The Craft's Meow is Sponsoring the March Sketch for You to Try!!!

Happy Saturday! Are you perhaps casting about for some card-making inspiration? Then you'll be happy to hear that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring the March Sketch for You to Try!!! Why not hop on over there, print out the sketch and enter? I'd love to see what you create! Let me know if you do so that I can check it out! You have one month to play...

Don't forget our very special blog hop going on now. Just scroll down to the next post for all the deets. The hop is so worth the time... my designers have, once again, knocked it out of the ballpark!

Have a great weekend!

A Third Peek and News!

Happy Valentine's Day!!! I have lots of things to share today, so here goes!

First up, another fabulous stamp set by Kaitlyn Ord for The Craft's Meow. Don't worry... we've got your number! ;)

Next, we are very pleased to announce that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring the Ribbon Carousel Challenge and it's a sketch challenge!

The prize up for grabs is an in-stock TCM stamp set of your choice! Lots of fun and a chance to win, so let's go!!!

Speaking of winning prizes, there are still some Grab Boxes left and a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to spend in the TCM store!!!

As a reminder, the boxes are $19 apiece and the contents are well below retail price. The boxes contain products from

My Mind's Eye

Echo Park

Pink Paislee

Graphic 45

Crate Paper

Maya Road

Ranger/Tim Holtz

LaBlanche

Bazzil

plus ribbon, flowers and buttons. Some even have additional surprises tucked inside!!!

Note: not all boxes will have something from each of these companies/categories. If you purchase more than one box, I'll make sure you get boxes that are as different from each other as possible.

Also, I've been having problems with the shipping calculator in the store for International orders. I've made some adjustments to the settings, which has helped, but is certainly not perfect. I don't know why, but the system over-estimates International shipping costs almost all of the time. But I do refund overpayment of shipping! If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com.

Here is what a few our satisfied customers have said about the Grab Boxes:

I'm gonna do the happy dance all afternoon!! I ordered 2 grab boxes and it arrived about half an hour ago! Can't wait to play with all my new goodies! -Madeleen

 My box arrived today and it's awesome!!- Laurie

Just opened my Grab Boxes......O-M-G-!!!!! It is awesome!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! - Corine

And finally, drumroll please, the winner of an in-stock TCM stamp set of choice drawn from all our Facebook fans is...

Cheryl McPherson Reynolds!!!

Congratulations Cheryl!!! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com with your stamp set choice and mailing address and I'll get your prize right out to you! 

Whew, that's a lotta news! I'll close now with a wish that you all have a very Happy Valentine's Day! Be sure to come back tomorrow for our final sneak peek of the February release before previews start on Thursday!

TCM is Sponsoring CAS-ual Fridays!

Hello dear friends! I'm popping in to let you know of a terrific opportunity to win a TCM stamp set of choice... by playing in this week's challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays!!!

The challenge is Clean and Simple Paper Piecing. I love paper piecing, do you? If so, then please join us! And be sure to check out all the amazing creations by the CAS-ual Fridays design team... all I can say is WOW!!!

Take a look at the card Nina Brackett made for this challenge featuring Fun{tache}tic!

We start sneak peeks of the February release on Sunday, so please stay tuned!!!!!

Have a great day!

Sponsored Challenge - Card Patterns!

Hello friends! I'm popping in today to let you know that The Craft's Meow is proudly sponsoring Card Patterns Sketch Challenge #143. The prize is a TCM stamp set of choice!!! Please be sure to join us! You will definitely be inspired by the samples created by the Card Patterns design team and some of my own designers... SWOON!

Have a wonderful day!

Sponsored Challenges... Let's Win Some TCM Stamps!

Hi everyone! I'm popping in to let you know that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring Challenge #77 over at Wee Memories!!! The challenge is to use woodland animals on your card/project, and the prize is a TCM stamp set of choice!!! There's still plenty of time to play... the contest goes until December 2nd at 11:59 pm Pacific. Be sure to pop over to the Wee Memories blog to see the FABULOUS samples created by the design team, like this one by Vera Yates, featuring Happy Hoo-lidays:

And don't forget about our very own sketch challenge which goes until December 14th at 9:00 pm Pacific... plenty of time to show your TCM stamps some love and play for a chance to win a TCM stamp set of choice! For inspiration, behold this beauty created by our very own Lynn Miller:

 

I'll be back soon with news of our holiday sale, so please stay tuned!

TCM is Sponsoring the Lily Pad Cards Sketch Challenge!

TGIF!!! Except how did it get to be less than a week from Thanksgiving (here in the US)???? Yikes!!!

Hey, I have an idea... why not play in a challenge for a chance to win a TCM stamp set of choice?! Lily Pad Cards has a great one!

Here's the sketch (edited to add: I'm sorry that the original post showed the wrong sketch...doh!):

Nice, eh? And here are some cards made by a few of my fabulous design team ladies:

Julie Ranae

featuring The Merry Best

Lindsay Amrhein

featuring Vintage Snowflakes

(due back in stock next week!)

and Vintage Ornaments

Lynn Miller

featuring The Merry Best

We can't wait to see what you create! Enjoy!

The Craft's Meow is Sponsoring the Do You Stack Up Challenge!!!

Hi all! I'm just popping in to let you know that The Craft's Meow is proud to sponsor this week's challenge at Do You Stack Up!!! The challenge is to use the color Teal in your card. TCM is offering a stamp set of choice to one lucky winner... will it be you???

Have a great day, my friends!

Are You Up for a Challenge?

If you are, then I've got a couple of fun ones for you!

I'm VERY excited to be sponsoring The Pink Elephant Challenge this week!!! I was once a TPE girl and had a blast working with LORi and Sheri and all the rest of their amazing designers. The challenge is to make a vintage card/project. Wait until you see what the TPE girls have created with TCM stamps! Please be sure to stop by and show them some love... and then join the challenge! The prize up for grabs is a TCM stamp set of your choice!!!!

Also, don't forget, our very own monthly card sketch challenge is open until September 30th! Here's a card created by Amy Tsuruta featuring the fabulous new Fun{tache}tic stamp set to whet your appetite...

I keep falling more and more in love with this whimsical and unique stamp set!

Once again, the prize up for grabs is a TCM stamp set of your choice, which will include the FIVE stamp sets being released October 1st. Oh yes, that's right... there will be FIVE fabulous new fall/autumn-themed stamp sets released on October 1st. Previews start September 26th!

Lots of new things will be happening soon here at The Craft's Meow, including the release of  a GORGEOUS card kit by Ivana Camdzic, so please stay tuned!!!!

Sponsored Challenges!

Hi everyone! Where have I been? The time is just flying by... but I suppose that's the norm for this time of year, especially for those of you whose kids have already gone back to school... or (like mine) will soon start. Summer is not my favorite season... I get sluggy when the weather is hot... but it sure has gone by quickly. Before we know it, the gorgeous fall weather will be here and that's when I'll truly start coming alive again! lol

Anyway, I want to let you know about a couple of challenges that TCM is sponsoring right now... they've been in progress since August 5th, but there's still time to play!

First, is the always fabulous Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge!! 

You can still play for a chance to win a TCM stamp set of choice, but you must hurry... the challenge ends Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST. If nothing else, be sure to stop by the Embellish Blog to see all the wonderful eye candy, especially this mini-album created by Ashley Cannon Newell featuring Life is a Carnival. Yowser!!!

Another fabulous challenge is over at Flashback Friday!!!

The challenge is to show your first gift card holder! I had to dig around in the recesses of my personal blog to find my own, but what a fun trip down memory lane it was! I haven't made many gift card holders, but the oldest one I found on my blog was this one, made in April 2008:

LOL! What a hoot! Not only have my coloring skills improved over the past few years, but so has my photography!

You should play, too, for a chance to win Baggin' Some Rays!! There's still plenty of time... this contest ends Friday, August 26th at 11:59 pm PST. Can't wait to take a trip down memory lane with you!

Okay, that's it for now. I'll be back soon! Take care, and have a wonderful day!

Sponsored Challenges: Embellish Magazine, Lily Pad Cards, and Simply Scrapping Crafts

I'm a bit behind in posting this due to my recent trip to CHA. Seems I never get enough done before a trip, and then it's always a scramble to catch up after being gone. ;) It was a lot of fun, though... I learned new things, met up with some wonderful people, saw many fabulous new products, and have lots of ideas and plans for The Craft's Meow. Now, to roll up my sleeves and get to them! lol

In the meantime, I want to let you know that TCM is sponsoring a few challenges right now that I know you'll want to play in!

The first is a sketch challenge that started on Wednesday, July 20th over at Simply Scrapping Crafts! We are sponsoring the entire month's challenges over there.

The second just started on Friday, July 22nd at Embellish Magazine. It's a patterned paper color trends challenge that will rock your world... along with the design team samples!

The third, but not least, which also began on Friday, July 22nd, is a Lily Pad Cards sketch challenge!

The winners of each of these challenges will win a TCM stamp set of choice!!! I hope you'll jump in and play! And do stop by to see the fabulous cards created by the design teams using TCM stamps... you will love them!!!

Sponsored Challenges!

Please bear with me... I don't mean to bombard you with too many posts all at once, but I want to alert you to some wonderful challenges The Craft's Meow is currently sponsoring.

One is The Play Date Cafe! The color story this week is gorgeous!

To inspire you, take a look at these beauties:

by Amy Tsuruta

by Julie Ranae

by Lynn Miller

by Nadia Cannizzo

We're also sponsoring the weekly challenges this month at Simply Scrapping Crafts! There's a new challenge each week, beginning this week with EMBOSSING... heat, dry or resist.

Come along and play for chances to win TCM stamps!

Another Fabulous Challenge!

I'm super thrilled to announce that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring this week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!!! They have a wonderful sketch to play with designed by the one and only Laura Davis!

I hope y'all will play in this challenge... there's another chance to win the fabulous Celebrating You stamp set by Nina B Designs for The Craft's Meow released on June 1st. Yay!

Have a wonderful day, my friends!!!

CASE Study Challenge!

Happy Thursday! I'm popping in for a moment to let you know that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring this week's CASE Study Challenge #42!! The guest muse this month is the wonderful Jill Foster, who has provided this gorgeous card as the one to CASE for Challenge #42.

There's a chance to win the Celebrating You stamp set that was just released yesterday here at TCM!

Be sure to pop over to the CASE Study Challenge blog for all the deets on how to enter to win, and to see the fabby cards created by the CASE Study Design Team using stamps by... ta da...The Craft's Meow! Enjoy!

Let's Play Some More!

Hi all! Are you ready to start seeing some snippets of what's to come on May 1st? Are ya? Well, you don't have to wait much longer! Snippets begin tonight at midnight Pacific and previews start on the 28th!

In the meantime, I'm popping in to let you know that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring Sketches By Carly!!!

Carly is one of my dear friend Kristine Breach's sweet daughters and she takes after her mom when it comes to crafting! She designs the CUTEST sketches, and this one is no exception. Even the sketch itself is a work of art!

You have until May 5th to play for a chance to win a Little Frieda stamp of choice!

Oh, before I go... I've added a few more gorgeous LaBlanche stamps to the store. You'll find them on the front page. If you  missed it the first time, click HERE to see a video showcasing these fabulous stamps! Enjoy!

Let's Play!

Hi All! Happy Saturday! I'm popping in to let you all know that The Craft's Meow is sponsoring this week's sketch challenge at Card Patterns! The prize up for grabs is a set of all three of the current Little Frieda stamps!!! I hope you'll play along!

Here's the sketch created by our very own Nina Brackett!

Check out this gorgeous card Nina created featuring Little Frieda's Daisy!

And here's a quick one I colored up featuring Little Frieda & Lulu - Mischief. I used colors similar to the ones Veronica used to color the TCM blog and store banners. :)

Be sure to stop by the Card Patterns blog to see all the wonderful cards created by their fabulous Design Team!

Oh, and don't forget... for every 100 Fans on our Facebook Page by April 30th, I'll be giving away a set of the FOUR stamp sets designed by Nina that are being released on May 1st! Just click on the Facebook Badge to the right or HERE to get to our Facebook page!

Thanks so much! Have a great day!!!!