I'm in {love} With The Cat's Pajamas!!

I think this is the first post I've made in a few weeks that isn't one of my {obligations} and . . . oh my word!! Did I EVER have fun with this card!

A couple of weeks ago, Alma and the gang at The Cat's Pajamas released eight FABULOUS new stamp sets and to celebrate, they had a pajama party over in their forum at Splitcoast Stampers and I was lucky enough to hang out with the gals for a couple of hours AND win goodies!!!  Thanks to Google, I was the first person to answer the question, "What is a group of cats and a group of penguins called?"  (Didja' know that a group of cats is a clowder and a group pf penguins is a waddle or rookery?)  As a result, I won all three of their AMAZING, new Cut-Ups Die Cuts!  I also ordered four of the new stamp sets and got them in my hot little hands just the other day.  I have been DYING to find some time to play with them... and today I {made} the time. 

I haven't played with Arielle and her Royal Court at the Colour Q Challenge for a LONG time and when I saw this week's colors, I knew they'd work PERFECTLY with the stamp I wanted to use:

AND - Julee's Mojo Monday sketch was just the thing I needed to get me going - I think the stars must have been in alignment today because the colors and the sketch worked BEAUTIFULLY together:

I used my new "A Whale of a Time" and my Wave die to create this fun card:

Stamps: A Whale of a time (TCP)  Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, various SU! DSP  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Accessories: Paper piercer, corner rounder, Nesties, stitched grosgrain ribbon, buttons, twine, Square Lattice embossing folder, Copics, twine

Don't you just love it? I kind of took some liberties with the panel with the wavy bottom.  Instead of making the yellow panel wavy, I made the layer underneath reach up into the yellow layer with my waves ~ I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Here are the challenges this card "fits":

• ColourQ - colors
• Mojo Monday - sketch
• TCPTues121 - use their new Cut-Ups dies for your creation
• TCP Customer Blog Hop

I hope you will pop over to The Cat's Pajamas website and peek at their stamps - they are even having a SALE right now - who doesn't love a sale???  The bunny ones are my favorites - his ears are SO adorable!!!

Have fun and thanks for stopping by!