Love Letters with Honey Bee Stamps

 

I love looking at stamps and products in a new way!  When the postal strike was on in Canada, my Christmas order from Honey Bee Stamps was delayed well over a month, so the very lovely Floral Noel Honey Cuts and stencils didn’t arrive until Christmas was over.  That felt disappointing, so I wondered if there was something else I could spell with this pretty floral lettering.  And....creativity struck!  I could Valentine the set by adding in a “heart” for the V in LOVE.  Perfect!  

The letters are stencilled, ink blended and cut with the coordinating die set, along with the extra flower sprays.  I also ink blended a ombre argyle die background to look like lattice.  

With some pretty sequins and pearls its fancied up for Valentine’s Day, or a wedding perfectly!  

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Love Letters with Honey Bee Stamps

Hello Roses with Power Poppy

It’s the perfect season for gorgeous red roses.  In a flower it speaks love.  I pulled out this beauty from Power Poppy called Everything’s Rosy.  An irresistable display of cut roses in little cups.  I can just picture popping out in the garden to bring them in.  I think when you look at the personality of roses, red ones are all about the drama, so I chose a very dramatic black, white and red palette to show them off.  

 

After colouring the roses with Copics and finishing with coloured pencils, I used some dies from Concord & 9th Plaid Card Front Die, and an older ornate Spellbinders oval dies with fancy scrolls.  Seems perfect for pretty roses.  

I stamped a sentiment from the original polymer set for this design so it can be used for more than one occasion but really it’s all about the love!  

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Hello Roses with Power Poppy

Hogs and Kisses with MFT

 

Well since tomorrow is GroundHOG’s Day, I thought a punny piggy would be in order for a card today! I’m playing along with MFT’s Sketch Challenge this week, as well as Simon Say’s Stamp Monthly Challenge with Ink Blending. I pulled an adorable set from MFT called Piggy Pebbles illustrated by Stacey Yacula, stamped a number of images in the set and coloured them with Copics.  

I took inspiration from the rainbow of colours in the umbrella for the ink blended background that mimics a grass to sky background with a little misty rain falling, and then lined up the images to match the sketch.  The clouds in the centre panel are created with the Cloudy Double Card Front Die from Concord & 9th.  It ties in perfectly!

It’s perfect for a Valentine card, or a kid's birthday, lots of cute “Hog" themed possibilities!  

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Hogs and Kisses with MFT

Loved Blossoms with Concord & 9th

Happy Thursday!  I love that you don’t have to use traditional colour palettes for Valentine’s!  You can embrace any colour you want!  And I sure did with these fun blossoms from Concord & 9th  Flower Medley Bundle.  I saw another card that inspired me with colours much like these, so I’m always taking notes or pinning things like that to remember for a future project.  The card I was inspired by wasn’t floral, but I think it really works to have these vibrant colours on a deep blue-green background like Juniper.  

I found a little arrangement I loved and placed the on the Plaid Card Front Bundle  card base.  I also stamped and detailed the sentiment with coloured pencils so it had some definition to the letters.  

 Its bursting with colour and love!  

 

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Loved Blossoms with Concord & 9th

Cupids Forever with TCP!

Well hi again!  I’m back today with an adorable design for Valentine’s or a Wedding that I think you’ll love!  It’s got so much classic vintage Valentine flair!  It’s new from TCP this month and is called Cupids Forever.  I think they are just adorable.  

I started with some Copic colouring in peachy shades with a nod to Pantone’s 2024 Colour of the year this year “Peach Fuzz”.  I happen to LOVE peachy shades, so you might see more of these glowing peach colours ahead!  Each image was fussy cut out, and then placed on a mini slimline design with retired TCP dies to be vintage “windows” for each of them.  

I’ve added some little hearts as accent between the cupids.  I chose not to add a sentiment because then it is open for use for Valentine’s and for a wedding.  To make it a bit more vintage I added some pretty crochet lace.  There are so many more cute cupids in this set too!  

 Aren’t they all just precious!  Thanks for joining me today.  

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Cupids Forever with TCP!

Postage and Foodie Mini Valentines with TCP

 

Happy New Year TCP Friends!  I'm kicking off 2024 with lots of love.  I think it’s the best kind of theme for a new year, and a brand new The Cat’s Pajamas release full of all things adorable for January. 

I’m starting with a set of mini Valentine cards in a postage stamp shape that are perfect for tucking in to a lunch, school Valentine’s or surprising your child or sweetie with a little note at any time of year.  I have 5 cuties to show you using the brand new Food of Love Digi set.  Oh my WORD, it’s just so darn cute!  Little pairs of food buddies and punny sentiments that have to make you smile.  

We’ll start with this adorable little mushrooms!  I coloured all of the images with Copics, and finished off the detailing and blending with coloured pencils.  

Because I wanted to make the images coordinate like a set, I ink blended a little soft blue around the edges of each little card as a nice backdrop, then I used a retired TCP postage themed die to cut out the shaped cards.  

Each card is stamped with a postage mark from a retired TCP polymer set, and a coordinating heart “stamp”.  

Each little card is then completed by cutting a folded inside just smaller than the postage die, and the coordinating sentiment from that pair.  I also created coordinating envelopes in the same theme, with blue patterned paper (cut 5”x 5”).  

Here’s the sweet tomatoes.  You can also see the front of the envelope has a smaller rectangle postage die to address with a coordinating heart stamp.  I love those sweet matching details. 

Love you...right down tomatoes!  

Next, you stole a pizza my heart!  For this savory pairing I added little pieces of cheese with a white gel pen. 

YUM, pepperoni!  

I also added a heart on the back of the mini envelope where you can close it.  

This one might be my personal favourite because I just love limes, and they were really fun to colour wiht the addition of highlights on the lime with gel pen.  

I AM so glad you’re mine :)  

And finally it’s a berry cute pair...

Blueberry and raspberries are perfect together.  

Because you are berry special.  Such a delight to create these cuties!    I’m including a peek at the whole set.  Just look at the cute shadows you can use too!  Thanks for joining me today!  

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Postage and Foodie Mini Valentines with TCP

Ewe Complete Me for Valentine’s

 

T-minus a few hours until Valentine’s Day!  

In case you’re needing some last minute inspiration for a card for someone you love, I’ve got a sweet and simple cutie for you!  Today I’m using the TCP set Ewe Complete Me,  I’ve always loved these fun sheep!  Then when you pair them with punny sentiments they’re irresistible!

For this design I printed the digi and coloured the sheep couple up with Copics using C1 and C2 pointillism dots to give the feeling of fluffy wool.  And the ala’ Jerry McGuire Quote Sentiment just had to go in there too!  That’s just a great sheep style play on words.  I’ve trimmed them out with an arched die, using a tiny bit of “out of the box style” for the flower one of the sheep is hiding.  

I placed them on a 3D embossed layer of deep red cardstock and added some red sequins within the embossed pattern to add to that tufted or upholstered look, and to mimic the arch of the die.  

An enamel heart draws your attention to the sentiment and it’s complete!  Perfect for a last minute card for somone you love!

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Ewe Complete Me for Valentine’s

Cupid, Birthdays and Candles Oh My!

 

There’s been a lot of fun going on at The Cat’s Pajamas this month with the sweetest assortment of Birthday and Valentine’s goodies, and I’m back with a few more creations to celebrate!  

With Valentine’s only a few weeks away, I’ll start off today with a fun love card!  Our favourite bunny is playing Cupid today and couldn’t be cuter, he’s Feelin’ Cupidy  and I’ve coloured him up with Copics, trimmed him out and placed him on a vellum lined layer so you can see the pretty background die.  

The patterned paper colours create a great colour backdrop, and I’ve added retired TCP dies (hearts and the Love sentiment).  

The background die was cut several times so I could add the different colours of patterned paper into the die.  

Next a mini-slimline birthday design that also uses a bunch of patterend paper to make it feel extra celebratory! It’s Forget About the Cake!

Bunny is coloured with Copics, and then I’ve added some retired TCP Dies (balloons) to accent.  

A little white gel pen on the balloons and strings gives them that reflective quality, and the feeling they are floating away.  

Last up, I used the sentiment from the Sassy Birthday Digistamp.  This was a fun one to get inky!  For the background I did some ink blending with Distress Inks (Old Paper, Evergereen Bough and Grey) and then pulled out a retired succulent stencil from TCP and used the grey ink to stencil overtop.  Love the effect!  

The sentiment from this set is used letterboard style.  I’ve highlighted a few of the parts of it with Copics, and then added it to the card with some sparkly paper and sequins.  A simple design that packs a punch!

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Cupid, Birthdays and Candles Oh My!

Magical Dragons

I’ve got the cutest pair for you today!  I’ve been going through my stash of already coloured up images and trying to put a few more into cards.  I had coloured up these two from MFT’s Magical Dragons and finally had an idea for a design with some inspirational jumpstart of MFT’s latest sketch challenge.  

I thought it would be great to create rows of clouds to mimic the lines in the card sketch. So I incorporated both clouds from the set, and stencil sponged clouds.  

For a pop of colour I added the embossed sentiment in the foreground, and I think they make a handsome pair!  

Just a few clear sequins give it a bit of shimmer, and adds to that magical theme!  

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Magical Dragons

Tomato Pincushion Love

Interested in a little more love-themed card making?   I created this design with another of my images in my Colouring Catch-Up Challenge that I had in my stash.  It’s a sweet image from the now closed Paper Smooches store.  

My mom was a seamstress for so many years.  She made the most beautiful garments for us, and in the same way that I have craft supplies, she had sewing supplies.  So, this image reminds me of her handiwork and the fun tomato pincushions that held pins on top as she was sewing, and the boxes and jars of buttons.  

I created the backgrounds on this mini-slimline design with a mini-heart stencil (MFT), and added some fun accent papers from MFT as well, and finished it off with a bit of scalloped lace ribbon, reminiscent of Mom’s sewing supplies.  The sentiment is from an old Stampin’ Up! set that sweetens the deal with a tiny wood veneer heart that’s been smooshed in ink.  

Thanks for visiting!  

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Tomato Pincushion Love

TCP February Release Goes Postal!

Hi TCP friends, and Happy Valentine’s Day!  I’m back for another round of our February Release at The Cat’s Pajamas!  Today I’ve created three projects around the postal theme you’ll find in this release.

I’m kicking it off with these adorable Conversation Hearts set that will really get you in the Valentine spirit.  I looked up some fun details about the history of these sweet chalky candies and they’ve been around in this heart shape since 1902, but much earlier than that in a disc shape.  Can’t you remember sharing them with friends at school?  I sure remember searching those messages for just the right saying!

This sweet design makes the most of the Small Envie Cutable file  to showcase each of the hearts and messages popping out of the little white envelopes.  I’ve accented with a pretty mini-plaid paper to coordinate and added some twine and die cut arrows for accent.

This next design makes use of the same mini envelope, but insead using vellum.

I began by watercolouring the background and splatter with some Daniel Smith Watercolours and some metallic watercolours from Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi.  It adds such nice shimmer.  Next I used a star stencil and embossing paste to add a bit of texture to the design.

I made use of the Small Envie Cutable for the heart, vellum envelope, and the then beautiful “Always” sentiment cut from glitter paper.  It adds just the right touch of sparkle.

Next up....our final postal themed card with an adorable mailbox!

Here in Canada our mailboxes are primarily red, so I had to create one just like it!  I love this adorable Mailbox Cutable.  Those tiny little envelopes are so cute!  I placed the mailbox on a layer of vellum cut with the postage themed file in the set.

The background is created with a new fun and funky alphabet called Babydoll Alphabet  tipped in different directions and in different shades of grey and black.  I think it makes a great background.  I added some pops of red using  the Conversation Hearts from the set.

Makes a sweet note for friends and loved ones!

Here’s a peek at all the new goodies I used today:

   

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TCP February Release Goes Postal!