Craft's Meow Blog Hop - April Release is Here!

Wow! It's finally here - the April release for the Craft's Meow! I know we have been teasing you all week long showing you snippets of these great stamp sets, but the time is here to finally share everything with you! And the best part, you can now buy them at the Craft's Meow Store! Remember, the adorable Giddy Up set is yours free with a $50 purchase.

Now, onto today!  You should have arrived from the very talented Jessica Fick's blog. But, if you just happened by here, you will want to start back at the Craft's Meow Blog  This hop is sure to inspire you with fabulous projects...and of course prizes! How would you like to win the entire release?!!! All six sets of stamps!!! I knew that would grab your attention.    In order to be in for the winning, please leave a comment on each of the participating blogs. One random commenter will be chosen. You will have until Monday, April 23rd, 9:00 pm (PDT) to enter.

Blogger has been causing problems for some of our
designers all week long so you may come across a few
of our designer's blogs that do not appear updated
with today's blog hop post.
If that happens, please refer to the hop order at the end of
my post or on The Craft's Meow Store Blog to continue on, but make sure you plan to check back
on the other blogs because you'll need to leave a comment
on each blog in order to win our BIG PRIZE!

I combined three of the sets from this release for my vintage card.  I love how the retro styled plane looked perfect for a romantic card.

Stamps: The Craft's Meow Vintage Rides, Inspired By Audrey and Travel Time

Patterned Papers: Webster's Pages

Cheery Lynn Designs Die

Fiskars Punch

Prima Flowers

Want2Scrap Pearls

Now, it's time to hop on to Julie Ranae's blog, where I know she will have something amazing to share with you, but be sure to leave some love before you go!  If you get lost along the way, the full hop is listed below.  Thanks for joining me, and thanks to The Craft's Meow for giving me the priviledge to be their guest designer this month! It has been a wonderful experience!

The Craft's Meow Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Wanford
Ivana Camdzic
Geri Freeman
Iwona Palamountain
Jackie Rockwell
Jean Martin
Jen Cuthbertson
Jenny Suchin
Jessica Fick
Gini Cagle
Julie Ranae

Karen Baker
Lindsay Amrhein
Michelle Bertuzzi

Nina Brackett

Giddy Up! The Craft's Meow Preview Day 4

Today is the last day of previews for April's  Craft's Meow Stamp Release!   Tomorrow will be the big day - the day you can see the full sets, and better yet, buy them! We will also have a fun blog hop, where you will be able to win the entire release!  In the mean time, to see a little more of the stamps in action, be sure to check out the rest of the team's awesome projects.  Also, if you want a chance to win one of these sets, be sure to leave a comment on the Craft's Meow Store blog by 9:00pm PST each night of the preview.






 

 Today's set is called Giddy Up - and you are going to love it. And the crazy, fantastic thing about this set, is that it can be yours for FREE with a $50 purchase. Doesn't that sound like a great excuse to do a little shopping at the Craft's Meow?

The Craft's Meow Giddy Up Stamp Set

Graphic 45 patterned Papers

Spellbinders Die

Clearsnap Ink

May Arts Ribbon

I used the sketch from Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday - she always has lovely sketches!

Can't wait to have you hop along with us tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Pretty in Purple

I have a pretty simple card to share with you today - but I just wanted to show how pretty die-cuts looks with metallic paper. I used one of the dies form the Persian Motifs and cut it from Kanban Crafts metallic paper in purple. The sentiment was framed using a die from the Nested Pennants set. 

Spellbinders Persian Motifs

Spellbinders Nested Pennants

Kanban Crafts Stamp, Metallic Paper, Patterned Paper

Want2Scrap pearls

Wow Embossing Powder Suzy West Presidio Purple

The Craft's Meow April Preview - Day Three

Welcome to the third day of previews for the Craft's Meow Stamp Release! Aren't you having fun seeing all of these new must-have sets?  I've really enjoyed being the  guest designer this month, and it has been so fun creating with these stamps! We are going to be sharing sneak peeks with you until Friday, and then Saturday, we will wrap everything up with a blog hop, complete with prizes! I can't

show you the full stamp sets until Saturday...so if you want to see more, you may want to check out the projects on the design team's blogs! Also, if you want a chance to win one of these sets, be sure to leave a comment on the Craft's Meow Store blog by 9:00pm PST each night of the preview.

We've got two sets that we are creating with today - the first is Vintage Rides. This is such a fun set - and I know you will be so excited to see the whole thing on Saturday!

Now, my card really isn't giving any more clues to the rest of the set, but if you hop around to the Design Team blogs, you might catch a few more glimpses.

The Craft's Meow Vintage Rides Stamp Set

Cosmo Cricket patterned Papers

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Copic Sketch Markers

Spellbinders Die

The Twinery Baker's Twine

May Arts Ribbon

Challenges:

Card Patterns: sketch

Next up on the agenda is Owl Journaling.  Oh my goodness, you are going to need this set in your collection!

To me, this little owl just had to be paper pieced! Don't you agree? And the banners were really fun to put together too.

The Craft's Meow Owl Journaling Stamp SetOctober Afternoon Patterned PapersEpiphany Crafts Bubble CapsThe Twinery Baker's Twine Challenges:CPS - sketch

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the last preview!

Thanks for stopping by!

Scor-pal / Market Street Stamps Birdhouse Card Tutorial

Birdhouse Card Featuring Scor-Pal and Market Street Stamps by Gini Cagle

Scor-pal has teamed up with Market Street Stamps this week to bring you some really fun projects.  For complete details on how to make this 3-d birdhouse card, please go to the Scor-pal blog for my complete tutorial.

Thanks!

 

                                            

 The Cheep Talk Stamp from Market Street Stamps was paper pieced using American Crafts papers from the Garden Cafe collection.

The Craft's Meow Preview Day Two

Welcome to the second day of   previews for the Craft's Meow Stamp Release!   As I told you yesterday, I was  asked to be a guest designer  this month, and it has been so fun creating with these stamps!  We are going to be sharing sneak peeks with you until Friday, and then Saturday, we will wrap everything up with a blog hop, complete with prizes! I can't

show you the full stamp sets until Saturday...so if you want to see more, you may want to check out the projects on the design team's blogs! Also, if you want a chance to win one of these sets, be sure to leave a comment on the Craft's Meow Store blog by 9:00pm PST each night of the preview.

 Today, we are showing projects made with the Inspired by Audrey stamp set.  As you might guess, this is a set full of timeless elegance.

Don't you just love this quote? I can think of so many times a sentiment like this could really be what someone needs to give them a little extra encouragement.

The Craft's Meow Inspired By Audrey Stamp Set

Kaisercraft patterned Papers

Wow Embossing Powders

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

May Arts Ribbon

 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see more new releases!

Thanks for stopping by!

The Craft's Meow Guest Designer Preview Day One

Welcome to the first day of previews for the Craft's Meow Stamp Release!  I am thrilled to be guest designing for them this month, and have lots of goodies to show you this week! I can't  

share with you the entire stamp sets until Saturday...so if you want to see more, you may want to check out the projects on the design team's blogs!  Also, if you want a chance to win one of these sets, be sure to leave a comment on the Craft's Meow Store blog by 9:00pm PST each night of the preview.

  The first stamp set that is being previewed today is Nature's Beauty.

   I bet I've got your attention now,  huh?  This is a gorgeous set that just makes me smile!   

Craft's Meow Nature's Beauty Stamp Set

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

DCWV Coral Couture Paper

The Twinery Baker's Twine

Wow Embossing Powder

Next up, is a glimpse from the Travel Time Set.  This is such an adorable set, that I'm sure I will use over and over again!

Craft's Meow Travel Time Stamp Set

Simple Stories Patterned Paper

Wow Embossing Powder

This party is going on all week long! We will have previews through Friday, and then Saturday, we will show off all of the new sets in their entirety with a blog hop, where you could win every stamp in this release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sail With Me

I hope you had a fantastic weekend! I've got a layout to share with you this morning using more of my favorite Cheery Lynn Designs Dies and Wow Embossing Powders. The panels backing my picture are made using the Horizon Coved Rectangle Reflection die.  I love how many sizes of cuts you can get from this series.

The large cream flowers were created with a combination of the Stacker Flowers #4 and  #5. The blue roses were made using the Medium Rose die - these are the fastest roses to make! With one pass of the die in your machine, you cut 6 flower shapes that already have a hole for your brad. They couldn't get any easier or look any prettier! The roses were perfect along the magnificent Mega Fanciful Flourish.  I use my original Fanciful Flourish all of the time, and now I am thrilled to have this large size for all of my layouts.   I finished off my flower clusters with lots of greenery.

The chipboard accent to the right of my picture is from Twiddleybitz and is a two part design.  I love the look of embossing on detailed chipboard.  On the bottom piece, I covered it with Wow Embossing Powder Copper Regular.  After it was heat-set, I stamped script from the Call Me Stamp set using Archival Ink.  The top piece was embossed with the Suzy West Cotton Candy powder, and then was spritzed with Goosebumps, and added some Opaque White Regular to give the appearance of splashing waves.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies:
Horizon Coved Rectangle Reflections Die

Mega Fanciful Flourish

Stacker Flower #4

Stacker Flower #5

Pair of Ferns

Medium Rose

Judy's Blooms

Wow Embossing Powders:

Suzy West Cotton Candy

Metallic Copper Regular
Opaque White Regular

Call Me Clear Stamp Set

Patterned Papers:

Kaisercraft

Chipboard:

Twiddleybitz

Cardstock:

Worldwin Papers

Epiphany Crafts Epoxies and Charms

Challenges:

Kaisercraft April Sketch #1

Twiddleybitz April Colour Challenge

Simon Says: April Showers Bring May Flowers

The Music of Spring

This weekend, I has such a relaxing time  playing in my studio, and I hope that you will enjoy my projects that I have to share with you. My husband is a music teacher, so I am always on the lookout for beautiful musical themed stamps and papers.  This was going to be a card, but I ended up loving it so much that I'm going to get a small shadow box and frame it for him to use in his classroom.

This project has a ton of layers - so I'll start on the bottom layer and just work my way up.  The blue background cardstock was embossed using Spellbinder's Mystic M-Bossabilities folder. Then I used Distress Ink to add color to the raised areas.

The background paper was made using just plain white cardstock and JustRite's Shabby Music Background Stamp. I embossed it using Wow Cotton Candy Embossing Powder, and then inked over it using various shades of brown Distress Ink. I distressed the edges, and then used Distress Stain along the edge.  I find that the stain really soaks into the rough edges of the paper, giving it a bolder look than the ink.

I added a Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles cut from metallic gold Kanban Crafts paper.  Although this was a sold rectangle, I wanted it to be a frame, so I used the small rectangle from an old Spellbinders set ( Polka Dot Frame) to cut away the center.

The next medallion was stamped from the Musical Notes Labels Twenty set, and embossed using the Wow Ultra High Gold embossing powder. Then, it was cut out using the Labels Twenty die.  Two rounds of Want2Scraps Nestabling were added. (I love how all of these product coordinate together!)  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and was embossed using the Cotton Candy embossing powder.  Everything had a little Distress Ink added to it.

I made this litte bird's nest using linen twine and Helmar's Fabric Stiffener and Draping Liquid.  The eggs were made using a little bit of Creative Paperclay. The bird was stamped from the Musical Notes Labels Twenty set, and colored with Copics.  I fussy cut him out, and added just a touch of Stickles on his outer feathers.

The long flower borders at the top and bottom were stamped from the Friendship Blooms set, again using the Ultra High Gold powder.  I painted over the embossed image  with Creative Inspirations Paint in Sea Foam.  I then just used a damp paper towel to remove the paint from the embossed areas.  This same technique was used to color the stamped flower at the upper right corner.  I cut into each flower to form petals and shaped them using the McGill Paper Blossoms Craft Molding Mat and tools.  The seam binding bow  behind the flower was distessed by first tying the ribbon, and then spritzing it with Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadows Ink Spray in Buccaneer Bay Blue.

JustRite Stamps Shabby Music Background

JustRite Stamps Musical Notes Labels Twenty

JustRite Stamps Friendship Blooms

Spellbinders M-Bossablities Folder - Mystic

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Spellbinders Polka Dot Frame

Spellbinders Labels 20

Want2Scrap Nest-a-bling Labels 20

McGill Paper Blossoms Craft Molding Mat and Tools

Lindy's Stamp Gang Ink Spray

Ranger Distress Ink

Ranger Distress Stain

Copic Sketch Markers

Stickles

Wow Embossing Powders

Creative Inspirations Paint

WorldWin Papers Cardstock

Kanban Crafts Metallic Cardstock

Challenges:

JustRite: Pretty Papers