TCP Tuesday: A Beary Good Year!

It's a big deal kinda day at TCP with a fabulous blog hop featuring the release of A Beary Good Year...Alma's latest and greatest set featuring that sweet bear you saw in Happy Camper last summer, and then again in Give A Little this past holiday season. Today (2/9/10) is also the day that Who's That Bear will be revealed on Alma's blog, along with the winner of the contest...the winner that receives each new TCP stamp set for the next year!!

Besides the release of A Beary Good Year, the blog hop, and the Who's That Bear winner...we still have some work to be done, and that's the TCP Tuesday #96 Supply Challenge. I'm your hostess with the mostess, and here's this week's challenge: use paper piecing in your challenge creation this week.

Bears don't always have to come in shades of white, brown or black...give your bear a little makeover this week with some paper piecing. I've paper pieced the Valentine bear featured on my Bingo card with Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday papers. I've embellished with a big striped bow using this ribbon (available from TCP), and flanked my central image with a few Sweet Thing buttons.

If you don't have one of the TCP bears, pick out another TCP image and have some fun with it. Go a little crazy mixing those patterned papers. If you don't have any TCP images, that's ok too...we just love having you play along!

Once you've finished your TCPTUES96 creation, be sure to upload it to Alma's guestbook so we can see it. Now, here are the rest of the TCPTUES details followed by the blog hop list, so be sure to scoot right along to Joanne's blog--I know she'll have somethin' real nice for ya!

1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, techinque, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Post your design to the guestbook on this blog. Only designs posted to the guestbook are eligible for Swanky Stamper.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to the guestbook will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

Hop along now...

Amy (me!)

Joanne
Leigh
Toni
Katie
Susan
Ana
Jenny
Jen
Tracy
Alma

Have a swanky Tuesday, everyone!
~Amy