TCM September Release Blog Hop!

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Happy Friday! It’s time for the grand finale of release week at The Craft’s Meow! You should have arrived here from Jessica Fick‘s blog, but if you need to start from the beginning, the full list of participants can be found at The Craft’s Meow blog!

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Here’s my card! I combined images from “Good Times” (the embossed chevrons on purple card stock), “Vintage Clocks” (the stamped lacy border on the left), and “Fall with Fibi and Lilly” (the main kitty image, sentiment and candy corn).

Don’t forget to visit and comment on each blog on the hop for your chance to win all 6 new sets from TCM! The deadline to comment is 9:00 P.M. Pacific Time on Sunday, September 23rd.
This month’s free gift with a $50 purchase is the “Golden Days” set. All of the stamp sets are available for purchase at The Craft’s Meow!
I hope you enjoyed all of my creations this week! Before I go, I’d like to say THANK YOU to Lisa, Julie, and the rest of the Craft’s Meow team for the opportunity to join them for this month’s release. I’m so happy that things finally came together and I could share TCM’s September previews with you!
Your next stop on the hop is Elizabeta Kushner‘s blog!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

MFT October Guest Designer Contest

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Hello crafty friends! I’m back to share my card for My Favorite Things’ October Guest Designer Contest!
I used a sweet Pure Innocence stamp and matching sentiment from the “Hello Cupcake” set. The image is colored with Copic markers. I added a pattern to her dress with a white opaque marker.
I would have liked to have the Rounded Banner Die-Namics to create the shape that the main image is stamped on, but I tried my best to get it right with the supplies I had on hand!
Other supplies: patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket Early Bird, Echo Park Dots & Stripes), brads, sewing machine, card stock.
I’ve never had a giant cupcake like that one, but it looks tasty! It’s been a while since I baked up something yummy…I made pumpkin bread last week and I was lucky to get a piece or two before my husband finished off the rest!
Here’s the sketch that inspired my card:
For all the details on this contest, visit the My Favorite Things blog! You can also see the entries by visiting Splitcoast Stampers…just search the gallery using keyword MFTGUESTDT1012!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Craft’s Meow Preview Day 4!

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Greetings! I’m back for our fourth day of previews of this month’s stamp set release atThe Craft’s Meow! 


Today’s featured sets are:


“Golden Days,” September’s free gift with a $50 purchase! It’s an elegant seasonal set, perfect for making Fall and Thanksgiving cards!

and


“Good Times,” a set for all the Project Life fans out there…there are several banner/callout elements, some fun sentiments and a versatile chevron background stamp!

My first card features images and a sentiment from “Golden Days.” I created a custom background by stamping and heat embossing the leaves from the set over some marbled patterned paper. 


My first round of embossing was with clear powder; the second round was with gold detail powder. The frame for my sentiment is from the “Good Times” set.

other supplies: gold, clear and clear embossing powder, watermark ink, designer paper (Basic Grey Indian Summer), clear seam binding ribbon, cardstock.
If you’d like a chance to win these sets, all you have to do is leave a comment on The Craft’s Meow blog by 9PM Pacific Time tonight (September 20).

To see all of the beautiful creations that the super-talented TCM team created with these sets, please visit The Craft’s Meow blog!

I’ll be back tomorrow with the grand finale of release week, the blog hop!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

YNS #16: Anything Goes!

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Happy Thursday! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp! 

This week’s theme is the ever-popular “Anything Goes”!
I’ve been looking forward to Fall, so I thought I’d use “Acorn Fall Fun” on my card! (This stamp is 40% off right now in the Your Next Stamp Store!) The sentiment is one from my collection.



Our challenge guidelines now make it easier for everyone to play along and to have the chance to be our next YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!
Here’s the scoop:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc16)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer Tonya at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

The Craft’s Meow Previews: Day 3

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Greetings! I’m back for our third day of previews of this month’s stamp set release at The Craft’s Meow! 


Today’s featured sets are “Fall Blessings” and “Fall with Fibi and Lilly”…both of these super sweet sets are designed by Mabelle R-O. and are perfect for Fall and Halloween!

My first card features images and a sentiment from “Fall Blessings.” I stamped and colored a couple of the pumpkins and used foam tape to add dimension:


other supplies: card stock, patterned paper (Basic Grey Oxford), Spellbinders Labels 25, Copic markers, adhesive rhinestones, buttons, twine, foam tape, sewing machine, opaque clear marker, ink (Brilliance Graphite Black).
I originally made the first card without realizing that I didn’t make a card with the other set. So, last night, I made this card with “Fall with Fibi and Lilly.”

Since the first card had a bold look to it, I wanted to make a softer-themed card, so I stamped the main image on a parchment-looking paper with lighter ink, and used light colors of Copics to color it in. (I also used the leaf background stamp from the “Fall Blessings” set to create a little background.):


other supplies: brads, seam binding ribbon, patterned paper (Authentique), ink (SU Crumb Cake), foam tape.

If you’d like a chance to win these sets, all you have to do is leave a comment on The Craft’s Meow blog by 9PM Pacific Time tonight (September 19).

To see all of the beautiful creations that the super-talented TCM team created with this set, please visit The Craft’s Meow blog!

I’ll be back tomorrow with previews of TWO more new sets, one of which is the free gift that you’ll receive with a $50 purchase!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

retro sketches #29

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Hi there, crafty friends! Just popping up to share my card for this week’s retro sketches challenge (#29)!

I made this one Saturday night at a stamping get-together with my friend, Sparkle! It combines my love of “food with faces” and one of my favorite paper pads — “On the Sunny Side” by My Mind’s Eye!

other supplies: stamp set (“Wake Up” – Paper Smooches), Copic markers, ink (Brilliance Graphite Black), kraft card stock (PaperTrey Ink).
Here is the sketch that inspired my card:
This challenge runs until Friday, September 21 at 11:59 PM. For all the details, visit the retro sketches blog!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll be back in a little while with my “day 3” previews of this month’s releases at The Craft’s Meow!

The Craft’s Meow Preview #2: Lovely Ovals

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Greetings! I’m back with a new preview of the stamp sets being released in a few days at The Craft’s Meow! 


Today’s featured set is “Lovely Ovals,” a simply elegant and versatile set designed by Elizabeta Kushner!

“Lovely Ovals” works perfectly with the Spellbinders Classic Ovals sets. It includes five sentiments, three oval frames, three background element stamps and several decorative elements for so many creative possibilities!

I used one of the sentiments, one of the oval frames, and one of the background element stamps on my card:

Other supplies: brown seam binding ribbon, brads, rolled flower die, crocheted lace and ribbon trim, card stock, sewing machine, VersaMark watermark ink, SU! Chocolate Chip ink, card base.

If you’d like a chance to win this set, all you have to do is leave a comment on The Craft’s Meow blog by 9PM Pacific Time tonight (September 18).


To see all of the beautiful creations that the super-talented TCM team created with this set, please visit The Craft’s Meow blog!

I’ll be back tomorrow with previews of TWO new sets that are perfect for fall and Halloween! 
Thanks so much for stopping by!

The Craft’s Meow Preview #1: Vintage Clocks

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Greetings, crafty friends! Thanks for stopping by today to see what I’ve created for the first of several previews of this month’s releases at The Craft’s Meow!

I was scheduled to be TCM’s guest designer for August. Unfortunately, the release was delayed, so I’ll be joining the fabulously talented Craft’s Meow team for September instead! I promise, these sets are worth the wait…and I’m thrilled to share peeks of them with you!

The set we’re creating with today is the “Vintage Clocks” set! I know you’ll love creating with this set…not only are there some gorgeous illustrations, designed by the ever-fabulous NinaB., and some great sentiments as well!

Here’s my card:

Other supplies: paper (Basic Grey Clippings), Copic markers, gold glitter gel pen, ink (SU Chocolate Chip), buttons, twine, card base, sewing machine, foam tape, heart brad, Glossy Accents.
If you’d like a chance to win this set, all you have to do is leave a comment on The Craft’s Meow blog by 9PM Pacific Time tonight (September 17).
To see all of the beautiful creations that the super-talented TCM team created with this set, please visit The Craft’s Meow blog!
I’ll be back with another TCM preview tomorrow! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #42

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Happy Sunday, crafty friends! Hope you’re ready for a new Christmas Card Challenge! This week, we’re incorporating animal prints on our cards:
To be honest, this was a toughie for me…I don’t have any animal print paper, but I had an idea…what if I used paper that had animals printed on it?
I found this paper at a local scrapbook store; it’s from SEI’s “Silver Valley” collection.
Supplies: sentiment stamp (PaperTrey Ink), patterned paper (SEI Silver Valley; woodgrain – aMuse Studio), snowflake stamp (Stampin’ Up – Northern Hearts [retired set]), wood button, kraft card stock, VersaMark watermark ink, clear opaque embossing powder, brown seam binding ribbon, adhesive rhinestones, card base, corner rounder.

Although all of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on the CCC blog so we can stop by and leave you some lovely comments!

We also don’t require that you use Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps on your cards, but if you have them, we’d love to see you ink them up when you play along!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the wild and wonderful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie…and our guest designer, Natali!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a fabulous week and don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!

Drunken Stampers #97

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Happy Saturday, crafty pals! Today, I’m sharing my card for the new challenge at Drunken Stampers:

This week, we’d like for you to use washi or other decorative tape on your entry!
Here’s my card, featuring Unity Stamp Company’s “Talk Nerdy” set:
Supplies: patterned paper (notebook – My Mind’s Eye, Basic Grey Plumeria), ink (Brilliance Graphite Black), card stock (Stampin’ UP), purple polka dot washi tape (Queen & Co.), twine (Trendy Twine), Copic markers, card base, brads.

To celebrate the re-launch and re-design of the Drunken Stampers blog, we’re giving away some crafty goodies from “Spike’s Trunk”!

To be eligible for the prize, you must:

  • play in all the challenges for September (#95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
  • your card must be new, no back-links
  • your card can only be combined with a sketch challenge (which is not necessary) but no others
  • enter your card in the Linky Tools link on the Drunken Stampers blog for the appropriate week (all challenges are open for one week)
  • send us an email when you’ve completed all the challenges

To play along with us, all you need to do is link your project on the Drunken Stampers blog using the Linky Tool, and add your blog link, gallery link, etc. (for more info on how to participate please click How do I participate? tab)

Please add the link directly to your project (any generic blog links will be deleted from the list) andleave us a comment! (if Linky Tools isn’t working or just misbehavin’, just leave a comment with the link to your card) You have until Friday, September 21st at 11:59 PST to post your link for this challenge!

You can check out what the other members of Team Mojito (and maybe some members of Team Flirtini) have created for this challenge by visiting the Drunken Stampers blog!
Thanks for stopping by!