Under the Stars

Edited to add:  I am shouting from the rooftops as I am Swanky Stamper for September.  This means that when The Cat's Pajamas has their next release, I'm going to receive their new stamp sets and dies and play along with the Cat Pack in the sneaky peek posts!  I am super excited and can't wait!  You can read all about it here at Alma's blog.

Today it is cloudy and cold here in Colorado.  Perfect stamping weather (and gaming weather if you would ask my two boys).  There was still just a wee bit of time left on the Linky for the August TCP Tuesday challenge so I thought I would try another go at the long, tall card.  I'm a slow card maker, and an even slower blogger sometimes so I KNEW this would be a challenge.

The stars of the show are those super cute Penguins Larry and Darryl from the newly released set Under the Stars.  The other brother Darryl is probably off trying to pet PJ the bear in the woods somewhere.  All the patterned paper used is from my hoarded coveted October Afternoon Campfire paper stack.  Lots of TCP dies are making an appearance here too (namely Cloud Border, Grass, Big Scallop, and Pinking Border).  Some Divine Twine ties off a Simply Chartreuse button to finish off the bottom of the card.

Here is a detail shot of the cute penguins and copic coloring.

Every year at Skyway Elementary, there is an annual Camping with the Comets event at the school grounds.  There is star gazing, a campfire and smores, a movie projected up against the school and the fun of pitching a tent on the upper field and spending the night.  This will be my oldest son's last official campout as he will be going to Junior High next year.  This card will be for him!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Fly High

The Cat's Pajamas just had another super SWANKY release this past Tuesday and since I received my order yesterday (yes....Miss Meowy ships THAT fast) I just had to get my favorite set from the release inky.  I'm squeeking this in for the final few hours of the August TCP Tuesday challenge to create a card that will go in a long, tall envelope.

Do you ever see a stamp set and immediately have an idea pop in your head?  Well, as soon as I saw this adorable Bun Bun Ears of Doom (BBEoD for short as us long time TCP fans call him) set called "Fly High", I absolutely knew what I wanted to create.  I think this one will get slipped in my youngest sons backpack (he loves anything to do with space).  The inside has the "You are a Star" sentiment stamped inside.

I don't know if you can tell, but the card is a slider.  BBEoD floats along on the card.  Don't worry though, he is tethered to the Mod, Mod World (retired TCP) rocket piloted by the uber reliable Poochie by some divine twine.  Below on the "red planet" is the sweetest little martian that you'll ever see Love Robot (both he and Poochie are available as rubber stamps in the TCP store).  I debossed a polka dot pattern on the planet for some fun texture.

Here is a detail shot showing the slider a little better.

Thanks for stopping by!  I have another fun card idea for another one of my new sets.  Don't know if my idea will work with this particular challenge, but I do plan getting another set inky hopefully tomorrow!

Linda