Introducing Christmas Angel & Hearth and Home!

Hello, friends! It's time for our October New Release festivities to begin! This month we are releasing SIX new stamp sets for your crafting pleasure, all with a Christmas theme!

We're also welcoming Gayatri Murali, Jen del Muro, Lin Brandyberry, Sharri Seffens and Veronica Zalis, along with our October guest designer Emily Keaton, to the TCM family!!!

Today we're previewing the latest gorgeous stamp set by Nina B Designs for The Craft's Meow, called Christmas Angel. The image and fonts in this set are beautiful and timeless. You will LOVE it!

Amy Wanford

 Elizabeta Kushner

Gayatri Murali

Iwona Palamountain

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Karen Baker

Lin Brandyberry

Lindsay Amrhein

Nina Brackett

Sharri Seffens

Veronica Zalis

Emily Keaton - Guest Designer

(also featuring Season's Greetings)

And if that's not enough, feast your eyes on Hearth and Home, the newest set by Elizabeta Kushner for The Craft's Meow! Such beautiful images and greetings to create with!

 Amy Wanford

Elizabeta Kushner

Gayatri Murali

Iwona Palamountain

Jean Martin

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Julie Ranae Murray

Karen Baker

Lin Brandyberry

Lindsay Amrhein

Nina Brackett

Sharri Seffens

Veronica Zalis

Emily Keaton - Guest Designer

I can't wait to play with these sets myself! I'm definitely making my Christmas cards this year! Are you????

For a chance to win Christmas Angel or Hearth and Home, leave a comment on this post by 9:00 pm Pacific tonight. We'll randomly draw for a winner of each set!

We'll be back tomorrow with more, so please stay tuned!

Another Sneak Peek... or Two or Three

I have another sneak peek (or three) for you today as we prepare for the launch of our October new release festivities starting tomorrow! Which one do you think is the new Free Gift With $50 purchase???

I hope you'll join us tomorrow as we begin previews of the SIX new stamp sets being released on Thursday, October 25th! See you soon!

A Sneak Peek at Our October Release!

Hello, friends! We're just a few days away from our October release festivities when we'll celebrate the release of SIX new stamp sets for your crafting pleasure, including a brand new free gift with $50 purchase! We're celebrating Christmas TCM style this month. I hope you'll join us!

To whet your appetite, here are peeks at three of the six sets being released on October 25th. Can you guess which illustrator designed which set???

I'll be back tomorrow with more peeks, so please stay tuned!

Please Welcome Our October Guest Designer!

Hello, friends! I'm popping in today to introduce you to our October Guest Designer, the fabulous Emily Keaton!!!

Emily Keaton

Hi, everybody! I'm Emily Keaton, and I'm just thrilled to be guest designing for The Craft's Meow this month!  My love affair with making things started when I was 5 years old. I distinctly remember attempting to make a pair of bedroom slippers for my mom for Christmas using paper and a bar of soap (somehow I got it into my head that wet soap would make good glue. I was wrong). Ever since, I’ve been attempting to make all kinds of useful things, primarily from fabric and paper, with varying degrees of success. I was first introduced to rubberstamping and the art of cardmaking in 2004, but my paper creativity really got a boost when I first discovered the stamping community of Splitcoaststampers in 2009. My blog, My Little Slice of Bliss, followed in July 2010. Two years of blogging already? My, how time flies!

Basically, I'm a simple gal. When I started off down the road on my extended papercrafting journey, I made a conscious decision to avoid investing in expensive tools and equipment. There just isn't money in our budget or space in our house for extras like these. So, no dies, embossing folders, die cutting machines, or Copics for me. You won’t see expensive embellishments on my projects and you’ll rarely see the latest papers. I do have some punches and rely on colored pencils or watercolor painting for coloring images, but otherwise I look for creative design solutions, make do with what I've got, or do without. I like raiding my sewing supplies (some of which are vintage supplies I inherited from my grandmother’s sewing basket) for embellishments, re-purposing “stuff” that drifts into my life, and keeping my eyes open for dollar store bargains that I can use on paper projects.

I share my papercrafting space with my best friend and husband of 19 years and our two children, ages 13 and 9. The highlight of our days is eating supper together every night, giving us a chance to catch up on our days and talk about how the world works. We enjoy having family movie nights, playing board and card games, reading together, camping, and taking road trips. I have a degree in mathematics and work as a freelance writer and editor for college math textbooks and ancillaries. I love the freedom and flexibility that working “for myself” gives me to manage our family life and maintain my sanity with creative pursuits.

We are so excited to have Emily join us this month! Please extend a warm TCM Welcome to her!

Sneak peeks of the October release start tomorrow. We'll see you then!

Hope You Can Cling To

Hello, friends! I'm here today to share with you a few cards created by members of our design team and stamp illustrators for Splitcoaststampers' Hope You Can Cling To campaign for breast cancer awareness and support. The Craft's Meow is a proud Pink Ribbon Sponsor for this important event!

Nina's adorable card features Fall Blessings

for Challenge #HYCCT1201B 

Jessica's cute Halloween card features Fall Blessings

and Fall Fibi & Lilly for Challenge #HYCCT1201A

Sharri's beautiful card features Stitched Flowers and

Ladies & Gents for Challenge #HYCCT1201C

Don't forget to link your HYCCT Challenge Card(s) featuring TCM stamps to our previous HYCCT post for a chance to win a TCM in-stock stamp set of choice!!!

Speaking of which, have you seen our Company Gallery over at Splitcoaststampers? We'd love for you to visit soon and upload your TCM cards/projects there (please use any of the keywords TCM, thecraftsmeow, or craftsmeow). Your card just might be featured on our Facebook page! 

Finally, a note about the current status of our re-stock and October release. I'm afraid we're still experiencing delays in receiving product. I'm told my orders are currently in production, so hopefully you won't have to wait much longer for out-of-stock items. We've had to push our October release a little. Previews will begin on Monday, October 22nd and our release will follow on Thursday, October 25th. I hope you'll join us as we celebrate Christmas TCM style!