Sneaky Peek week BLOG HOP!

Hi all! Our New Release is up and swinging at The Cat's Pajamas, such a GREAT one too. The whole DT was in agreement, we couldn't quit playing with these new things! :) If you are hopping, you should have come here from Nancy's blog, if not and you'd like to Hop {I'd highly recommend it, ladies!} ;) then go back and start at Alma's blog. Today I'm showing off a fun shaker card I made with more sand from Ev's sandbox in it! You likey? This was one of those painstakingly slow cards as I had to completely tear it apart and start completely over on the first one. UGH! I hate when that happens. But in the end, it's really fun and I think it was worth the effort.

You can see that Mr. Beach Bun is getting a bit pink on his ears and his feet! LOL, I couldn't resist, since I colored him a pinky tone. ;) Gotta keep a sense of humor when stamping you know! 

The frame was created on the acetate with some washi tape and accented with buttons. I made a sun in the corner with some punched layered circles, some Aqua Divine Twine and an orange button. I fussy cut Beach Bun and left a bit of white area around the edges to accomodate the whiskers. Normally I'd stamp him down, cut off his whiskers and paper piece another Bun on top, but since he was going on acetate, that wasn't going to work.... I think in hindsight I'd prefer to cut off the whiskers, and draw them on with a permanent pen. I'm not too crazy about those white bits, but most folks probably wouldn't even notice! LOL ;) 

The sentiment, clouds (made with the Cloud Border CutUp) and sand are inside the shaker part. :) 

That's all for me! Pop on over to Swanky Stamper Cindy Major's blog to continue Hopping! And, enjoy your new goodies in pink and yellow striped bags! ;) 

hugs, Noelle

Sneaky Peek Week Day 7: Summer Sentiments

Hi all! I have my last Sneaky Peek before the Pajama Party tonight to show you! Hope you join us to Party on our Splitcoaststampers Forum. I'll be there with a couple more cards and things that didn't make it onto the blog this week! At midnight EST we will begin our Blog Hop and all these fun new things will be available on the TCP website. Today's Peek is a quick one. I decided to make a set of Journaling Tags for a scrapbook page. We normally vacation by Road Trip, and I knew these would come in handy sooner or later! ;) I used the new set "Summer Sentiments" and the "luggage Tags" CutUps.

These tags are SO great for so many things! I can tell I'll be using them A LOT! Great size and I love that they are each a bit different.

These were cut from some DP scraps, and quickly accented with some fun ribbons, and Tim Holtz paper clips and brads. Simple, and they'll be a great way to add detail to my next Road Trip page! :) 

Hope to "see" you soon! I'll be back at midnight EST with my Blog Hop post. It's my fave card of the whole release, so I hope you'll be able to come by! :)

hugs, Noelle

DUDE, Happy Birthday. (CQC189, STB17)

Hi all! I am just rolling out cards tonight. But I guess that's not all that surprising seeing as I haven't had time to stamp ALL week! and here's why.....

Yeah, the little man graduated pre-school! I can hardly believe I'll have a kindergartner next year! Then today was older bros first race of the season! Love that we don't have a game to go to every week with triathlon, but when they are doing a race, it kind of sucks your weekend away. Getting ready much of saturday, getting packed, bike checks, etc. Then up at 5am this morning to get them to the transition area in time. This mama is beat! ;) Plus as you can see here, my oldest took a spill on his scooter in the rain last week and we ended up needing an x-ray for his hand (chin got banged up too, obviously..) Fortunately it was NOT broken for once! Yea! :)

But I was itching to play a couple challenges since it's been so long. This is for ColourQ #189 (sure miss my ColourQ DT friends! So grateful for Facebook so we can still keep in touch!) :)  and Seize The Birthday #17! Here's the graphics:

I still had all the stuff out from my Gallery Idol Cards, thought I'd make some use and make another youth male birthday card. I can always use those!!

I used the Stampamajig to line up my "Dude" stamp (Verve). The top one and the fourth one are both stamped in Ruby Red ink, but the top one was stamped off first. Of course I also used the Certainly Celery and the Calypso Coral ink pads.... The birthday stamp is Stampin' Up! the paper is We R Memory Keepers and the flair is from Bossy Joscie, so fun that flair!

I ripped up the edges of the Celery card really good with my distressing/razor tool and then added some grunge to it with some black ink sponged on.

Well, that's it for me today! Be back soon as we are approaching our new TCP release very very soon! Tomorrow night is the Pajama Party on Splitcoaststampers! Hope you can join us :)

Hugs, Noelle

2013 Gallery Idol Cards

Hi all! I wanted to throw my hat in the ring for this year's Gallery Idol Contest! I thought the theme was a great one: Teen and Kid Birthday cards, and there is a limit of 3 this year (smart thinking if you ask me!) Even though it's been a crazy week with Ev graduating preschool, the boys first race of the season, and Sneaky Peek Week. I really felt this was important. Here's the cards I came up with for this! :)

This first one is probably my fave.... I made it with my oldest son in mind. He will be turning 13 this fall, I can hardly believe I'll have teenager! Anyway, he is a triathlete and cycling is his favorite part of the sport. He got a road bike for his birthday 3

years ago, and he's still majorly in LOVE with it! He was actually the reason I bought this bike wheel flair from Bossy Joscie. I printed the "have a wheelie great birthday" sentiment on white cardstock in navy ink (font is called "Cracked"). then using a negative frame left over from cutting with this oval die (PTI, it's a skateboard actually...) I taped that over my printed sentiment centering the sentiment in the frame. Then I was able to tape the die right inside that frame so it would cut exactly where I wanted! After it was cut I stamped the "Dude" stamp (Verve) over the top and grunged it up a bit with some Basic Gray ink. The banner was die cut from  some bike printed paper, and I punched a 1" hole in the top of it to frame out the Happy Birthday flair.

For this second one I had more of a teen girl in mind, though the colors aren't particularly girly, I just tend to think the "Omg" sentiment is! I used lots of TCP goodies on this one, some MME papers, and added a candle for fun. :)

The final one was the first one I made. And in the end, I ended up making two since I had the "leftovers" from the first one it was super simple, and I can ALWAYS use kid birthday cards! I used the Cricut Expression, the Cricut Craft Room software/app, and the cartridge called "Wrap It Up." The stamps are PTI. 

Well that's it for me today! Thanks for popping by paper & ICE. :)

hugs, Noelle

Sneaky Peek Week Day 6: Small Sayings

Hi all! I have another Peek for you today! This is one you have likely seen sprinkled throughout many of the Cat Pack Peeks this week. I even used on my Travelin' Man set. This is a great set and has a coordinating set of CutUps, that fit perfectly with them! Great little word bubbles, and other fun mini shapes with these :)

I thought this starburst shape reminded me of comic books. I thought it would make a fun birthday card for one of the boys friends. I actually started out with a superhero print DP in the background, but didn't end up loving it. Just stamping that shape in a variety of colors turned out to be the best option! I used some glittery red paper to set off the sentiment, and also used the red paper to cut a Pinking Border with an older CutUp. Some mini star stickers made a fun accent.

I hope you can check out what the other Cat Packers are Peeking today! Tomorrow is the final Peek, the Pajama Party, AND tomorrow night at midnight all these fun new things will be for sale at The Cat's Pajamas!

hugs, Noelle

Sneaky Peek Week Day 5: Aim High

Hi all! Back today with another peek for our new Release at The Cat's Pajamas!  Hope you are tuning in as these new goodies are SO much fun! This is a mini banner, it's only 3 panels wide, so it's a bit small for my mantel, but I think I might hang it off one of the shelves on my dining room hutch once summer hits! And it's getting close, too. Can't wait now that it's finally starting to FEEL like summer here! :)

So, today we are Peeking "Aim High" which is cute Mr. Firecracker Bun, LOVE him! I used some older CutUps: Star Rosette, 3x3 Stars, and Pennant. I used two sentiments and the stream of stars stamp so it looked as if they were being shot off like fireworks!

I colored him blue, with a combination of Copics and Spectrum Noir markers. I used some Airmail Divine Twine to tie the banner pieces together with. :)

Well, that is all for me today! Big hugs and I hope you'll see what the rest of the Cat Pack has for you today! 

xo, Noelle

Sneaky Peek Week Day 3: Travelin' Man

Hi all! I have another Peek to share with you today! There are lots of new goodies being shown on this card. :) I really had fun making this one, the map printed DP has a large circle cut from the corner and it's actually layered over the white piece thats stamped with Mr. Travelin' Bun. He was colored with Copics and the suitcases and boxes on his car were paper pieced with scraps. 

That "Travel" printed ribbon had never been used, and I've had it FOREVER! The arrow paper clip made a fun accent. The green strip at the top was stamped tonally with one of the sentiment stamps from the set. 

I hope you will check out what the rest of that Cat Pack is peeking for you today! Take care!

hugs, Noelle