Category Archives: Cat’s Pajamas

I still love a good card making challenge, and I’m going to try to finish more of them this year…Here’s on for this week’s The Cat’s Pajamas  Tuesday Challenge, and this one was easy!

This cutie from At Your Service was another one of the images that I colored over Christmas. Such a cute little bear, and you can put different things on the tray. My bear is colored with Copic Markers (E33, E35, E37 and E39 with a little R20 in her ears). Rather than blend all of the color, I’ve again done the dabbling to add layers and texture. It’s super easy. Just start with your lightest color all over and work the darker colors into your corners by dabbling.

I put everything together with the new Framed Up dies… I *LOVE* this die combo, and my favorite way that I’ve used it is shown here. The label is turned on the side creating a little tail off to the left of the image. Something so simple and easy, yet adds a little interest to the card front without any extra bulk or fuss. I added a little button and Divine Twine to finish this off.

The Polar Vortex has moved through our part of the country. It’s still cold, just not frigid, and we’ve had some beautiful, light non-threatening snow today. I hope you are staying warm.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great night!

I spent a lot of the Christmas break in my office and in front of the fireplace coloring images and watching movies with my family. It was a peaceful time of laughter and chatting, all while pulling myself back together after a busy, busy December.

I’ve started cutting and pasting with those images. One of my goals in the new year is to actually send more cards. My intentions are good. My follow-thru needs a little work. So here’s to making a few more cards in the new year.

Here’s one of my finished cards. Isn’t the Cat’s Pajamas stamp adorbs? The set is called Sheepish! I chuckled at this sentiment… So funny. I know some of my running girls will get a kick out of it since attire for the weather is often a morning discussion. I’ve always been told dress for the current temp + 20 degrees, and that’s never let me down…until yesterday. My New Year’s Day run was the coldest 28 degree run I’ve ever made. Still a beautiful day, I just needed an extra sweatshirt. 🙂

I colored the skin with a series of swirls. I started with E40, E41, then E42 and finally V95. Each color change meant a tad bit shorter and thinner stroke. The result is a shade of white with depth and dimension. It’s a trick I learn from the talented Kristy Dalman on this little tutorial. Love it.

The scarf was colored with B00, B32 and B34. The square panel was cut with Pierced Square and Square STAX Die-namics from MFT.

Thanks for stopping by. Back in the morning with something fun.

Couple of quick Cat’s Pajamas’ Valentine’s today… This little aviator has been colored and sitting on my desk for a while, and I thought he’d be super cute for a little guy Valentine. I added a few heart dies (from Taylored Expressions) and loved the scalloped circle ~ open heart die to accent the 14 in the patterned paper.

Here I used the super versatile Cat’s Pajamas BINGO stamp to create a quick card, again using the scalloped circle ~ open heart die to accent the 14th. The large scalloped heart die is from MFT.

I had a lunch date with hubby today. He let me choose the restaurant. He’s sweet like that. Tonight, we are having one of the girl’s favorite meals and a family movie night. I can’t wait!

To get ready for the classroom parties today, I got busy making a few favorite finds from Pinterest…again. This was actually a tag called Bunny Bait, but I changed the color of the M&Ms and called it Cupid Crunch ~ popcorn, pretzles, m&m’s tossed with a melted white chocolate drizzle.

These were so fun. Jumbo marshmallows dipped in melted white chocolate and red candy chips and then sprinkled with pink, white and red confections. I put each of these in a small cello bag and tied with twine. Super cute and so tasty.

I hope your Valentine’s has been filled with your favorite people! I’ll see you tomorrow with a super fun project that’s very out of the ordinary for me! Can’t wait to show you!

• Stamps: Take Off and Build-a-BINGO – both from The Cat’s Pajamas
• Cardstock: My Mind’s Eye and Crate Papers, X-Press It (colored plane image) and Taylor’s Choice Cream (BINGO image)
• Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento – Tsukineko
• Accs: Copic Marker, Cloud Border die (love that this is exactly 5.5″ wide) – The Cat’s Pajamas, Hearts-a-Plenty dies – Taylored Expressions and Hearts-a-Plenty dies – MFT