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The Cat's Pajamas Winter Blog Hop!

Welcome! Hopefully you've arrived here via Carol's blog as you go through the Winter Release Blog Hop for The Cat's Pajamas Rubberstamps! 

If you didn't start at the beginning of the blog hop, click on over to Lori's blog and cruise through all the blogs so you don't miss any of the wonderful goodness these ladies have been creating! Hm.. I have a feeling you'll eventually make it back here to my blog and continue on to see the rest. :) 

Stamps: Tree-mendous (The Cat's Pajamas)
Dies: 3x3 stars, holiday toppers (The Cat's Pajamas)  

So this was a bit of a stretch for the TCP Tuesday #238 theme - Vintage Holiday... but I went for colors that I thought were considered 'vintage'. I love how the stars were stackable and created a nice 3D effect. And poor bear, I think the tree he chose was a bit bigger than he expected, no?  Where there's a will there's a way! 

These limited edition rubber cling stamps have been a great way to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of The Cat's Pajamas Rubberstamps.  (Congratulations Alma!)  The stamps and dies from the new release are now available for purchase, so head on over to The Cat's Pajamas and grab some of these great images and dies for your Christmas Craftiness! (You do realize Christmas is in 4 weeks right?) Eeek! Remember these sets are in limited quantity so if you're thinking about purchasing, do so quick before they're gone!

Next up on the hop, is Amy who has a fantastic post to share with you all!  Thanks so much for hopping by! 

The Cat's Pajamas - Sneaky Peek #7

So I found some time to participate in this week's Sneak Peek with the crew from the Cat Pack over at The Cat's Pajamas rubberstamps!  And the great thing about this upcoming release is that it really is in RUBBER!  Cling-rubber, but still, that's rubber.  Many vendors are now only producing clear and while I think it's fine, I am a true rubber purist at heart.  Love these new stamps (although I can't believe the holidays have crept up on me already!)  



Stamps: Homemade for the Holidays (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper: Candy Cane cardstock (A Muse)
Accessories: Starmint paper tape (Recollections), Copic markers, extra fine prisma glitter

The set I used here is called 'Homemade for the Holidays'.  It includes a gingerbread man outline (which I didn't use this time, more on that later), all the fixin's to dress him up real good, and two phrases.  Also in this release is a TCP 'CutUps' die shaped like a gingerbread man.  I just had to use it with this set.  I think the two g-men look like they are enjoying the holidays, don't you? 

If you missed peeks from the past week, you can head over to the TCP forum at Splitcoaststampers to check them out!  Also, checkout out this thread for your chance to win some of these fabulous new stamp sets... and hey, the release is available starting tomorrow, so head on over to The Cat's Pajamas to get all the goodies bright and early! Thanks for stopping by. :)