{The Cat's Pajamas} 12 Days of Crafting - Day 1: Gag Gift

Welcome to Day 1 of the 2022 12 Days of Crafting. For the next 12 days the Cat Pack team will post a craft project which we hope will inspire you to make one of your own. There are prizes up for grabs if you choose to join in (more about that at the end of this post).

My project is a small gag gift with a bit of lowbrow "Snowman Poop" humor in the form of white Tic Tacs. These are for my granddaughters and they will love the juvenile humor.  

Using Silhouette software, I resized the snowman from the All the Trimmings digital stamp set then duplicated it and printed onto Copic friendly cardstock. I then cut into 3 x 11 inch strips and scored for a 5/8 inch bottom. After coloring the images with Copic markers, I masked the images and then blended on tumbled glass distress ink around them. A strip of patterned paper at the top of each piece provided some extra color.

 

After folding at the score lines, I punched a tag hole at the top.

To create the wrap for the Tic Tacs, I added double sided tape to the scored bottom and the back of the Tic Tac package and secured to the cardstock piece. I printed the sentiment onto cardstock, and cut out with a die and cut out another piece from green parakeet cardstock which can be used to add a name of the recipient.

I used ribbon to the two tags together which I also topped with a charm from a set that I purchased from Amazon. I threaded ribbon through the top holes, added the tag piece and tied together capturing the Tic Tac package inside. To add to the poop theme, I attached three small white felt pom poms to the front of the piece.

 The side view.

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To participate along with us:

1. Upload a project to the link below by December 24.

2. Be sure to let us know what day your project was inspired by.

3. TCP products are not required but are encouraged.

4. You may submit for any and all days but only once for each inspiration day.

5. Use #12DaysCrafting22 if uploading to social media.

Prizes include three $10 flash prizes and one $25 grand prize to be announced on December 30.

 

And to encourage you to use TCP products, we are offering a sale through December 6.

Happy Crafting!

{The Cat's Pajamas} Merry Merry

Today's card was created for both the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop as well as the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 to include holly. 

Using Silhouette software, I resized then printed the sweet The Cat's Pajamas Tree Cup Gnome Digital Stamp onto Copic friendly cardstock. After cutting out the image with a stitched edge oval die, I colored with Copic markers. The image piece was attached to the patterned paper and cardstock background using a layer of craft foam. The sentiment came from the Snowy Sayings sentiment set. 

Products: The Cat's Pajamas Digi, Doodlebug dp, PTI and The Stamp Market cs, MFT dies, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E000, E01; Beard-C1; Tree/Holly Leaves-G12, G14, G07; Star/Gloves-Y15, Y17; Cup/Saucer/Holly Berries/Garland-R20, R22, R24

Have a blessed week!

{The Cat's Pajamas} Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

It's Gnovember here at The Cat's Pajamas and we have six new gnome digital images several of which feature a coffee/cocoa theme. I am playing along with the Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop today using one of the new gnome images. There are lots of prizes available including from The Cat's Pajamas as a super sponsor. 

I printed the Gingerbread Latte Gnome onto Copic friendly cardstock using Silhouette software. I then used a stitched landscape die to cut both sides of the gnome image and fussy cut out the rest. 

I prepared the background using a snowflake stencil blending the various snowflakes with green parakeet, Hawaiian shores and buttercup inks and added a few red berry Nuvo drops. After coloring the image with Copic markers, I attached to the card front using a layer of craft foam. The sentiment was printed onto white linen cardstock, then cut with a retired TCP die. A few enamel dots finished it up. 

Products: The Cat's Pajamas Digital Stamp, PTI cs, Doodlebug enamel dots, Tonic Nuvo drops, TCP, MFT and The Greetery dies, PTI ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E000, E01, R00; Beard-T0, T1, T3, T5, C00, C1; Hat-Y15, Y17, R20, R22, R24, R27; Gloves-Y15, Y17; Cup-BG000, BG01, BG02; Trees-YG21, YG25, R27; Gingerbread-E30, E33, R22, R24

Here are the details: 

2022 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

November 11- November 18

social media hashtag: #fallwinter2022clh