Good Friends.......Pass the Popcorn

Helloooooo there!  I know, I have once again been missing in action, but I am here today - that is all that matters, right??  I know most of you know how it is to work a good ole 9-5 day job then have to come home and take care of the house too before you can have fun in your craft room right? I usually have time on the weekends to "play" but I have been watching my grandson a little more than usual the last couple of weeks, so he won over my coming up stairs to play!  But today, I am soooooo glad I finally got a few hours to myself to play, and play I did!






A few weeks ago I had won a stamp of my choice from The Cat's Pajamas - I LOVE their items.  Are you familiar with them? If not, you should definitely go check them out!  Anyhoo, when I won I selected one of their cute little penguin stamps called "Good Friends" so that is the set I pulled out today to play with.  Before I got started, I went over to The Cat's Pajamas blog here to see what their challenge of the week was. This week it was to include anything "gold" on your project, so I decided to try and play along.






I did not want to prepare a card with this cute stamp, but instead I wanted to prepare a small "gifty" item by making a cover for a pack of microwave popcorn. This is what I came up with:

What do you think?  I couldn't help but wonder while I was coloring these little critters what movie they may be watching.  Perhaps they are watching the Golden Globe awards that are on tonight and arguing over who is the best dressed?




Well, just wanted to "pop" in and share my little creation.  I hope you like it and it inspires you to get inky soon!




Ingredients:


Cardstock:  Mind's Eye, Georgia Pacific White
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Markers, Copic Markers
Other:  Close To My Heart Ribbon Slider and Ribbon




Happy Crafting!


Tina

Mini Cupcake Treat Holder for TCP Tuesday

Hello everyone! I been MIA the last few days here at the blog, because I dived into digital scrapbooking over the weekend and have finally pulled myself away to catch some air!! I have been fighting the temptation to try it for years thinking scrapbooking should be done by hand. But, there are just so many hours in the day and after realizing I have not scrapped ONE page since my grandson was born - - - 7 MONTHS AGO - - I figured I best get busy attempting it or he would be graduating college before I even got his first birthday pics in the scrapbook!  Anyhoo - back to today's topic......


I was over on the The Cat's Pajamas website being nosey and came across a few things. First thing was a "Tasty Treat Cupcake Holder".  Anyone that knows me at all, knows my favorite food group is cupcakes, so of course I had to open up that link and take a peek to see what it was and how to make it.  Then, I saw that this week's challenge on their blog here, was to create a project that included a cake, candle,  or present image on it. So......of course, I had to make this cute little cupcake holder!

If you look on their website, I pretty much made mine look exactly like their example!  I did not have any of the tools they said to use however, so I had to get creative with what tools I did have, but it worked for me.  And the image is also the same, but it just happened to be perfect for this project and is one of my all time favorites so it just worked out to be a copy, for the most part.  (At least I am admitting it!!)


I think these would be very cute for any type of small treat really, not just mini cupcakes! I am planning on making up a few these for some gifts over the next few weeks for sure!


Ingredients:

Paper: CTMH Sweet Leaf, SU! Pretty in Pink
Images: TCP Smells Like Cake
Color:  SU! Markers - Daffodil Delight, Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue and Real Red; ZIG Candy Pink, CTMH Black stamp pad
Other: SU! Scallop Border Punch, SU! Oval Punch; Corner Rounder, CTMH Blush Polka Dot Pink Ribbon, Misc buttons


Happy Crafting!

Tina