March Swanky Stamper

 

Christine Okken — Swanky Stamper for March

When I first started seeing Christine's creations on her blog, I had no idea what her last name was. I was constantly referring to her as "ChristineCreations", which is the name of her blog. After seeing so many wonderful cards come across my screen, like this wonderfully colored and oh-so pretty card using Sugar, Sugar and so many others, I knew she was definitely a name I would have to learn.

How about this soft and pretty card that she created for the TCP Tuesday Color Challenge using Bunny Side Up? She created the background with the Scor-pal and the Scor-bug. I am definitely going to have to find mine to do this cute technique.

Or this sweet card using Warm Fuzzies? I'm loving the paper piecing that she did on this card. So cute.

Christine Okken — Swanky Stamper for March

Pinterested?

Yuppers! The Cat's Pajamas is on Pinterest. We've got several different boards up with the usual eyecandy from The Cat Pack, and a pinboard with tutorials using The Cat's Pajamas stamps and CutUps dies!

And, we've got a board featuring some of our customers cards and projects. Want to see? Then follow us here! (There was a problem with the link earlier, that's now fixed.)

Because it's Friday and all, we know you are getting ready to stamp this weekend. Getting ready means getting some inspiration to jumpstart your mojo. So howzabout trying your had at this week's TCP Tuesday Color Challenge?

Lori, our Hostess with the Mostess is asking you to use Mossy Green, Soft Pink, and Aqua together.

Leigh's got her mojo motor going with this card.

And I'm digging the woodgrain in this card by Amy R.

Check out this soft and pretty card by Nancy? She's channeling a little pastel.

Amy S. kicks some serious grass with her card.

Jen goes so elegant with her CAS Card.

How about some sweet sugar from Julie?

And Jenny's pretty, pretty card using almost all CutUps dies!? Terrific.

Mojo motor going, yet? Now go and make something.

TCPTues 198 & Winning!

It's TCP Tuesday and Lori is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Color Challenge. And Lori is challenging you to use Mossy Green, Soft Pink and Aqua in your card or project.

Don't you just love these colors? So soft and purdy. The Cat Pack has been working with these colors and I can tell you, their projects are pretty darn awesome.

Like Susan's take on this combo. And Susan's been a busy, busy gal. She's posting up LOTS of the past challenges from this month. And you can, too! If you miss posting your challenge by the deadline one week you are still eligible for the big prize of Swanky Stamper even if you post late.

I'm not sure what happened to my post last week after I announced the winners of the Blop Hop—it seems to have just disappeared, so I'll just tell you that Julie's ABC Challenge was awesome. And The Cat Pack pulled out all the stops to inspire you.

Take a look at Amy's sweet tag for Carole's darlin' son, Carter.

Nancy did a sweeeeet tag, too. And I can totally see it decorating some lucky bunny's basket.

The other Amy (sorry Amy) created a wonderful Get Well gift that would lift anyone's spirits.

And Lori created an AWESOME mobile that really must be seen to be believed.

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WEEKLY WINNER!

And NOW this Week's Weekly Winner! This is egggciting, no! This week's Weekly Winner is Makalah! She used PJ and accessorized him with all those goodies from the Beary Good Year set. Congrats, Makalah! Please email me for your voucher code

Here are the Deets for TCP Tuesday.
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES198 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

Surprise Julee!

Yup. You are at the right place.

It's Monday and it's a very special, special day. It's Mojo Monday!

And, Julee Tilman, Owner of Verve Stamps and creator of Mojo Monday is having a little one. Actually... a couple of little ones. That's right, TWINS!

And I am hopping with joy for Julee and Mark. A bunch of us are. Blog hopping that is. So if you've come from Sarah's blog, you are in the right place. If you haven't, you may want to start at the very beginning at hop organizer, Teresa 'cause I know that there are some really awesome people playing.

So this week's awesome Mojo Monday Sketch was a doozy. And a definite challenge for me. But, then again, that is what it's supposed to do, right?

I took the sketch and turned it on its side. Then used a whole lot of CutUps dies. I really wanted to show off all the clouds so I didn't put the center panel in from the sketch. I think if you squint your eyes a little bit you still get the feel spirit of the sketch.

Now on to Carole! I KNOW she's done something truly awesome. She always does.

I {heart} U

When I was in grade school, we made mailboxes to place on our desks to "receive" all the valentines that our classmates would send us. That long ago, store-bought paper valentines were the norm and at the end of the day, we would pour over our valentines to see who got what from who.

I don't know about you, but my heart just goes thump, thump, thump when I take a gander over at the blog hoppers there to the right. We had a whopping 52 Valentines in this year's blog hop. And it feels just like I'm in grade school all over again.

If you haven't taken a look, yet, you should. I am still wandering through all the awesome Valentines in there.

But you are looking for the LUCKY three winners of this blog hop, aren't you? Three LUCKY winners of $25 in Cat's Cash from our website.

Well, here they are!

 

First up is Melissa Hubert's card featuring the Penguin from Got Love. Love all the paper pieced hearts and that pretty ribbon in the Anywhere Ribbon Slide.

 

 

Maggie Haas has my ticket. She used Admit One, the Big Ticket and Hearts Trio for her entry.

And Bonnie Sharp. I love this color combo. It reminds me that you don't need to wait for Valentine's Day to say "I love you". Bonnie used the Rolled Nest and Circus Panels CutUps, as well as the Nesting and Simply Said stamp set. Stunning.

Congrats, Ladies! Please contact me for your voucher codes.

TCP Tuesday & WINNING!

It's TCP Tuesday and Julie is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Technique Challenge. And Julie is challenging you to practice your ABCs. That's right. Your ABCs

For those of you who need to brush up, ABCs mean (A)nthing (B)ut a (C)ard. And being a paper crafter it's just the type of challenge that I love. And it's the perfect time to showcase your Valentine making talent if you are decorating sweets for your sweet. A twofer, if you will.

Leigh's got her mojo going with the Valentine for her son! It's so cute. Do you think she would notice if I changed my name to "Kyle" just for the day?

Or how about Jen's roaring cute door pocket? I want to be her Valentine.

And if you get it done today, you can get a threefer if you enter it in our Valentine Blog Hop. Just upload your card to your blog and link it to this blog using the inlinkz button to the right. You could win $25 in Cat's Cash. AND we're giving away THREE prizes. So you have three chances to win.

Check the deets for that in this Post.

Did you get a chance to play along in last week's TCP Tuesday Inspiration Challenge hosted by Jen?

Take a peek at Amy's sweet, sweet card. It reminds me that after a storm there are rainbows. That Amy. She's so deep.

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WEEKLY WINNER!

And NOW this Week's Weekly Winner! Drumroll please! Christyne Kane! She used the Penguin from our "You say it's your birthday" set. Christyne, please email me for your voucher code.

Here are the Deets for TCP Tuesday.
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES197 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

Get your hearts here

One of my New Year's resolutions is to take more classes at my LSS. While I love looking at all the delicious eye candy on the web, sometimes I get a little intimidated by everything I see and get a little discouraged to stamp.

By taking classes at my LSS I get to roll up my sleeves and get my fingers a little inky.

 

The class I took last weekend was taught by Lynn at Mainely Stampin'. She was teaching a Valentine's card class. And, boy was I excited to see this one that uses our stamps and CutUps dies.

She used "Gimme Some Sugar" and "It Had To Be Mew" for the stamps and our "Queen of Hearts" CutUps. You'll notice that the die's holes are embossed as opposed to cut out and that's because we used thick paper and no shim. The Cuttlebug is very well loved and it was pretty cool to see the result. This is why I love going to my LSS. I learn so much!

This card would be perfect for our Valentine Blog Hop! I hope you are playing! Just take a look to your right, at all the fab cards. Can't you see yours there, too? And don't forget, we are giving away $25 gift vouchers to three lucky randomly chosen peeps who hop along with us.

Maybe it's a Valentine inspired by this TCP Tuesday's Inspiration Collage.

Did you see Amy's pretty little ditty? Love the rainbow colors against kraft paper.

Or Julie's truly beautiful card? So fresh and purty. Just like the rainbow after the rain.

Word on the street: a couple more Cat Packers will be posting today and their cards will have you singing.

Just sayin'. Or singin'.

TCP Tuesday And Weekly Winner

It's TCP Tuesday and Jen is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Inspiration Challenge. And Jen is challenging you to use this Rainbow Inspiration Collage for your card or project.

It's raining here in San Francisco, so I'm expecting a pretty rainbow if the sun ever decides it's going to shine.

I'm not sure it's raining where Nancy and Lori are, but their cards for this challenge are like rays of sunshine in my part of the world. They are so bright and happy.

Did you get a chance to play along in last week's TCP Tuesday Sketch Challenge hosted by Leigh? Our Cat Packers did and they pulled out all the stops.

Like Amy's Mariachi Birthday card. Yes, you read that right. And you have to see this cute card, to believe it.

Nancy makes me a believer with her a sweet penguin card.

I really {heart} Julie's card. I just love how she put the heart rosette behind Big Bear.

Lori dressed up Sprinkle and her card is so sweet!

Then, take a look at Jenny's card. I just love her sweet bunny's carrying that little basket full of hearts. Just sweet, sweet.

Don't forget about our Valentine Blog Hop. You could win $25 in Cat's Cash!
Check the deets for that in this Post.

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WEEKLY WINNER!

 

And speaking of winning, this week's Weekly Winner is Emma Hubert. Emma, please email me for your voucher code.

Here are the Deets for TCP Tuesday.
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES196 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

She had me at "Meow"

Each time I see a card with one of our stamps, I always do a double take. It amazes me every time, that there are such talented artists that use our stamps.

And so, when I saw this card by one of my stamping heros, Amy Sheffer, I was a little verklempt. Yes, I must admit, I was a little speechless, which, if you know me well, does not happen very often.

Amy can do shabby chic and vintage, like nobody's business. Her designs are sophisticated and elegant. And to bring that style to our stamps? Well, you know, speechless.

And there's a certain type of magic that Amy brings to her card designs. A little eclectic with a bit of wit, more than a smidge of cleverness mixed in with a whole lot of really great design and color sense.

I've been watching Amy work this magic for years and I happy to say that, now, she will officially be working her magic at The Cat's Pajamas.

Welcome to The Cat Pack, Amy!

February Project of the Month

Jen del Muro brings a delightful and unique way to give goodies. You don't have to wait until Easter to try it, it's great for any day you want to give a sweet little treat.

Download instructions here for The Bunny's Basket for FREE. It's our February Project of the Month.

Swanky Stamper and Weekly Winner

Wendy Mcgaffey — Swanky Stamper for February

I {heart} hearts, but hate laundry. So this sweet card by Wendy Mcgaffey is just my style. Love the different types of hearts hanging from the mini clothespins. Wendy did several different cards last month, but this one really went ping! It got me.

Wendy Mcgaffey — Swanky Stamper for February

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WEEKLY WINNER

 

It's Weekly Winner Time! This week's Weekly Winner is Tammy. She played along with us on our TCP Tuesday Stamp Challenge and was randomly chosen from every one who played. The challenge was to use any Cat's Pajamas stamp and any CutUps with a heart

Tammy wins $10 in Cat's Cash to use on The Cat's Pajamas website.

Tammy, please email me for your voucher code.

TCP Tuesday 195

It's TCP Tuesday and Leigh is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Sketch Challenge. And Leigh is challenging you to use this sweet sketch for your card or project.

Pretty Nifty, no? I think that Leigh has the most original sketches out there and they challenge you in so many different ways.

Right now, I'm at CHA, the Craft and Hobby Association's big winter do, rubbing elbows and soaking up lots of creative juices. (Sounds a little gross when putting it that way. But that's how I roll.)
But, even I am tempted by this unique sketch.

The Cat's Pajamas will be back "online" on February 2nd, so if you've placed an order, we will fill it as soon as we get back. AND I'll announce the NEW Swanky Stamper, and Weekly Winner then.

AND, if that weren't enough, there's a new Project of the Monnnnthhh! ;)

So in the meantime, play along with The Cat Pack on this challenge and don't forget about our Valentine Blog Hop. Check the deets for that in this Post.

Here are the Deets for TCP Tuesday.
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES195 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

TCP Tuesday and Fishing

Have you had a chance to play along with our "Hearts Have It" TCP Tuesday Challenge, yet. Susan is challenging you to use a Cat's Pajamas stamp and any of our CutUps dies with a heart in it.

If you have, then not only do you qualify to be the next Swanky Stamper, then you can also play along in our Valentine Blog Hop. All you have to do is upload your card or project by end of day February 14 using the inlinkz button to the right of this post. We've got a lot of great cards already. See them over there? Now let's see yours.

And to sweeten the deal a little bit, we'll pick three random winners for $25 in Cat's Cash on February 15. That's a $25 gift certificate to those who don't speak Sprinkle.

So what are you waiting for? Here's a little sumptin' sumptin' from Nancy to get those creative juices a flowin'.

PS. The Cat's Pajamas will be closed today through February 2nd so any order you place from now until then will be shipped when we get back. Going Fishing.

Valentine Blog Hop

This is the time of year that we say "I Love You" to the people (and animals) we love the most.

We know you put a lot of effort into creating cards and goodies to show the ones you love how much you care. And while some are very personal, some are ones you just want to share. And we'd love to see them.

So, if you have a Valentine project/card that features The Cat's Pajamas stamps or CutUps dies, we invite you to share them during our Cat's Pajamas Valentine Blog Hop. Just add your project to the inlinkz button on the right side of this blog from now until February 14th.

And, that's not all. Three people will be randomly chosen from the hop to win $25 in Cat's Cash (that's a gift voucher from our webstore). We'll announce the winners on February 15th! Remember, there must be at least one Cat's Pajamas stamp or CutUps used in your project.

Now, go play.

TCP Tuesday 194 & the Weekly Winner

It's TCP Tuesday and Susan is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Stamp Challenge.

And Susan's challenge is perfect for this time of year. The Hearts Have It! Susan is challenging you to use any Cat's Pajamas stamp along with any of our CutUps Hearts. And we've got a bunch.

Susan uses Love Stinks with one of the hearts from our Heart Trio CutUps

Amy's sophisticated card, uses our NEW Build-A-Bingo set and Heart Rosette CutUps, as well as our Queen of Hearts Border. And, as an added treat she created a sweet K-Cup holder á la Project of the Month.

Julie adds a bit of bling to her card. And sparkles up that darn cat from It Had To Be Mew.

Lori revisits her darling K-Cup project. And it's amazing with the addition of the Heart Rosette, it gives the project a whole new look.

Want to play along? You could win $10 in Cat's Cash! Just upload your card using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post or to the SCS gallery using TCPTUES184 in your keywords.

But remember, it's a Cat's Pajamas Stamp and CutUps Challenge, so only The Cat's Pajamas Stamps and CutUps are allowed this week.

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WEEKLY WINNER

 

It's Weekly Winner Time! This week's Weekly Winner is Wendy. She played along with us on our TCP Tuesday Color Challenge and was randomly chosen from every one who played. The challenge was to use Pale Pink, Melon, and Brown.

Wendy wins $10 in Cat's Cash to use on The Cat's Pajamas website.

Wendy, please email me for your voucher code.

Here are the Deets.

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES194 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

Clearly Sweet

I loved last week's TCP Tuesday Embossing Challenge so much that I wanted to do another card. I don't know about you, but I love making clear cards. Something about them makes them look so special. So I pulled out my acetate and the "Sugar, Sugar" clear set to try something a little different.

And, of course, I had to pull out my favorite grass die, too.

First, I cut the acetate to a regular card size, 8.5" x 5.5", folded it down the center and ran the front through my Big Kick using an embossing folder and placed a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of DP in the back. I love the way that the embossing looks against the DP. Unfortunately, for me, it doesn't photograph well, but you get the picture.

I folded a piece of 11"x 4.25" green cardstock in half to get 5.5" x 4.25". Keeping the fold toward the bottom, I ran the grass die, at an angle, through the two layers of cardstock at the same time, about 1.5" from the top.

Then, I just slipped the embossed acetate between the two layers, with the bottom edge of the acetate at fold of the green card bottom. The layers of cardstock cover any adhesive, giving a nice neat finish.

And then I used one of the discarded pieces of "grass" to decorate the top after I embellished it with a little Orange Divine Twine. Pretty snazzy. So snazzy that I'm going to be teaching how to do this card this Saturday at Mainely Stampin' at their card marathon, 10 to the end. That's 10 cards for only $35. It's an awesome deal. AND so much fun hanging at my LSS.

Now, I'm a little behind with my TCP Tuesday Challenges, but The Cat Pack is not. Lori's Color Challenge is to use Pale Pink, Melon and Brown.

I just ADORE this scrappy little card by Leigh to celebrate National Penguin Day. It's so funny to see the penguin in his very own basket.

And, this beary sweet card by Nancy. This gal can really work that Heart Trio CutUps.

Love this sweet card by Jenny. She's a winner in the game of stamping! Check out her use of Queen of Hearts CutUps.

And, last but not least, Julie. Her paper piecing and coloring of that sweet little bird is so cute!

Want to play along? I know I will. Just upload your card using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post and you could win Cat's Cash and be eligible to be our next Swanky Stamper!

And, if you can, join me at Mainely Stampin' this Saturday!

TCP Tuesday & Weekly Winner

It's TCP Tuesday and Lori is the Hostess with the Mostess for this week's TCP Tuesday Color Challenge.

And Lori is challenging you to use Pale Pink, Melon, and Brown in a card, or project or scrapbook page. The colors are just luscious, aren't they?

And speaking of luscious, take a peek at Amy's card. I love the fresh look of this card, using the SFYTT sketch (which, by the way The Cat's Pajamas is sponsoring this month.)

And the Jen, the Queen of SFYTT, makes these colors work in such a wonderful way.

Or Susan's flirty little card. Love how she layered up the Heart Rosette with a scalloped circle. It does a mama's heart proud to see it dressed up and ready to go. {sniff, sniff}


Want to play along? You could win $10 in Cat's Cash! Just upload your card using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post or to the SCS gallery using TCPTUES183 in your keywords.

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WEEKLY WINNER

 

It's Weekly Winner Time! This week's Weekly Winner is Cec. She played along with us on our TCP Tuesday Technique Challenge and was randomly chosen from every one who played. And there were a lot of you. The challenge was to use any type of embossing in your project.

Cec wins $10 in Cat's Cash to use on The Cat's Pajamas website.

Cec, please email me for your voucher code.

Here are the Deets.

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES193 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

Blog Hop & TCP Tuesday AND the Weekly Winner

 

Happy Release Day! Or should I say Hoppy Release Day! If you've been enjoying all the Sneaky Peeks in the last week, then you know that today is the first day that they are available on our website.

And that means that today is a fabulous Blog Hop. And since today is also Tuesday, that means it's TCP Tuesday. (We are busy, busy gals). So if you've come from the oh-so terrific Nancy, then sadly, you've reached the end of the blog hop.

Julie, who is also our Hostess with the Mostess, is challenging you to use embossing. Dry embossing, heat embossing. Anything that raises up and gives you dimension. Start at Julie's blog and make your way back here. I can pretty much guarantee it will be worth it. And, you'll get another peek at our NEW January Collection.

For this challenge I decided to do both dry and heat embossing. I used Versafine Spanish Moss and Judikins Gold Detail embossing powder for the bunny and word from the Sugar, Sugar stamp set and used an embossing folder for the sky.

And then, I went to town. I pulled out my very favorite Cloud Border CutUps and the brand new Heart Rosette and the Egg from the Eggs in a Basket CutUps. I had so much fun nestling the eggs in the clouds. And that Heart Rosette. I love it looks just as pretty by itself, like I've shown here, as it does when I put two of them together to form a rosette.

Want to play along? You could win $10 in Cat's Cash.

Here are the Deets.

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES192 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win a selection from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner will have one week to claim their voucher code. 

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WEEKLY WINNER!

And the Weekly Winner is....

Vicky Z! YAY! Vickie, you win $10 in Cat's Cash. You have 1 week to email me for your voucher code. Congrats!

Sneaky Peek #7

Day #7

Build-A-Bingo

IIt's Day #7 of Sneaky Peek Week. And that means that tomorrow, January 10 all the stamps and dies you've been seeing in the last week will be available on our website. Have you seen anything you liked? Well, you might just want to add this one to your list.

This set was designed by our very own Leigh O'Brien. And, when she came to me with the idea, my heart started to beat a little faster. Her idea was to have a Bingo card that you could customize for every special day in the month. Birthdays, Anniversaries and Holidays, you name it. My job was to make it happen, and to make it easy.

So, this set comes with a Bingo card with an empty "FREE" space in the center and at the top. The card's numbers are some most common "dates." Your special date not on the card? The set comes with the rest of the days of the month (and a couple extra). Just stamp the number you want in the blank center spot

The set also comes with little graphics that you can use to highlight the date. And, it comes with words that you can stamp at the top to personalize your Bingo card even more.

Like this card by Carole Burrage. She's got the card gussied up for...you guessed it, Valentine's Day. Love how she decorated the card with our NEW Queen of Hearts Border and our Heart Trio CutUps.

 

Here's a pretty Valentine by Nancy Thomas. She uses the NEW Heart Rosette, "Gimme Some Sugar" and a couple of old favorites, "Love Letters" and the Stamp Trio CutUps. She dresses up the Bingo card with "Lovey" at the top and a little heart in the center. Wouldn't you love to get this Valentine?

And even I couldn't resist the lure of the "Build-A-Bingo" set. I've used "Feelin' Cupidy", the Lacy Floral Doily, and the Queen of Hearts CutUps, along with a bit of yummy Peppermint Divine Twine. Can you tell I love this release?

What I love about the Build-A-Bingo set is that you can make it as personal as you want, or as simple as you want. If you don't want to personalize the Bingo card at all, you can just stamp it and fill in the center spot with the "FREE" stamp. But, if you do, there are so many ways to do it. We've packed a lot into this 4" x 6" set.

Want to see more? Then hop on over to Leigh, and Swanky Stamper, Lisa Henke and see how they used "Build-A-Bingo."

When you finish at their blogs, head on over to our Forum on SplitcoastStampers and leave a comment on our "In It To Win It!" Thread. You could win the "Build-A-Bingo" stamp set just by leaving a comment.

And before I go, I'd like to give a big giant kitty SMACK to Lisa Henke for playing along with us this week. Her cards were so awesome and it was an honor to see how she used our stamps. Thank you Lisa!