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Every Friday in November is Black Friday for The Cat’s Pajamas!

A note from Alma regarding the sale…

“I do love a SALE. And I’ve been told that you love them, too. Especially, around the Holidays.So, I decided that we should have one. But, then The Cat Pack thought that a couple would be even better. And, I concurred. So, this Friday, everything on the website, (except the KittyKat Pack and Poochie Pack) will be 20% OFF. And what the heck, every Friday in November, too. Remember, the SALE is only on Fridays and limited to stock in hand, so start making your list now. And check it twice. Just like Santa.”

Are you ready for a palette of fall foliage for this week’s TCP Tuesday challenge? Your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess, Lori, is challenging you to use this seasonal mix…

This card was a bit of a labor of love…or something like that! Let’s just say this final project that you see is not the first {or even 2nd} go at it. All in all, I think I like the final outcome, but it was quite the trek to get to this…

Detail shot…

For this card, I used a couple different sets from The Cat’s Pajamas: A Beary Good Year and Simply Said. I’m pretty sure that I always put the coffee cup in PJ’s hand when using this set…LOL! What can I say?…the bear needs his coffee!

Want to play along with this color challenge and for a chance to win the entire next release? Here’s some deets to know…

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery on Alma’s blog or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES182 for this week’s challenge.
4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat’s Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.

Good Luck and Happy Stamping!

TGIF Friends! I’m pretty excited about today! I’m hosting the “Cupcakes and Crafties for Kiddos” playdate/party that I mentioned earlier this week. I’ll have 15 kids ranging from 3 months to 5 years invading my house…eek! We are making a spider hat and a toilet paper tube mummy for our crafts and will have lots of yummies to fill our lil’ monster’s tummies. I’m doing a photo booth like I did for Ellie’s birthday, so I should have some fun pictures to share soon!

This week’s TCP Tuesday is hosted by the super sweet and talented, Julie. She is challenging everyone to use acetate on their card. WOW!…I think it’s been awhile since I broke out the acetate. Now that we are wrapping up the Halloween craftiness, I am moving on to winter/holiday, so I thought that it would be fun to try out an acetate snowflake paired with the oh so cute SHEEPISH set from The Cat’s Pajamas…

Detail of acetate snowflake cut from the TCP Snowflake CutUps die…

I had to add a little something to the snowflake. I cut a red felt heart from the Heart Trio CutUps die. I love the warm texture of the felt to go along with the paper pieced {Echo Park paper} sheep image…

Want to play along? Be sure to check out THIS post on the TCP blog for all the details how you can win the next release in its entirety. I’ve seen the next release and OMG is it ever cute! So, get to stamping and good luck!!

While this doesn’t fit in with the challenge, I still want to share another TCP card that I realized that I had not posted yet from the current release.

This first card uses my favorite lil’ bunny taking flight in OH CHUTE…

This card was so fun to paper piece. If you’ll recall, I am NOT a technique-y person, and paper piecing is about as messy as I prefer to get. I really like how you can piece the whole parachute or each segment. Gotta have options!!

Alright friends, I gotta run and get ready for mayhem! LOL!!

Happy Tuesday all you The Cat’s Pajamas fans! This week I am your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess and I have a great inspiration challenge for you…

I LOVE ROCK ‘N ROLL, SO PUT ANOTHER DIME IN THE JUKEBOX BABY!

I apologize in advance if you are singing like Joan Jett for the rest of the day!

I took a little bit of the rock ‘n roll and a little bit of the color for inspiration to make this card…

Here’s a detail shot of the ticket…

This card came together pretty easily {mainly because I used my CPS card from a couple weeks ago as something to work from}, but when I got to putting away everything I counted 3 TCP sets and 5 CutUps dies that I used…

STAMP SETS…
-Admit One **new set**
-Idols
-Nightie Alpha

CutUps DIES…

-Big Ticket

-Pinking Border

-Big Scallop

-Heart Trio

-Home Tweet Home

Want to play along with this Inspiration Challenge? Here are a few details to know…

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
3. Add your entry to the guestbook on Alma’s blog or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES181 for this week’s challenge.
4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but of course we love to see TCP fans use their TCP stamps!
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat’s Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.

Happy New Release Day! Yep, it’s finally here…the new release from The Cat’s Pajamas! No doubt that TCP has ROCKED THE BIG TOP with many circus inspired sets! I have a couple more circus-y projects to share with you on this hop!

First, let’s take roll on this blog hop! Did ya start on Leigh’s blog? She’s this week’s TCP Tuesday Hipster Hostess with the Mostess. I’ll get to more details on that in just a moment. If you are hoppin’ right along, you should have come here from Susan’s blog. She took her girls to the circus last night, so I am sure she has some fun details to share!

As noted above, Leigh is your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess and she has a FABULOUS sketch for everyone…

Here’s my take on it featuring PJ Bear in his new ringmaster roll in Step Right Up…

Detail shot…

You can find all the details about the sketch and this week’s challenge on Leigh’s blog.

I am always looking for cute party themes and I have seen a TON of circus related stuff on party sites, Pinterest, etc. With that in mind, I thought to make a circus themed banner…

This banner uses SO MANY products from THE CAT’S PAJAMAS!!!…
*Clownin’ Around Stamp Set
*Big Top CutUps die
*Circus Panel CutUps die
*Nightie and Coolvetica alphas
*Ribbon and Baker’s Twine

Detail shots…

I hope y’all have a BIG TOP kind of day!! Off you go to AMY ROHL’S blog where she has some more TCP sweetness for you!