Challenge!

The challenge this month is to use a tag in your card or project. Your tag must be handmade, and not store bought. If it has a hole in it, it’s a tag. Easy, Peasy, right? YAY! Then, upload your card or project to the Inlinkz button you see on the right, for all to see in its taglike splendor.

One more Tuesday also means more TCP goodness from our Cat Pack!

Take a look at this SWEET card by Lori Tecler. She stamped the Key Phrases set and used the Key to Your Heart CutUps to cut the key out of metallic tape. I think that is a brilliant idea. You get that sparkle with hardly any weight added to your card. Then, she added the ribbon to the top of the kraft panel to complete the Tag Challenge

Wendy McGaffey creates this pretty tag for a baby present using the Peeking set.               

She added pearl embellishments and a pretty ribbon. This tag is fit for a king.....Hmmm. I wonder....
Now, you've seen what we did with the challenge. Let's see what you can do. Tag! You're it!

Here are the Deets.

1. 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
2. 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 TCPTUESJuly13
3. The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
4. Cards and projects must have at least one Cat's Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
5. On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
6. 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.
7. The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and this Blog

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Three! Three! Three! It's a Magic Number!

It's the third Tuesday of the Month, Y'all and it's time to get going on a bit of challenge goodness.

The challenge this month is to use a tag in your card or project. Your tag must be handmade, and not store bought. If it has a hole in it, it’s a tag. Easy, Peasy, right? YAY! Then, upload your card or project to the Inlinkz button you see on the right, for all to see in its taglike splendor.

Ready to see what our Cat Pack did with this challenge?

Julie Masse has me speechless, YES speechless....... (okay, not really, but pretty close) with this super cute paper bag album.

What a great idea to bring it with you and have your kids fill it up with their vacation travels.

Not only does she use the die cuts to embellish, but she uses them to make stencils to jazz up the inside of the album.

Check out this tag she embellished with the heart from our TALK TO ME CUTUPS.

And, here she uses the heart to create a pull tab for this pretty tag. Julie uses so many stamps and dies in this project, you really must go to her website for a more in depth look. I do not do it justice.

Kimberly Gajewski created a tag using our TOPPERS CUTUPS and used our QUEEN OF HEARTS CUTUPS for the bottom of the tag. Then, she stamped up our EWE COMPLETE ME set for the sentiment tag and sheep. Swweet.

Noelle McAdams creates a sweet tag, the same way that Kimberly did, but uses the slanted top, for her bottom! Brilliant. And, speaking of brilliant, she uses bright colors to stamp out birthday greetings on a crisp white tag. Check out the tiny mustache on the tag. So CUTE. She used the MUSTACHE SET, and the following CutUps: LUGGAGE TAGS, TOPPERS, and MUSTACHES.

And, for the scrapbooker, Susan Liles designed this oh-so pretty scrapbook page using the SUMMER SENTIMENTS stamp set the LUGGAGE TAG CutUps and our GLASSES and the WAVE border dies.  Now, to take some great pictures to go with. No pressure.

Now, you've seen what we did with the challenge. Let's see what you can do. Tag! You're it!

Here are the Deets.

1. 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
2. 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 TCPTUESJuly13
3. The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
4. Cards and projects must have at least one Cat's Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
5. On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
6. 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.
7. The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and this Blog

TCP Tuesday Two!

It's the second Tuesday of the Month! And, I am back in beautiful sunny, San Francisco! I had a wonderful time in Canada! Spent a lot of time in the Kewlona, which is absolutely spectacular. Wine tasting, boating and seeing the sights of beautiful British Columbia during Canada Day is something I will always treasure.

Then, it was onto Calgary for the Calgary Stampede. Calgary was hit hard by the recent floods, but, the show must go on, as they say. And, the Stampede, went on in magnificent fashion. Saw my very first Chuck Wagon race and attended my very first rodeo! Yee Haw. AND, saw my first sheep shearing contest. For the knitters out there, it was something to behold.

But, enough about my time away. On to the challenge!

The challenge this month is to use a tag in your card or project. Except your tag must be handmade, and not store bought. Think of using the luggage tags CutUps or the toppers to create your tags. Maybe it’s the Big Ticket CutUps. Or any of the other CutUps If it has a hole in it, it’s a tag.

Ready to see what our Cat Pack did with this challenge?

Noelle McAdams created this awesome card using our Key Phrases set and our Big Ticket, Key to My Heart and Luggage Tags CutUps. It's the perfect card for graduation or to congratulate someone on a promotion.

Nancy Thomas used the Toppers CutUps to create this tag. And she used the Circus Panels CutUps to stamp the Life's a Beach set. Then, she embellished it with a flower from the Flower Buttons CutUps. Love the soft colors and textures of this card!

 

Now, I thought that I'd show you an oldie but goodie, from Leigh O'Brien! She used the Big Ticket CutUps to create a pull tag. Paired with Take Off, this card has me soaring. (Using our Cloud Border, of course.)

Now, you've seen what we did with the challenge. Let's see what you can do. Tag! You're it!

Here are the Deets.

1. 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
2. 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 TCPTUESJuly13
3. The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
4. Cards and projects must have at least one Cat's Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
5. On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
6. 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.
7. The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and this Blog

July TCP Tuesday Challenge

It's the first Tuesday of the Month! And you know what that means! It's TCP Tuesday! That means it's challenge day!

Last month was The More the Merrier. 

This one is pretty straightforward. Use a tag in your card or project. Except your tag must be handmade, and not store bought. Think of using the luggage tags CutUps or the toppers to create your tags. Maybe it’s the Big Ticket CutUps. Or any of the other CutUps If it has a hole in it, it’s a tag.

Check out Lori Tecler's pretty journal. The luggage tags is perfect to adorn it! She uses our Summer Sentiments stamp set to finish it off!

Nancy Thomas created three ATCs for this challenge! I'm not sure which one I'm in love with the most

Now, you've seen what we did with the challenge. Let's see what you can do. Tag! You're it!

Here are the Deets.

1. 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
2. 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 TCPTUESJuly13
3. The Challenge will be a month-long challenge and you can play as many times as you like during that month.
4. Cards and projects must have at least one Cat's Pajamas Stamp or CutUps die in the project.
5. On the First Monday of the Month a winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and crowned Swanky Stamper.
6. 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.
7. The winner will be announced the First Monday of the month on Splitcoaststampers, Facebook page and this Blog

It's Swanky Stamper Time!

Debbie aka Indy- Swanky Stamper of the Month

Last Month's Challenge was all about the more the merrier. You know the saying "Less is More"? Last month, More was More! We had some really wonderful entries, but I fell in love with this one by Debbie, aka Indy! She mixes and matches patterns and textures with this happy card. There is so much detail, that I am discovering more, the longer I look at it.

Congrats, Indy!