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 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 oure new "A Beary Good Year" set? It's got something for everyone.

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.

Trunk Show

There are lots and lots of piles around my studio. Basket and bins full of little pieces of paper. Why? This weekend I'm going to be at a Trade Show in Massachusetts and teaching a class full of super fun stuff. One of the pieces is this By The Sea Crayon Box based on Jen del Muro's Project of the Month. I love it!

The instructions are easy to follow, but let me tell you, the color palette was a toughy. But it works. Now, if can stop eating the goldfish, I'll be good to go.

The Trade Show is for Scrapbook and Stamp store owners, but I couldn't fly all that way without something else fun to do.

So, I'm going to be at Ink About It in Westford on Saturday morning from 10-12 am doing this month's Project of the Month for all that want to play.


And, for those of you who want to shop... we'll be having a trunk show this weekend at Ink About It. Still not sure if you want to brave the cold? How about 10% off your TCP purchase at the trunk show? Remember, the 10% is only at the trunk show at Ink About It.

Come on by. You know you want to.

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 itmakes me think of PIZZA! She's challenging you to use poppy red, olive, sunny yellow and black. Oh my. That's a medium, with green peppers and olives to GO!

Since Anthony had his heart attack, we are really trying to cut back on the Pizza. Haven't found a place in the neighborhood that makes whole grain crust, yet.

When you get a chance check out Joanne's card. It sure is purty! 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.

And the WINNER is...!!

Thank you to everyone who played in this TCP Tuesday Challenge to help celebrate our 100 TCP Tuesday.

There were so many players and so many great cards, but there were only two with the highest number of challenges. 10. They were all spectacular. Two with the same number of entries with the same fabulousness, so we did the only fair thing.
We used the random number generator to pick the winner. And the winner is:

Sonja Christoph!

Congrats Sonja. We'll be sending you all our Cat Pack's hot picks, and some of my favorite products, too!

Thank you to the fabulous Cat Pack for making this happen and for making each and every TCP Tuesday a special day. And thanks to Jen del Muro for organizing this contest while my mind was otherwise occupied.

TCP Tuesday and Project of the Month

It's Tuesday, so it must be TCP Tuesday! Amy is the Hostess with the Mostess this Tuesday.

She's doing a technique challenge this week and it's sure to get your attention. She wants you to use your piercing tool in your challenge. That's right. Poke your challenge. Pierce your card. It's fun and easy.

And speaking of fun and easy, that's what our March Project of the Month is.

Easel cards are so popular. And with Easter just around the bend, you can pass along a little sweetness, too. It's fun and easy. Inspired by Cambria Turnbow, it's so cute I can't stand it. AND, it I used my piercing tool, too!

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's $25 in Cat's Cash.

And don't forget to come back at Noon PST for the winner of our 100 TCP Tuesday Challenge.

Here are the deets for the challenge.
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. Your design must be uploaded to the guestbook 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 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.

Happy Anniversary to us

It's our 100th TCP Tuesday and boy have we got something special planned. It's a hop and a challenge and a chance for you to win some of the Cat Pack's Hottest Picks. This time are 4 different challenges for you to play featuring our 4 TCP Tuesday Themes.

Start at Leigh's blog with a wonderful sketch challenge. Then move on down the kitty kat line to Ana to see the fabulous designs that they have done. They've chosen their favorite Clearly Swanky sets to play with. And you can win them all! (Plus some goodies from me!)

How? Play along, of course! Just play along with the challenges and upload your designs onto the below guestbook by Noon PST Monday, March 15.

The winner will be chosen by the number of entries they have. The more entries the more of a chance they have. In the case of a tie, the winner will be picked at random. I'll choose a random number and that player wins. The more you play, the more chances you have to win.

I'll announce the winner at Noon PST on Tuesday, March 16. Make sure you upload your designs to the guestbook for all to see.

Ready?
Set?
GO!

Tomorrow is our 100th TCP Tuesday! Where did all the time go? 100 Tuesdays of Challenges and inspiration from The Cat Pack. So tomorrow we are celebrating in Cat Pack style. Come back tomorrow and check out how.

TCP Tuesday

Welcome to the TCP Tuesday! Leigh is the Hostess with the Mostess on this dreary, rainy California Tuesday.

She's doing a sketch challenge this week to help brighten up our day! When you get a chance check out her card and check out the other members of The Cat Pack for their take on this fun sketch.

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 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.

NOTE: Due to a personal illness we are a little behind getting orders out. Please accept my apologies as we are working as fast as we can to get them out.

Swanky Stamper of the Month

Sonja Christoph — Swanky Stamper for March

There is always something so wonderful when a window frame is used in a card. I don't know if it is because it adds a new dimension to the design or if it is all about peeking into a world that could surprise us. This card does both.

Sonja uses color to her advantage here and grabs us with her striking orange, pink and black color combo. Then she uses the window frame to take us deeper into the design to gaze upon the wonderful goodness. Add Sprinkle to the mix and we are goners. YUM-O!

Sonja Christoph — Swanky Stamper for March

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.