TCP Tuesday and Blog Hop!!

Good Morning Friends! Welcome to the blog hop for The Cat's Pajamas new release. We are combining the new release with today's TCP Tuesday 187 (Create Shiny Embellishments)! If you traveled here from Lori's Blog, then you are in the right place. If you didn't, then you'll want to start at Julie's Blog so that you don't miss any crafty goodness!

I picked up this wonderful mirror paper at my LSS on my last shopping trip. It is perfect for today's challenge...creating shiny embellishments! I used the new Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps die to create all of these shiny snowflakes and the beautiful snowflake doily. My floppy eared friend and the sentiment are from the new Raising Cane set. I colored up this image with Copic Markers (E11, E13, R20, R22, R29, R39, YG93, and YG95) and I added a shiny bell to the candy cane's bow. All of the papers are from the Season's Greeting collection from Echo Park. Some machine stitching finishes off my card.

The next stop on the TCP Blog Hop is Jenny's Blog. I can guarantee that she will have something spectacular to share with you. She always does! Have a delightful day Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #6 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Hello Friends and Happy Sunday! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend! We are enjoying some beautiful weather here in New England. It's going to be another fun filled day at the Gajewski house.

I have another Sneaky Peek from The Cat's Pajamas to share with you today. Our floppy eared bunny friend is back and this time around he has some candy to share. I colored him up with Copic Markers (E30, E31, E50, E51, R11, R20, R29, R39, YG17, and YG67) and then I added some Star Dust Stickles to his hat and tail. All of the patterned papers are from the Season's Greetings collection from Echo Park. The buttons and kraft card stock are from Papertrey Ink. My accents include another snowflake from the Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps die, and some Cherry Divine Twine and Dove Seam Binding from The Cat's Pajamas. I also added some machine stitching around the large layer.

Here is a peek at the entire Raising Cane set and the Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps die. Both of these goodies will be available on November 29th from The Cat's Pajamas.



Alma will have some wonderful creations using this set over on her blog. Just click here to see all of the crafty goodness. I'm so glad that you took the time to stop by and visit with me. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! Until next time...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #5 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Hello Friends! I hope that you like today's Sneaky Peek as much as I do. I think that this set is my favorite. I have loved all of the sets that I've been working with, but there is just something about bears that warms by heart! This soon to be released set from The Cat's Pajamas is called No Peeking. It is perfect for the holidays, but I think that it would great for birthdays too.

PJ Bear is colored up with Copic Markers (E23, E25, E40, and E53) and that big ole present that he is ready to open is paper pieced with papers from My Mind's Eye. All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye and then I used a kraft card stock base with white card stock accents. In case you haven't noticed, I am loving the snowflakes that you can pop out of the SnowFlake Lace Paper CutUps. Here, they are accented with some celery colored gems. I also used the Icing CutUps for my open scallops. A little bit of machine stitching and some sponging around the circle cut with my Classic Circle Nesties finishes my card. Here is a look at the complete stamp set and the CutUps die...



Alma's Blog has all of the details to win this set and to see a few more creations made with it. You can find her blog here. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and visit with me. I'll have one more sneaky peek for you tomorrow. I hope that you'll be able to join me! Until then...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #4 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Good Morning Friends and Happy Friday! I have another TCP Sneaky Peek for you today! What a FABULOUS release this is going to be! I hope that you are enjoying all of the sneak peeks. Our floppy eared friend is back this time around, and he has a little friend with him. Here they are...

So sweet! I love all of the sentiments with this set. I especially love this particular one because I'm a huge Dean Martin fan and this was his song...minus the bunny part of course...lol! My little bunny friends are colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG10, C7, E40, E42, R29, and R39) and then mounted onto a panel of Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. I simply love this aqua blue color! In fact, it is my favorite color! It goes so well with just about any other color from the rainbow. This week's Blogger's Challenge is to use our favorite color. So when I was designing this card for today's peek, I made sure that it included this aqua blue color so that I could play along in that challenge too. If you'd like to join us in this week's Blogger's Challenge, head on over to Lisa's Blog. She has all of the details. My other accents for this card include the soon to be released Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps. I used the whole circle this time and I saved a few of the snowflakes to make a little trio in the corner of my card. All of the buttons have a touch of Divine Twine from The Cat's Pajamas. A few scattered pearls and some machine stitching finish off my card. Here is a peek at the entire Happy Freezin' Season set and the CutUps that I used.



Would you like to see some more creations with this delightful set? Just pay Alma's blog a visit and she'll be happy to help you find them. Alma also has a Black Friday Special to share with you today...20% off over at The Cat's Pajamas site!! Happy Shopping! Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I'll be back tomorrow. Hope to see you then...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #3 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Good Morning Friends and to us in the United States...Happy Thanksgiving! I have another TCP sneaky peek for you today. This time around it's my friend with the flippers! He has a present for someone very special! I colored him up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, R29, R39, YG17, YG67, YR16) and then I fussy cut him out. He is popped up on a piece of patterned paper and a die cut from the Lacey Circle Nesties. All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye. I threaded some Aqua Seam Binding from The Cat's Pajamas through the soon to be released Anywhere Ribbon Slide CutUps. It makes the ribbon (or in this case, the seam binding) lay nice and flat to help tie a wonderful bow. I added a gem to a snowflake that I made with the soon to be released Snow Flake Paper Lace CutUps. Some faux stitching and machine stitching finish off my card.

Here is a peek at the whole Best Fishes set along with the two new CutUps that will be available soon.



To see more creations with this delightful set, just head over to Alma's Blog. Thank you so much for visiting with me! I'll be back tomorrow with another sneaky peek! See you then...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #2 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Hello Friends! I told you that I would be back again with another sneak peek for The Cat's Pajamas upcoming release. This time around, I am showcasing this adorable bear set called Merry Christmas, Honey. He seems quite happy with the goodies that Santa left for him! I colored him up with Copic Markers (E23, E30, E31, E33, E40, G21, R29, R39, Y35, Y38, YG93, YG95) and I paper pieced the little gift box between the two lovely pots of honey. All of the papers are from the Season's Greetings collection from Echo Park. My embellishments include a big ole red button with some Divine Twine, lots of machine stitching, and I'm not sure if you can it or not, but there is a little red gem for the dot on "i" in the sentiment. I also used Jen Del Muro's November Sketch For You To Try. Would you like to see a bit more of this set? Here it is...

I particularly like the sentiment on the left side of the set picture, "Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money." It cracks me up each time I read it! If you want to see some more creations with this set, then head on over to Alma's blog. She'll have all of the links to the Cat Packers that are using this set today.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. I'll see you tomorrow with another Sneaky Peek for The Cat's Pajamas! Until then...Toodles! :D

Sneaky Peek #1 from The Cat's Pajamas!

Good Morning Friends and Happy Tuesday! Today is the first day of sneak peeks for the November 29th release from The Cat's Pajamas, and because I am fortunate enough to be this month's Swanky Stamper...I get to share and play too!! I'm so excited!! Are you ready to sneak a peek at the latest adventure for our favorite little bunny? Here goes...

I colored up this delightful image with just a few Copic Markers (C0, C1, R20) and then I added lots and lots of Star Dust Stickles. All of the papers are from the Season's Greetings collection from Echo Park. I used the Icing CutUps for the bottom accent and the Seeing Spots embossing folder on the kraft colored panel. The random snowflakes are from the Snowflake Lace Paper CutUps that will be released next Monday night. Here is a peek at the full Snow Days set and the new CutUps die.


All that you need to do to see some more creations with this fun bunny is head on over to Alma's blog. She'll have all of the links to the Cat Packers that are using this set today.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit with me. I'll be back tomorrow with another Sneak Peek to share. I hope that you'll be able to join me. Until then...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Good Morning Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful week. I have two more cards to share with you that use the wonderful Unity Stamp set and Crate Papers that Lisa from Right at Home Scrapbooking gave me to work with. The name of the stamp set is called Simple Blessings and all of the papers are from the Farmhouse collection from Crate Paper.

I started off by embossing the pumpkins and leaves on the main panel with clear embossing powder. Then I sprayed the panel with Harvest Orange Glimmer Mist. Before the glimmer mist dried, I wiped it off the embossed areas. I was very happy with the results.

My other card for today was a lot of fun to put together. Each individual leaf is stamped in an autumn color and then cut out. They are popped up on squares that I stamped the swirling image from the set on. I added a button with some Baker's Twine to finish off the last square.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit with me. Enjoy your Friday...Toodles! :D

A Productive Weekend!

Happy Monday Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful long weekend. Things have been so busy C*R*A*Z*Y here lately...we just finished cleaning up the yard from all of the storm damage, I have cleaned our home from top to bottom, I am up to my eyeballs with work from my graduate class, and I made oodles of cards for my principal! Throw in some Christmas shopping and a lot of family time and that about sums up my weekend. I also managed to squeeze in some stamping time for myself too.

My first card is for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details here. I used this cupcake lovin' cutie from the MFT Pure Innocence Hello, Cupcake set. The sentiment is from the Pure Innocence Birthday Princess set. All of the papers are from My Mind's Eye. Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, R11, R37, R39, R81, R83, R85, Y21, and Y26) were used to color up my image. I also used the Die-namics Simply Scallops die, the Die-namics File Tab die, and the Die-namics Tag You're It die. My other accents include some mini pearls, some machine stitching, and some craft twine.

My other card is for this week's "Food Fight" Challenge from The Cat's Pajamas! Susan Liles is the Hostess for the Mostess this week, and she didn't really want us to start throwing food around (although, after today's lunch duty at school, I'm not so sure...lol!) She really wanted us to use any TCP stamps with food, and as a bonus...use the Icing CutUps. I've had this cute little guy from the Like You a Latte set in my stash for awhile now. I decided it was time to ink him up. I'm going to say that the food is the soup in his cup...wink wink! He is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, and R11) and paper pieced with My Mind's Eye papers. All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye. My accents include a couple of buttons, the Icing CutUps, and the Seeing Spots embossing folder. I also used the November Sketch For You To Try from Jen Del Muro.

That's about all for tonight. Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

My Favorite Things Sketch!

Hello Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was on the quiet side, which was just fine with me. I made this card tonight for the weekly sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details to play along on the MFT Blog.

I started off with this sweet a' la modes girl from the MFT Miss You a Latte set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00 E23, E31, E33, E40, E55, R11, R29, YG13, YG63, and the Colorless Blender.) All of the patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and the Pure Poppy and Kraft card stock are from Papertrey Ink. My other accents include the Die-namics Let it Snowflake die and the Die-namics Simply Scallops die. I also added a Papertrey Ink button, some Baker's Twine, a length of red grosgrain ribbon, and some A*Muse Twinkles.

Thank you so much for visiting with me this evening. Enjoy your week...Toodles! :D

Hiya Honey!!

Happy Friday Stampers! It's been a C*R*A*Z*Y week here...no power for three and a half days thanks to an autumn snow storm (hence the reason for my lack of blog comments), no school for three days (I've never had a Halloween break before...lol!), and I even had some H*A*P*P*Y crafty news too! You can check it out here! :D

My card for today is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (a sketch from Lisa Somerville) and this week's TCP Tuesday Challenge (Colors - Marigold, Red, and Chocolate). I started off with this adorable bear from The Cat's Pajamas Honey Bear set. He's colored up with Copic Markers (E23, E25, E31, E33, E35, R29, R39, and Y38) and then I fussy cut him out and mounted him to a circle cut from my Nesties and embossed it with the Seeing Spots embossing folder. I love the sentiment. It is from the same set. I'm saving this card for my darling hubby. The next time I have a little "Honey Do" list for him, I'm going to write it out inside this card and pass it along to him. I figure if the card is cute enough, he won't mind doing all of the work that I have for him...lol! :D All of the papers are from October Afternoon. The other accents include a Papertrey Ink button with some TCP Divine Twine, and some kraft colored seam binding from Stampin' Up.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today. I hope that you have a fabulous weekend...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Creations!

Hello Friends! I’m sorry that I haven’t been around lately, but I’ve been without electricity, heat, water, and telephone for three and a half days! Thankfully, everything is just about back to normal and we are all safe. Snow storms in October are a rare thing here and New England. So many people in our area are still without utilities...ugh!

Lisa, from Right at Home Scrapbooking, gave me some fun things to work with this month. I have two cards to share with you that showcase papers from the Farmhouse Collection from Crate Paper and the Simple Blessings stamp set from Unity Stamp Company. My first card uses two pumpkins from the set. This cranberry plaid paper is just lovely.

The colors and the flowers on this next card just make me happy. I split one of the sentiments from the Simple Blessings set and stamped that onto an oval from the My Favorite Things Die-namics Layered Label Die. You’ll be able to find all of the supplies for these cards listed on the Right at Home Scrapbooking Blog. Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I’ll be back tomorrow with this week’s Blogger’s Challenge. Until then…Toodles! :D