Celebrate Today

Hello! It's Sharri here with you today.Thanks so much for stopping by!

The card I am sharing today is one I made for the last day of the April non-release festivities. I was not able to participate in the festivities on the 21st as my daughter went into labor that Friday night and I did not have chance to get to a computer to finish my post in time so I saved it to share with you today :^)

I used 3 stamp sets on my card, Beautiful Spring, Timeless Tags and Good Times. 

I stamped 4 butterflies from the Beautiful Spring set with versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I sponges yellow and different shades of orange ink on the butterflies wings and brown on the body before cutting them out.  

I adhered 2 of the butterflies to the middle panel of the card. I layer the other 2 butterflies on top but only added adhesive to the bodies and folded the wings up to create the illusion of fluttering wings. It also added dimension to the card. 

The sentiment is from Good Times and I stamped it inside the one of the tags from the Timeless Tags set. I cut it out with the corresponding Spellbinders Grommet Tag die.
The pattern papers are from My Minds Eye The Sweetest Thing Collection called Tangerine.

Here is a look at the sets I used:

Beautiful Spring

Timeless Tags

Good Times

Thank you visiting and enjoy your day!

Hello

Hi, Clare here with a card today! I used one of my favorite flower sets Happiness Is and a beautiful sentiment set Sweet Sentiments.

I stamped the gorgeous flower from Happiness Is three times onto some patterned paper from Introspection by Prima Marketing and I added some shading with Distress Markers. I cut out different sections from each layer and used dimensional glue to layer them.

The leaves I also stamped onto patterned paper from Introspection by Prima Marketing. I embossed the top half of the card using the In Stitches embossing folder and inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The sentiment is from the sentiment set Sweet Sentiments, I really love the gorgeous fonts used for these sentiments! Have a lovely day! Here are the sets I used on my card today!

Happiness Is

Sweet Sentiments

Just For You- A Pillowbox

Hello!  Lindsay with you today, thanks so much for joining me!  I have a fun little project that uses an older set, Simply Delightful.  I chose to showcase the lovely large medallion, as well as the lovely sentiment that is perfect for gift giving.

To begin, I adhered a doily to my clear pillow box, followed by some lovely aqua ribbon.  Next, I stamped and embossed the large medallion image and punched it out with a circle punch, adhering it to the front with a good amount of adhesive.

Lastly, I took a bit of burgundy cardstock, and heat embossed the Just For You sentiment with white embossing powder.

I hope you've enjoyed today's project.  Thank you so much for stopping by!

$50 Shopping Spree Winner & Great Deals!

Did you remember that you can get

this set for just $12 ...

Sweet Silhouettes

And look what you can get FREE w/$50 purchase...

Sweet Sentiments

We have been so busy getting ready for some

pretty fabulous things around here

(as you know if you participated in our recent event)

that we nearly let announcing our next winner

slip right by!

If you celebrated with us during our

'Non-Release' Festivities

You know someone is going to get the news

of winning a $50 Shopping Spree with TCM!

We are happy to share the winner of the

$50 SHOPPING SPREE

Lisa's Creative Niche

is the winner drawn from the comments

left on our participating designer's blogs,

specifically Jen Cutherbertson's blog.

We need our winner to contact us by email

at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com

and we'll make sure you receive your gift code.

Congratulations to our winner and we

THANK ALL OF YOU 

for your continued support!

Make sure you stop by each day for amazing inspiration

from our designers.  TCM stamps are a blast to create with

and you'll find lots of ideas here at TCM!

 

Inspired by Pinterest

Hi everyone!  Lin here today with a card I made inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  Before I stamped and made cards, I was a quilter, and so when I saw this adorable tea towel at Nana Company, it brought back those memories.  The quilt pattern is called Grandmother's Flower Garden.

So I pulled out several TCM stamp sets and made this card today:

I used papers from Simple Stories Vintage Bliss, some dotty grosgrain ribbon, a flower button,  and these stamp sets:

Thanks Bee to Thee

Lark Additions

Hope Blooms

I hope I've inspired you to use bits and pieces of your TCM stamps to make your own designs.  Thanks for visiting!

Non-Release Blog Hop and Last Day of Sale!

Hello, friends! Our normal release day is finally here, and although we aren't having a typical release this month, we now have a new free gift with $50 purchase for you! It's called Sweet Sentiments and was showcased on our blog yesterday, in case you missed it.

Sweet Sentiments

by Nina B Designs

4 x 4

Free Gift With $50 Purchase

You can now purchase last month's free gift, Sweet Silhouettes!

Sweet Silhouettes

by Nina B Designs

4 x 4

$12

Note that the silhouettes in Sweet Silhouettes fit inside the frame in Sweet Sentiments, and that both frames are compatible with Spellbinders Labels 10.

To recap, we've been celebrating our normal release day (and TCM month-a-versary)...which is the 21st of each month...with a HUGE sale! Today is the final day of the sale. Until 11:59 pm Pacific tonight, you can take 21% off of your order by entering the code April21 at checkout! We don't normally have sales, especially sales of this size, so now's your chance! 

Orders totaling $50 or more net of the discount will receive Sweet Sentiments as a free gift. As always, orders totaling $65 or more receive free shipping in the US (discounted shipping for International customers). 

We will be back in May with our next new release! In the meantime, lots of goodness is yet to be seen on today's blog hop. We are a small hop this month... several of our designers are out due to illness or personal matters. We'll see them back next month! In the meantime, I think you'll enjoy what we have in store! The ladies played with this sketch:

The hop begins on Clare's blog and links from there. However, all the links are shown below in case there's a break along the way. 

Clare Buswell

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

Jennie Harper

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Lin Brandyberry

Nina Brackett

Now, for the BEST part! You have a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store! All you have to do is take the hop and leave comments along the way. We'll randomly select a winner from all comments left on one of the blog posts... which one is a secret. There's plenty of time... the contest runs until 8:00 pm Pacific on Tuesday, April 23rd. We'll announce the winner on Wednesday. Good luck!

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate from all comments left on yesterday's post is...

Kailash!!!

Congratulations Kailash! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com so that I can give you your gift code. Enjoy! 

Thank you so much for joining us during our non-release festivities! We know you have lots of choices about where to spend your paper crafting dollars, and we are so appreciative that you choose us. Have a great day!  

Day 4 of Our Non-Release Festivities and Sale!

Hello, friends! We're back for the 4th day of our non-release festivities, except today we have a twist! The stamp set being featured today is actually a new release, but it won't be available for purchase right away. It will become our new free gift with $50 purchase starting tomorrow!

Our HUGE sale continues, but you only have today and tomorrow to save 21% on your entire order! Just enter the code April21 at checkout to receive your discount. If you order reaches $50 or more net of the discount, you will also receive a free gift with purchase! Since you only have today and tomorrow to take advantage of our sale, to help you decide if you want to go for the current free gift with purchase, Sweet Silhouettes, or wait until tomorrow for Sweet Sentiments, I'm showing you both here!

Sweet Silhouettes

free gift with $50 purchase through April 20th

$12 for purchase starting April 21st

Sweet Sentiments

free gift with $50 purchase starting April 21st

Note that the silhouettes in Sweet Silhouettes fit the frame in Sweet Sentiments, and the frame is compatible with Spellbinders Labels 10.

Take a look at what our fabulous designers have created with this new set (many in combination with Sweet Silhouettes)!

Clare Buswell

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

Jennie Harper

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Lin Brandyberry

Nina Brackett

Sharri Seffens

Swoon!!!

Once again, we have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store to give away to one lucky person who makes the rounds and leaves a comment on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight! The winner will be announced in tomorrow's post. 

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate from all comments left on yesterday's post is...

Teresa Godines!!!

Congratulations Teresa! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com so that I can give you your gift code. Enjoy!

Thank you so much for hanging with us this week during our non-release festivities! Tomorrow is the final day, and we're hosting a blog hop with a chance for a HUGE prize... a $50 Gift Certificate to spend at The Craft's Meow!!! I hope you'll join us for the fun! 

Day 3 of our Non-Release Festivities and Sale!

Welcome back for Day 3 of our non-release festivities! In case you've missed all the fun so far, be sure to scroll down to the last two posts.

Our HUGE sale continues! From now through Sunday, April 21st, take 21% off of your entire order, including already low sale prices on retiring stamp sets, by entering the code April21 at checkout! If your order net of the discount exceeds $50, then place in your cart this month's free gift with purchase, Sweet Silhouettes! As always, orders of $65 or more receive free shipping within the US (discounted shipping for our International customers).

Today we're featuring Father's Day or Masculine cards! Once again, a feast for the eyes awaits you...

Clare Buswell
featuring Vintage Clocks and Sweet Silhouettes

Deborah Nolan
featuring Birthday Pun

Gayatri Murali
featuring Vintage Clocks

Jennie Harper
featuring Geometric Foundations

Jessica Fick
featuring Vintage Clocks

Lin Brandyberry
featuring Geometric Foundations and Birthday Pun

Nina Brackett
featuring Sweet Silhouettes

Sharri Seffens
featuring Fun{tache}tic

Once again, we have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store for one lucky person who makes the rounds and leaves a comment here on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight! The winner will be announced in tomorrow's post. Good luck!

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate, randomly drawn from all comments left on yesterday's post, is...

Emily Keaton!!!

Congratulations Emily! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com to receive your gift code. Enjoy!

Tomorrow, we'll be showcasing our one new stamp set for the month, Sweet Sentiments, which will be our new free gift with purchase starting on Sunday. I hope you'll join us!