All Star Dad with Power Poppy

 

As I said yesterday, it’s been fun to peruse through some of my stamps from ages ago.  I came across this beauty from Power Poppy called Baseball Vignette.  I think it’s a fantastic masculine set!  I printed it on watercolour paper and gave it some life wth Daniel Smith Watercolours, which was really fun.  I evokes that vintage, old school baseball game that makes it feel like Summer!  

To tie in the Father’s Day element, I printed the sentiment from the set onto blue cardstock, added some enamel stars and placed it on a background that I stencilled with stripes using paper and embossing paste.  So many teams have that striped style in their uniforms.  The bottom of the card uses the Quilted Card Front Die from Concord & 9th.  It has a great rustic feel.  

All for my beloved husband who is an amazing Dad.  And, he could plan a mean game of softball back in the day!  

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All Star Dad with Power Poppy

TCP November Release Peeks!

Hello Friends!  

I had some blogger issues this past week and couldn’t show you some of my new TCP Cards for the November release on my blog....so my handy and handsome hubby helped me get back into my blog and YAY!  I’m back!  

I’ve got three cards to show off to you today from the November Release.  It’s full of winter and Christmas fun and all in quick and easy digi format that is affordable and makes it easy to store and alter.  This design celebrates the frosty fun of winter using Baby It’s Cold Outside.  I wanted to keep that cold and frosty feeling in the card with a background of sponged Distress Oxide Ink (Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon), which was spritzed and splashed around the enlarged sentiment.  

I accented the design with the cute polar pals coloured with Copics, die cut snowflakes, some cute red sequins for a pop of colour and a stripedy border.  

Next up are some sweet Get Well Wishes for those friends who are under the weather this season.  Our sweet bunny is all cozied up in this set Bounce Back. The big eared bunny is wrapped up in his favourite patterned paper blank, with a striped scarf cinching him in for the duration of his cold.  I coloured up the image with Copics and added some fun popped up elements in the scarf, tissues and tea.    

He’s got a cute snowflake topper to accent and coordinate with the snowflakes on his blanket and some baker’s twine to match the stripes in his scarf.  

This view gives you a bit of a better peek at the dimenion.  

Lastly I have a clean and simple but sparkly design that showcases my favourite Figure Skater by Day and Deadly Ninja by Night :)  I paired the bunny with a great background with an older TCP die that has swirly elements mimicking his skating twirls.  

I’ve added some holeless sequins, and lots of sparkly spritz which is hard to photograph, but gives it lots of dazzle.  

Lastly a big gingham bow ties in the scarf and black and white theme.  

Thanks for popping by to let me share these designs with you.  They’re all available now at The Cat’s Pajamas Store!  

Before you go.....here’s some fun news from TCP!  We have a Design Call going on!  Join us on the team for lots of fun at The Cat’s Pajamas!

 

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TCP November Release Peeks!

Reapers Hockey for Kids

 

A few weeks ago was my Nephew’s 10th Birthday.  He’s following in the family footsteps by being a lover of all things hockey.  My brother and our sons play on a ball hockey team (when you can actually play sports) called The Reapers. My brother and his friend designed some really cool jerseys for the team, and then also designed the same jerseys for my nephew’s ball hockey team.  When I saw this cute little hockey boy from Jane’s Doodles, I just had to pick it up.   It was a freebie!  What I had fun with was re-creating the colours and crest from the Reapers jerseys.  It’s a pretty small space, but I think I managed to give it the look of the jerseys, and my nephew recognized it right away.  

I added in the stencilled number to look like crested numbers on a jersey using Embossing Paste, and then added some star stencilling in ink as well.  

A wood veneer heart makes a cute tie in to complete the design.  

Here’s the Copics I used.  Personalized kids cards are always so fun to create!

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Reapers Hockey for Kids

TCP Play Ball!

It’s Day Two of the Sneaky Peek Week at The Cat’s Pajamas and we have a fun summertime set for you today!  It’s all about the boys of summer....Play Ball!  

It is always fun to colour up Bun Bun and his adventure today is cracking that bat for a home run!  

I used a special goodie that is available with this set, a Silhouette cut file!  Alma is doing something special this month to support TCP’s own Julie Masse and their family’s adoption fund by providing TCP Cut Files for purchase.  All proceeds go toward the Masse’s fund.  Read more about their adoption hopes HERE.    And more about the Cut Files on the TCP Blog.  

After cutting Bun Bun and the sentiment with the Cut File,  I stamped him onto the white cardstock and then coloured with Copics to match this fun School Daze pack from MME.  I thought that green plaid looked like it could be a freshly mowed baseball green.  

I gave the design lots of life with different elements including a faux baseball behind the sentiment, buttons, twine and washi tape.  It definitely has that vibrant look.  

And here’s a peek at the set!  

You won’t want to miss more previews and the rest of the Cat Pack show off their creations so be sure to stop by the TCP Blog for more info!  Be sure to mark your calendars for the TCP Release Party at Splitcoaststampers on June 16th. 

Tomorrow I’ll be back with a beautiful TCP Project with a little something extra in the box!  

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TCP Play Ball!

Play Ball!

Welcome back to another great day of new stamps at Power Poppy!  I’m so excited to show off today’s set!  It’s perfect for masculine or sports designs...and since I have a boy playing Slo Pitch this season, I’m happy to introduce to you.... Play Ball!

I started with this amazing image that Marcy illustrated...I just love the combination of elements together.  I worked really hard on the colouring to give it a lot of richness.  So I used both Copics to start with and then finished it off with Prismacolor pencils for extra depth.  Don’t you love the pennant that’s also in the set?  There’s an assortment of sentiments that will fit in the pennant perfectly.  

Here you can see I also stamped the red leather threads that sew the baseball together onto the red patterned paper.  I love that it’s a separate stamp too!  For accent I added some Candi that I had coloured with my Copics with a woodgrain feel.  

I used so many Copics that I could barely fit them in the cup - sorry these are a bit fuzzy.  I’ll list them too.  W1, W2, W5, E50, E51, E31, E33, E35, E33, E39, E29, E37, E39, E43, E79, R24, R27, R29, YR30, B60, B63, B66, B24, B26, B91, B95)

And here’s the Prismacolors I used as well.  

And now....enter the fabulous Bloom Brigade!  

Allison Cope
Christine Okken (you are here)
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

And be sure to stop by the Power Poppy Blog to see what Marcy has for behind the scenes footage of this great set.

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Play Ball!

The Puck Stops Here

I’m back here having some great fun with The Cat’s Pajamas showing off all that’s new this month!

I cannot tell you how much I love this set today.  I just SQUEELED when I saw it.  As a mom of two ball hockey boys and a husband who plays ice hockey with the guys, it just tickles my fancy, and I know it will theirs too,  especially as a Canadian!  All the guys gave me thumbs up when they saw it.

Like serious cuteness right?  I just HAD to make an NHL rink for the background of Bun Bun.  I looked it up on the web and then used dies, circle punches and a black marker to create this rink.  

My ice skating bunny is coloured with Copics and I added the red line, and ice line with a Copic Multiliner as if he’s either taking the face off or about to fall into the goalie scoring the winning goal!  

You can see I even added “hockey tape” to the stick, my boys would say that hockey tape is crucial.  Good taping is how you can do your “dangles” with the stick.  I decided to leave it very un-embellished, to really show off the design.  

Now don’t forget to book your calendar for the party!  I’ll be there in my Cat’s Pajamas!  :)

So head on over to the TCP Blog to see who else from the Cat Pack is hopping today and showing off this awesome hockey player!  

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The Puck Stops Here