Hi, there! How are you this fine TCP Tuesday? Are you anxious to see who's been named the BEST OF THE BEST of The Cat's Pajamas' Think PINK Customer Blog Hop? I know I am! But first, the Cat Pack is throwing a little 'warm-up' blog hop to get you revved up for the true stars of the show, our oh-so-talented customers!
The first start on the hop is also this week's Hipster Hostess with the Mostess, none other the amazing, amiable, ambidextrous Amy Rohl! Did you come here from Amy's blog? If not, you'll definitely need to swing by there because I know she's got something delicious for you to sink your eyeballs into.
In addition to being the Queen of many a double-wide trailer,1 Amy is also our Supply Challenge Queen. And today, she's challenged the world to use PINK embellishments: pink buttons, pink ribbon, pink felt, pink brads, pink die cut borders, etc. You get the gist. You're smart. I don't need to do an interpretive dance to spell it out for you.2
Would you like to see what I put together for your viewing pleasure?
Do me a favor and humor me -- click on the photo above to see the bigger version. It's actually quite a large card in reality; it's sized to fit a standard #10 business envelope. Those who've followed my blog for a while know I have a wee bit of an obsession with the late Princess Diana's sheep sweater, and I remake that sweater in card form every time I get my hands on a new sheep stamp. I've been restraining myself until the time was right with The Cat's Pajamas new Sheepish set.3 The original Diana Sweater was red, black and white, but in honor of this being Breast Cancer Awareness month, I've used pink instead of red.
I stamped off the first ewe and then masked her, stamped the next, masked her, too, and then stamped the last gal. Aren't they adorable? I've decided to name them Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina (for obvious reasons).
For the pink embellishments, I used some scalloped pink felt trim that I've had in my stash forever. I looked through my pinkish buttons and found one that perfectly suited the sentiment, "There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing." Isn't that sentiment a hoot? I think the girls would approve of their MADE IN PARIS button, don't you? In keeping with the button motif, I added some black button brads to the corners of the patterned paper layer. The sheep were colored with Copic markers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.
Ready to get on down the road and see what's next? Then head on over to the Sketcher herself, my fellow Sooner-lovin' soul sister, Jen del Muro!
1 - Actually, I don't know if Amy is the Queen of anyone's double-wide trailer. She could be. In fact, she SHOULD be because she's very special. The reason I wrote that is that the song flitted through my head, right when I was writing that paragraph. And so... there you have it.
2 - But if I were to do an interpretive dance for you? I'd wear a black leotard with pink tights and pink ballet shoes (like we did when we had ballet as little girls), and gyrate to the tune of 'Both Sides Now' by Judy Collins.
3 - Which I think is pretty self-disciplined and therefore highly unlike me.
4 - There is no 4th footnote, but remember that mid-term I had last week that I said fried my brain? Well, I got the results today and I got 36 points out of a possible 35!!! (I missed a couple, but made up for 'em and then some on the extra credit.) Woot-woot! I just felt like mentioning it, but didn't want you to think I'm tooting my own horn. Which I guess I kind of am, but doing so in a foot note is more muted than doing it in the body of the post.
5 - Are you still here ?! Scoot on over to Jen's - NOW! :)
Very very cute card! Love the footnotes you put in! But most importantly, way to go on the 36 out of 35! Grad school is no picnic, especially when you're a Mom, but you're doing super AND creating cards (Very cute ones at that!) Way to go!
Posted by: janet dowell | October 19, 2010 at 11:49 AM
I, would love to see an interpretive dance, but I think I am just as impressed with your masking skills. Cute!
Posted by: alma de la rosa | October 19, 2010 at 03:24 PM
Carole these 3 sheep are simply adorable! Awesome masking!! :) Woo hoo on the test score too!
Posted by: Julie L Masse | October 19, 2010 at 03:31 PM
Those sheep are absolutely adorable!!! Just recently heard about your fascination with Diana's sweater...!! Great job on the test!! Amy doesn't live in a double wide trailer???
Love Judy Collins myself {showing my age??}!!
Posted by: Vickie Z | October 19, 2010 at 04:54 PM
This is simply divine Carole! I love, love, love how you've grouped these delightful sheep! They are colored up perfectly too! Wonderfully done! :D
Posted by: Kimberly Gajewski | October 19, 2010 at 08:22 PM
Wow Carol!!!!!!!!! Using 3 sheep is just pure genious!!! I freakin LOVE this card to bits!! I don't comment one anyones blog posts very much, but this card drove me over the 'to comment or not to comment' edge and here I am rambling away!! Your blog is hilarious! You are a fantastic writer (I even read them aloud to my husband occasionally and he thinks your funny too:)It's no surprise that you are heading up the newsletter- and congrats on the grade:)
Jenny
Posted by: Jenny Peterson | October 20, 2010 at 10:27 AM
Super cute card! Very fashionable. ;)
Posted by: Jody Morrow | October 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Love this! I have loved each and every sheep card you have made. :-)
Posted by: Libby | October 22, 2010 at 09:06 PM
You are SO funny...from the sweater to the gyrating to the tooting. Congrats on your midterm! :)
Posted by: Michele Boyer | October 25, 2010 at 07:24 PM