Summer Sale at The Cat's Pajamas!

Artful INKables "Flashback" Blog Hop

Hi! Today the Artful INKables team is participating in a "Flashback" blog hop - we all chose previously-released sets. You should be joining me from Kristin's blog - hers was the first stop :) Make sure you go through the entire hop so that you can be entered to win some Artful INKables loot!


The set I chose is called "Chrysanthemum". I was drawn to it because it's one of those sets that can be used for so many occasions: birthday, thank you, sympathy, or even just to say hello. I paper-pieced the flower and leaves with Basic Grey's new "Lemonade" collection.


Have a super day! Your next stop is Joanne's blog :)

The penguins are back :)

Here's the card I made for this week's TCP Tuesday sketch :) I used stamps from one of the upcoming new TCP sets - it's called "You Sick Thing" and will be available on July 22nd!

The patterned paper is by American Crafts, and the buttons are also by TCP.

I'm heading off to do some packing now - we leave early in the morning for a week in Maui! Yeah! We're all ready for a break and a change of scenery. Wishing everyone a terrific week ahead!

TCP Tuesday - Sketch

Hi! This week's TCP Tuesday challenge is being hosted by the super-talented Carole, who came up with this sketch for us to work from. You can get all the details on Carole's blog - I hope you can play along! I'll be posting my card later today :)

Also, thank you for the emails received so far about Featured Blogger Friday - keep them coming!

Can you help?

I'm hoping to start up a weekly post on my blog - it'll be called "Featured Blogger Friday", and I'm planning to showcase one blog each week. The blog can be crafty or non-crafty, related to a specific topic or just someone's everyday writing; whatever you think is a great blog to share with the rest of us!

If you'd like to have your own blog showcased, or if you'd like to recommend a blog (or three!), send me an email to toners@wispertel.net with a link to the blog and why you think it should be featured, and I'll get this thing started in the next couple of weeks!! I know you all have some great sites bookmarked out there...I look forward to hearing from you!

Happy Monday!

Here's a bright and cheery card for a Monday. We had a great weekend; everyone got haircuts (no more grey for me, at least for a couple of weeks!) and I got some stamping done so that I'm caught up on my assignments before our trip. While I'm away, there will be an Artful INKables Blog Hop (July 15th) and a TCP Blog Surf (July 21st - combined with TCP Tuesday), so I will set posts up in advance for those :) A little cat also told me that there might be a sale going on at the end of this week, so stay tuned for that too...

Today's card is one I made last week. I used a stamp from Hero Arts and some red, yellow and green paper scraps. The tag shapes at the bottom of the card are Nestabilities dies. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Stormy Evening

These photos are from a storm that passed over us last night. The clouds were really dramatic!

We have a winner!!

Using random.org, here's our winner:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:11
Timestamp: 2009-07-11 14:21:22 UTC

Which means that the winner is MAUREEN!!! Congratulations, Maureen! Send me an email at toners@wispertel.net with your snail mail info and I'll get those goodies sent out to you!

Thank you to everyone else for playing along :) Have a great weekend!

Happy Camper

Here's my card for Susan's TCP Tuesday Stamp Challenge :) Susan is challenging us to pull out our "Happy Camper" set once again! I found some sweet patterned paper (the "Little Sprout" collection by Crate Paper) and combined it with some kraft cardstock and some ribbon from TCP.

Would you like the chance to win the "Happy Camper" set - plus some other TCP goodies? Okey dokey! Just leave a comment to this post - and tell me your 3 favorite things about summer! I'll draw a winner on Saturday morning - all comments before 11pm MST on Friday will be entered :) Good luck!!

TCP Tuesday - Stamp Challenge

Hi! Susan is hosting TCP Tuesday this week, and she's challenging us to use our "Happy Camper" stamps. Hop over to Susan's blog for all the details on how to play along with us :) I'll be adding my card tomorrow (Wednesday), so be sure to stop by to see what I came up with AND for a chance to win some blog candy!