TCM November Release Blog Hop

 

 

Hello!

Welcome New Release Blog Hop for

 

Today the is the day that all four stamps set we previewed this week are available for purchase! And don't forget that 'Stitched Sentiments Two' is November's Gift w/ $50 purchase! How cool is that?!!

 

If you came by the way of my dear friend Nina's blog, you are right on track! If you are just stopping by for a visit I invite you to check out the blog hop from the beginning here. 

 

I made a couple of cards to share with you today. My first card uses several stamp sets.

The 'you rock' is from Stitched Sentiments Two, The hearts are from Zoom Goes My Heart, the tag and 'Wow! is from Love Dwells Here and the little splatters are from Typically Teen. I thought this would be a fun card to give to my daughter for an achievement at school.

 

My next card uses Valentine Wishes.

 

Isn't this angel adorable?! I just want to give her a squeeze, lol! She is colored with copics to match the pattern papers I used which are My Minds Eye - Love Me

The card base is made with SB Grand Circles and I used a few different labels and tags for my layers.

So what do you think of this months release? Which one is your favorite? I know I couldn't pick a favorite...I love them all! :^)

 

Now before I send you on your way to see Veronica's awesome creation, I want to remind you how you can win all four of the new stamp sets released today! All you have to do is visit and comment on each one of the designers blogs to be eligible. You have until 9:00pm PDT, Sunday, Dec 2nd to leave comments.

Good luck and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

 

 

 

 

You Rock Card Supplies:

Stamps - Typically Teen, Love Dwells Here, Zoom Goes My Heart, Stitched Sentiments two

Ink: SU, Distressed Ink

Paper: SU, Gina K Designs, Carta Bella - Alphabet Junction

Other: MFT License Plate & Notebook Die, Twine, Button, Cuttlebug EF

 

 

Be Mine Card Supplies:

Stamps: Valentine Wishes

Ink: Memento, Vivid

Paper: Bazzill, Xpress-It Blending, SU, MME - Love Me

Other: PTI Banner Die, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax Die, Twine, SB Labels 18, Oval & Grand Circles, Copics - B0000,000,00,01/R000,, 30. 32/E0000, 000/N0, 1

TCM November Previews - Day 2

 

Hello!

Welcome back to Day # 2 of the November Release Previews for

For the next four days we will be sharing previews of the new stamps that will be released during The Craft's Meow New Release Blog Hop on Friday November 30th!

Today we are previewing a set illustrated by Nina of Nina B Designs that compliments Stitched Flowers, Sew Lovely or Sew Happy!   It is called Stitched Sentiments Two and it is this month gift with a $50 purchase.

You are going to LOVE the sentiments that Nina has included in Stitched Sentiments Two!

 

 

When I saw the 'love you so very much' sentiment I thought of my husband and knew right away that I wanted to make him a just because card;^)

The base of the card is SB Grand Labels 11. The hearts are cut out with flute paper and canvas using SB heart dies. Keeping with the masculine look, I used jute ribbon to thread through the SB Ribbon Tag Trio 3. The pattern papers are Echo Parks This & That.

  Remember to stop by The Craft's Meow Blog to see the what the rest of the DT and our GDT is sharing and make sure you leave a comment on the TCM Store Blog because Lisa is giving away a Stitched Sentiment Two Stamp set to one lucky commenter! You have until  9pm PST tonight to leave a comment. Stop back tomorrow for a preview of another new set illustrated by Nina!

Joy!

Hello!

The week is half over and I am so happy! I have a 4 day weekend and am hoping to spend some time in my little crafting corner. I have to get make up a few more Christmas cards for my Mom to give her co-workers.

Today I have Christmas card I made using The Craft's Meow Winter Fibi & Lilly.

 

The image is colored with copics - BG10, 11, 13, 23/C00, 0, 1/E30, 31, 33/R02, 05, 21, 22, 24, 27/Y11, 13, 19. I added a bit of stickle to the ornament and the buttons & trim on the kitten.
The base of the card is cut out with SB Creatopia Frame 6 and the frame behind the kitten is Labels 11.
The sentiment is from TCM's O' Christmas Tree stamp set.
Enjoy your evening and thank you for checking in with me!




Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Winter Fibi & Lilly, O' Christmas Tree
Ink: Memento, Vivid
Paper: X-Press It Blending, Bazzill, Basic Grey - Jovial
Other: Copics, Ribbon, Twine, PTI Tiny Tags Die, Stickles, Felt Flower, Spellbinder - Ovals, Labels 11 & Creatopia Frame 6.

Peace On Earth

 Hi!

My life has been crazy busy which has not allowed me much time for crafting other than for my DT commitments.

I did come across a card that I have not share on my blog yet and thought I would share that with you today. 

I used the The Craft's Meow Winter Fibi and Lilly stamp set for my card.  I colored the kitty, wings and halo with copics and paper pieced her dress.

The die behind the image is a spellbinders Persian Motifs. My Mom came across some lace that my Grandmother made and gave it to me to use on my cards. I have not wanted to use it until now. I thought it would be perfect for this adorable angel :^).

 Thank you for stopping by!

When life settles down I promise I will be posting on a regular basis!

Dwelling on You

Hi!

I hope your Monday has gotten off to a good start! I have a little scene card to share with you today.

The house is The Crafts Meow Love Dwells Here stamp set and the thinking of you sentiments  from the Telegram stamp set. Before I stamped the sentiment, I covered the banner part with a post it note so I could stamp just the thinking of you to stick between the roof and the wall. Then I stamped the full sentiment on a separate piece of paper and cut out banner to glue to the wall of the house.
I shaded the roof with copics - BG70, 72/N2.
The grass and clouds are cut from MFT dies - Fresh Cut Grass and Cloud Trio.

I did not have black ribbon in the width I wanted for the card so I took my copic black marker (100) and colored the ribbon. This was the first time I colored ribbons with a copic marker and was surprised how well it covered!

I was not planning on putting the focal image to the side of the card but I got a smudge of black ink next to the house and could not pass it off as a bird :^) So I had to improvise a bit.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your day!




Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Love Dwells Here, Telegram
Ink: Memento
Paper: Bazzill, Gina K Designs, PTI White, MME - Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing
Other: Copics, MFT Dies, Ribbon, Spellbinders - Hexagons

Stitched Flowers

Hi!
I finally had a chance to sit down at my craft table and made a card to play along with The Crafts Meow July Sketch Challenge.  This is the sketch...

Here is my take on the sketch...

The flowers are the Stitched Flowers stamp set.  I colored them with copics - R81, 83, 85/E70/W00, 0/Y11, 13, 15/V20, 22, 28/G24, 43, 46/BG53, 57. I water colored over the buttons and the flourishes with a clear glitter pen and my water pen. This gives it a nice shimmer but lets the colors still show through. The button by the flourishes is from the Sew Lovely stamp set.

Thanks for checking in with me today!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Stitched Flowers & Sew Lovely
Paper: Copic Blending, SU, MME - Miss Carolina Fiddlesticks
Ink: SU, Memento
Other: Pearls, Lace, Glitter Pen, Spellbinders - Labels 23 & Floral Flourishes

Vintage Sew Happy

Hi!

What do you think of the new TCM stamp sets release yesterday? Aren’t they awesome! Which one is your favorite of the 6? I honestly can not choose a favorite…I love them all!

Today I have another card to share using a couple of the new sets. 

I really had fun making this one. When I got the Sew Happy stamp set and saw the dress for I knew I wanted to try and put a little dress on it. I finally had a chance to do just that. I used a scalloped circle for the dress and before I tried to fold it I distressed it quite a bit so it was so it was easy to shape.
Do you recognize the dress for label tucked behind the sentiment label? That is from the Sew Lovely stamp set. The little frame around the sentiment is from the For My Dad set. Everything else is from the Sew Happy set.

Enjoy the rest of your day and remember you have until Wednesday May 23rd, 9:00pm PDT to leave comments on each designer's blog participating in TCM's May release blog hop to be eligible to win the entire May release!
Sharri

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - sew Happy, Sew Lovely, For my Dad
Ink: SU
Paper: SU, MME - Lost & Found Madison Avenue
Other: Lace, Ribbon, Button, Spellbinders - Labels 4, Labels 8, Scalloped Circles.

TCM May Release Blog Hop

Welcome!

It is release day! All the new May stamp sets are available for purchase online through The Craft's Meow store and the new Typically Teen stamp set is May’s Gift with a $50 purchase!

Today we are celebrating the together by doing a large group blog hop and if you leave a comment on each designer’s blog as you hop along, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win this month's entire release!

If you're following along the hop, you should have arrived here from Ivana’s Blog. If you are just stopping by, please go to The Craft's Meow store blog to start at the beginning so you can enjoy all of today's fabulous projects!

I have two projects to share with you today.  My first one uses Grads & Dads and For My Dad stamp sets.

I used the tie from Grads & Dads with the father sentiment from For My Dad to create this card which ended up looking similar to mans outfit...not sure if any man would wear those wild pattern pants though J
The buttons are from a big jar that were my Grandma’s.

My next card uses Flower Garden, Typically Teen and Butterfly Kisses.

I stamped the flowers with various colors of SU ink and accented the centers with pearls and rock candy stickles. The sHappy Birthday sentiment is from Typically Teen and the butterfly is from Butterfly Kisses.

The pattern papers are My Minds Eye - Miss Caroline Dolled Up. I tried to follow the sketch for the May sketch challenge. You can still see the basic sketch even though I varied away from it a bit J

All of the designer's participating in the hop can be found on The Craft's Meow store blog in case you get lost along the way.  

Be sure to leave comments as you hop along so you can be entered to win all 6 new stamp sets release today! You have until Wednesday, May 23^rd, 9:00pm PDT to leave a comment on each designer’s blog.

Before I send you on your way I want to thank you for all of your comments and support these past few days. I have had so much fun sharing TCM previews with you and have been very inspired by all of the TCM designer’s projects. I hope you have been too!

The next stop on today's hop is Iwona’s blog.

Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Father Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Grads & Dads

Paper: SU, Basic Grey - Archaic

Ink: SU

Other: Buttons, Twine, Spellbinders - Stars

Birhtday Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Flower Garden, Typically Teen, Butterfly Kisses

Paper: Bazzill, SU, MME – Miss Caroline Dolled Up

Ink: SU

Other: Corner Rounder, SNSS Scalloped Edge Die, PTI Banner Die, Pearls, Stickles

TCM May Release Preview - Day 4

Welcome to the last day of previews for the new The Craft's Meow stamps that will be available for purchase tomorrow, May 21th!

Today we are showcasing two new totally fun stamp sets illustrated by Karen Baker called Retro Foundation and Typically Teen. Typically Teen is this month's free gift with a $50 purchase!

Let’s start out with Retro Foundations. This set has some birthday sentiments that I am so glad to now have in my collection! It also has such fun patterns that can be used for borders or backgrounds!

I love the size of the Happy Birthday sentiment and can see myself paper piecing the letters or coloring them in. My card is fairly a fairly simple masculine card. I love being able to crank out these kinds of cards to have in my stash.

Next up is Typically Teen which is perfect for a teen or tween! When I was making my card to share with all of you today, my daughter Abbi saw the stamps and wanted to make a card along with me. She had as much as I did with this set!

For my card I used a couple of the sentiments and one of the great background patterns. I went with school type theme and the patterns papers from Basic Grey’s Oxford fit perfectly with the theme. 

Please make sure to check out the other designer’s projects and leave them some love J. You can find the links to their blogs and find out how to win one of stamp sets we previewed today by visiting the The Craft's Meow store blog! 

Tomorrow is release day and we are celebrating with a blog hop that you are not going to want to miss! 

Retro Foundations Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Retro Foundations

Paper: Gina K Designs, Basic Grey Scraps

Ink: Black Versafine

Other: Button, Twine

Typically Teen Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Typically Teen

Paper: Gina K Designs, Basic Grey Oxford

Ink: Black Versafine, SU

Other: MFT – Notebook Edge Die, SU Mini Library Clip, Nail Head Brad

TCM May Release Preview - Day 3

Good morning and welcome to another day of previews for The Craft's Meow May release.

Today is day 3 of the previews and we are featuring another fabulous set illustrated by Nina Brackett (Nina B Designs) called Sew Happy. This set coordinates with her Sewing Elements Spellbinders dies. It is also a great addition to her Sew Lovely stamp set.   

Sew Happy has great image specific to sewing and the font of the sentiments is a stitched look…Love that!

When I saw the pin cushion, dress form and spool, I knew I wanted to paper piece them and I love how they look, don’t you?!

I used My Minds Eye Stella Rose – Hazel for the paper piecing and on the card. Behind the spool and pin cushion, I cut out a French doily using a piece of the wood grain paper from MME Miss Caroline – Fiddlesticks collection. I tried to go with a vintage theme by adding stitching, lace and seam binding ribbon. On the bow I attached a vintage looking brad to keep with the vintage look I was going for.

For more ideas and inspiration, check out the other designer’s projects using Sew Happy and be sure to and leave them some love J.  You can find the links to their blogs and find out how to win the Sew Happy stamp set we previewed today by visiting the The Craft's Meow store blog! 

Check back with us tomorrow to see preview for two new sets by Karen Baker!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Sew Happy

Paper: Bazzill, SU, Gina K Designs, MME – Stella Rose Hazel & Miss Carolina Fiddlesticks

Ink: Versamark

Other: Lace Seam Binding Ribbon, Cheery Lynn Die – French Pastry Doily, Zing Black EP, Spellbinders – Long Rectangles.

TCM May Release Preview - Day 2

Good morning!

Welcome to day 2 of The Craft's Meow May release previews.

I am so glad you stopped back because we are showcasing two new stamp sets today.

First up is a great stamp set called For My Dad illustrated by Michelle Bertuzzi.

This set is geared towards Dad’s but would also be perfect for any man in your life!  It has some classic images with sentiments to match.

My card uses the telephone image and matching sentiment which I heat embossed using black embossing powder. I used some scraps of pattern paper from Basic Grey’s Little Black Dress and a Ric Rac die for the strip in the center of the card.

My next card feature’s Grads and Dads illustrated by Kaitlyn Ord.

This is a great set with fun sentiments and images for graduates and Dad’s. I do not have any graduation stamps so I was thrilled to add this on to my collection.

I have a nephew that is graduating this year so I made a graduation card.

Don’t you love that graduation cap! I could not resist making the tassels out of twine for the caps.

I used my Scor Buddy to add the scored lines around the congrats sentiment. The pattern paper is from Authentique - Genuine pack and the Hat’s Off sentiment fit perfectly in the little tag on the paper.

Please make sure to check out the other designer’s projects and leave them some love J. You can find the links to their blogs and find out how to win one of stamp sets we previewed today by visiting the The Craft's Meow store blog! 

Stop back tomorrow – we are featuring another new set by Nina Brackett!

For My Dad Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – For My Dad

Paper: Gina K Designs, SU, Basic Grey – Little Black Dress

Ink: Versamark

Other: Spellbinders – Small & Large Labels, Buttons, PTI Ric Rac Die, Scrappers Floss, Black Embossing Powder

Grads & Dads Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Grads and Dads

Paper: Gina K Designs, Authentique – Genuine

Ink: SU

Other: Twine, Scor Buddy

TCM May Release Preview - Day 1

Good morning!
Welcome to the first day of The Craft's Meow May release previews!  

I am thrilled to be joining the TCM designers and Annette Allen, the other GD, for the next five days to showcase six new stamps sets that will be release on May 21^st.

I've have been having fun playing with the new stamps and am so excited to be able to start sharing my projects with you.  

 

The first set we are showcasing is Flower Garden illustrated by Nina Brackett (Nina B Designs).

Flower Garden is a beautiful set with a variety of garden flowers. Tulips are one of my favorite flowers so I was instantly drawn to the scripted tulips.

I went with softer spring colors and no pattern paper so the flowers could remain the focal point. I also left off a sentiment so the card could be used for any occasion. 

Be sure to check out the other designer’s projects and leave them some love J. I’ve had a peek at their creations and they are gorgeous! You can find the links to those designers on The Craft's Meow store blog and find out how to win the stamp set we previewed today! 

I’ll be back tomorrow with the next set of previews!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM – Flower Garden

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Memento, SU

Other: Ribbon, Cuttlebug Dots EF, Spellbinders Labels 18

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Hiya!
My youngest nephew recently celebrated a birthday. I can't believe he is already 7!
I love The Craft's Meow Owl stamps designed by Jenny Suchin and finally picked the Whoo's Birthday set. I used that set to make his birthday card.

I colored the owl image with copics - BG11, 32, 34/E31, 33, 37, 40, 41, 74, 77/T15, 17, 18, 26, 38/YG03, 17, 25/YR12, 14.
I think Xandyr was more excited about the present that we got him than the card lol! I guess that's normal for a 7 year old boy right?!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Whoo's Birthday
Ink: Memento, Copics
Paper: Bazzill, Copic Blending, MME - Fine & Dandy
Other: Buttons, Twine, PTI Banner Die
Enjoy the rest of your day!

Winter Blues

Hello!
I was checking out the Moxie Fab World blog and when I saw their Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge I knew I had to play along. The challenge it to create a project that incorporates Navy.
This is what I came up with -
The dressform is from The Craft's Meow's Sew Lovely Stamp set as is the sentiment. I paper pieced the dress with navy pattern papers from Basic Grey's Boxer collection. I used the same papers for the flowers.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: TCM - Sew Lovely

Ink: SU, Versamark

Papers: GKD, Basic Grey - Boxer

Other: Spellbinders - Long Rectangles & Ovals, Pearls, Marvy Flower Punches, Navy Embossing Powder.

Thank you for stopping by!
Until next time, enjoy your day!

Green Challenge

Hi!
It's time for another Twisted Thursday Challenge and my fellow DT's and I are having an "Anything Goes with the color green" challenge.

I really love the silhouette images lately and this is one of my favorites. The fairy is from The Craft's Meow Butterfly Kisses stamp set. The pattern papers are MME Vanity Fair. I loved the papers spring colors. The flourish is Cheery Lynn's Vintage Romance Flourish.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Butterfly Kisses
Ink: Vivid, Versmark
Paper: Bazzill, GKD, MME - Vanity Fair
Other: Spellbinders Labels 11, Cheery Lynn Die - Vintage Romance Flourish, Ribbon, WOC Flowers, Zinger EP, EK Border Punch, Sewing, MFT Ticket Die

Head on over to The Outlawz and check out the other DT samples here and hopefully you will be inspired to play along with us!

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me!!

All about the boys

Hello cyber friends!
It's Outlawz Twisted Thursday! This week my design Team sisters and I are challenging you to make a masculine themed project for our Twisted Thursday Challenge.

Here is my masculine sample. 

This month starts a slew of birthdays in my family and a few of them are for nephews so this challenge was a perfect time for me to get started on their cards ;)
The sentiment is The Crafts Meow Timeless Tags. The banner and numbers are MFT dienamics - By the Numbers and Banner Strip. 
The pattern papers are MME - Fun Day Happy Day. I snatched them up at a LSS...love them!! 
Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Timeless Tags
Ink: SU, Vivid
Paper: SU, GKD, MME - Kraft Fun Day Happy Days
Other: MFT Banner & By The Number dies, Spellbinders Grommet Tags, Silver Nailheads

We would love to have you share your masculine cards with us this week.  You can find all of the details about the challenge the prizes up for grabs here at the Outlawz Challenge Group.
Enjoy your day!

You're a star

Hi!

I have a quick post for you this morning before I tackle my to do list for today.

I used all scrap paper on the card. The pattern paper is scraps from my PTI Ledger pack. I used stamps from The Crafts Meow Telegram stamp set for the focal of my card. I tried something a bit different with the twine by treading it through the eyelets and then around the front panel. After I did it, I am not sure I really like it.

Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by to visit!

Card Supplies - Stamps: TCM Telegram/Paper: GKD, SU, PTI/Ink: Memento/Other: Eyelets, Twine, MFT Notebook Edge Die, Button

It's my favorite...

Happy Thursday!!
It's that time of the week for the Twisted Thursday Challenge at The Outlawz! This week we want to see your favorite technique. You can check out the challenge here and also see the other DT samples for the challenge.
I have several techniques that I love but I think my favorite is "Polished Stone". SCS has a great tutorial on the polished stone technique here. You can also use alcohol ink refills for this technique instead of the regular reinkers and rubbing alcohol. You would follow the exact same step in the tutorial except the step of adding the rubbing alcohol to the cotton ball.
I used the alcohol ink refills for my polished stone background. I let the inks dry completely then stamped the silhouette image with versamark and heat embossed it with Zinger Brown Sugar embossing powder.
The silhouette is from the Butterfly Kisses stamp set by The Crafts Meow and the sentiment is from the same set. The frame around the sentiment is from their Timeless Tags stamp set.

What is your favorite technique?
I hope you will play along with us this week and share your favorite technique with us!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: The Craft Meow

Ink: Alcohol Inks, Versamark, SU

Paper: SU, MME - Lost and Found

Other: Sizzix Beautiful Wings die, Spellbinders Grommet Tags, Gold Pearls, Corner Punch