How Sweet

Today I have a card I made using some Penny Black stamp.

I used Sweet as Honey and the background Floral Thread and a bit of watercoloring. The background was stamped using Pear Tart and I layered the die cut image which was watercolored (using distress inks).

I am entering this into the newest Penny Black challenge: 

I have been having a hard time finding crafty time lately...much less blog hopping!

This summer has been crazy and currently the big kids are off to the Wilds for a week of camp and I am still organizing/reorganizing from moving my craft room out to create a home office for my DH. I had NO IDEA I had so much stuff!!! Oh my goodness, this has been painful! And now a new CHA is happening with some fab new products coming and I am in trouble all over again. Biggest must have right now....the new Archival ink colors!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

The Craft's Meow Blog Hop: Masculine

 Hello friends!  Today the The Craft's Meow DT is having a blog hop to share projects created with a masculine theme!

 I used the stamp set Let's Face It:

I paired it with some Echo Park patterned paper and added some SRM Stitches stickers. The bow tie was popped up on dimensionals.

Here is the stamp I used:

  Your next stop is the creative Jennifer Cuthbertson!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Birthday Greetings

 I always have a need for birthday cards and this new set, Chalkboard Birthday from The Craft's Meow is perfect!! I incorporated the color challenge from the Play Date Cafe and used my favorite new stencil from The Crafter's Workshop: Honeycomb. I added some ribbon and Want2Scrap bling and found this color combo went quite well together...I was shocked, lol! :P

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

The Craft's Meow May Release Blog Hop

 Today is The Craft's Meow May Release Design Team Blog Hop! I hope you stopped by from Gayatri's Blog. If not, I would love for you to join us from the start at The Craft's Meow Blog because someone is going to win the entire collection of new releases and it could be you!

 

Today I have a card to share using the new free gift with $50 purchase: Chalkboard Birthday:

 I made this one using the colors from the Play Date Cafe Challenge (Maroon, Poppy and Soft Jade) for this week. I stenciled the top half of the card front using a Crafter's Workshop stencil and paired it with a chevron patterned paper.  The color scheme from PDCC worked perfectly!!

 

Would you like to win these new TCM stamps???

 To have the BEST CHANCE TO WIN the entire collection of new releases,

pay a visit to our designer's blogs, leave a comment where you can and cross your fingers

all by 9 pm PDT, Thursday May 23rd.

One random winner will be chosen from one of the blogs on the hop.   

Speaking of the hop, it's time to send you on to

Jennifer's blog!

I know she will have beautiful inspiration for you!    

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Make a Wish

Hi there! Today I have a card to share that I made for the CAS-ual Friday's Tic Tac Toe Challenge using SRM stickers, Spellbinders dies, Want2Scrap bling and The Crafter's Workshop stencils. I love combining these companies!! Stenciling is BIG right now and definitely been a favorite technique of mine as it makes some poppin' CAS cards.

 Here is the CAS-ual Friday's challenge I used (punches, bling and birthday):

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

 

The Craft's Meow Sketch Blog Hop

The Craft's Meow is having a series of themed blog hops in lieu of the regular April release. Today we have a sketch:

And here is my card:

I created my own patterned paper using the flourish image from Beautiful Hymns and stamped it using Memento Rich Cocoa onto Pale Plum cardstock. The labels die is from Lovely Labels 18 and I die cut a circle to stamp the tulip images from Flower Garden using Versamagic Perfect Plumeria and Tea Leaves ink. The sentiment is from Sweet Silhouettes. After I assembled the card, I spritzed it wth with Fireworks Rich Cocoa and love the sheen it gives!!

Here are the stamp sets I used:

  Don't forget about our brand new TCM Gallery

and we would love to invite YOU to join us there. The inspiration there alone is AMAZING....definitely a go to place to be inspired!! 
www.thecraftsmeowgalleryonline.com

It's time to send you along the rest of the hop, next stop:

Jennifer's blog! I know she will have beautiful inspiration for you! 

The Craft's Meow is also giving you 21% discount for all orders until 21st of April.

Enter code

April21

at checkout to receive your 

21%

Discount!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

The Craft's Meow: Sweet Sentiments

The Craft's Meow is having a series of themed blog hops in lieu of the regular April release. Today we are focusing on the new free gift with purchase on April 21st, Sweet Sentiments:

I created my own patterned paper using one of the floral images from Flower Garden and Memento ink: Pear Tart and Lulu Lavender. I stamped them repeatedly and then stamped the focal point using the same inks with the sentiment stamped using Grape Jelly. Love that this new set coordinates with Labels Ten and paired it with the girl image from Sweet Silhouettes.

Here are the stamp sets I used:

And The Craft's Meow is also giving you 21% discount for all orders until 21st of April.

Enter code

April21

at checkout to receive your 

21%

Discount!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

TCM March Release Blog Hop

Today is The Craft's Meow March Release Design Team Blog Hop! I hope you stopped by from Jen's Blog. If not, I would love for you to join us from the start at The Craft's Meow Blog because someone is going to win the entire collection of new releases and it could be you ! 

Today I have two cards to share with you today! First is a card using the new Birthday Pun stamp set:

I used Memento inks (Rich Cocoa, Peanut Brittle and Desert Sand) and applied some Desert Sand ink to a embossed panel of Ivory cardstock.  I wanted to give this a county feel so added a bit of burlap.

My next card uses the adorable new set Sweet Birthday:

I love how quickly I can put together a card using this cute set!  I simply stamped the hats using Memento Tangelo, Dandelion and Bahama Blue and added the sentiment using Love Letter.  Quick and easy!!!

We are excited about our brand new TCM Gallery

and we would love to invite YOU to join us there. The inspiration there alone is AMAZING....definitely a go to place to be inspired!!

www.thecraftsmeowgalleryonline.com 

Would you like to win these new TCM stamps???

 To have the BEST CHANCE TO WIN the entire collection of new releases,

pay a visit to our designer's blogs,

leave a comment where you can and cross your fingers

all by 8 pm PST, Saturday March 23rd.

One random winner will be chosen from one of the blogs

on the hop.  

The Craft's Meow March Guest Designer is Stacey Schafer and can't wait to see what she has to share using these gorgeous new sets!!

Speaking of the hop, it's time to send you on to

Jennifer's blog!

I know she will have beautiful inspiration for you!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

The Craft's Meow Preview: Sweet Silhouettes

  It's The Craft's Meow 2nd Birthday!! Today is the fourth and final day of the previews for four new stamp sets soon to be available through The Craft's Meow on March 21.  All the designers' projects can be seen over on TCM's company blog along with their links for more details, so be sure to check them out.

Today we are featuring Nina B Designs new set, Sweet Silhouettes.  This is the Free with $50 purchase stamp set and love that it coordinates with the Spellbinders Labels 10 dies.

I paired this card with some Echo Park patterned paper. Simply layered some patterned paper and stamped directly on a coordinating piece of patterned paper before I die cut.

The Craft's Meow March Guest Designer is Stacey Schafer and can't wait to see what she has to share using these gorgeous new sets!!

   

Two stamp sets will be given away to some
lucky commenters from the TCM blog.
Deadline to leave comments each evening is 8 pm PST. 
 Lisa will randomly draw and announce during the next day's post.

Next stop on the hop is Jennifer... 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

The Craft's Meow: Birthday Pun

 It's The Craft's Meow 2nd Birthday!! Today starts the previews for four new stamp sets soon to be available through The Craft's Meow on March 21.  All the designers' projects can be seen over on TCM's company blog along with their links for more details, so be sure to check them out.

Today we are featuring Karen Baker's new set, Birthday Pun.  This set is so adorable and FULL of possibilities...

 I used the Happy Birthday sentiment to create a background along the top and paired it with some MME patterned paper.

This second card I have to share today is more CAS:

LOVE these cows and the "Herd You Were Having a Birthday" is so witty!

I'll be back tomorrow with another card from The Craft's Meow March stamp set release!  This is such a great release - and had so much fun playing with all of the new sets!

The Craft's Meow March Guest Designer is Stacey Schafer and can't wait to see what she has to share using these gorgeous new sets!!

   

Two stamp sets will be given away to some
lucky commenters from the TCM blog.
Deadline to leave comments each evening is 8 pm PST. 
 Lisa will randomly draw and announce during the next day's post.

Next stop on the hop is Jennifer... 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

SNSS: Flower Blocks 1

Welcome to Day #4 of your March Release
Features!   
Today's featured set is... 
Flower Blocks 1
 
This gorgeous set of large flower block images is a dream to color.  You'll love adorning your Spring cards with these lovely images and sentiments.

• Set includes 4 images and 4 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 6"x8"
• Images measure approximately 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Illustrated by Korin Sutherland
• Set is priced at $26

Here is my project today:

 I stamped the image twice using Versafine Oynx Black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I have become a HUGE fan of Dylusions sprays and since I am not the best color-er...I chose to spray my ink ;)  I used Dylusions Lemon Zest and Bubblegum Pink spray ink, fussy cut the flower, and paper pieced it.  Then simply added some scoring to the card base and layered on a die cut. Easy peasy...

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this fantastic stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,